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.
RAM DASSOnce 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.
More Ram Dass Quotes
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The next message you need is always right where you are.
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In mystical traditions, it is one’s own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric.
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Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness
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The world is won by those who let it go.
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Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
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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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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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As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.
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What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.
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A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
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Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
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If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.
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To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
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Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use It!
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