There is no other reality than present reality.
ALAN WATTSNever pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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The present is always changing the past.
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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, 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 past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
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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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Do not let the rapidity with which these thoughts can change deceive you into feeling that you think them all at once.
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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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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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The source of all light is in the eye.
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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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Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
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Try to imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up, now try to imagine what it was like to wake up having never gone to sleep.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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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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