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)

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

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