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25 Alan Watts quotes that will blow your mind wide open

Alan Watts was a British philosopher who spoke about Asian philosophies for a Western audience. He wrote over 25 books and was an excellent orator on topic such as the meaning of life, higher cosciousness, the true nature of reality and the pursuit of happiness.

1.       On suffering.

Man suffer only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

2.       On the mind.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

3.       On the moment.

This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.

4.       On the meaning of life.

The meaning of life is just to be alive.

5.       On faith.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water.

6.       Words of wisdom for aspiring artists.

Stop aspiring and start writing.

7.       On change.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

8.       On love.

Never prtend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

9.       On you.

If you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees. You are all just like that, and there is nothing wrong with you at all.

10.   On technology.

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that theya re one and the same process as the universe.

11.   On the universe.

we do not come into this world, we come out of it as leaves form a tree.

12.   On problems.

Problems that remain persistenly insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.