In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
Alan Watts
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- But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
- And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.
- The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
- How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
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