We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between a causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality.
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. - Alan Watts
Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.
- Alan Watts
The menu is not the meal. - Alan Watts
The menu is not the meal.
People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live. - Alan Watts
People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live.
This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it i… - Alan Watts
This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it i…
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
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.
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. - Alan Watts
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.
All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head. - Alan Watts
All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head.
What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? - Alan Watts
What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?
No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen. - Alan Watts
No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.
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