Relationships

Ram Dass describes the ways that we can use relationships on the spiritual path, with an an emphasis on the value of Truth within any dynamic. (11/18/1982 - Maui, HI)

"The interesting secret in the game of relationship is that if there's something you don't like, work on yourself. As long as you're only identified with your separateness and your needfulness you are going to suffer, and the relationship is just going to be one continuous drama after another"

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https://www.ramdass.org/relationships-emotions/

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Ram Dass explains that love centered Truth is one of the vehicles for coming through to the living spirit in human relationships. (4/13/1990 - Durham, NC)

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https://www.ramdass.org/relationships-emotions/

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What we offer one another as human beings is an environment. And in spending so much time in relationships, it only makes sense that we try to use them as a vehicle for awakening. But what does it mean to be a safe space for another human being, to not have an agenda in sharing time with each other? This process requires a shift in the way we view our relationships, and the function they serve in our lives. In looking through the lens of separateness we see relationships as a means to fulfill desires, reinforce identities, and defend the personalities we’ve worked so hard to maintain. In extricating ourselves from these desire systems we free the mind and body to be open to the appropriate response within any dynamic. We offer ourselves as needed but avoid getting caught up in the giving and receiving. We learn to honor and delight in the beauty of the intellect without being caught or attempting to trap others. (Detroit, OR - August 1994) Please click the following link for further teachings on relationships:

https://www.ramdass.org/relationships-emotions/

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How do relationships fit into the bigger picture in life?

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Ram Dass explores the variety of ways in which we enter into relationships, eventually coming to the understanding that we are all God, and must act accordingly. (1969)

Please click the following link for further teachings on relationships:

https://www.ramdass.org/relationships-emotions/

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This is a Q&A session taken from the KQED, “Meeting of the Ways”, radio show. Ram Dass responds to questions regarding sex, methods for coming to God, desire, the "I Ching," and grace. (SF,CA - 10/18/1975)

Photos by: Tom Asher, Rameshwar Das

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