...we [lack] the proper self-respect of recognizing that I, the individual organism, am a structure of such fabulous ingenuity that it calls the whole universe into being. In the act of putting everything at a distance so as to describe and control it, we have orphaned ourselves both from the surrounding world and from our own bodies -- leaving I as a disconnected and alienated spook, anxious, guilty, unrelated, and alone. -- Alan Watts
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:04:48 +0000
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