We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we're in and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back from the present. That now is the creative point of life. So you see it's like the idea of forgiving somebody, you change the meaning of the past by doing that...Also, watch the flow of music. The melody as its expressed is changed by notes that come later. Just as the meaning of a sentence...you wait till later to find out what the sentence means...The present is always changing the past.
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
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…
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.
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.
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?
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.
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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