NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 1126

 

• ·       “Once you understand what awakening is about, every act of your life becomes a vehicle to become aware, and the meaning of life changes.” – Ram Dass

  ·       “Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.” – Ram Dass

  ·       “Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.” – Ram Dass

  ·       “The beginning of wisdom comes from the capacity to look at what is.” – Ram Dass

  ·       “You can’t push away the world. You have to enter it fully to become free.” – Ram Dass

  ·       “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.” – Ram Dass

  ·       “You always have a choice. You don’t have to live in a Greek tragedy. You get to have a fairy tale.”

  ·       “Breaking a bad cycle can sometimes break a system. But breaking a system will always break the cycle. It’s only a difference in degree of certainty.” ~ Alexandra Bracken

  ·       “Be the person who breaks the cycle. If you were judged, choose understanding. If you were rejected, choose acceptance. If you were shamed, choose compassion. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you. Vow to be better than what broke you—to heal instead of becoming bitter so can act from your heart, not your pain.” ~ Lon Deschene

  ·       Happiness is a direction, not a place. - Sydney J. Harris