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.
ALAN WATTSThe 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.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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Like too much alcohol, self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double.
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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I am what happens between the maternity ward and the Crematorium.
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To 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.
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The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from the giant pine, which lives for a thousand years.
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The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.
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The source of all light is in the eye.
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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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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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The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
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If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.
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Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
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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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Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.
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You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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