I think the game is to bear the unbearable with a giggle. With your heart breaking. And then do what you do.
Ram DassYou must come to see every human being Including yourself, As an incarnation In a body or personality, going through a certain Life experience which is functional.
Ram DassBehind everyone's learned behaviors and odd eccentricities lurks a soul, ready to make contact if only coaxed out through a crack in the ego.
Ram DassWhat we're seeing "out there" is the projection of where we're at--the projection of the clingings of our minds.
Ram DassI would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.
Ram Dass