It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available…

Alan Watts
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It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, p.24, Souvenir Press
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