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Transmuting Greed into Growth (with Video)
The following was recorded in 1976 at North Miami Beach High School. Ram Dass: Miami seems like a good place …
How should we deal with extraordinary mind experiences?
Many sensations come, many thoughts or images arise, but they are just waves of your own mind. Nothing comes from …
Exploring the soul’s attachment with the Mother
In spiritual life, the basic distinction or separation is the soul from God. That separation is reflected in psychological and …
See Everything as the Divine Mother
At one point Maharaji said, “See everything as the Mother and you will know God.” What was he talking about? …
The predicament of the Separate Self
How does who we think we are affect what we have to give? How does our delusion of a ‘separate …
How do we get trapped within psychedelic experiences?
Ram Dass explores the potential trap of high experiences. “Paradise is the prison of the sage as the world is …
What is Karma Yoga and how can we take right action?
Karma Yoga is using your Karma as a way of coming into union with God. It’s using the stuff of…
How can we reorient ourselves towards the divine?
We all get preoccupied with where we’re not. I mean, I get letters from people all the time with vivid …
How does labeling our experience take us out of the moment?
St. John of the Cross said, “All that the imagination can imagine and the understanding it can receive and understand …
The Interplay Between Spirituality and Psychodynamics
Can I get any sort of spiritual ascension without dealing with my psychological baggage? From personal experiences and from guiding and …
What does it really mean to live in our truth?
Knowing you’re God and being God are two different things. I mean intellectually, we all know we’re God – most …
The Game of Balance and Liberation
There is a story about an old Zen monk who was dying, who had finished everything and was about to …
How can we release attachment to the rational mind?
To facilitate the exploration of the mind it is helpful to understand the various levels of reality, to examine the …
What are the stages of the journey towards the Living Spirit?
Welcome! It’s so graceful to share the journey. We’ve been on the journey a long time together. We’ve gone through …
How can we uplevel our life by reframing desire?
In the course of my own journey, I have seen a clear sequence relating to my desires. This sequence has …
