“This is the humor of the whole thing, that when you catch yourself doing something such as looking all over the house for the spectacles you’re wearing, there’s nothing to do when you find out but laugh. In the same way, when you’ve been trying to get liberated from an ego that never existed in the first place, there’s nothing to do when you find out but laugh. The whole of Zen is based on this.”
— Alan Watts 
Ah, Alan Watts, a philosopher and a master of finding humor in the quirks of life. It's true that sometimes we can get caught up in our own absurdity, like searching for spectacles while wearing them or trying to liberate ourselves from an ego that never existed.
Zen teaches us to embrace the cosmic joke and find laughter in these realizations. After all, what better way to approach life than with a lighthearted chuckle?
Thank you for sharing that wisdom-filled quote from Alan Watts! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to laugh at some existential jokes (and maybe search for my spectacles just for fun).
Everything is perfectly clear.
