Sublime

So at the beginning is eclecticism, at the end is universality, and in the middle is the lineage.

Now, whether our wings are being singed, whether the fire purifies us or destroys us, depends on who we think we are, because the fire can only burn our stash of clinging. The fire doesn’t burn itself. And in truth, we are the fire.

Part of becoming conscious is not trying to impose a limited rational model on how the world is but rather realizing that the rational model is a finite subsystem and that the law of the universe is infinite.

suddenly gained an understanding of all teachings, the ability to see things as they really are and not how others see them, how to examine things with his own wisdom while remaining free from discursive views, and all the abilities of a great yogin38 no longer dependent on others:

The other devotees onstage had their own stories, too. Some of them had met Ram Dass in the late ’60s when he first returned from India and had heard him on his speaking tour. The people at those early talks described feeling a transmission coming from him, something behind his words, a vibration of a great love that compelled them, too, to travel