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The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

Ram Dass

I’m not interested in being a lover. I’m interested in only being love.
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Deep Love Myself
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
By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.
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Act Compassionate Justice Peace Philosophy
The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
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Heart Judgement Mindset Moments
Once 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.
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Affection Love Satisfaction 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
Who in all his works sees God, in truth he goes to God.
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God See Truth
Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.
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Deep Philosophy Yourself
When you are already in Detroit, you don’t have to take a bus to get there.
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Travel Yourself
You and I are the force for transformation in the world. We are the consciousness that will define the nature of the reality we are moving into.
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Force Myself Nature Reality Transformation World 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
It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.
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Control Growth Yourself
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
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
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
You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
RAM DASS

Love Person Philosophy Yourself

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