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It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.

Ram Dass

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
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel Yourself
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
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Resistance Suffering
The world is won by those who let it go.
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Inspirational Let Go Philosophy Win World
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present Yourself
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
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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Ourselves Philosophy Relationship
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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Control Growth Yourself
Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
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Dance Fear Love Ourselves Reflection
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
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
Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what happened to them.
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Lying Mystery Religion
If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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Home Thinking Yourself
Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
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Afraid Right Truth
Grace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.
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Grace Love Spiritual
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
The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
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Enjoyment Lost Philosophy
We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness
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Illusion Philosophy
As soon as you give it all up you can have it all
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Heart Philosophy 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
What we’re seeing out there is the projection of where we’re at-the projection of the clingings of our minds.
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Mindset Ourselves Philosophy See
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
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Philosophy Quiet Yourself
The dance goes from realizing that you’re separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.
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Dance Deep Philosophy Spiritual Yourself
Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
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Love Path Presence
I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
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Deep Love Myself
Who in all his works sees God, in truth he goes to God.
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God See Truth
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

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