You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
“You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.”
— Alan Watts · God
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You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.
“You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.”
— Alan Watts · God
Explore more quotes by Alan Watts on topics like God, wisdom, and life lessons.
“You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.”
“You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.”
“I owe my solitude to other people.”
“So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.”
“The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.”
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
“God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country.'”
“Look back and thank God for letting you climb perilous mountains, of which you came out as if nothing happened, as He preserved you from threats.”
“If you want nothing to do with god then why do you say his name all the time”
“The divine in man arises through meditation. Meditation is the door to the divine. Nothing is more godly than meditation, because in meditation you slip out of the mind. You disappear from the outside, and you exist at your innermost core. And your innermost core is rooted in God. Just as every tree is rooted in the earth, every consciousness is rooted in God. God means the ultimate consciousness.”
“I thought, He must forebear to reveal His power and glory by presenting Himself as Himself, and must be present only in the ordinary miracle of the existence of His creatures. Those who wish to see Him must see Him in the poor, the hungry, the hurt, the wordless creatures, the groaning and travailing beautiful world.”