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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

You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
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Love Person Philosophy 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 soon as you give it all up you can have it all
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Heart Philosophy Yourself
Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use It!
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Life Transformation Yourself
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
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Ourselves Suffering Wisdom
We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.
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Silence Word World
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
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
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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Experience Important Negative Oneself Path
If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
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Heart Spiritual Yourself
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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Present 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
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
Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
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Deep Philosophy Yourself
The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.
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Enjoyment Lost Philosophy
Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.
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Knowledge Togetherness 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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