Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

Quote by Alan Watts

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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...

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 my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself...

So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself...

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

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

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen...

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen...

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just...

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just...

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.

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.

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...

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.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.

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?...