Where do I begin and end in space? I have relations to the sun and air which are just as vital parts of my existence as my heart. The movement in whi… - Alan Watts

Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything.

we are convinced that sleep is a waste of valuable time and continue to chase these fantasies far into the night.

Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus instead of suffering we suffer about suffering, and suffer about suffering about suffering.

But you cannot understand life and its mysteries as long as you try to grasp it. Indeed, you cannot grasp it, just as you cannot walk off with a river in a bucket. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and that you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket the water does not run.