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Oh, The Paths We Can Choose

February 26, 2016 by Alice

My mind often drifts down these unmethodical rabbit holes. Sometimes I come out with a new thought, sometimes I confuse myself further. And, although, I believe, thoughts are never ending (since new information can always change its course), I like to pin them down long enough to write about them…before they begin to shift again. … [Read more…]

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The Self in Nature – By, Alan Watts

January 7, 2016 by Alice

From The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966): Most of us have the sensation that “I myself” is a separate center of feeling and action, living inside and bounded by the physical body — a center which “confronts” an “external” world of people and things, making contact through the senses with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Modest Thoughts Tagged: #alanwatts, #inspiration, #knowthyself, #nature, #self, #selfinnature

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“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.”
― Alan W. Watts

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