"When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you'll see all these different trees. And some of them are bent and some of them are straight. Some of them are evergreens and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn't get enough light and so it turned that way. And you don't get emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.
The minute you get near humans you lose all that. And you are constantly saying " Your too this, or I'm too this". That judging mind comes in. So I practice turning
people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are."
Ram Dass
