It's very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we've invested so heavily.
Ram DassIf I see one dilemma with Western man, it's that he can't accept how beautiful he is. He can't accept that he is pure light, that he's pure love, that he's pure consciousness, that he's divine.
Ram DassAnd then the witness, if you go down into the witness, that has the spiritual being. Down there, in your soul, you'll get far more love than you ever got out there.
Ram Dass