Philosopher Quotes
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"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. Let this profound wisdom guide your meditation."
-- Alan Watts"Peace can be made only by those who are peaceful, and love can be shown only by those who love. Words of awakening and existential clarity."
-- Alan Watts"To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, 'I am listening to this music,' you are not listening. This powerful statement invites us to simply be."
-- Alan Watts"If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."
-- Alan Watts"Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."
-- Alan Watts"There is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."
-- Alan Watts"We do not 'come into' this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily. This encapsulates the essence of Eastern philosophy."
-- Alan Watts"Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences. Let this profound wisdom guide your meditation."
-- Alan Watts"The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. A quiet truth behind the illusion of the ego."
-- Alan Watts"If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."
-- Alan Watts"Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. Words of awakening and existential clarity."
-- Alan Watts"You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean. An enduring thought on the nature of reality."
-- Alan Watts"Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. This powerful statement invites us to simply be."
-- Alan Watts"Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars. This spiritual wisdom still echoes across modern mindfulness practices."
-- Alan Watts"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. Such is the nature of the Zen mindset."
-- Alan Watts"Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way. A profound reflection from the modern mystic."
-- Alan Watts"I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. Let this profound wisdom guide your meditation."
-- Alan Watts"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart. This encapsulates the essence of Eastern philosophy."
-- Alan Watts"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. A quiet truth behind the illusion of the ego."
-- Alan Watts"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. A timeless observation that challenges our Western conditioning."
-- Alan Watts"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. Words of awakening and existential clarity."
-- Alan Watts
