1/2 "By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, ...
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." ~ Alan Watts
"Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence." ~ Alan Watts
"A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion." ~ Alan Watts
"Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is." ~ Alan Watts
"You, yourself, are the eternal energy which appears as this Universe. You didn't come into this world; you came out of it. Like a wave from the ocean." ~ Alan Watts
"Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone." ~ Alan Watts
"Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment." ~ Alan Watts
"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society." ~ Alan Watts
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." ~ Alan Watts
"As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil." ~ Alan Watts
"Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown." ~ Alan Watts
1/2 "By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, ...
2/2 ...pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us."
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had." ~ Alan Watts
"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be" ~ Alan Watts
"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." ~ Alan Watts
"No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen." ~ Alan Watts
"Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence." ~ Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself." ~ Alan Watts
"People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live." ~ Alan Watts
"By going out of your mind, you come to your senses" ~ Alan Watts
"All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head." ~ Alan Watts
"Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence." ~ Alan Watts
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~ Alan Watts
"We see what we believe rather than what we see." ~ Alan Watts
"A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion." ~ Alan Watts
"Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is." ~ Alan Watts
"Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure." ~ Alan Watts
"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." ~ Alan Watts
"You, yourself, are the eternal energy which appears as this Universe. You didn't come into this world; you came out of it. Like a wave from the ocean." ~ Alan Watts
"Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is." ~ Alan Watts
"What keeps us from happiness is our inability to fully inhabit the present" ~ Alan Watts
"Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone." ~ Alan Watts
"Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way." ~ Alan Watts
"Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment." ~ Alan Watts
"The destination of life is this eternal moment." ~ Alan Watts
"You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Just forget it, play it wrong! But play!" ~ Alan Watts
"The sound of the rain needs no translation." ~ Alan Watts
"When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique." ~ Alan Watts
"To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses." ~ Alan Watts
"Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction." ~ Alan Watts
"Everything in the world is gloriously meaningless." ~ Alan Watts
"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society." ~ Alan Watts
"If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them." ~ Alan Watts
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." ~ Alan Watts
"Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we're not alone." ~ Alan Watts
"Nirvana is where you are, provided you don't object to it." ~ Alan Watts
"Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present." ~ Alan Watts
"As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil." ~ Alan Watts
"Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown." ~ Alan Watts
"There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day." ~ Alan Watts
"The 'you' who you think you are does not exist." ~ Alan Watts
"You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself." ~ Alan Watts
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"Basically, there is simply nothing to worry about, because you yourself are the eternal energy of the universe." ~ Alan Watts
"What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?" ~ Alan Watts
"The mundane and the sacred are one and the same." ~ Alan Watts
"If you insist on being determined by the past that's your game, but the fact of the matter is it all starts right now." ~ Alan Watts
"Do you see yourself as a victim of the world, or do you see yourself as the world?" ~ Alan Watts
"Your soul isn't in your body; your body is in your soul!" ~ Alan Watts