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
soul ego different
It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.
past appearance fear-not
Prolong not the past Invite not the future Do not alter your innate wakefulness Fear not appearances There in nothing more than this
light gods-and-goddesses zips
Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.
different consciousness form
There is only one of us. One consciousness manifesting into different forms.
fearless culture incredibles
Our culture's zeal for longevity reveals our incredible collective fear of death.
together levels needs
We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
heart guru hanging-out
I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love everything in the universe. That's all I do all day.
running fearless unbearable
Until we know that we can bear the unbearable, we're always running scared.
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.
inspirational clouds enlightenment
You may have expected that enlightenment would come ZAP! instantaneous and permanent.This is unlikely.After the first ah ha expereince, it can be thougth of as a thinning of a layer of clouds.
giving
Give it all up and you can have it all.
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.
beautiful men light
If I see one dilemma with Western man, it's that he can't accept how beautiful he is. He can't accept that he is pure light, that he's pure love, that he's pure consciousness, that he's divine.
karma liars expectations
So somebody comes along and gets to me. They get me angry or uptight or they awaken some desire in me, wow am I delighted. They got me. And that’s my work on myself. If I am angry with you because your behavior doesn’t fill my model of how you should be, that’s my problem for having models. No expectations, no upset. If you are a liar and a cheat, that’s your Karma. If I’m cheated, that’s my work on myself.