Attributed to Alan Watts
«You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.»
Misattributed
Verdict
It is not in Alan Watts's work
Spread as a Watts quotation on posters and videos with no indication of work. The idea is consistent with his thought, but the sentence has not been found in his books; if it comes from a recorded lecture, the exact source remains to be identified.
What they did say
Verified words of Alan Watts
«If you get the message, hang up the phone.»
The Joyous Cosmology, ed. Vintage 1970, p. 26 (sobre los psicodélicos como instrumentos)
«the prevalent sensation of oneself as a separate ego enclosed in a bag of skin is a hallucination»
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966), cap. 1
«The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.»
The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951), cap. 3