"If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving."
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"You see that who you are isn't moving in time. Time is describing the incarnations, the packing changes."
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"Words engage our minds, but in the silence we hear the Presence of God."
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"I think that people should give gifts by really recognizing the spiritual worth of the person and their (the givers') own worth. You usually give a present that the other person needs or wants, and I think it just emphasizes wants and needs."
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"Fear of death only comes through the brittleness of the ego."
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"The ego is a tool. You don't separate it. It's a tool for the spirit."
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"When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there."
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"It is possible that in the 21st Century the Earth will not be inhabited by humans. One of the great mystics of India, a very simple man up in the mountains, somebody once asked him about the future. He said there will come a time when you'll walk five miles and you may see a light and you'll be so happy to know another being exists."
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"When our hearts open, when we know that we are in fact the world, when we experience the pain of others in our own blood and muscle, we are feeling compassion."
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"The satsang is - within the mass culture - like little mushrooms here and there, and somebody, maybe a Christian and a Hindu and a Buddhist, come together; doesn't matter, because those are paths. They're paths to the One. But those satsangs are what the world needs. And as I say - heart to heart - that's what satsang is."
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"Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so dependent on social approval. You can be a little more eccentric. You can be more alone. And you can examine loneliness and boredom instead of being afraid of them. There is such an art and a possibility of aging."
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"My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto."
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"To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible."
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"We kill each other over which name to call the Nameless."
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"The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible."
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"What we're seeing "out there" is the projection of where we're at--the projection of the clingings of our minds."
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"Be open to all teachers And all teachings, And listen with your heart."
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"Many of us are caught in separateness and we look for love out there, out there. But then as we proceed inside there will be the love. The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love."
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