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You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
Alan Watts
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Alan Watts
Age: 58 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 6
Died: 1973
Died: November 16
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The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present.
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The Greek word for sinning means to ‘miss the point’ The point is eternal life which is here and now.
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Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration.
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Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.
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Once you've learned to think you can't stop. And an enormous number of people devote their lives to keeping their minds busy and feel extremely uncomfortable with silence.
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Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
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