The Tao belongs neither to knowing nor not knowing. Knowing is false u…

Alan Watts
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The Tao belongs neither to knowing nor not knowing. Knowing is false understanding; not knowing is blind ignorance. If you really understand the Tao beyond doubt, it's like the empty sky. Why drag in right and wrong? ✨ Alan Watts (2010). Tao: The Watercourse Way, p.49, Souvenir Press
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The Tao belongs neither to knowing nor not knowing. Knowing is false understanding; not knowing is blind ignorance. If you really understand the Tao beyond doubt, it's like the empty sky. Why drag in right and wrong? ✨ Alan Watts (2010). Tao: The Watercourse Way, p.49, Souvenir Press

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