This Is It
by Alan Watts
Essays on spiritual experience: the moment of recognition that this, now, is it. Watts on Zen, mysticism and the mistake of seeking elsewhere.
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Three things you will actually use
- This is it.
- Seeking is the obstacle.
- The ordinary is the sacred.
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Read the title essay.
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Watts on the moment.
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