Ram Dass
Ram Dass
Ram Dassis an American spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his personal and professional associations with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba, and for founding the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. He continues to teach via his website...
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth6 April 1931
CityBoston, MA
strong taken journey
When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. Its a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind of joy that is not in time. Its a journey that has taken us from primary identification with our body and our psyche, on to an identification with God, and ultimately beyond identification.
mindfulness moments truth-is
The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.
different consciousness form
There is only one of us. One consciousness manifesting into different forms.
people age old-age
Old age spiritualizes people naturally
scary truth-is bad-breath
Truth is scary. Truth has bad breath at times
doorways different looks
I take the assumption that every religion has been rooted in some mystical or transcendent experience. From that assumption, I just look at all the different systems as metaphors or doorways to God.
remember be-here-now
Remember, Be Here Now.
games suffering planes
Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.
character suffering depth
When you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided it if you possibly could. And yet, when you look at the depth of your character now, isn't a part of that a product of those experiences? Weren't those experiences part of what created the depth of your inner being?
struggle being-positive needs
If we are to help heal the world, we need to remember that it is a sacred place. Our actions need to be positive statements, reminders that even in the worst times there is a world worth struggling for.
spiritual self giving
Faith is in the soul. Belief is thought. Faith is so rich. Faith gives me my spiritual self.
heart intuition mind
Counseling has to do with intuition, with work on oneself, with the quietness of one's mind and the openness of one's heart.
oneness ego evolution
A Oneness of all. An evolution in consciousness of us all that isn't about the egos.
profound mind patterns
Psychedelics helped me to escape.. albeit momentarily.. from the prison of my mind. It over-rode the habit patterns of thought and I was able to taste innocence again. Looking at sensations freshly without the conceptual overly was very profound.