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I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

Ram Dass

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
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
It’s all real and it’s all illusory: that’s awareness.
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Illusion Philosophy Reality
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
Our journey is about being more deeply involved in Life and yet less attached to it.
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Attachment Journey Life Ourselves
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
I can do nothing for you but work on myself, you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
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Growth Myself Self Love Yourself
The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
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Deep Game Philosophy
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
My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
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Art Creation Design Life
Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
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Distance Emotional Ocean
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel Yourself
Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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Important Journey Ourselves
As one individual changes, the system changes.
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Change Oneself
When we’re identified with Awareness, we’re no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
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Identify Live Present Time World
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

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