Contemplations from Ram Dass

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Contemplations from Ram Dass 2010-11-03T18:16:33-06:00 Guest Contributor

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Editor’s Note: This week, we launch the new featured selection of the Patheos Book Club: Be Love Now*, by Ram Dass. In the coming weeks, we’ll be posting reflections from a variety of bloggers about the book and “the path of the heart” that has been Dass’ spiritual journey. Today, we share some contemplations from Ram Dass as a way of introducing this month’s featured book.*

Attend to keeping my heart open. Remember what Kabir said- “Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.”

Honor my intuitive heart and give it space and respect so that it provides a real balance for my intellect.

Quiet my mind. Free up my awareness so that it is not at the reactive mercy of each passing thought. Remember: “Quiteness is Master of the Deed.”

Listen. Listen with non-judging non-craving awareness to hear clearly.

Align my actions with my deepest truth. Stay conscious of the ways in which my life lacks integrity- economically, socially, politically, personally and philosophically- with what I know to be the deepest truth.

Re-consecrate my self again and always so that my actions will be an offering to God by whatever name. Remember the bottom line: I took birth in order to awaken out of the illusion of separateness. All of this stuff of life is the curriculum. Stop complaining and enjoy!

This post originally appeared at www.ramdass.org.

Read an excerpt from Be Love Now here, and then* join the online discussion at the Patheos Book Club.*

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