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“I realized that the difference that I saw between things was the same thing as their unity, because differences (borders, lines, surfaces, boundaries) don't really divide things from each other at all, they join them together, because all boundaries are held in common”

— Alan Watts

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“I realized that the difference that I saw between things was the same thing as their unity, because differences (borders, lines, surfaces, boundaries) don't really divide things from each other at all, they join them together, because all boundaries are held in common”" in the context of "http://archive.today/2020.09.13-043207/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GOmmIxmXJg&feature=youtu.be&t=3017" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Alan Watts

About Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.