A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except tho…

Alan Watts
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A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion. ✨ Alan Watts Teaches Meditation. Audiobook by Alan Watts, 1992.
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