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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.

Ram Dass

Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Deep End Knowledge Wisdom
When we see the Beloved in each person, it’s like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.
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Flower Garden Person See Walk
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
I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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Fundamental Law Mindset Myself Understand
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
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Ourselves Suffering Wisdom
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present Yourself
Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
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Problem Worth Yourself
A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
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Attachment Feeling Philosophy Yourself
Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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Distance Emotional Ocean
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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God Heart Mindset Philosophy Understand
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel Yourself
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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Bad Freedom Future Goodness Illusion Time Yourself
When we’re identified with Awareness, we’re no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
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Identify Live Present Time World
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
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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Affection Love Satisfaction Yourself
It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Illusion Philosophy Reality
What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.
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Growth Philosophy Yourself
I can do nothing for you but work on myself, you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
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Growth Myself Self Love Yourself
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
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Philosophy Quiet 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
A relationship starting out as one that awakens love can only remain a living vehicle for love to the extent that it is continually made new or reconsecrated.
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Live Love Relationship Start
To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
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Experience Explanation Himself Necessary Possible
As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.
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Desire Yourself
Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.
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God Healing Philosophy
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
If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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Home Thinking Yourself
I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion–and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.
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Compassionate Lie Life Love Myself

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