Be Yourself

Be yourself.
No one can say
you're doing it wrong.

Charles Schulz

Respect That Tuning In

We have to start out from somewhere, we can't start out being nobody. The force of "somebody-ness" that develops the survival mechanisms is our starting point. It is the freedom of non-clinging to models about self and other that you begin to tune to and hear the way of things, called the Tao or the Divine Law. When you respect that tuning in yourself, actions that flow from you start to become dharmic. They are acts that release beings from suffering and do not perpetuate the illusion of separate self.

Ram Dass

All Just Thoughts

Only this moment is real,
this moment of loving awareness.
The past and future are all just thoughts.

Ram Dass

The Best Way to Prepare

If I'm going to die, the best way to prepare
is to quiet my mind and open my heart.
If I'm going to live, the best way to prepare
is to quiet my mind and open my heart.

Ram Dass

This Path of Love

Welcome to the path of the heart! Believe it or not,
this can be your reality, to be loved unconditionally,
and to begin to become that love. This path of love
doesn't go anywhere. It just brings you more here, into
the present moment, into the reality of who you really are.

Ram Dass

Dare to Wear

Dare to wear
the foolish clown face.

Frank Sinatra

Forgive Yourself

Forgive yourself
for not knowing
what you didn't know
before you learned it.

Maya Angelou