Religions are institutions that push you up the mountain and then they have their fantasies about the spirit. I mean they try… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back. In most of our human relationships, we spend much… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Psychedelics helped me to escape.. albeit momentarily.. from the prison of my mind. It over-rode the habit patterns of thought and I… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Pain is the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind. Then I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind. By letting go of even the thought 'I,' and 'me'… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Our thinking minds deprive us of the happiness that comes when we are living fully in the moment. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You've been somebody long enough. You spent the first half of your life becoming somebody. Now you can work on becoming nobody,… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
After meditating for some years, I began to see the patterns of my own behavior. As you quiet your mind, you begin… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The suffering is in the mind. The mind. In the mind. Witness it. From your spiritual heart. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The interesting question is, how do you put yourself in a position so that you can allow ‘what is’ to be. The… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
This is the pathless path - returning to where you were initially before you got lost. The deepest truth in you is where the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look around, and you’ll be amazed-all the beings around you… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Accidents are just from where you're looking; to the ego, it looks like it's miracles and accidents. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people ... to me, that's what the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
