Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affai…

Alan Watts
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Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is. ✨ Alan Watts (1973). This is It, and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience, Vintage
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Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is. ✨ Alan Watts (1973). This is It, and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience, Vintage

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