We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in…

Quote by Alan Watts

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You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave...

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave...

I owe my solitude to other people.

I owe my solitude to other people.

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...

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't...

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't...

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

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

Saints need sinners.

Saints need sinners.

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...

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they...

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in...

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...

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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.