Friday, September 30, 2016

Wisdom of Ram Dass

“Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.”
― Ram Dass

“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.”
― Ram Dass, Be Here Now

“Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.”
― Ram Dass

“The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.”
― Ram Dass

“If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.”
― Ram Dass

“When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.”
― Ram Dass

“It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.”
― Ram Dass

“Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation.
Use it!”
― Ram Dass

“Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.”
― Ram Dass

“Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.”
― Ram Dass

“I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!”
― Ram Dass, Be Here Now

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