Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind. Ram Dass More Quotes by Ram Dass More Quotes From Ram Dass You are joy, wisdom, peace, compassion, and love Ram Dass and-love compassion joy All that you seek is already within you. In Hinduism it is called the Atman, in Buddhism the pure Buddha-Mind. Christ said, 'the kingdom of heaven is within you.' Quakers call it the ‘still small voice within.’ This is the space of full awareness that is in harmony with all the universe, and thus is wisdom itself. Ram Dass buddhism voice space Dying is the most important moment that exists in any incarnation Ram Dass moments important dying Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look around, and you’ll be amazed-all the beings around you are souls. Be one, see one. Ram Dass ego soul looks When you are completely identified with your thinking mind you are totally separate from everything else in the universe. Ram Dass thinking-mind mind thinking As we grow in our consciousness.. there will be more compassion and more love. And then... the barriers between people.. between religions.. and between nations will begin to fall. Ram Dass compassion people fall The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or she must do, and that there is no reason to judge another person or oneself. You merely do what you can to further your own awakening. Ram Dass appreciate compassion journey 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 yoga spiritual moving Within the spiritual journey you understand that suffering becomes something that has been given to you to show you where your mind is still stuck. It’s a vehicle to help you go to work. That’s why it’s called grace. Ram Dass grace journey spiritual The God within is your Spiritual Heart. Your Soul. And in that individual Soul, rests God- rests the One. Go into your soul and your heart-space which can be Awareness, Love, Compassion, etc…and just BE your heart-space. BE your Soul so that you can LOVE unconditionally. Ram Dass compassion spiritual heart The soul is not ruled by time and space. The soul is infinite. It blends with the One in infinity. Ram Dass infinity space soul You experience that you are cut off by being in your mind, and there is a quality that is starving in an individual that is locked in their mind. So when you move to another plane of consciousness which is no longer controlled by your intellect, which is really the sub-system and you move into the meta-system, what you feel at that moment is... you are the universe, you feel merged with it, you feel thick with the moment, and that richness is so fulfilling. Ram Dass cutting mind moving You've been somebody long enough. You spent the first half of your life becoming somebody. Now you can work on becoming nobody, which is really somebody. For when you become nobody there is no tension, no pretense, no one trying to be anyone or anything. The natural state of the mind shines through unobstructed - and the natural state of the mind is pure love. Ram Dass shining mind long My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that. Ram Dass belief honor way This is the pathless path. Where the journey leads is to the deepest truth in you. It is really just returning to where you were initially before you got lost. Ram Dass journey path lost There's much more in any given moment than we usually perceive, and that we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life. Ram Dass moments spiritual drama Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found Ram Dass giving-up ocean helping If you would truly bring peace to the world, identify with that place within you where you are Peace. Ram Dass where-you-are peace world The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible. Ram Dass be-here-now power want As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make their lives a living hell, but a familiar one. Ram Dass suffering people looks
