Ram Dass Quotes - Page 5

Behind everyone's learned behaviors and odd eccentricities lurks a soul, ready to make contact if only coaxed out through a crack in the ego.

Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object.

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.

The pain of the world will sear and break our hearts because we can no longer keep them closed. We've seen too much now. To some degree or other, we have surrendered into service and are willing to pay the price of compassion. But with it comes the joy of a single, caring act. With it comes the honor of participating in a generous process in which one rises each day and does what one can. With it comes the simple, singular grace of being an instrument of Love, in whatever form, to whatever end.

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.

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.

The next message you need is always right where you are.

In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is that you're not able to hear.

The World is perfect as it is, including my desire to change it

When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.

Look at the people you don't love and see them as an exercise for you to open your heart.

At the moment when there's nothing more to lose, the Ego breaks open - and then we see who we are behind who we thought we were.

Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.

Don't think about the past. Just be here now.

The point isn't to deny our Egos, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with them.

Suffering lets us see where are attachments are - and that helps us get free.

When we practice dying, we are learning to identify less with Ego and more with Soul

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.

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

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.

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

True compassion arises out of the plane of consciousness where I AM you.

My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not by institutions.

My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.