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The secret isn’t that you’re not being told. The secret is that you’re not able to hear.

Ram Dass

My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Art Creation Design Life
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
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Resistance Suffering
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
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
If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.
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Escape Freedom Possible Thinking Yourself
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
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Ourselves Suffering Wisdom
A moment comes when other is no longer other.
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Moments Philosophy
All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.
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Escape Illusion Practice Spiritual
Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
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Attitude Character Ourselves Suffering
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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Act Compassionate Justice Peace Philosophy
You two are together in the stars, but not in this world, in this life.
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Break Up Life Stars Togetherness World Yourself
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves
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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Attitude Different Live Soul
Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.
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Judgement Ourselves Right Togetherness
Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
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Change Identify Story
You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are moving into.
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Force Myself Nature Reality Transformation World Yourself

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