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.
ALAN WATTSWords can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
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When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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In reality there are no separate events. Life moves along like water, it’s all connected to the source of the river is connected to the mouth and the ocean.
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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.
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Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present.
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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Human 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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The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security.
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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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Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social enviornment.
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