Attribuée à Alan Watts
«You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Alan Watts
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.
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de 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