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.
ALAN WATTSThe religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
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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 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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When 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.
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Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick.
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Like too much alcohol, self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double.
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Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
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Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
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The present is always changing the past.
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Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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Society is our extended mind and body.
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A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
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The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
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Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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