It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
RAM DASSCosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.
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All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.
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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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I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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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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Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.
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The journey across the great ocean of existence Is a journey inward ever in deeper and deeper and the deeper you get in the more you meet truth.
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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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Free yourself from the illusion of good and bad days. Labeling time makes us nostalgic of the past and demanding of the future. There is only here and now. Let it be.
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All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our Self.
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The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
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There’s much more in any given moment than we usually perceive, and that we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life.
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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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It’s very hard to grow because it’s difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we’ve invested so heavily.
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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.
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