Ram Dass on freedom
Ram Dass100 quotes“The freer I get, the higher I go. The higher I go, the more I see. The more I see, the less I know. The less I know, the more I’m free.”
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Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that’s what the emerging game is all about.
Ram DassRam Dass Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
Ram DassRam Dass Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
Ram DassRam Dass All 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
Ram DassRam Dass 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.
Ram DassRam Dass I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion–and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.
Ram DassRam Dass Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
Ram DassRam Dass Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days. Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future. There is only here and now. Let it be.
Ram DassRam Dass Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
Ram DassRam Dass Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.
Ram DassRam Dass You base your faith on experience, your faith is
Ram DassRam Dass The world is won by those who let it go.
Ram DassRam Dass Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
Ram DassRam Dass Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
Ram DassRam Dass The secret isn’t that you’re not being told. The secret is that you’re not able to hear.
Ram DassRam Dass Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
Ram DassRam Dass
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