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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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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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God Heart Mindset Philosophy Understand
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
Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
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Change Identify Story
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
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Attachment Journey Life Ourselves
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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Inspirational Right Yourself
I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.
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Myself See
Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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Art God Inspirational Philosophy Spiritual
To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
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Experience Explanation Himself Necessary Possible
It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Illusion Philosophy Reality
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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Affection Love Satisfaction Yourself
The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
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Deep Game Philosophy
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
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
The world is won by those who let it go.
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Inspirational Let Go Philosophy Win World
My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Art Creation Design Life

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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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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