Alan Watts - I have realized that the past and future are...
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Alan Watts - I have realized that the past and future are...
Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present, since it is in the present and only in the present that you live. There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point... See more
Alan Watts • The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present, since it is in the present and only in the present that you live. There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point... See more
Alan Watts • The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Whatever may be true for the Chinese and the Hindus, it is timely for us to recognize that the future is an ever-retreating mirage, and to switch our immense energy and technical skill to contemplation instead of action.