When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
RAM DASSIt’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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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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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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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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The journey across the great ocean of existence Is a journey inward ever in deeper and deeper and the deeper you get in the more you meet truth.
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Just relax and trust the process.
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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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The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
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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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We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
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Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.
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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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I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
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Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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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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Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts, if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.
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