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There is no coming toward it or going away from it it is, and you are it.
Alan Watts
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Alan Watts
Age: 58 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 6
Died: 1973
Died: November 16
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In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
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Make a spurious division of one process into two, forget that you have done it, and then puzzle for centuries as to how the two get together.
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The best way to convince someone is by making him realize that what you speak came from his own mind.
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...the habitual dualist's solution to the problem of dualism: to solve the dilemma by chopping off one of the horns.
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Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.
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For if you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
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If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed
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