Tag Archives: Alan Watts

Awakening from the Illusion of Separateness

“You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the universe is becoming conscious of itself..” ~Eckhart Tolle We see the problems the human … Continue reading

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Awakening From a Case of Mistaken Identity

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” ~Paramahansa Yogananda The Big Picture and Bottom Line: “See simplicity in the complicated, Seek greatness in small things. In the … Continue reading

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Awakening to Awareness of Our Life Force – Ken Carey

“One Being is the source of all creatures. The life of that Being shines through the multiple prisms of diverse worlds, refracting, reflecting, becoming the many, yet remaining ever one in essence, like the colors of a spectrum or the … Continue reading

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“You Are the Big Bang” – Alan Watts

“Way out in space, and way out in time… billions of years ago, you were a big bang, but now you’re a complicated human being. And then we cut ourselves off, and don’t feel that we’re still the big bang. … Continue reading

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Children of a Creative Universe

“We are stardust, we are golden.” ~Joni Mitchell “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the … Continue reading

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The Joyous Cosmology – Alan Watts

“To begin with, this world has a different kind of time. It is the time of biological rhythm, not of the clock and all that goes with the clock. There is no hurry. Our sense of time is notoriously subjective … Continue reading

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Living in a Creative Living Universe

“I like to experience the universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified. The tree outside is life… The whole of nature is life…”      ~Albert Einstein Look around and you … Continue reading

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Alan Watts – Knowing Who You Really Are

“The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask of your apparently separate, independent, and isolated ego. The history and the geographical distribution of the myth are … Continue reading

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The Illusion of Self & Other – Alan Watts

“Within I don’t know how many years, but in not too long a time, it’s going to become basic common sense that you are not some alien being who confronts an external world that is not you, but that almost … Continue reading

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