If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of t…

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If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage
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If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage

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