It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
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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A moment comes when other is no longer other.
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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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My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Early in the journey you wonder how long the journey will take and whether you will make it in this lifetime. Later you will see that where you are going is here, and you will arrive now, so you stop asking.
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In mystical traditions, it is one’s own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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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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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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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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Just relax and trust the process.
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
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When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.
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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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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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Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.
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