27 Monday Jun 2016
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alan watts, awareness, illusion, mindfulness, no-mind, quotation, transience, zen
You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself. ― Alan Watts
23 Friday Oct 2015
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“Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.” –Alan Watts
19 Sunday Oct 2014
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alan watts, apophenia, balance, both, illusion, patternicity, zen
“We ignore all kinds of things because we notice only what we think noteworthy. And therefore our version of everything is highly selective. We pick out certain things and say that’s what’s there, just as we select and notice the figure rather than the background.” –Alan Watts
18 Saturday Oct 2014
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alan watts, ephemera, personality, quotation, transience, zen
“Personality is a work of art. It’s like music, which vanishes as soon as it’s played.” –Alan Watts
06 Saturday Sep 2014
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30 Wednesday Jul 2014
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alan watts, grace, happiness, illusion, play, quotation, serenity, simplicity, transience, truth, wisdom, zen
“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” ―Alan Watts
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