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A Quote by Alan Watts on sincerity, nerve, and truth

Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to which one ought to be true, then sincerity is simply nerve; it lies in the unabashed vigor of the pretense. But pretense is only pretense when it is assumed that the act is not true to the agent. Find the agent.

Alan Watts : English mystic & writer
Alan Watts (1915 - 1973)
Source: Joyous Cosmology
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stumblinguponmoksha said

I love this one because only after taking a swipe at everything presumed does it direct us towards the truth. I am growing to suspect that this is the only way to catch it… to see it and therefore to know and trust it.

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