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

Quote by Alan Watts

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

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

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 valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity...

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity...

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...

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...

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...

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to...

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself 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 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 difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea...

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea...

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 owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

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.

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...