Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
Psychedelics to spirituality
Sayings by Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
We are all just walking each other home.
If you think you're enlightened, go spend a week with your family.
The most exquisite paradox: as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.
When you're with a guru, you don't think. You just bathe in the presence.
The game is not about becoming anything. It's about unbecoming everything.
The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow the same path. Listen to your own truth.
The dance between attachment and detachment is the dance of life.
Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.
The stroke was a huge gift. It forced me to be here now.
When you open your heart to love, it is like opening your hand to receive. You are not losing anything; you are gaining everything.
The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation.
What does it mean to be a human being? It means to be in a state of becoming.
The game is to be found in the present moment.
Suffering is the sandpaper of our lives. It polishes us smooth.
The more you know, the less you need.
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.
I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.
The spiritual journey is not about arriving at a new destination, but about seeing your present reality in a new light.
When you are not attached to anything, you are free.