One's life is an act with no actor, and thus it has always been recogn…

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One's life is an act with no actor, and thus it has always been recognized that the insane man that has lost his mind is a parody of the sage who has transcended his ego. If one is paranoid, the other is metanoid. ✨ Alan Watts (2017). Psychotherapy East & West, p.66, New World Library
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One's life is an act with no actor, and thus it has always been recognized that the insane man that has lost his mind is a parody of the sage who has transcended his ego. If one is paranoid, the other is metanoid. ✨ Alan Watts (2017). Psychotherapy East & West, p.66, New World Library

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