Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
ALAN WATTSHuman desire tends to be insatiable.
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The ego-self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories.
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We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
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You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
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There is no other reality than present reality.
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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
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Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
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When you find out that there was never anything in the dark side to be afraid of, Nothing is left but to love.
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The present is always changing the past.
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You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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We know that from time to time, there arise among human beings, people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.
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I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.
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The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
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