All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion. Ram Dass More Quotes by Ram Dass More Quotes From Ram Dass So somebody comes along and gets to me. They get me angry or uptight or they awaken some desire in me, wow am I delighted. They got me. And that’s my work on myself. If I am angry with you because your behavior doesn’t fill my model of how you should be, that’s my problem for having models. No expectations, no upset. If you are a liar and a cheat, that’s your Karma. If I’m cheated, that’s my work on myself. Ram Dass karmaexpectationsliars Ask yourself: Where am I? Answer: Here. Ram Dass asksanswers The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody. Ram Dass yogaspiritualgames The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity. Ram Dass unityheartbeautiful If you want to cure the world, don't emanate fear - emanate love. Ram Dass cureswantworld Now is now. Are you going to be here or not? Ram Dass The dark night of the soul is when you have lost the flavor of life but have not yet gained the fullness of divinity. So it is that we must weather that dark time, the period of transformation when what is familiar has been taken away and the new richness is not yet ours. Ram Dass takendarknight Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it! Ram Dass usespirituallife When you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided it if you possibly could. And yet, when you look at the depth of your character now, isn't a part of that a product of those experiences? Weren't those experiences part of what created the depth of your inner being? Ram Dass depthsufferingcharacter As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You’re not thinking about loving; you’re just being love, radiating like the sun. Ram Dass loving-someonelovethinking Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it. Ram Dass actorsstorieslife So your first job is to work on yourself. The greatest thing you can do for another human being is to get your own house in order and find your true spiritual heart. Ram Dass spiritualheartjobs When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't. Ram Dass mourningemotionbusy It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed. Ram Dass moving-onsuccessinspirational When you are in the presence of unconditional love, that is the optimum environment for your heart to open, because you feel safe, because you realize nobody wants anything from you. The minute that heart opens, you are once again letting in the flow. And that flow is where you experience God. Ram Dass unconditional-lovesafeheart 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 life-and-loveself-esteemperfection 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. Ram Dass independentcirclespeople Let the clock and the earth do their own thing... Let the comings and goings of life continue... But YOU stay HERE and NOW. This exercise is to bring you to the Eternal Present where it all is. Ram Dass clockearthexercise Faith is what is left after all your beliefs have been blown to hell. Ram Dass hellhas-beensbelief The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me. Ram Dass being-in-lovelove-ismean
