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 DassWe live life in the marketplace and then we go off to the cave or to the meditation mat to replenish ourselves.
Ram DassCaring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out. A car is in the ditch, you join others and push... You live, you help.
Ram DassAlong with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there may come a time - just as there does in the development of any skill - when there will be a plateau. You may be bored, discouraged, or even negative and cynical. This is when you will need not only faith, but persistence.
Ram Dass