The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.

Quote by Alan Watts

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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...

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...

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to...

The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to...

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...

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance,...

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance,...

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such...

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such...

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...

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...