You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.
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You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.
ALAN WATTSThe only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
ALAN WATTSHuman desire tends to be insatiable.
ALAN WATTSNothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
ALAN WATTSIf, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.
ALAN WATTSSociety is our extended mind and body.
ALAN WATTSFaith is an act of trust in the unknown.
ALAN WATTSWhen we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
ALAN WATTSNever pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
ALAN WATTSThe religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
ALAN WATTSTo have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
ALAN WATTSReal travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.
ALAN WATTSMan suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
ALAN WATTSHospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick.
ALAN WATTSThrough 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.
ALAN WATTSIn looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
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