You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
Quote Authors: Alan Watts
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Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who
Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.
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We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
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The only way to make sense out of change is
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
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You and I are all as much continuous with the
You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
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So then, the relationship of self to other is the
So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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Things are as they are. Looking out into it the
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
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You don’t look out there for God, something in the
You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
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But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go
But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.