We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness
RAM DASS
RAM DASS
Ram Dass on illusion
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A moment comes when other is no longer other.
Ram DassRam Dass The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
Ram DassRam Dass Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
Ram DassRam Dass The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
Ram DassRam Dass I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
Ram DassRam Dass Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
Ram DassRam Dass Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.
Ram DassRam Dass Grace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.
Ram DassRam Dass As one individual changes, the system changes.
Ram DassRam Dass We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
Ram DassRam Dass Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
Ram DassRam Dass A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
Ram DassRam Dass Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
Ram DassRam Dass Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.
Ram DassRam Dass The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Ram DassRam Dass My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
Ram DassRam Dass
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I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.
Vera WangVera Wang I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.
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Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.
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