“Top peeled back like the skin of a potato.”
Lil Wayne (1982) American rapper, singer, record executive and businessman
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“Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”
— Alan Watts, book The Way of Zen
The Way of Zen, Pt. 2, Ch. 2 (1957)
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