Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found _x000D_ that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right.
Ram DassRead
Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.
Interpretation
Everyone has a personal way of sharing their insights with others.
In this quote, Ram Dass emphasizes the individuality of wisdom sharing. Each person possesses their own unique experiences and insights, which can be conveyed through various means, such as art, teaching, or conversation. The 'vehicle' symbolizes the method or medium through which one's wisdom is expressed, highlighting the diversity and richness of human expression in sharing meaningful experiences with others.
In practice
During a motivational speech about finding your passion.
Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found _x000D_ that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right.
The gift you offer another person is just your being.
Let the natural flow of the universe, course through your being, and harmonize your soul.
You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.
The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back. _x000D_ _x000D_ In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight. _x000D_ _x000D_ When we see the Beloved in each person, it's like walking through a garden, watching flowers bloom all around us.
When I look at relationships, my own and others, I see a wide range of reasons for people to be together and ways in which they are together. I see ways in which a relationship - which means something that exists between two or more people - for the most part reinforces people's separateness as individual entities.
I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.
In todays economy, the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge
Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
If it turns out that there are emotions and values that are more numerous and more vibrant than indifference and hatred, things are going to be okay. That depends on us.
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