TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat profound statement has stuck with you over the years?message-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down11
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat profound statement has stuck with you over the years?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squaretenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 hours agoWe thought of life by analogy was a journey, was a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end. And the thing was to get to that end. Success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing, or to dance, while the music was being played – Alan Watts
We thought of life by analogy was a journey, was a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end. And the thing was to get to that end.
Success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you’re dead.
But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing, or to dance, while the music was being played
– Alan Watts