Ram Dass Quotes

For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a witness to their thoughts, so to speak. They are not completely identified with their mind anymore and so they begin to sense that there is a depth to them that they had never known before.

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.

Mental alertness is not awareness. Mental alertness only enhances your survival instincts. It does not take you towards liberation.

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one.

I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.

I want people to find their inner depth.

My journey is not to be a star but to become as aware a person as possible.

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.

The answers we're looking for are all within ourselves, we just need to become better connected, more present - to what we eat, to nature, to our surroundings and to our inner guide.

Become aware of the silent witness that is observing the unfolding of all the external events of your life. This eternal presence is your true Self.

And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

When we were children, there was a silent part of us watching the child. When we were adolescents, there was that same witness watching the adolescent. Middle age, and so on. Every one, now and again, has discovered the self, the one who is watching.

He who sees his soul is more than his life does not confuse the two.

Awareness means grasping life just the way it is, without contamination by mental projections.

You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.

Each individual has to know himself. He has to know himself as the infinite, eternal and immortal Consciousness.

Watch, witness. Your body is not you; your mind is not you. You are just a pure witness.

Consciousness is not in the body; the body is in consciousness. And you are that consciousness.

Drop dreaming and you are there where you have really been always, but you were never aware. All meditation techniques are just antidream efforts, just dream-negating devices.

Your body and your mind can be receptacles to perceive the whole cosmos - if only you do not identify yourself with them.

Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.