I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being. Ram Dass More Quotes by Ram Dass More Quotes From Ram Dass If we are to help heal the world, we need to remember that it is a sacred place. Our actions need to be positive statements, reminders that even in the worst times there is a world worth struggling for. Ram Dass being-positive struggle needs Prolong not the past Invite not the future Do not alter your innate wakefulness Fear not appearances There in nothing more than this Ram Dass fear-not appearance past When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there. Ram Dass detroit bus inspirational We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other. Ram Dass levels together needs The healing begins when we can start to feel more gratitude that our child came into our life than despair and outrage that our child died. The gratitude is what heals the despair. Ram Dass gratitude healing children From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you. Ram Dass perspective trying needs My whole academic career was totally out of Jewish anxiety, and issues surrounding achievement and adequacy. Ram Dass issues achievement careers I look at you, and I see in you the yearning to get back to God. That yearning is love. Ram Dass yearning love looks My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too. Ram Dass guru suffering god I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth. Ram Dass born important said Give it all up and you can have it all. Ram Dass giving You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. Ram Dass tree looks way We kill each other over which name to call the Nameless. Ram Dass nameless names peace Birth, death, and suffering all bring us to the very edge of what our minds can understand. Ram Dass acceptance suffering mind 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-love love-is mean I like to look at a tree and see that it's love. Don't you? Ram Dass nature tree looks Gratitude opens your heart, and opening your heart is a wonderful and easy way for God to slip in. Ram Dass gratitude heart way The fun is having friends who help each other get free. Ram Dass helping fun friendship The Ego ages... the Soul evolves... and to the Awareness, nothing happened! Ram Dass ego soul spiritual Suffering brings me so close to God. Ram Dass suffering
