I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people ... to me, that's… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
If I'm going to die, the best way to prepare is to quiet my mind and open my heart. If I'm going… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment,… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The way we regard death is critical to the way we experience life. When your fear of death changes, the way you… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Gratitude opens your heart, and opening your heart is a wonderful and easy way for God to slip in. — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts.. if we can keep them open to God, will find… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is... — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The dance goes from realizing that you're separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
When you concentrate on the middle of your chest - this is where loving awareness lives. This is the spiritual heart. Not… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
After one arrives at the summit, after going through the total transformation of being...there is yet one more step to the completion… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The stroke has given me another way to serve people. It lets me feel more deeply the pain of others; to help… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to… — 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
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
