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.
RAM DASSTo him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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The secret isn’t that you’re not being told. The secret is that you’re not able to hear.
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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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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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Grace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.
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As one individual changes, the system changes.
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I can do nothing for you but work on myself, you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
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The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
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If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.
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I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
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We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.
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It 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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My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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