Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

Quote by Alan Watts

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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...

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them...

If you study the writings of the mystics, you will always find things in them...

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an...

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an...

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not...

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not...

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.

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...

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever...

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever...

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding...

And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding...

Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by...

Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by...

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it...

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...

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...

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of...

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of...

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when...

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when...

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being,...

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being,...

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?...

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people...

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people...

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.