Surya Das Quotes

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Spiritual seekers particularly are on a quest to understand life; we want to examine our own lives and find meaning in what we do and who we are.... We find meaning in the seeking itself. Every step along the way is the Way...

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We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

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Like many others, I sometimes find that cooking can be naturally grounding.

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I've also learned that you don't always get to pick the people with whom you travel the journey. You sometimes may think you do, but don't be deceived. And the corollary of that - and this was my real lesson - is that you start to realize that you can love even the people you don't like and must love and help everyone.

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Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity...

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May all beings everywhere with whom we are inseparably connected, be fulfilled, awakened, liberated and free. May there be peace in this world and throughout the entire universe, and may we all together complete the spiritual journey.

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If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we live and spend our allotted time. We have to stop procrastinating, pretending that we have forever to do what we want to do and be what we long to be.

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You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occur just before a breakthrough.

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Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human.... It is the end of ignorance.

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Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do yoga, or even meditate, but learning to love. Love is the truth. Love is the light.

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We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.

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Spiritually speaking, everything that one wants, aspires to, and needs is ever-present, accessible here and now - for those with eyes to see.

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