In this 1970s interview, Ram Dass sits down with psychologist Daniel Goleman to discuss why people aren’t happier, the power of meditation, and the delight of simplicity. This episode of
Celebrating the release of There Is No Other, a new book of teachings from Ram Dass’ lectures, Parvati Markus and Raghu Markus listen to and reflect on some of the
Speaking across the decades from the 1970s to the 2010s, Ram Dass shares his wisdom on the importance of resting in awareness. This episode of Here and Now is a
In this special bonus episode, Ram Dass offers his viewpoint on how we can dance in the ocean of change as the structure of our culture shapeshifts before our very
In this unique talk from 1970, Ram Dass explores the confluence of dualism and nondualism, how the One and the many exist simultaneously, and why all of life is about
Ram Dass and Stephen Levine take questions from the audience and talk about dealing with fear, appreciating your own unique incarnation, transforming negative energy, and more. This episode of Here
In this Q&A session from 1994, Ram Dass talks about the importance of honoring lineage, the potential of the rave scene, how to bring a heart quality to academia, and
In this Q&A session from 1990, Ram Dass talks about service, karma, alcoholism, the concept of eternity, cultivating the intuitive heart, experiencing the feeling of coming home, and more.
In this classic talk, Ram Dass explores resting in ‘I am,’ a place where we can see the perfection of all things, including suffering, and how we can balance that
In this exploration of suffering, death, and love, Ram Dass talks about resting in change and handling the balance and tension of inhabiting multiple planes of reality simultaneously. “That part
In this lecture, recorded in Minnesota in May of 1982, Ram Dass advocates that we be mindful about our identification with being the actor and our attachments to the fruit
In this dharma talk from the 1980s, Ram Dass talks about hearing what our part in the dance is, opening to form to find the emptiness, and tapping into the
In this dharma talk from the 1990s, Ram Dass speaks about shifting contexts to shift consciousness, cultivating the Witness to curb our reactivity and entering the state known as choiceless
Recorded on August 7, 1982 in Pacific Grove, California. Ram Dass: Something that is still really coming out more clearly to me – is the movement from knowing the world
Sending out good vibes on the radio waves once again, Ram Dass takes calls from a live radio audience and answers questions about how he keeps his head straight, the
In the conclusion of this Ram Dass Q&A from 1992, he answers questions and offers wisdom about how life is our practice, how to deal with the anxiety of being
Offering spiritual perspective on the paradox of life, Ram Dass illuminates how we can get free by embracing our incarnation. In this dharma talk stemming from Evanston, IL on March
In this dharma talk from 1969, Ram Dass plays the hollow bamboo game, which is an exercise to help us enter into a place within ourselves where we are one
In this lively Q&A session filled with laughter and love, Ram Dass reflects on psychedelic lessons, what cyberspace means for consciousness and so much more. Psychedelic Lessons This Q&A
“I applaud the removal of that stigma I struggled with so much. Sexual confusion, especially in the teenage years, is more natural than I knew. I take comfort in
Mapping the physical, causal, and astral planes of existence, Ram Dass reconciles time within the paradox of ‘being here now,’ inviting us into the freedom of limitless awareness. Illuminating the
By Rameshwar Das “Compassion, the practice of seeing that others are the same as us, the heart of the wisdom of oneness—all contribute to our sense of interdependence and harmony.”
In this exceptional and unique offering, the Be Here Now Network along with our friends at the Alan Watts Organization, have specially curated a podcast featuring words of wisdom from Ram Dass, and
In this dharma talk from 1983, Ram Dass looks at the context of reality from the perspectives of both the social and political domain, and the domain of spiritual awakening.
Ram Dass explores how spiritual practice helps us find a home in the domain of spirit and root ourselves in presence, even amidst all the suffering and pain of this
Just center yourself in silence for a moment. Instead of waiting for something to happen, flip it just slightly and just be in it. Are you really here or are
In this interview from 1980, Ram Dass shares a mind-bending conversation with physicist Amit Goswami about the intersection of science and spirituality. Acausal Gurus and Electrons Where is the intersection
In this dharma talk from 1993, Ram Dass looks at how each of us can get stuck in our transition between the fear-driven social institutions that we were born into
“How do I know the difference between mind chatter (ego) and the quiet voice within? What part of me do I trust?” Well, as I’ve said before, you really don’t
Each of us has a dominant theme in this incarnation. Some of us are primarily head-tripping. Most of us lead with our hearts. We have these incredibly intricate mosaics for
Ram Dass shares a dharma talk exploring the complex relationships we form through devotional yoga that become doorways leading to inner liberation. Doorways For Getting Free How do you get
When you initially arrive into a new situation, the optimum strategy for dealing with that situation is to quiet down and hear the totality of what’s going on around you.
As you study the way in which your mind works in each moment, the way in which a concentrated mind deals with the world, as opposed to a diffused mind,
We need the matrix of thoughts, feelings, and sensations we call the ego for our physical and psychological survival. The ego tells us what leads to what, what to avoid,
A conversation on compassion with Ram Dass & Raghu Markus Raghu Markus: Can you talk about how we go about cultivating compassion so that we start to become more kind
It requires inner work for you to cultivate a perspective within yourself that sees your intellect as a servant, not as your identity. To the extent you are capable of
Celebrate the theatrical release of Becoming Nobody, the quintessential portal into Ram Dass’ life and teachings, with this collection of teachings featured in the film. Becoming Nobody, from director Jamie
“The Sage does not talk – the Talented Ones talk, and the stupid ones argue.” – Kung Tingan Though the numbers are proportionally few, many thousands of us have, through
If we are to help heal the world, we need to remember that it is a sacred place. Our actions need to be positive statements, reminders that even in the
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
Awareness is not aware of itself. It’s not self-conscious, it’s just awareness. In that sense, the entire universe is awareness. It is not self-consciously aware; it’s just awareness, and that’s
Are you Mingyur Rinpoche? My father asked me this question soon after I began studying with him, when I was around nine years old. It was so gratifying to know
Buckle in for a classic talk from Ram Dass that dives deep into the concept of awareness, and the disruptive phenomena of the attractions and aversions born from karma. Show
In spiritual life, the basic distinction or separation is the soul from God. That separation is reflected in psychological and physical mediums when the soul incarnates. At the outset of
The desire to become enlightened is still you desiring something. What happens is you start to touch places way beyond what you ever thought you were. Or you start to
We try so hard to overcome separateness with others in the moment. More intimacy. More rubbing of bodies, exchanging of ideas. But it’s always as if you are yelling out
At one point Maharaji said, “See everything as the Mother and you will know God.” What was he talking about? seeing your mother in everything? We, Westerners. Have our share
In the East, holy beings are often referred to as ‘saints’. The term ‘saint’ (referring to holy beings) has different connotations in different cultures. In Catholic Church a saint is
Ram Dass shares a reflection on the different kinds of spiritual practice available to us and looks at how they each offer the potential to liberate or keep us trapped
When I started to dive deeper into my being, I began to rest in a place where I simply became an environment for people to run through their projections without
There have been many dark ages throughout history. As we now enter into a seismic shift within our government, and within our collective consciousness, we can’t help but empathize with
Ram Dass explores the potential trap of high experiences. “Paradise is the prison of the sage as the world is the prisoner of the believer.” – Yahja b. Mu’adh al-Razi
Faith and the Rational Mind We have come out of a period on the evolutionary journey of us as beings, where man evolved these great frontal lobes and this capacity
The wisdom of the game is that you can protest against who you are protesting the minute you can genuinely love them as much as you love yourself. You may
Most of the time, we’re living in our minds, in our memories, plans, reflections, and judgments. The mind is continually presenting us with thoughts, and we’re buying them, and then identifying with
In this talk from 1993, Ram Dass reflects on our ever-evolving cultural myths and how we can shift our awareness beyond these narratives. Show Notes Our Myths (Opening) Ram Dass
As a psychologist and a psychotherapist, I could see that each of us would get our minds into a certain place, our thought processing into a certain place where we
St. John of the Cross said, “All that the imagination can imagine and the understanding it can receive and understand in this life is not, nor can it be, a
Can I get any sort of spiritual ascension without dealing with my psychological baggage? From personal experiences and from guiding and listening to many, many people over time, I’ve seen the
Ram Dass is joined live on stage by Krishna Das and Raghu Markus for a conversation that explores generosity as a path of practice. The value that comes from being
There is a story about an old Zen monk who was dying, who had finished everything and was about to get off the wheel. He was just floating away, free
To facilitate the exploration of the mind it is helpful to understand the various levels of reality, to examine the perceptual fields that different beings have, to see what different
Welcome! It’s so graceful to share the journey. We’ve been on the journey a long time together. We’ve gone through a lot of stages. And just as in any journey,
In this talk from 1995, Ram Dass looks at how we can fully inhabit our roles with joy and emptiness instead of taking ourselves so seriously. Resources from this episode:
As you pass through life, what’s important is not what you experience, but how you identify with or cling to what you experience. Depending on your method, an experience may
I kept hoping to get esoteric teachings from Maharaji, but when I asked, “How can I become enlightened?” he said things like, “Love everybody, serve everybody, and remember God,” or “Feed people.”
“The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection and the water has no mind to receive their image.” That was the first message I got from the first
I recently discovered this letter from Ram Dass’ archives [yes, typed on a real typewriter!] I think it is the perfect affirmation for today and all days – something that
There was a great moment when I asked Trungpa Rinpoche for some meditation instruction. He was sitting there with this saki bottle and he said, “What you should be doing
You and I are playing with this deliciously delicate process. If you push too hard to get free of what you’ve been trapped in, that very pushing entraps you. The
There’s no rule book to take with you that says, “When I get into this condition, do this.” My rule is actually really simple: I continually work to quiet my
I’d like to share with you two bits of wisdom from one of my favorite saints, Anandamayi Ma. For those of you who have been on our circuit together for
Question: “A lot of us are putting a lot of effort into being more fully present and to being ‘here now’ and we head towards the fire, and in the
In this talk from 1989, Ram Dass explores what is needed to become impeccable with whatever we are handed karmically in our lives. Show Notes Become Impeccable (Opening) –
I feel that I am somebody who has been in a way blessed by having been given everything that Western society could offer, in large part, in terms of affluence,
In this talk from 1980, Ram Dass invites us to bring all aspects of our lives into harmony by integrating the different planes of our awareness. Show Notes Integrating Our
I view spiritual practice as the freeing of awareness from identification with anything. That’s a spiritual practice. How that is done is through a wide variety of means. It can
On this episode of Here and Now, Ram Dass continues his discussion on how our spiritual practice affects our sense of change and how we respond to an impermanent
The tools for positive transformation that I’m most aware of are the nature of the human mind, and the nature of the human heart… the quietness of mind and the
When you begin to awaken, you see how caught you have been in the prison of your mind about certain reality… and how caught everybody else seems to be. That
Love In the Time of Chaos is a five-part series featuring the collective advice of the Be Here Now Network’s teachers on dealing with the chaos of the current political climate with
I would say that during the time I first started to experiment with psychedelics in 1961, the society that I had grown up in and that I trained myself in, the
On this unique episode of Here and Now, Ram Dass discusses seeing God in all things and how the true revolution is found through the evolution of consciousness. In both
In this talk from 1976, Ram Dass talks about what we are beyond this lifetime and asks, “who are you?” Time after time we have experienced a cycle of
In this lecture from 1974, at Naropa University, Ram Dass talks about our unhealthy preoccupation with our individual differences. We grow up with the identity of a separate self, building
Ram Dass illuminates the trap that many of us fall into as we grow up – which is the idea that we are our thoughts. The more accurate view would
Ram Dass’ precise enquiry into the real nature of purification and liberation – jumping into your own individuated Dharmic fire, not ignoring your weaknesses and neuroses. The bliss is
In this episode, Members of Ram Dass’ Satsang Mirabai Bush, Raghu Markus and Danny Goleman hang out and talk about Danny’s new book with HH Dalai Lama – A Force
This is often in direct contrast to the Western model of achievement-oriented success. But we are not required to move off into a cave in order to find enlightenment.
In this podcast, Mickey Lemle, filmmaker and director of the Ram Dass documentary Fierce Grace, talks with Ram Dass about the power of storytelling. Writing sometimes doesn’t allow spiritual
We have built such a habitual structure of self-definition on this plane of reality. That is the model you impose with your self-definition of separateness. What does it take to
Ram Dass realized that the Western religious traditions were not profound enough to connect people to their inner selves, they did not provide man with the wisdom necessary to know
Ram Dass interviews Trungpa Rinpoche at the Dharma Festival in 1973.
Ram Dass talks about his relationship with the great Tibetan Lama, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Includes detailed moments with Trungpa and Ram Dass at different events and venues in the early 70’s
The spiritual journey is a different path than what you thought you were on. It’s very hard to make the transition to that path because we tend to take the
The quality of a really good teacher is rascalism. All you need to know is this: If you want to be free, use the teacher to the fullest extent. Their
The world is a reflection of our internal state; if we dwell on turmoil, anger and confusion then that is how the world will be perceived to an individual. You
In this dharma talk Ram Dass discusses Shiva’s dance of life, reflecting on methods for centering ourselves, serving others, and tending to the part of us that isolates ourselves from
Fast forward from 1974 to present day – though the year has changed, the questions asked of Ram Dass during this recording of the ‘Love Serve Remember’ box set are
This time on the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass discusses the seductiveness of the rational mind and explores another option we have for interacting with the world. Click here
Environmental Concern Question: I am the father of a three year old. It appears that, given the current trends, the planet will become uninhabitable before he can live out a
Now, when you get into this place where your thought has given up, you are then in a strange state which for us is very very scary. Because you’re not
