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• The expectation of permanence from mortals is naive. That kind of state can only be achieved with self and the extension of self (Atman and Paramatman). 
• This thought brings freedom - to do anything without expecting anything from anyone. The subconscious fear of change cannot drive self anymore. 
• What we seek in the other, already exists in us. Only we can fulfill ourselves completely. Others can only be catalysts and can make us think/realize alone. That's their role. The actual realization needs to come from us. 
• Any change induced in self to be accepted by others is an aberration. It is wrong. It is self harming. 
• Remember, who you are. 
• The presence I was looking for in my own home is already living there. What freedom and what joy! I come back to the home that already has that presence. 
• We are all alone in this journey, truly alone. Everyone and everything else around us just helps us till we need their help to come to this realization. This realization is not an unhappy one. It is very liberating; as if some weight has lifted. It brings satisfaction and joy of finally knowing. 
• It is my job to be present for others but I cannot make them evolve till they themselves are ready to evolve. 
• So now that I know this, let me have a nice time and do everything that I love to do!

 Today is Chaitra Durga Ashtami. 

Path

My journey is mine. Even as I walk with others, I should not forget what is it that I should be doing. I have my own path to walk. So let’s remember that. 

Equanimity

The equanimity to face all of this cannot be rooted in denial. Rather it must be rooted in an acknowledgment of how it all is. But to look head-on at the horrible beauty of the universe as is, without hiding behind fantasy or denial and selective perception, takes guts. To look Shiva in the eye, to acknowledge the violent as well as the gentle, the ugliness as well as the beauty, the greed and selfishness as well as the compassion and mercy, the sickness, death, and decay as well as health and life—and to all of it—ALL of IT—to say “YES!” – that is the ground on which true equanimity rests.

—Ram Dass

The Fiercest Work

"The fiercest work is to look people in the eye, and deal with poverty, greed, lust, anger, and impurities, and politicians and paranoia and say, “Yes, yes, yes, I see it all, I understand it all, I have to hear my part in it, and do it purely and with love." 

Ram Dass on Instagram

Mirror

 The mirror offers a perspective that I couldn't see from inside my own head.