There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point… - Alan Watts

How can a republic be the best form of government if the universe, heaven and hell are all a monarchy?

I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware.

The human organism has the most wonderful powers of adaptation to both physical and psychological pain. But these can only come into full play when the pain is not being constantly restimulated by this inner effort to get away from it, to separate the “I” from the feeling. The effort creates a state of tension in which the pain thrives. But when the tension ceases, mind and body begin to absorb the pain as water reacts to a blow or cut.