What does any group of people like to do when they don’t have to do anything? As far as I can tell, people get together and do something rhythmic — t… - Alan Watts

[T]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of contemplation, it is being aware of life without thinking about it, and then carrying this on even while one is thinking, so that thoughts are not confused with nature.

For every sentient being is God — omnipotent, omniscient, infinite, and eternal — pretending with the utmost sincerity and determination to be otherwise, to be a mere creature subject to failure, pain, death, temptation, hellfire, and ultimate tragedy.

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts, so he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.