Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.

Quote by Alan Watts

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But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far...

But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far...

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of...

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of...

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to...

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to...

We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to...

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make...

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make...

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it.

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it.

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag?...

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag?...

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move...

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move...

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from...

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand...

Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.