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As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.

Ram Dass

All of a sudden the progress will stop one day, and you will find yourself, as it were, stranded. Persevere. All progress proceeds by such rise and fall. —Vivekananda
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Fall Oneself Rise
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
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Attachment Journey Life Ourselves
It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Illusion Philosophy Reality
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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Experience God Light Reason See Yourself
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.
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Journey Path Spiritual True
As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.
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Desire 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
If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.
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Escape Freedom Possible Thinking Yourself
Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.
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Compassionate Desire Heart Suffering
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
As soon as you give it all up you can have it all
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Heart Philosophy Yourself
All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our Self.
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Act Healing Ourselves
When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.
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Company Faith Inspirational Strong Yourself
Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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Knowledge Togetherness Wisdom
As one individual changes, the system changes.
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Change Oneself

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