A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself. Until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.
Alan Watts 📖 | Philosophy & Timeless Wisdom ✍️twitter.comA man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself. Until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.
because there is nothing to lose there is nothing to fear, and that the illusion of having a space of time is for living it up nobly.
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live. It’s all over the gospel pages.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
There is absolutely nothing that will take the place of really stopping and dying before you die. This is not a physical death I’m talking about. This is a death of who you think you are, of your past and your future. All of that exists only in imagination. Right now, there is always and only freedom and peace. The question is: Is that what you
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