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.
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.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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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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If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.
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We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we’re in and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back form the present.
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Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat’s entrails with horsehair.
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This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
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Like too much alcohol, self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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If, 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.
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The menu is not the meal.
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There is no other reality than present reality.
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I owe my solitude to other people.
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One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
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You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up.
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Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
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