Quotes by Spiritual We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe. Alan Watts ocean wisdom spiritual Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity. Alan Watts vanity self spiritual Zen... does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. Alan Watts godly humor spiritual The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its course. You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meaning of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales. Alan Watts spiritual writing order To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses. Alan Watts important spiritual mind To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union his religious life will be an empty drudgery, a mere imitation of true spirituality. Alan Watts religious spiritual men I was talking to a Zen master the other day and he said, "You shall be my disciple."I looked at him and said, "Who was Buddha's teacher?" He looked at me in a very odd way for a moment and then he burst into laughter and handed me a piece of clover. Alan Watts laughter spiritual teacher It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odduncanny and highly improbable. G.K.Chesterton once said that it is one thing to be amazed at gorgon or a griffin, creatures which do not exist; but it is quite another and much higher thing to be amazed at a rhinoceros or a giraffe, creatures which do exist and look as if they don't. This feeling of universal oddity includes a basic and intense wondering about the sense of things. Alan Watts oddities spiritual feelings Spiritual awakening is the difficult process whereby the increasing realisation that everything is as wrong as it can be flips suddenly into the realisation that everything is as right is it can be. Or better, everything is as It as it can be. Alan Watts flip awakening spiritual We usually don't look. We overlook. Alan Watts journey spiritual looks Now, you see, if you understand what I'm saying, with your intelligence, and then take the next step and say "But I understood it now, but I didn't feel it." Then, next I raise the question: Why do you want to feel it? You say: "I want something more", because that's again that spiritual greed. And you could only say that because you didn't understand it. Alan Watts want-something greed spiritual For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support. Alana Stewart divorce emotional spiritual Most of the songs are, in a roundabout way, actually addressed to myself, there's a certain aspect of the songs that's very confessional, very unadulterated...It was a very unfettered, spiritual experience. Alanis Morissette spiritual song way Whether you’re checked in or checked out, you’re always on a spiritual journey. Alanis Morissette spiritual-journey journey spiritual Your political views really denote your spiritual views. Alanis Morissette political spiritual views First I was 'angry,' then 'spiritual.' Now I don't know what I am. Alanis Morissette spiritual knows firsts Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor. Alanis Morissette spiritual two kids At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual. Alanis Morissette spiritual love peace When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense. Alanis Morissette husband silence spiritual I notice that when I feel the most disconnected, once I'm done blaming the moon and everything else, I can see that I am so mired in identification with form and ego and story and identity, and that if I want to, I can read some scripture or read some spiritual book or pray or meditate or sit in the sun or hang around the birds and the dogs, and get a real objective sense of what's really going on here. That usually softens things. Alanis Morissette real spiritual dog «7891011121314151617»