At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.
Alan WattsJesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, theyโll say youโre crazy and youโre blasphemous, and theyโll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing). However if you wake up in India and tell your friends and relations, โMy goodness, Iโve just discovered that Iโm God,โ theyโll laugh and say, โOh, congratulations, at last you found out.
Alan WattsIf the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly bring about the greening of America. The idea of 'greening' involves color, flowering, freshness of spring, and, above all, respect for what is organic and vegetative as distinct from the mechanical and metallic.
Alan Watts