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.
RAM DASSYour problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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The world is won by those who let it go.
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Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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I can do nothing for you but work on myself, you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
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Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is here, and you will arrive now, so you stop asking.
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Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
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It’s very hard to grow because it’s difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we’ve invested so heavily.
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When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
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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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Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
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Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
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It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Don’t think about the past. Just be here now.
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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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