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Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook

Book by Ram Dass · 8 quotes · Path, Awareness, Be Here Now

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“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”

“All that you seek is already within you. In Hinduism it is called the Atman, in Buddhism the pure Buddha-Mind. Christ said, 'the kingdom of heaven is within you.' Quakers call it the ‘still small voice within.’ This is the space of full awareness that is in harmony with all the universe, and thus is wisdom itself.”

“The dark night of the soul is when you have lost the flavor of life but have not yet gained the fullness of divinity. So it is that we must weather that dark time, the period of transformation when what is familiar has been taken away and the new richness is not yet ours.”