There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy.
Alan WattsThe real you is not a puppet that life pushes around, the real deep down you is the whole universe.
Alan WattsBreathing is important in the practice of meditation because it is the faculty in us that is simultaneously voluntary and involuntary. You can feel that you are breathing, and equally you can feel that it is breathing you. So it is a sort of bridge between the voluntary world and the involuntary world — a place where they are one.
Alan Watts