"It's only when caterpillarness is done that one……" — Ram Dass
"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."
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237 Quotes by Ram Dass
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The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into…
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We gain internal freedom through external actions.
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Be open to all teachers And all teachings, And listen with your heart.
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Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out. A car is in the ditch, you join others and…
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Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.
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Faith, consciousness, and awareness all exist beyond the thinking mind.
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Real happiness lies in that which never comes nor goes, but simply is.
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It wasn't until after I'd been around Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts, that I started to reflect about…
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I think it's darkness before the dawn, because the next evolution is going to be a consciousness evolution instead of…
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A Oneness of all. An evolution in consciousness of us all that isn't about the egos.
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Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including…
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Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure...…
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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
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