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Many sensations come, many thoughts or images arise, but they are just waves of your own mind. Nothing comes from outside your mind. To realize pure mind in your delusion is practice. If you try to expel the delusion it will only persist the more. Just say, “Oh, this is just delusion.” And do not...
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In this talk from 1976, Ram Dass reflects on the motives for spiritual practice that can liberate us or keep us stuck in our own egos. Show Notes: Motives for Spiritual Practice How does the intention behind our spiritual practice determine where that practice leads? Ram Dass looks at the different motives behind why some...
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There was a major shift that occurred in the 60’s, the shift from what you call absolute reality; thinking that what you saw and what your thinking mind thought it understood was only one kind of reality. And there was another experience of reality. William James, of course, had said that many years before, if you...
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Initially most people choose to meditate out of curiosity or to relieve psychological pain, increase pleasure, or enhance power. The goal of all these motives is to strengthen the ego. For as the ego gets more comfortable, happy, and powerful, its prison walls thicken. The ego’s motives do not allow examination of the ego itself,...
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In this talk from 1983, Ram Dass reflects on the journey into innocence and uninhibited loving compassion that we all share. Show Notes The Eye of the Dolphin Ram Dass shares the story of a diver whose life was transformed by another being’s unbridled loving compassion. A Journey Into Innocence (18:00) What are the parallels...
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