When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
RAM DASSWe’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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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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Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.
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We’re all just walking each other home.
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Grace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.
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You two are together in the stars, but not in this world, in this life.
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All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.
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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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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
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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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The world is won by those who let it go.
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Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that’s what the emerging game is all about.
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It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
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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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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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Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
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Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
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The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
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I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.
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Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
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Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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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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Just 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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The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
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If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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