Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.
RAM DASSCosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
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Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
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If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
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In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?
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I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion–and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.
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It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
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Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that seeking the affection of the Beloved becomes an obsession.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.
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You two are together in the stars, but not in this world, in this life.
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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.
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It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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When we’re identified with Awareness, we’re no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
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