Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found _x000D_ that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right.
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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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Desire for power requires personal transformation, often leading to a realization that one's ambitions can be misguided.
This quote by Ram Dass reflects on the journey of personal growth and the paradox of ambition. It emphasizes that in the quest to achieve monumental tasks, one must transform and let go of the identity associated with those desires. Ultimately, the realization dawns that true power comes from understanding one's place in the universe, which might lead to maintaining the status quo rather than changing it. The humor lies in the irony that by the time one has the strength to move mountains, they recognize that their journey has created the very obstacles they once sought to dismantle.
Themes
CosmicHumorMountainsDesirePowerTransformationIdentity
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about personal growth.
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