Ram Dass on love
Ram Dass100 quotes“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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As soon as you give it all up you can have it all
Ram DassRam Dass You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
Ram DassRam Dass Who in all his works sees God, in truth he goes to God.
Ram DassRam Dass The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
Ram DassRam Dass By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.
Ram DassRam Dass 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.
Ram DassRam Dass The next message you need is always right where you are.
Ram DassRam Dass I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.
Ram DassRam Dass I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
Ram DassRam Dass We’re being trained through our incarnations–trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.
Ram DassRam Dass 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.
Ram DassRam Dass It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
Ram DassRam Dass Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
Ram DassRam Dass If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
Ram DassRam Dass Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.
Ram DassRam Dass The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
Ram DassRam Dass
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on love
With you, I can hold water I can hold light I can move the sun into the far night.
Doua HreicheDoua Hreiche I’m the kind of boy that can fall in love with any girl because I love with the heart, not the eyes.
Niall HoranNiall Horan Let me show you just how bad good love can be.
Hadley AllisonHadley Allison You and your sea glass green kaleidoscope eyes have always been my kryptonite.
Kate WestKate West Other’s won’t fill your soul with love, its your responsibility.
Hanna ShebarHanna Shebar It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac When you stop chasing a butterfly, it may land. This is a lot like love.
Kimmery MossKimmery Moss Does love need to know that it is love?
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland
