He comes back because he sees the two worlds are the same, the transcendental world and the every day world - Alan Watts
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He comes back because he sees the two worlds are the same, the transcendental world and the every day world
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Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.
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