When we’re identified with Awareness, we’re no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
RAM DASSIt’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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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
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A moment comes when other is no longer other.
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The world is won by those who let it go.
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Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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We’re all just walking each other home.
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When we see the Beloved in each person, it’s like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.
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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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The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
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I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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Just relax and trust the process.
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The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.
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Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.
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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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