Be Still and Listen.
Get Up and Dance.
There are those who say that to attain the highest wisdom
we must be still and calm, immovable in the midst of turmoil.
And there are those who say that we must move on as life moves,
never stopping for a moment either in fear of what is to come
or to turn a regretful glance at what has gone.
The former are as those who listen to music,
letting the flow of notes pass through their minds …
The latter are as those who dance to music,
keeping pace with its movement
and letting their limbs flow with it …
Both points of view, however, are true,
for to attain that highest wisdom
we must at once walk on and remain still.
— Alan Watts
(from Become What You Are, Shambala, 2003, p.37)
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