"Lack of awareness of the basic unity of……" — Alan Watts

"Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination."

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347 Quotes by Alan Watts

Alan Watts has 347 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not…
Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of…
If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no…
The sound of the rain needs no translation.
You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.
Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the…
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora…
If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of…
The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its…
To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union…
We usually don't look. We overlook.

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More Awareness Quotes

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn… — Richard Bach
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. — Arthur Balfour
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my… — Scott Adams
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. — William Blake
The eye altering, alters all. — William Blake

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