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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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In mystical traditions, it is one’s own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric.
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Experience Mystery Philosophy
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
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
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Attachment Journey Life Ourselves
Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.
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Judgement Ourselves Right Togetherness
Who in all his works sees God, in truth he goes to God.
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God See Truth
We’re being trained through our incarnations–trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.
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Light Love Seek Suffering Training
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
When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
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Easy God Heart Mindset
It’s very hard to grow because it’s difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we’ve invested so heavily.
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Difficult Growth Hard Investment Let Go Ourselves
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
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
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
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
The dance goes from realizing that you’re separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.
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Dance Deep Philosophy Spiritual Yourself
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
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

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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