You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
ALAN WATTSThe frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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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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Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
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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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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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The art of meditation is a way of getting into touch with reality, and the reason for it is that most civilized people are out of touch with reality.
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We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision.
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Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
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Belief clings, but faith lets go.
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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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