“Existence, the physical universe, is basically playful. There is no necessity for it whatsoever. It isn’t going anywhere. Same way with dancing. You don’t aim at a particular spot in the room where you should arrive. The whole point of the dancing is the dance. We thought of life by analogy with a journey, which had a serious purpose at the end. But we missed the point the whole way along. Life was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.”

– Alan Watts