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"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

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"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

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"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

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"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god."

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"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

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"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

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"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

-Alan Watts

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"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

-Alan Watts

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"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

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"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god."

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"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

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"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

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"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

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"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

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"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

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"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

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"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

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"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."

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"No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

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"You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you."

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"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes."

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"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god."

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"But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is."

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"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

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"The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe."

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"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

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"The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity."

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"The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination."

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"You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes."

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"In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way."

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"The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination."

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"You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you."

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"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

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"The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination."

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"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

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"But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful."

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"So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself."

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"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

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"Religion is not a department of life it is something that enters into the whole of it."

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"Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe."

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"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

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"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

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"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

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"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

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"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god."

"And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on."

"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

"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."

"No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

"You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you."

"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes."

"How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god."

"But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is."

"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

"The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe."

"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

"The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity."

"The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination."

"You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes."

"In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way."

"The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination."

"You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you."

"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

"The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination."

"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

"But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful."

"So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself."

"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."

"Religion is not a department of life it is something that enters into the whole of it."

"Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe."

"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

"Faith is a state of openness or trust."

"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

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