Resting in Awareness, we transform all the 'stuff' of our lives. Ram Dass More Quotes by Ram Dass More Quotes From Ram Dass In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday? Ram Dass our-relationshipusedyesterday Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality. Ram Dass turnsreflectionreality I think that people should give gifts by really recognizing the spiritual worth of the person and their (the givers') own worth. You usually give a present that the other person needs or wants, and I think it just emphasizes wants and needs. Ram Dass spiritualpeoplethinking When the heart is open, it's easier for the mind to be turned toward God. Ram Dass easiermindheart I think it's darkness before the dawn, because the next evolution is going to be a consciousness evolution instead of a communication revolution. Ram Dass communicationdarknessthinking It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos. Ram Dass egodifferentsoul Wisdom is one of the few things in human life that does not diminish with age. Ram Dass human-lifeagedoe When humans come together with a true spirit of dealing with the mystery collaboratively, it's incredibly beautiful. Ram Dass spirittogetherbeautiful I've got to love the souls of people. Because I can't love every incarnation. I have to identify with my own soul. And then I can have such compassion for that soul who has an incarnation like George Bush. I feel compassion. That's karma of the here. Compassion and love, that's all. Ram Dass karmacompassionpeople We're receiving information from all the planes of our consciousness all the time, but we don't acknowledge their existence; we treat the information as static, as noise. Ram Dass receivingintuitionnoise Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead. Ram Dass wake-uppatientmoving There is only one of us. One consciousness manifesting into different forms. Ram Dass psychedelicconsciousnessdifferent The ego is a tool. You don't separate it. It's a tool for the spirit. Ram Dass egotoolsspirit You see that who you are isn't moving in time. Time is describing the incarnations, the packing changes. Ram Dass packingreincarnationmoving Counseling has to do with intuition, with work on oneself, with the quietness of one's mind and the openness of one's heart. Ram Dass intuitionmindheart This society is not 'user-friendly' for older people. Ram Dass compassionacceptancepeople When our hearts open, when we know that we are in fact the world, when we experience the pain of others in our own blood and muscle, we are feeling compassion. Ram Dass paincompassionheart Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code. Ram Dass zipsgods-and-goddesseslight Compassion and pity are very different. Whereas compassion reflects the yearning of the heart to merge and take on some of the suffering, pity is a controlled set of thoughts designed to assure separateness. Compassion is the spontaneous response of love; pity, the involuntary reflex of fear. Ram Dass compassionsufferingheart Witness your thoughts. Your thoughts are attachments. Ram Dass witnessattachment
