• About

is this anything

~ a compendium, by Nancy Coughlin

is this anything

Tag Archives: ram dass

enlightened (a quote from Ram Dass)

21 Tuesday Jun 2016

Posted by is this anything in quotation

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

family, quotation, ram dass, zen

“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” –Ram Dass

modern family

the emerging game (a quote from Ram Dass)

07 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by is this anything in first principles (revised often), quotation, zen

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

quotation, ram dass, zen

“I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people…To me, that’s what the emerging game is all about.”  –Ram Dass

monkey antelope symbiosis

 

free (a quote from Ram Dass)

17 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by is this anything in quotation

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

quotation, ram dass, zen

“If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.” –Ram Dass

suburbia

just (a quote from Ram Dass)

08 Wednesday Oct 2014

Posted by is this anything in quotation

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

comfort, compassion, friendship, grace, love, quotation, ram dass, serenity, surrender, transience, zen

“We’re all just walking each other home.” ―Ram Dass

two-kids-under-a-banana-leaf-in-the-rain-indonesia

 

presence (a quote by Ram Dass)

25 Friday Jul 2014

Posted by is this anything in quotation

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

apophenia, autism, desire, paradox, quotation, ram dass, randomness, surrender, transience, zen

“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.”

—Baba Ram Dass

Llama-photobombs-the-kiss-scene-resizecrop--

caught (Ram Dass)

04 Sunday May 2014

Posted by is this anything in quotation

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

compassion, games, happiness, illusion, imbalance, paradox, power, quotation, ram dass, surrender, wroclaw, zen

“If everybody gets caught in your game, you lose. Do you hear that one? If you win, you lose.” –Ram Dass

Image

 

Image

Image

exquisite paradox (quotation)

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

Tags

meditation, paradox, ram dass, surrender, zen

exquisite paradox (quotation)

Posted by is this anything | Filed under quotation

≈ Leave a comment

Recent Posts

  • Schrodinger’s cat (a poem)
  • impeachment
  • Excerpts (a poem, maybe?)
  • a trap I’m in
  • As a kid, I had a crush on Aesop (journal entry)
  • practice (a journal entry)
  • Abbreviated (a poem)

Tags

acceptance apophenia autism balance both choice comfort compassion freedom grace grief happiness illusion love memory metaphor paradox poem quotation randomness serendipity serenity surrender thinking out loud transience tweet writing zen

Top Posts & Pages

  • On days you can't remember (a poem)
    On days you can't remember (a poem)
  • Now (a poem)
    Now (a poem)
  • creativity (a quote from Albert Einstein
    creativity (a quote from Albert Einstein
  • luck (a quote from the Dalai Lama)
    luck (a quote from the Dalai Lama)
  • aperture (quote from Alan Watts)
    aperture (quote from Alan Watts)
  • The odd things we love, when we love (a poem)
    The odd things we love, when we love (a poem)
  • my latest notion (a poem)
    my latest notion (a poem)
  • too much happiness (a quote from Alice Munro)
    too much happiness (a quote from Alice Munro)
  • enlightened (a quote from Ram Dass)
    enlightened (a quote from Ram Dass)
  • Sea change (a poem)
    Sea change (a poem)

Archives

Categories

Recent Comments

Nathan AM Smith on Excerpts (a poem, maybe?)
Follow is this anything on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 395 other subscribers

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • is this anything
    • Join 258 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • is this anything
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...