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
life creativity creative
My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.
be-here-now explanation
To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.
oneness ego evolution
A Oneness of all. An evolution in consciousness of us all that isn't about the egos.
life real awareness
It's all real and it's all illusory: that's Awareness!
spiritual soul ego
The Ego ages... the Soul evolves... and to the Awareness, nothing happened!
acceptance mind suffering
Birth, death, and suffering all bring us to the very edge of what our minds can understand.
peace names nameless
We kill each other over which name to call the Nameless.
reality creating mind
If you keep examining your mind, you'll come to see that thoughts of who you are and how it all is are creating the reality you're experiencing.
spiritual home soul
Coming into the place of Soul-awareness is coming home.
mourning emotion busy
When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't.
persistence skills bored
Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering. But there may come a time - just as there does in the development of any skill - when there will be a plateau. You may be bored, discouraged, or even negative and cynical. This is when you will need not only faith, but persistence.
compassion consciousness planes
True compassion arises out of the plane of consciousness where I AM you.
acceptance people friendly
This society is not 'user-friendly' for older people.
careers issues achievement
My whole academic career was totally out of Jewish anxiety, and issues surrounding achievement and adequacy.