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Journey Toward Timeless Simplicity
- The spiritual journey is a path toward simplicity, quietness, and a joy beyond time.
- Ram Dass frames progress as leaving behind every model of who we think we are, moving from body to psyche to soul to God.
Every Peak Feels Like The Summit
- Each stage of awakening feels unsurpassable because it radically surpasses previous experience.
- Ram Dass notes people become enamored of intense states (psychedelia era examples) and can't imagine anything beyond them.
Silk Scarf Wearing A Mountain
- Ram Dass uses a Buddhist parable of a mountain and a bird with a silk scarf to show how long souls have been cycling.
- The scarf rubbing the mountain over ages illustrates countless lifetimes and immense time perspective.