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Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.

Ram Dass

In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.
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Human Identity Ourselves Relationship
Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
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Mystery Religion
A moment comes when other is no longer other.
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Moments Philosophy
Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
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Dance Fear Love Ourselves Reflection
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
When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.
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Company Faith Inspirational Strong Yourself
In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?
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Ourselves Philosophy Relationship
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel Yourself
Relationships only work in a spiritual sense when you and I really see that we are one.
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Myself Oneself Relationship See Spiritual Yourself
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
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Resistance Suffering
Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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Distance Emotional Ocean
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
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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Early Journey Life Stop Yourself
If you want to be surrounded by Souls, become identified with your Soul. It takes one to know!
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Identify Oneself Soul Yourself
Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
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Attitude Character Ourselves Suffering
If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.
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Escape Freedom Possible Thinking Yourself

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