Psychobiography 201339 Curiosities served |
2006-10-14 11:15 AM ...and that Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) Alan Watts, on page 156 of his 1966 The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, quotes a Chinese Zen master:
"Nothing is left to you at this moment but to have a good laugh!" On page 159, Watts writes, "In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself--through our eyes and IT's." Of "IT's," Watts uses James Broughton's words: "This is It and I am It and You are It and so is That and He is It and She is It and It is It and That is That." I have an uncle who ends most sentences with the unusual filler "and that." It makes the circle of family who have noticed it smile. I know he just says it because the couple of guys he works with who remind me of the Car Talk guys say it. When I silently fill space with thoughts of That or It, which I do when I pray, I think of uncle John, I think of It being It and That being That, and my lips pierce a smile and God laughs with me. ...and that. Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top |
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