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• We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time

  Alan Watts

  Culture, Illusion, Illusion Of Time

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• When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique.

  Alan Watts

  Unique, Men, Definitions

  Alan Watts (2017). “Psychotherapy East & West”, p.7, New World Library

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• Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world?

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  World, Victim, Define Yourself

  "Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek".

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• It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.

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  Acorns, Turns, Take Time

  Alan Watts (2017). “Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek”, p.24, Sounds True

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• Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.

  Alan Watts

  Laughter, Real, Anxiety

  Alan Watts (2011). “In My Own Way: An Autobiography”, p.57, New World Library

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• Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is.

  Alan Watts

  Enlightenment, Awakening, Recognition

  Alan Watts (1973). “This is It, and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience”, Vintage

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• 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. Instead you relax, and float.

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  Inspirational, Trust, Faith

  "The Essence of Alan Watts". Book by Alan Watts, 1977.

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• Jesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, they’ll say you’re crazy and you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing). However if you wake up in India and tell your friends and relations, ‘My goodness, I’ve just discovered that I’m God,’ they’ll laugh and say, ‘Oh, congratulations, at last you found out.

  Alan Watts

  Jesus, Crazy, Congratulations

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• Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

  Alan Watts

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Freedom

  Alan W. Watts (2011). “The Way of Zen”, p.157, Vintage

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• Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.

  Alan Watts

  Insecurity, Trying, Results

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

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  Inspiring, Way, Problem

  Alan Watts (2011). “The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are”, p.44, Souvenir Press

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• Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown.

  Alan Watts

  Spirituality, Openness

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• 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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  Motivational, Change, Moving On

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• By going out of your mind, you come to your senses

  Alan Watts

  Mind, Going Out, Senses

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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• Everything in the world is gloriously meaningless.

  Alan Watts

  World, Meaningless

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• Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

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  Moving, Ready

  Alan Watts (2010). “What Is Zen?”, p.53, New World Library

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• Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

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  Eye, Perception, Listening

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• Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

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  Water, Mind, Trying

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• Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment.

  Alan Watts

  Growing Up, People, Needs

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• A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

  Alan Watts

  Wisdom, Reality, Thinking

  "Alan Watts Teaches Meditation". Audiobook by Alan Watts, 1992.

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• You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Just forget it, play it wrong! But play!

  Alan Watts

  Play, Forget, Notes

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• What I am really saying is that you don’t need to do anything, because if you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire, the arrangement of the stars, and the form of a galaxy. You are all just like that, and there is nothing wrong with you at all.

  Alan Watts

  Inspiring, Running, Stars

  Alan Watts (2010). “Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation”, p.92, New World Library

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• The 'you' who you think you are does not exist.

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  Thinking, Doe

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• You can make any human activity into meditation simply by being completely with it and doing it just to do it.

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  Meditation, Humans, Human Activity

  Alan Watts (2010). “Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation”, p.67, New World Library

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• Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.

  Alan Watts

  Future, Worry, Progress

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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