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“A place where "I" existed independent of social and physical identity.”
Ram Dass book Be Here Now
Be Here Now (1971)
Context: I realized that although everything by which I knew myself, even my body and this life itself, was gone, still I was fully aware! Not only that, but this aware "I" was watching the entire drama, including the panic, with calm compassion.
Instantly, with this recognition, I felt a new kind of calmness — one of a profundity never experienced before. I had just found that "I", that scanning device — that point — that essence — that place beyond. A place where "I" existed independent of social and physical identity. That which was I was beyond Life and Death. And something else — that "I" Knew — it really Knew. It was wise, rather than just knowledgeable. It was a voice inside that spoke truth. I recognized it, was one with it, and felt as if my entire life of looking to the outside world for reassurance — David Reisman's other-directed being, was over.
“Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.”
Patañjali (-200–-150 BC) ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises
Patanjali, in "Being Consciousness Bliss: A Seeker's Guide", p. 205.
“The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self.”
Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian religious leader
Nan Yar = Who am I?
“I work for the United Nations. I go to places where enormous upheaval and pain and anguish exist.”
Harry Belafonte (1927) American singer
Interview on Larry King Live (15 October 2002) http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/15/lkl.00.html <br class="br">Context: I work for the United Nations. I go to places where enormous upheaval and pain and anguish exist. And a lot of it exists based upon American policy. Whom we support, whom we support as heads of state, what countries we've helped to overthrow, what leaders we've helped to diminish because they did not fit the mold we think they should fit, no matter how ill advised that thought may be.
Emily Giffin (1972) American writer
Source: Love the One You're With
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, January, Speech at Liberty University (18 January 2016)
Protima Bedi (1948–1998) Indian model and dancer
On her dance institution called Nityagram quoted in The Dream, 14 January 2014, Nritygarm Organization http://www.nrityagram.org/soul/dream/dream.htm,