This quote can teach us a bit of the essence of meditation and how to view emotions and distracting thoughts. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean This is because we are here to have a human experience and that can include the most spiritual experience without needing to be separate from the human world.Įmotions are like waves. This is similar to staying grounded while also deeply expanding and deeply exploring human consciousness. Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code Find what Deepak Chopra says on healing the self here. That the work we do on ourselves is the way we can actually affect the external world since it is a reflection of each other. This speaks about the importance of not getting caught up in the reflection of the external world. I can do nothing for you but work on myself…you can do nothing for me but work on yourself! This reminds us to stay humble and to find the joy in even the caterpillarness or uncomfortable transformation.

This quote reminds us that allowing life to happen is part of the beautiful experience of life and can be extremely rewarding. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control. It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. You do not need to suffer by looking for anything you contain it all within you! Starting off with this quote due to the fact it connects us to the title of the book and the message that can bring us to a place of stillness, acceptance, and even bliss.

I think the message is that you don’t need to go to anywhere else to find what you are seeking Practicing them before reading these quotes will help you shift into a space where your mind is calmer and you can explore their meaning without as many mental distractions. His quotes provide different essences of his teachings which can work to remind your awareness to encompass another layer of clarity.Īlong with reading Be Here Now you can use these mindfulness sensory exercises to increase your awareness and explore all your states of consciousness. Mindfulness and expanding our current awareness and remembering ourselves as the creator of our realities is Ram Dass’s message. He studied the effects of LSD and psychedelics on human consciousness and how it correlated to opening the mind to conscious living. Ram Dass’s message of Be Here Now reminds us of surrendering to the beautiful “trip” that is life. The premise of this book reminds us of the beautiful process of being alive and fully present whereas in our common society we pass over the subtle details and forget to notice the sensation of being alive. Author of the best-selling book, Be Here Now, Ram Dass also known as Baba Ram Dass, helped spirituality become more mainstream within the west.

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