"When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique. He is universal by virtue of the inseparability of his organism from the cosmos. He is unique in that he is just this organism and not any stereotype of role, class, or identity assumed for the convenience of social communication. This is, of course, a highly peculiar way of looking at oneself, and it is not at all easy to get used to it. But it is the only way to get out of the trap of the social double-bind, the trap in which we are caught when we try to be both separate and connected at the same time."
~ Alan Wilson Watts 1915-1973. The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are 1966.
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