Nader Ibrahim

“On the one hand, to withdraw is a separative and thus essentially selfish position. On the other, to choose not to play rather than to play is still to choose, and thus to remain in duality. Therefore the most truly awakened sages are represented as coming back to participate in the life of the world out of ''compassion for all sentient beings,'' playing the game of good against evil, success against failure, in the full knowledge that it is a game [.]”
― Alan W. Watts, The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity

“This recognition of the two-sidedness of the One is what makes the difference between the exoteric and esoteric aspects of a religion, and the latter is always guarded and is always
mystical or ''closed'' [...] because of the danger that the opposites will be confused if their unity is made explicit. It is thus that mysticism is never quite orthodox, never wholly respectable.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity

“In knowing the world we humanize it, and if, as we discover it, we are astonished at its dimensions and its complexity, we should be just as astonished that we have the brains to perceive it.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“The vagueness of colorless light and shadow
makes the image capable of everything.”
― Ned Isaac