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Inspirational quotes by Alan Watts, from his book Behold the Spirit
Mysticism is the "sine qua non" of religion- the necessary experience. (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"...cultures mature spiritually, just as individuals do." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"...the spiritual malaise of our culture is due to 'lesser goals' being unsatisfactory substitutes for God." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"In the realm of freedom there are no necessary causes because there is no necessity, not determinism." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"Christian mortality is not an attempt to earn the gift of life, it is an act of appreciation." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"Hell consists not in being deprived of union, but in willful failure to appreciate it." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"...the realization [of union] produces definite effects, though no amount of striving for and initiating these effects will produce realization." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
The givenness of union "...involves an unwelcome deflation of that pride whereby man is always trying to attain union...by his own efforts and merits." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
The modern mind is an "...educated, sincere, thoughtful, spiritually hungry pagan." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit) A product of modern culture.
The Chinese "...have more than a hundred words expressing nuances of aesthetic experience for which we have absolutely no equivalents." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
"God's creation is not his labor but his play." (Alan Watts, paraphrased from Behold the Spirit)
These fragments are taken from the unpublished writings of Jack Haas, from the notebooks 1990-2005.
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