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Alan Watts

You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.

Alan Watts

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.

Action Expression Individual Leaving Nature Ocean People Process Unique Universe Waves World

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Alan Watts

In reality there are no separate events. Life moves along like water, it’s all connected to the source of the river is connected to the mouth and the ocean.

Connection Life Mouth Move Ocean Reality Separate Source Water

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Alan Watts

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

Function Ocean Process Universe Yourself

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Alan Watts

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

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Alan Watts

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.

Function Ocean Process Universe Yourself