Our thinking minds deprive us of the happiness that comes when we are living fully in the moment.
Ram DassThere are wars and poverty and so on - it's based on fear. You can cure that with your being by not being afraid.
Ram DassAs the haves and have-nots split further and further apart, destabilization ultimately leads to revolution, not evolution. If we're playing the evolution vs. revolution game, we are closer to revolution than we are to evolution in my concept.
Ram DassI have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
Ram DassThe satsang is - within the mass culture - like little mushrooms here and there, and somebody, maybe a Christian and a Hindu and a Buddhist, come together; doesn't matter, because those are paths. They're paths to the One. But those satsangs are what the world needs. And as I say - heart to heart - that's what satsang is.
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