Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath. Ram Dass breathdeathdie Change image and share on social
Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness. Ram Dass busyholdproblem Change image and share on social
I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth. Ram Dass bearimportantreligion Change image and share on social
The stroke has given me another way to serve people. It lets me feel more deeply the pain of others; to help them know by example that ultimately, whatever happens, no harm can come. 'Death is perfectly safe,' I like to say. Ram Dass deathdeeplyfeel share on social
Pain is the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind. Then I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being. Then those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death! Ram Dass deathheartlove share on social
Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object. Ram Dass activedeepemotion share on social