It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
RAM DASSAll of a sudden the progress will stop one day, and you will find yourself, as it were, stranded. Persevere. All progress proceeds by such rise and fall. —Vivekananda
More Ram Dass Quotes
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The world is won by those who let it go.
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You base your faith on experience, your faith is
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Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.
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It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.
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There’s much more in any given moment than we usually perceive, and that we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life.
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The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everybody should follow any one path. Listen to your own truth.
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Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
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You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are moving into.
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By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
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Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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You two are together in the stars, but not in this world, in this life.
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