Rami M. Shapiro Quotes

• Enveloped in Your Light, may I be a beacon to those in search of Light. Sheltered in Your Peace, may I offer shelter to those in need of peace. Embraced by Your Presence, so may I be present to others.

  Rami M. Shapiro

  Light, Needs, Shelter

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• Organized religion is sane and not silly when read as myth and poetry rather than science and law. Religion speaks nonsense when taken literally, but reveals some of the deepest truths of humankind when understood mythically, poetically, and even allegorically-that is when it is read with an active and creative imagination.

  Rami M. Shapiro

  Taken, Silly, Law

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• Engaging each moment without reservation cuts through the illusion that things could be other than they are.

  Rami M. Shapiro

  Cutting, Moments, Illusion

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• Interspirituality is the world music of religion; borrowing, fusing, blending and bouncing rhythms and riffs off one another not to create a homogenized spirituality, but to birth a radical new sound embedded in the ancient and timeless silence. This doesn't impact or deepen my life-it is my life.

  Rami M. Shapiro

  Impact, Silence, Sound

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• The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves determine the quality of the selves we imagine we are. The stories we tell about others determine the quality of our relationships with them.

  Rami M. Shapiro

  Self, Quality, Stories

  Rami M. Shapiro (2004). “Hasidic Tales”, p.18, SkyLight Paths Publishing

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• We are loved by an unending love.

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  Unending

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• To act choicelessly is to act in accord with the situation. If someone throws a rock, you duck.

  Rami M. Shapiro

  Rocks, Ducks, Situation

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