Naturally, for a person who finds his identity in something other than…

Alan Watts
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Naturally, for a person who finds his identity in something other than his full organism is less than half a man. He is cut off from complete participation in nature. Instead of being a body, he 'has' a body. Instead of living and loving he 'has' instincts for survival and copulation. ✨ Alan W. Watts, Daniel Pinchbeck (2013). The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness, p.4, New World Library
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