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It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

Ram Dass

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
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Enjoyment Lost Philosophy
All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our Self.
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Act Healing Ourselves
Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
RAM DASS

Deep Philosophy Yourself
My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
RAM DASS

Art Creation Design Life
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
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Fall Oneself Rise
Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
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Dance Fear Love Ourselves Reflection
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.
RAM DASS

Dream Give Up Philosophy Possible Power 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
What we’re seeing out there is the projection of where we’re at-the projection of the clingings of our minds.
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Mindset Ourselves Philosophy See
You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are moving into.
RAM DASS

Force Myself Nature Reality Transformation World Yourself
You two are together in the stars, but not in this world, in this life.
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Break Up Life Stars Togetherness World Yourself
Relationships only work in a spiritual sense when you and I really see that we are one.
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Myself Oneself Relationship See Spiritual Yourself
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
RAM DASS

Travel Yourself
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
RAM DASS

Resistance Suffering
When we see the Beloved in each person, it’s like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.
RAM DASS

Flower Garden Person See Walk
I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
RAM DASS

Deep Love Myself

It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

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It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

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