Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
RAM DASSMost of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
RAM DASSMy life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
RAM DASSYour problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
RAM DASSIt is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
RAM DASSWhen we see the Beloved in each person, it’s like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.
RAM DASSThe spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can’t be organized or regulated. It isn’t true that everybody should follow any one path. Listen to your own truth.
RAM DASSYou two are together in the stars, but not in this world, in this life.
RAM DASSSpiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.
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.
RAM DASSYou base your faith on experience, your faith is
RAM DASSIf you observe well, your own heart will answer.
RAM DASSEmotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.
RAM DASSWe are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.
RAM DASSA feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.
RAM DASSGrace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.
RAM DASSBy 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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