Ram Dass

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.

The cosmic humor is that if you desire to move mountains and you continue to purify yourself, ultimately you will arrive at the place where you are able to move mountains. But in order to arrive at this position of power you will have had to give up being he-who-wanted-to-move-mountains so that you can be he-who-put-the-mountain-there-in-the-first-place. The humor is that finally when you have the power to move the mountain, you are the person who placed it there--so there the mountain stays.

You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.

If you think you’re enlightened go spend a week with your family.

Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.

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

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.

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

What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.

Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.

I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.

What we're seeing "out there" is the projection of where we're at--the projection of the clingings of our minds.

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

Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.

My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.

When the heart is open, it's easier for the mind to be turned toward God.

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion.

I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.

Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.

Let's trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let's lay down our righteousness and just be together.