Become what You are
"Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever. . . . You may believe yourself out of harmony with life and its eternal Now; but you cannot be, for you are life and exist Now."—from Become What You Are\ In this collection of writings, including nine new chapters never before available in book form, Watts displays the intelligence, playfulness of...
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"Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever. . . . You may believe yourself out of harmony with life and its eternal Now; but you cannot be, for you are life and exist Now."—from Become What You Are In this collection of writings, including nine new chapters never before available in book form, Watts displays the intelligence, playfulness of thought, and simplicity of language that has made him so perennially popular as an interpreter of Eastern thought for Westerners. He draws on a variety of religious traditions, and covers topics such as the challenge of seeing one's life "just as it is," the Taoist approach to harmonious living, the limits of language in the face of ineffable spiritual truth, and the psychological symbolism of Christian thought.
Editor's PrefaceThe Paradox of Self-Denial1Become What You Are10The Finger and the Moon12Importance19Tao and Wu-wei21Lightness of Touch28Birds in the Sky30Walking on the Wheel37The Language of Metaphysical Experience39Good Intentions55Zen57The One64Is There an Unconscious?71That Far-Off, Divine Event78The Parable of the Cow's Tail85The Second Immortal90The Problem of Faith and Works in Buddhism97Tomorrow Never Comes121What Is Reality?124The Birth of the Divine Son127
