“We imagine ourselves to be results of the past. And we’re always passing the buck over our shoulders. Like when God approached Adam in the Garden of Eden and said, ‘Hast thou eaten of the fruit of the tree whereof I told thee thou shouldst not eat?’ And Adam said, ‘This woman thou gavest me; she tempted me and I did eat.’ And God looked at Eve and said, ‘Hast thou eaten of the fruit of the tree whereof I told thee thou shoudst not eat?’ And she said, ‘The serpent beguiled me and I did eat!’ And God, out of the corner of his eye, looked at the serpent. The serpent said nothing.”

— Alan Watts