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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

Ram Dass

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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Life Moments Ourselves Yourself
The dance goes from realizing that you’re separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.
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Dance Deep Philosophy Spiritual Yourself
I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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Fundamental Law Mindset Myself Understand
Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Deep End Knowledge Wisdom
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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Attitude Different Live Soul
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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Freedom Myself Philosophy See
Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.
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God Healing Philosophy
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present Yourself
Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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Knowledge Togetherness Wisdom
Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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Human Philosophy Spiritual
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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Compassionate Lie Life Love Myself
Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.
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Live True
As soon as you give it all up you can have it all
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Heart Philosophy Yourself
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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Affection Love Satisfaction Yourself
A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
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Attachment Feeling Philosophy Yourself
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

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