"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.
