"What is the next step, the practical..." - Quote by Alan Watts
What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to become capable of enjoyment, of living in the present, and of the discipline which this involves. Without this you have nothing to give.
More by Alan Watts
“Life and Reality are not things you can have for yourself unless you accord them to all others. They do not belong to particular persons any more than the sun, moon and stars.”
“Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present.”
“Do not let the rapidity with which these thoughts can change deceive you into feeling that you think them all at once.”
More on Present Moment
“Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium.Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.”
“Present-moment awareness creates a gap not only in the stream of mind but also in the past-future continuum. Nothing truly new and creative can come into this world except through that gap, that clear space of infinite possibility.”
“Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.”
More on Enjoyment
“It just seems there's better things to do in your life than be on television if it's not interesting, if it's not challenging, if it's not fun. You know? When it stops being those things for me, I'll stop making television.”
“By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.”
“What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.”