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To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.

Ram Dass

Don’t think about the past. Just be here now.
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Past Present Thinking
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
Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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Distance Emotional Ocean
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
Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
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Deep Philosophy Yourself
Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Deep End Knowledge Wisdom
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
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
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel Yourself
We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness
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Illusion Philosophy
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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Compassionate Lie Life Love Myself
The journey across the great ocean of existence Is a journey inward ever in deeper and deeper and the deeper you get in the more you meet truth.
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Deep Existence Greatness Journey Ocean Truth
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves
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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Attitude Different Live Soul
Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.
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Enough Ourselves Spiritual Transformation
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
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Attachment Journey Life Ourselves
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
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
Trust the messages coming from your heart and intuition.
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Heart Trust 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
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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Life Moments Ourselves Yourself
Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.
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Growth Learning Time
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
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present Yourself
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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Force Myself Nature Reality Transformation World Yourself
As soon as you give it all up you can have it all
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Heart Philosophy Yourself
It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Illusion Philosophy Reality

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.

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