As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.
RAM DASSJust because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.
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As one individual changes, the system changes.
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Just relax and trust the process.
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Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
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The secret isn’t that you’re not being told. The secret is that you’re not able to hear.
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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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The next message you need is always right where you are.
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The most exquisite paradox, as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can’t have it. The minute you don’t want power, you’ll have more than you ever dreamed possible.
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.
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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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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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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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A relationship starting out as one that awakens love can only remain a living vehicle for love to the extent that it is continually made new or reconsecrated.
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It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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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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