The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.
Ram DassWhen we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.
Ram DassThe soul is not part of the incarnation. It comes into the incarnation. And the soul is not afraid of death because it has done it so many times.
Ram DassI can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
Ram DassHealing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.
Ram DassOne cultivates spaciousness or awareness which allows you to acknowledge the emotions and see them as part of the human condition. Emotions are like subtle thought forms and they all arise in response to something outside yourself. They are all reactions. You cultivate a quietness in yourself that watches these emotions rising and falling and passing away.
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