What we’re seeing out there is the projection of where we’re at-the projection of the clingings of our minds.
RAM DASSSuffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.
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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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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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When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
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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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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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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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Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
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We’re all just walking each other home.
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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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The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
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Who in all his works sees God, in truth he goes to God.
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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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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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