How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. β¨ The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are. Book by Alan Watts, 1966.
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