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Professor Richard Alpert's star fell fast. To the dismay of his
wealthy Boston family, he got fired from Harvard over experimental
use of psychedelics with his psychology students. In 1967, he
traveled to India to lick his wounds and find himself. And he did,
at Neem Karoli Baba's ashram, in a direct encounter with
unconditional, unlimited divine love. He returned to America as
Baba Ram Dass, countercultural activist for expanded human
consciousness. As a spiritual guide, at the bedside of the dying,
and as a stroke survivor, he has always been ahead of his time,
pulling the world along behind him. The author of over a dozen
books, he now shares for the very first time the full story of how
his life of service intersected with an era of profound cultural
upheaval. From the details of his groundbreaking research in
psychedelics to his bumpy path to becoming a spiritual icon, from
his struggles with his sexual identity to what it was like to find
out in his late 70s that he was a father and grandfather, Ram Dass
traces the pivotal points of his life against the backdrop of a
mind opened by drugs, and a heart opened by a guru. Ram Dass
brought America yoga, the use of psychedelics in psychotherapy, and
a revolution in how we relate to death and dying. He has opened the
door to the most important and healthiest conversations about the
heart and mind in our culture. With this book, he opens his heart
and mind to us.
An intimate dialogue between two friends and luminaries on love,
death, and the spiritual path, with guidance for the end-of-life
journey We all sit on the edge of a mystery. We have only known
this life, so dying scares us--and we are all dying. But what if
dying is perfectly safe? What would it look like if you could
approach dying with curiosity and love, in service of other beings?
What if dying is the ultimate spiritual practice? Ram Dass and
Mirabai Bush began their friendship more than four decades ago at
the foot of their guru, Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Maharaj-ji.
He transmitted to them a simple philosophy: love everyone, tell the
truth, and give up attachment to material things. A year before Ram
Dass passed, he reunited with Bush for an intimate dialogue--which
became Walking Each Other Home. In this extraordinary book, you'll
hear from two beloved teachers about the spiritual opportunities
within the dying process. They generously share intimate personal
experiences and timeless practices with courage, humor, and heart,
gently exploring every aspect of this journey. Here you'll learn
about guidelines for being a "loving rock" for the dying, how to
grieve fully and authentically, how to transform a fear of death,
leaving a spiritual legacy, creating a sacred space for dying, and
much more. "Everybody you have ever loved is a part of the fabric
of your being now," says Ram Dass. The body may die, but the soul
remains. Death is an invitation to a new kind of relationship, in
the place where we are all One. Join these two lifelong friends and
spiritual luminaries as they explore what it means to live and die
consciously, remember who we really are, and illuminate the path we
walk together.
The talks presented in this volume, first published in 1977, were
originally delivered during a retreat in New York, in which
speakers from a variety of spiritual traditions were represented.
It aims to show the value of yoga in everyday life, and its
relation to many other religions and philosophies.
The talks presented in this volume, first published in 1977, were
originally delivered during a retreat in New York, in which
speakers from a variety of spiritual traditions were represented.
It aims to show the value of yoga in everyday life, and its
relation to many other religions and philosophies.
From Ram Dass, one of America's most beloved spiritual figures and
bestselling author of Be Here Now and Be Love Now, comes this
timeless classic about the experience of being and the risks and
rewards of our spiritual path. Originally published in 1976, Grist
for the Mill offers a deep spiritual journey of self-discovery, and
a universal understanding of what it means to "be" and to grow as
human beings. The book is fully revised with a new introduction. As
Ram Dass puts it, "When the faith is strong enough it is sufficient
just to be. It's a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness,
towards a kind of joy that is not in time. It's 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."
Love is a state of being
One of America's most beloved teachers, Ram Dass guides us
through the pitfalls and perils of our own spiritual journey.
More than thirty years ago, an entire generation sought a new way of life, looking for fulfillment and meaning in a way no one had before. Leaving his teaching job at Harvard, Ram Dass embodied the role of spiritual seeker, showing others how to find peace within themselves in one of the greatest spiritual classics of the twentieth century, Be Here Now. Now, as many of that generation enter the autumn of their years, the big questions of peace and of purpose have returned, demanding answers. And once again, Ram Dass blazes a new trail, inviting all to join him on the next stage of the journey.
Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass
experienced, in a heart-wrenching moment of opening. More commonly,
it happens when we polish the mirror of the heart with daily
practice-and see beyond the illusion of our transient thoughts and
emotions to the vast and luminous landscape of our true nature. For
five decades, Ram Dass has explored the depths of consciousness and
love and brought them to life as service to others. With Polishing
the Mirror, he gathers together his essential teachings for living
in the eternal present, here and now. Readers will find within
these pages a rich combination of perennial wisdom, humor, teaching
stories, and detailed guidance on Ram Dass' own spiritual
practices, including: Bhakti Yoga-opening our hearts to
unconditional love * Practices for living, aging, dying, and
embracing the natural flow of life * Karma Yoga-how selfless
service can profoundly transform us * Working with fear and
suffering as a path to grace and freedom * Step-by-step guidance in
devotional chant, meditation and mantra practice, and much more For
those new to Ram Dass' teachings, and for those to whom they are
old friends, here is this vanguard spiritual explorer's complete
guide to discovering who we are and why we are here, and how to
become beacons of unconditional love.
Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass
experienced, in a cosmic moment of the heart opening. More
commonly, it happens when we remove the dust from the mirror of our
spiritual heart with daily practice-to see beyond the illusion of
our transient thoughts and emotions to the vast and luminous
landscape of our true nature. For five decades, Ram Dass has
explored the depths of consciousness and love and brought back
insights as his service to others. With Polishing the Mirror, he
gathers together his essential teachings for being and loving, here
and now, in the eternal present. For those just starting on the
path, this is a primer for living from the spiritual heart. For
those already practicing it, is a reference point for daily life in
the spirit. In this audiobook, read by coauthor Rameshwar Das,
listeners will discover perennial wisdom, humor, teaching stories,
and guidance into Ram Dass's own spiritual practices, including:
Bhakti Yoga-devotion, opening our hearts to unconditional love *
Practices for living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow
of life * Karma Yoga-transformation through selfless service *
Working with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedom *
Step-by-step guidance in devotional chant, meditation, mantra, and
more Polishing the Mirror is Ram Dass's invitation to experience
who we are and why we are here, and how to become beacons of
unconditional love. This unabridged audiobook includes four bonus
tracks: Pure Awareness-a guided meditation with Ram Dass * I Am
Loving Awareness-a guided meditation with Ram Dass * An
Introduction to Vipassana Meditation with Ram Dass * Sita
Ram-kirtan chant music with Jai Uttal "This book is a blessing!
Simply reading it will open your heart and bring you to mysterious,
spacious, loving freedom. Ram Dass is one of the great sages of our
time who can make us laugh, cry, and awaken!"-Jack Kornfield,
author of A Path with Heart "Ram Dass has been the most influential
person in my own spiritual development. I treasure his wisdom as
well as his spirit. Let his words in this book enter your soul-for
my friend Ram Dass is divine love personified."-Wayne Dyer, author
of The Power of Intention
No other teacher has shaped the spiritual landscape of America like
Ram Dass. With more than 3 million books sold to date, this
legendary author has spent the last half century translating
Eastern spirituality in terms that Westerners can understand. Now
with Love, Service, Devotion, and the Ultimate Surrender, this
luminary shares a captivating lecture series illuminating the
central teachings of The Bhagavad Gita. Originally recorded at
Naropa University in its founding year, this digitally remastered
audio course features a hand-selected group of topics including
karma, personal responsibility, the struggles of the human soul,
and more.
Featuring essays and interviews with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley,
Ram Dass, Albert Hofmann, Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin, Daniel
Pinchbeck, Tim Robbins, Arne Naess, and electronic musician Simon
Posford, as well as groundbreaking research and personal accounts,
this anthology is a 'best of' collection of articles and essays
published by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic
Studies (MAPS).
In this book, Jack Kornfield presents the heart of Buddhist
practice as taught by twelve highly respected masters from
Southeast Asia. These renowned teachers offer a rich variety of
meditation techniques: the practices include traditional
instructions for dissolving the solid sense of self, for awakening
insight, for realizing Nirvana, and for cultivating compassion for
all beings.
Jack Kornfield's first three chapters give an overview of Buddhist
philosophy and, specifically, the meditation practices of Burma,
Thailand, and Laos. The teachings in this volume are from Achaan
Chaa, Mahasi Sayadaw, Sunlun Sayadaw, Achaan Buddhadasa, Achaan
Naeb, Achaan Maha Boowa, Tuangpulu Sayadaw, Mohnyin Sayadaw, Mogok
Sayadaw, U Ba Khin, Achaan Dhammadaro, and Achaan Jumnien.
Perhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual
seekers in the West as Ram Dass. While many know of his
transformation from Harvard psychology professor Richard Alpert to
psychedelic and spiritual icon, Ram Dass tells here for the first
time the full arc of his remarkable life. Being Ram Dass begins at
the moment he was fired from Harvard for giving drugs to an
undergraduate. We then circle back to his privileged youth,
education, and the path that led him inexorably away from
conventional life and ultimately to his guru, Neem Karoli Baba.
Populated by a cast of luminaries ranging from Timothy Leary to
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Allen Ginsberg to Jack Kornfield, Aldous
Huxley to Charles Mingus-this intimate memoir chronicles Ram Dass's
experience of the cultural and spiritual transformations that
resonate with us to this day. Ram Dass's life and work prefigured
many current trends: the conscious aging and death movement, the
healing potential of psychedelics, the use of meditation and yoga
in prisons, the ubiquity of those same practices in the wider
culture, and more. Here, with his characteristic mix of earthiness
and transcendence, Ram Dass finally tells all.
We all sit on the edge of a mystery. We have only known this life,
so dying scares us-and we are all dying. But what if dying were
perfectly safe? What if you could approach dying with curiosity and
love? What if dying were the ultimate spiritual practice? Walking
Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying reunites
lifelong friends Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush, who speak on the
spiritual opportunities in the dying process. They share intimate
personal experiences and timeless practices for every aspect of
this journey. In this unabridged audiobook, join these teachers as
they explore what it means to live and die consciously, remember
who we really are, and illuminate the path we walk together.
Narrated by Mirabai Bush, with a preface read by Ram Dass. Archival
recording of Ram Dass (c) Love Serve Remember Foundation. Archival
recording of John O'Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us
(AW01197D).
Birth of a Psychedelic Culture, an extraordinary book, shines a
bright light on the emergence of the sixties culture and the
experiments with mind-altering substances undertaken by Professors
Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) and then-Harvard graduate
student Ralph Metzner. Based on a series of con-versations between
Metzner and Ram Dass and recorded by psychiatrist and author Gary
Bravo, this book describes their initial experiments at Harvard,
the experiments after they were dismissed from Harvard, their
journeys to India and their reflections on that transformative era.
Birth of a Psychedelic Culture is filled with never before
published photographs. Luminaries who appear in this astonishing
account include: Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, R.D. Laing, Charles
Mingus, Maynard Ferguson and William Burroughs, as well as many
lesser known personalities. These include convicts, graduate
students and Vedantist monks In addition to reviewing the
experiments, the conversations offer vividly-recalled descriptions
of particular "trips," with profound insights into the nature of
hallucinogens and the role they can play in transcending social
conditioning. Included in Birth of a Psychedelic Culture are
personal commentaries from some of the other players integral to
the scene: Peggy Hitchcock, the Mellon Foundation heiress; Dr.
George Litwin, Harvard professor and author; Dr. Gunther Weil,
psychologist and educator; Dr. Michael Kahn, clinical psychologist
and Professor Emeritus at USC, Santa Cruz; poet Dr. Elsa von
Eckartsberg; Dr. George Litwin, organizational behavior consultant;
Dr. Paul Lee, professor of philosopy and religion, UC Santa Cruz;
Dorothy Fadiman, award winning filmmaker; Lisa Ferguson, and many
others.
"Ram Dass-the teacher and writer who's spent over a quarter of a
century translating Eastern spirituality in terms that Westerners
can understand. His books have sold over 3 million copies."-Los
Angeles Times Beginning with his controversial psychedelic research
at Harvard in the sixties, the life of Ram Dass has served as an
experiment in truth, encompassing paths from both East and West,
and shaping the spiritual landscape of America like no other
teacher of our time. After three decades, and despite a
life-threatening stroke, Ram Dass continues to move us with his
example of compassion in action, and the true joy that comes with
living in the present. Now, in a unique audio publishing event, the
great moments-and great truths-of this important spiritual elder s
long career are preserved together for the first time on The Ram
Audio Collection. Join the bestselling author of such spiritual
classics as Be Here Now and How Can I Help? for three life-changing
sessions including: Conscious Aging-Ram Dass calls for us to move
beyond our youth-fixated culture, to see that the final years of
life are the culmination of our spiritual journey * The Path of
Service-In our era of individualism, Ram Dass teaches, the path to
internal freedom still begins with external action, in the service
of others * Cultivating the Heart of Compassion-Ram Dass shows how
to experience your life as a remarkable spiritual curriculum,
through trust in your own loving heart
World-renowned philosopher and spiritual teacher Ram Dass—author of
the groundbreaking classic "Be Here Now"—presents the contemporary
Western audience with a lively, accessible guide to the teachings
of the Bhagavad Gita, the classic Hindu text that has been called
the ultimate instruction manual for living a spiritual life.
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