We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which...

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which...

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...

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely...

The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely...

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.