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 DASSA moment comes when other is no longer other.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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When we’re identified with Awareness, we’re no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
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By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.
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Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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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’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
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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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Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
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Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
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Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
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My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.
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