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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.

Ram Dass

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.
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Escape Illusion Practice Spiritual
A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
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Attachment Feeling Philosophy Yourself
The freer I get, the higher I go. The higher I go, the more I see. The more I see, the less I know. The less I know, the more I’m free.
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Freedom Myself Philosophy See
A relationship starting out as one that awakens love can only remain a living vehicle for love to the extent that it is continually made new or reconsecrated.
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Live Love Relationship Start
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
Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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Art God Inspirational Philosophy 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
Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
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Mystery Religion
Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
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Attitude Character Ourselves Suffering
Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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Distance Emotional Ocean
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present Yourself
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 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
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
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
Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Deep End Knowledge Wisdom

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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