Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
ALAN WATTSThe ego-self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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There is no other reality than present reality.
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The source of all light is in the eye.
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In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
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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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The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.
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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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Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
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Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
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The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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People can’t be talked out of illusions.
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I owe my solitude to other people.
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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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The frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
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The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.
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