Ram Dass - Getting Free vs. Getting High

Ram Dass continues a discussion of drugs as they relate to the ego, the perception of reality, and social structures.
This recording is a continuation of 'Spirituality & Psychedelics', from Ram Dass's 1989 'Listening Heart' lecture series.
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[@TheGbrown86]

Needed this. A realignment of sorts.

[@thecoltsfootleaf]

May I be happy today. May I find peace today. May all beings be happy today. May all beings find peace today.

[@erikapapi]

Ram Dass just rattling off major insight, major game, careful facts.

[@PecanPie1102]

You were a nobody till you became someone and realized that you want to go into nobody training .deep

[@tobyfox01]

I’m 😊l So😊😅l lol l😊 I’m like 😊😊😊 my P

[@siobhanmulvey]

he is so spot on with the "have to be somebody before you can be nobody" statement.

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

Learning the contrast

[@rorygrainger]

listening to Ram Dass raises my consciousness ✨

[@billytheblockomus]

truly.

[@shadabonea]

It could be said that one moment you are listening to him and the next, there is no ‘ you ‘, but just consciousness 💜🖤🧡

[@RealTalk-mq2ug]

I think, for the very first time in my life, at 43 years old, I UNDERSTAND there's a difference between LOVE and DESIRE. Desire requires: 1. Strengths: flirty, confident, cute, funny, sexy, wholesome. 2. Fearlessness. I have confidence in my coping if you hurt me, and I have the power to hurt you too. So let’s not hurt each other. 3. Here’s what I love about my body. I’m going to focus on accentuating what I have. Love requires: 1) Connection. 2) Compatibility. 3) Chemistry.

[@DanielleMM-ct8ip]

Day 3 no cannabis I’m going to use this vid when I want to get high

[@bluesteelthunder]

I started easing up on cannabis and began making meditation a daily discipline. Then, I had a thought that maybe it would be time for me to listen to Ram Dass' lectures. 💜 May you find the peace in not telling your self that you "need" to imbibe to get high. All clingings of the mind, are just that. All of them. 🕊️

[@michaelriegler2594]

all I could think to say to him was "yes I love you." And he stood up and said "that doesn't satisfy me at all. Then I knew one of us was in deep trouble 🤣

[@olgafrayman989]

that was unexpectedly hilarious!

[@dreamlessmusic3167]

ram ram ramn

[@lawrencev]

Ram Dad

[@trishthompson1533]

I’m learning so much since I had a spiritual awakening with consciousness. It’s quite beautiful ❤

[@limjahey6986]

I have an afterglow with psychedelics when I use in moderation… Acid 1-4x a year. Shrooms once every full moon or every other. MDMA once or twice every 1-2 years (be very careful with MDMA). DMT and Ayahuasca should only be used for ceremonial purposes and you should have a shaman or guide at all times. All other psychedelic experiences should also be monitored. Intentions need to be set. Set and setting are crucial. These are not recreational drugs to be taken lightly. They must be treated with respect and used intentionally. I too have abused in the past and it looses it’s benefits. This goes with anything in life. “Anything taken beyond necessary becomes poison. This can be sex, food, drugs, tv, information, etc.” Stay away from witches.

[@gdgkuf2315]

Just out of interest, why would you say you have to be careful with MDMA?

[@novelaego2404]

psychedelics are played out to me to each their own

[@fungdark8270]

@@gdgkuf2315because it’s a substituted methamphetamine and probably way more dangerous in the way of addiction potential

[@richardwelsh7901]

​@@gdgkuf2315massively addicting and neurotoxic when the dose is too high and too frequent

[@TM_DEV2.1]

Jay shree Ram 🙏 Jay shree Hanuman 🙏

[@BabvBlues]

cant get enough

[@dr.umkit.444u]

Video length - 4 420

[@turiya9526]

Ram , Ram, Ram

[@taotetyrone]

Yes. Who are you when you don’t get in your own way, even if you’ve gotten in your own way and continue to do so? Who are you in reflection here & now? Are you ever who you used to “be” if you’re not Being “It”? 🤟🏾 Love You! 😊 Sri Ram, Ram, Hanuman Shanti 🙏🏾

[@magpiemoon6786]

Thank you, Baba ❤

[@Dumbpuppet101]

pray you get free man i pray you do, we’re all here waiting for you

[@bliss5133]

💓RAM dass

[@Dumbpuppet101]

33:25 blew my mind thank you

[@allisonblaustein7898]

Wait till the end . “ I finally wanted to get Free more than I wanted to be high ….. sit with my depression , lows , sadness , my boredom, what gets me down etc… opening into that is where I found the beauty….stop feeding more is better …. Not motivated to change my consciousness…realize enough … is enough. Working with enough ness … without dope… not always great …. But I’m blown away by the beauty of it all “

[@alanhehe4508]

This was an excellent talk. Thanks for sharing!! ✌❤🔥

[@inspiringmedia3716]

Bruhh i cant even get free or high. 😂😂

[@heatherkozak2987]

All my love Ram Dass. ❤

[@empressaquaempath]

my baba ❤how precious you are. thank you.

[@christinapomponio6452]

The closed captions dont remotely match whats actually being said, jus something i noticed.

[@sandytrunks]

@29:38 This sounds like what happened to R.Crumb back in the '60s when he had a really bad bad trip that afterwards it took him a long while to recover from (funnily it was a 2nd trip that "released" him from his angst... or so I heard)

[@BrockLanders]

12:05

[@FauxFoe]

🙏

[@T-REX1x]

❣️Jai shree Ram 🚩🙏🏼

[@cuatrovientos8]

Muchas gracias por su amabilidad de compartir ❤

[@blooketchup654]

17:15 he hasn’t had my dope then!

[@alexhamilton2871]

How do you get to that point where you’re so disaffected, disconnected from the high that you reject it and just be with what is? I think it has to be physiological as I found that when I was younger it was easier to reject those forms of escape.

[@fungdark8270]

You have to let go

[@saientwrld]

15:50 is so real and accurate.

[@manuelkanakaris64]

16:28 gold for me

[@lejlazjakic9325]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ love

[@oumaelbakali1453]

I love you Baba

[@waang3397]

Enoughness ❤

[@jopmens6960]

Ram Dass > Ram Stein

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

Du Haust

[@c_monster429]

Profound

[@brandonbagley3233]

@17:30

[@norji6945]

30:00 🙌

[@AlexanderThe6reat]

⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️

[@pinkifloyd7867]

❤

[@peacepaint917]

💞💞💞💞

[@laurenmaddison1111]

💗

[@bucktopher]

My first experience with Ram Das was an interview with Terence McKenna He seemed insane. I'm glad I stuck with it, I really like him now.

[@MattiasRayquaza]

Thank you