Ram Dass

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

 

I am currently reading STILL HERE by Ram Dass and found a simple and

impactful statement on the need for the world and ego. He states "I

tried to go the renunciate's way, to forget the needs of the body in

order to avoid the suffering of the Ego. But the Soul depends on the

Ego's drama for its teachings. We have to be in the world to learn

from it."

 

Just wanted to share this with others as I muddle my way through the

last of these eclipse patterns. While the shifts have been

enlightening I am looking forward to the cosmic energies smoothing

out a bit.

 

Namaste,

Linda

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Linda!

 

By "Ego's drama" we can read: relative self, relative

experience.

By "Soul" we can read: absolute Life, absolute Being.

 

How can relative being be without BEING?

How can relative self live without LIFE?

 

Pain, hurt, limitations,

are these apart from

BEING?

 

Will I attempt to escape BEING

in order to discover BEING?

 

BEING - that some call "God", some

call "Awareness", others

"Life," still others

just "Unknown".

 

Learning, never arriving,

just opening.

 

-- Dan

 

>>Linda:

>>I am currently reading STILL HERE by Ram Dass and found a simple and

impactful statement on the need for the world and ego. He states "I tried

to go the renunciate's way, to forget the needs of the body in order to

avoid the suffering of the Ego. But the Soul depends on the Ego's drama

for its teachings. We have to be in the world to learn from it."

 

Just wanted to share this with others as I muddle my way through the last

of these eclipse patterns. While the shifts have been enlightening I am

looking forward to the cosmic energies smoothing out a bit.