Relationships only work in a spiritual sense when you and I really see that we are one.
RAM DASSIt is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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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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You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are moving into.
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It’s very hard to grow because it’s difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we’ve invested so heavily.
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It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.
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You base your faith on experience, your faith is
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If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
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The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
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Don’t think about the past. Just be here now.
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Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.
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I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
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Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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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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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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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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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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