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
power want be-here-now
The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.
want week enlightened
If you want to see how enlightened you are, go spend a week with your family.
oneness people want
If you want oneness in society, you have to teach people to go inside instead of going outside, because if they want peace, they need to find it within.
want world cures
If you want to cure the world, don't emanate fear - emanate love.
reflection looks want
When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.
responsibility peaceful want
If you feel a sense of social responsibility, first of all keep working on yourself. Being peaceful yourself is the first step if you want to live in a peaceful universe.
soul want ifs
If you want to be surrounded by Souls, become identified with your Soul. It takes one to know one!
interesting want used
When you want to become free, your righteousness and anger are much less interesting than they used to be.
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 Wouldnt it be easier just to be outdated?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.