The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
RAM DASSWe are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.
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A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
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Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
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Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
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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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You base your faith on experience, your faith is
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Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.
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Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
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The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
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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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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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The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
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We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
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The freer I get, the higher I go. The higher I go, the more I see. The more I see, the less I know. The less I know, the more I’m free.
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