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9+ 1 Alan Watts Wisdom e t o p r d S s o n 5 r , u 5 D 7 c 1 e b 9 l 1 1 6 i 6 c 5 0 f m h l 1 t 4 8 0 u h 3 e 1 u 2 1 2 m l c g c t 0 3 e · ..."We seem to be like flies caught in honey. Because life is sweet we do not want to give it up, and yet the more we become involved in it, the more we are trapped, limited, and frustrated. We love it and hate it at the same time. We fall in love with people and possessions only to be tortured by anxiety for them. The conflict is not only between ourselves and the surrounding universe; it is between ourselves and ourselves. For intractable nature is both around and within us. The exasperating “life” which is at once lovable and perishable, pleasant and painful, a blessing and a curse, is also the life of our own bodies. It is as if we were divided into two parts. On the one hand there is the conscious “I,” at once intrigued and baffled, the creature who is caught in the trap. On the other hand there is “me,” and “me” is a part of nature—

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