When humans come together with a true spirit of dealing with the mystery collaboratively, it's incredibly beautiful.
Ram DassIt'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 DassCompassion and pity are very different. Whereas compassion reflects the yearning of the heart to merge and take on some of the suffering, pity is a controlled set of thoughts designed to assure separateness. Compassion is the spontaneous response of love; pity, the involuntary reflex of fear.
Ram DassDo what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.
Ram Dass