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Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.

Ram Dass

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
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
Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that’s what the emerging game is all about.
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Game Myself Philosophy Suffering Yourself
We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
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Silence Word World
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
Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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Art God Inspirational Philosophy Spiritual
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everybody should follow any one path. Listen to your own truth.
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Journey Listen Spiritual True
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
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Philosophy Quiet Yourself
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel 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
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present Yourself
Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
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Afraid Right Truth
When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
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Easy God Heart Mindset
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
All of a sudden the progress will stop one day, and you will find yourself, as it were, stranded. Persevere. All progress proceeds by such rise and fall. —Vivekananda
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Fall Oneself Rise
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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Inspirational Right Yourself
A moment comes when other is no longer other.
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Moments Philosophy
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves
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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Act Important Love Moments Ourselves
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
You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
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Love Person Philosophy Yourself
Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use It!
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Life Transformation Yourself
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
We’re being trained through our incarnations–trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.
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Light Love Seek Suffering Training
The secret isn’t that you’re not being told. The secret is that you’re not able to hear.
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Philosophy Secret Yourself
Trust the messages coming from your heart and intuition.
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Heart Trust 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

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