Contemplation Quote by Alan Wilson Watts Download Open image ““us. The good of contemplation is contemplation—not some result that it may bring.”” — Alan Wilson Watts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contemplation Contemplation Contemplation Contemplation Result Good Good Contemplation Meditation
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“Thought and science are therefore raising problems which their terms of study can never answer, many of which are doubtless problems only for thought.… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“But this is at the same time a vivid way of saying that your soul, or rather your essential Self, is the whole cosmos… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“When you no longer make the distinction between the universe and how you are acting upon it, you are really on your own and… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
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