Ram Dass quotes - page 2

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here. (Ram Dass)
Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us. View quote
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By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another. View quote
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Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true. View quote
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I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies. View quote
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Treat everyone you meet like God in drag. View quote
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Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God. View quote
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There are three stages in this journey that I have been on. The first. the social science stage; the second, the psychedelic stage; and the third, the yogi stage. View quote
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What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution. View quote
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We're all just walking each other home. View quote
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As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is. (Ram Dass)
We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them. View quote
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I can do nothing for you but work on myself... you can do nothing for me but work on yourself! View quote
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When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us. View quote
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Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise. View quote
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Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it. View quote
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We 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. View quote
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Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery. View quote
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Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama. View quote
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Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them. View quote
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The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering. (Ram Dass)
Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough. View quote
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Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it! View quote
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Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings. View quote
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All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion. View quote
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Ram Dass

Ram Dass - Image
Photo: Joan Halifax (Santa Fe, New Mexico), CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Psychologist
Born: April 6, 1931
Died: December 22, 2019
Quotes count: 115
Wikipedia: Ram Dass

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