It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
RAM DASSMeditation raises the question: Who are we really?
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If you observe well, your own heart will answer.
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Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.
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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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As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.
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Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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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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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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If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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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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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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There’s much more in any given moment than we usually perceive, and that we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life.
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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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When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.
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Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
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Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.
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