"There is no formula for generating the..." - Quote by Alan Watts
There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.
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“There's an interdependence between flowers and bees. Where there are no flowers there are no bees, and where there are no bees, there are no flowers. They are really one organism. And so in the same way, everything in nature depends on everything else.”
“If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed”
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
More on Love
“Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister. No matter how new the face or how different the dress and behavior, there is no significant division between us and other people. It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.”
“...if all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.”
“You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
More on Authenticity
“Love is a mirror. In it you see nothing except your reflection. You see nothing except your real face.”
“I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are all odious to me. I should relish getting my living in a simple, primitive fashion.”
“I don't think of my life as a career. I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That's not a career - it's a life!”