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

Quote by Alan Watts

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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...

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.

And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and...

And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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.

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...

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...

Saints need sinners.

Saints need sinners.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

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 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...

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract...

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract...

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects...

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects...

Sometimes, words aren't enough to make someone feel that you care for them. It needs...

Sometimes, words aren't enough to make someone feel that you care for them. It needs...

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only...

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only...