Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controllin… - Alan Watts

Do you suppose that God takes himself seriously? I know a Zen master, Joshu Sasaki, who has let it be known that the best form of meditation is to stand up with your hands on your hips and roar with laughter for ten minutes every morning. I have heard of a sophisticated shaman-type fellow who used to cure ringworm on cows just by pointing at the scars and laughing. Truly religious people always make jokes about their religion; their faith is so strong that they can afford it. Much of the secret of life consists in knowing how to laugh, and also how to breathe.

For eternally and always there is only now, one and the same now; the present is the only thing that has no end.4

Belief clings, but faith lets go.