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
ego doubt path
One of the ego's favorite paths of resistance is to fill you with doubt.
grace suffering path
Suffering only shows where you are attached. That is why, to those on the path, suffering is grace.
journey path lost
This is the pathless path. Where the journey leads is to the deepest truth in you. It is really just returning to where you were initially before you got lost.
unique path compare
Don’t compare your path with anybody else’s. Your path is unique to you.
ask computer dogs easier funny lately learn sign tricks
I used to have a sign over my computer that read OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS, but lately I sometimes ask myself how many more new tricks I want to learn. Wouldnt it be easier just to be outdated?
thinking people joy
I think that people will find a tremendous joy and fulfillment in service to other human beings, and that often this is what is missing in their lives.
teaching soul becoming
Our souls are evolving towards becoming the one. That's what we're doing and we're using our incarnations as teaching devices.
country people focus
By going into third world countries and serving, by actually feeding and helping people, I've been led to focus a little more on how people here try to be happy by ignoring other people who are unhappy.
spiritual long mind
We've been proceeding so long on the plane of consciousness, we don't realize we are spiritual beings. Our minds, our senses, and the society around us all say, "Come on, you're getting into fantasy."
feelings world affair
I don't have a fear and urgency feeling inside myself about the state of the world affairs and everything collapsing.
spiritual alive pool
I like walking in the pool. That isn't what makes me feel spiritual. But alive.
mean mind trying
Religions are institutions that push you up the mountain and then they have their fantasies about the spirit. I mean they try to make God like the human psyche and it's wrong. I mean it's a projection of the mind, and you can use it to get a start and then you must leave it behind.
giving guru command
When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush.
yoga heart practice
I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart.