At the moment when there's nothing more to lose, the Ego breaks open - and then we see who we are behind who we thought we were.
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 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 DassWhen we're identified with Awareness, we're no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.
Ram DassWhen you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided it if you possibly could. And yet, when you look at the depth of your character now, isn't a part of that a product of those experiences? Weren't those experiences part of what created the depth of your inner being?
Ram Dass