“If the world is dramatic, if the world, as the Hindus say, is a big act put on by the Divine Self, one of the rules of coming on stage is that you don’t come on as yourself. You come on as the part that you’re going to play. It’s very bad form if an actor always acts the same way. That’s what’s called a star as distinct from an actor. A real actor can become anything. And so in private life, well, he’s just Mr. Jones. But he doesn’t come on the stage that way. So in the same way, if you know that behind the scenes, in the depth, fundamentally, you are IT, you don’t come on that way. IT always comes on as something else. That’s the rule of the stage. Because without that, there wouldn’t be a play. There would only be reality. No illusion. And the whole point of life is illusion. From the word Latin, ludere, to play. Showbiz. The show must go on, so don’t give it away. But truth has a way of leaking. It gets out.”
— Alan Watts, Spiritual Alchemy
