Ram Dass Quotes

It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

We're here to awaken from the illusion of separateness

If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.

Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

It's all real and it's all illusory:
that's Awareness!

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation.
Use it!

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.

When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.

Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.

It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.

Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.

Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.

The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look at all that's happening around us without freaking out, where we can be quiet enough to hear our predicament, and where we can begin to find ways of acting that are at least not contributing to further destabilization.

In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?