Mean Quotes by Ram Dass

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not.

— Ram Dass

I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are

— Ram Dass

Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.

— Ram Dass

What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of…

— Ram Dass

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

— Ram Dass

You give up not meditating. It's called meditation action. There's no way out of it. Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself…

— Ram Dass

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because…

— Ram Dass

Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the…

— Ram Dass

Religions are institutions that push you up the mountain and then they have their fantasies about the spirit. I mean they try…

— Ram Dass

The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from…

— Ram Dass

Death has such great importance in this society that it affects everything. I learned from my guru that death is not the…

— Ram Dass

Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind. By letting go of even the thought 'I,' and 'me'…

— Ram Dass

In India when we meet and part we often say, "Namaste," which means: I honor the place in you where the entire…

— Ram Dass

Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including animals, fish,…

— Ram Dass

Watch how your mind judges. Judgment comes, in part, out of your own fear. You judge other people because you're not comfortable…

— Ram Dass

The final awakening is the embracing of the darkness into the light. That means embracing our humanity as well as our divinity.…

— Ram Dass