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Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.

Ram Dass

If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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Home Thinking Yourself
Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Deep End Knowledge Wisdom
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.
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Control Growth Yourself
What we’re seeing out there is the projection of where we’re at-the projection of the clingings of our minds.
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Mindset Ourselves Philosophy See
My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Art Creation Design Life
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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God Heart Mindset Philosophy Understand
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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Game Myself Philosophy Suffering Yourself
All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our Self.
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Act Healing Ourselves
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
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Ourselves Suffering Wisdom
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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Inspirational Right Yourself
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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Journey Path Spiritual True
The most exquisite paradox, as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can’t have it. The minute you don’t want power, you’ll have more than you ever dreamed possible.
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Dream Give Up Philosophy Possible Power Yourself
To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
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Experience Explanation Himself Necessary Possible
You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
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Love Person Philosophy Yourself
Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.
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Act Important Love Moments Ourselves
If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
RAM DASS

Heart Spiritual Yourself

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