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We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness

Ram Dass

Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.
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Live True
As one individual changes, the system changes.
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Change Oneself
Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.
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Act Important Love Moments Ourselves
All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.
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Escape Illusion Practice Spiritual
The most exquisite paradox, as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can’t have it. The minute you don’t want power, you’ll have more than you ever dreamed possible.
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Dream Give Up Philosophy Possible Power Yourself
Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.
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Enough Ourselves Spiritual Transformation
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 journey across the great ocean of existence Is a journey inward ever in deeper and deeper and the deeper you get in the more you meet truth.
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Deep Existence Greatness Journey Ocean Truth
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
Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that’s what the emerging game is all about.
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Game Myself Philosophy Suffering Yourself
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
Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
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Attitude Character Ourselves Suffering
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves
If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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Home Thinking Yourself
As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.
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Desire Yourself
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
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
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Ourselves Suffering Wisdom
Trust the messages coming from your heart and intuition.
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Heart Trust Yourself
Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.
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Deep End Knowledge Wisdom
All acts of healing are ultimately our selves healing our Self.
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Act Healing Ourselves
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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Inspirational Right Yourself
In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?
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Ourselves Philosophy Relationship
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
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Resistance Suffering
Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.
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Growth Learning Time
Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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Art God Inspirational Philosophy Spiritual
Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
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Dance Fear Love Ourselves Reflection
If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
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Heart Spiritual Yourself

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