The basic transformation that occurs - and this is the big one - is that
up until a certain moment, your self-definition involves your
profession, your sex, your responsibilities, and your social/cultural
roles. So if anybody says, "Who are you?" you say, "I'm a lawyer; I'm a
father; I'm a husband..."
Once this process starts to evolve, you begin to realize that the only
thing you are is a being evolving towards full consciousness, coming
into the spirit. You can use whatever metaphor you want. An awakening
being. And all the rest of it is the supportive cast. All the rest of it
is the stuff through which this is going on.
- Ram Dass
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