Path of the Heart - Ram Dass Full Lecture 1992

Love is a particularly joyful path to God, one that allows us to bring the sweetness of the human heart into the spiritual journey. Ram Dass shows us how we can transform romantic attachment into the deeper truth of expanding, conscious love.
Please click the following link for additional teachings on Love:
www.ramdass.org/love-is-now/
Photos: Tom Asher, Rameshwar Das
Recorded in Rhinebeck, NY in July 1992.
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[@drknoba]

I gave up deep anger differently. Ram Dass in 42 minutes says "when anger came up he would go into devotional practices and just let go, and the same anger came up again." I did this for months during Meta Meditation and there would be a tightness in my throat and chest. I kept meditating on the feeling until one day during meta-mediation I had a vision that I fell to the ground from being so exhausted from this feeling burdening me, and my dad caught me in his arms and he said. "Its time to forgive your mum for belting you and controlling you as a child". I was so exhausted from hate and anger towards my mum that I had to forgive her. I cried and cried and cried and I forgave my mum and I loved her. I learned my lesson that anger can be so deep that it stops you from loving, feeling love, and experiencing the divine of being connected to the divine in all beings. Today I had several breakthroughs in my anger like that and I now walk around with an open heart.

[@alessandradallera6302]

Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring.

[@heidistonebraker7380]

🙏 thank you

[@pushthetempo2]

Beautiful

[@bernadettebockis4120]

😥♥️🙏🏼😢😭

[@Terri_2.0]

💞 #Forgiveness #Compassion

[@lathasukumar2417]

i recently lost my beloved healthy husband of 38 years years suddenly to Covid. I had been listening to Ram Dass' lectures over the past year, as though in preparation for this. I am well without resistance, surrendered, embracing everything, even grateful for the opportunity to commit to finding my life's purpose. When I wonder how I can be so after the loss of my beloved, i turn to this talk... "what truly connected you to that person at the deepest level was that quality of identity in the quality of love, where can it go?"

[@jordanbates111]

Condolences for your loss, sending Love, your husband is with you always 🙏🏼💙

[@anitadhawan9746]

So sorry for your Loss. Ram Dass is a good friend to rely on. Take care.

[@osibosi99]

We all die som day, but what you and your husband had was real and it will never die ❤️ sorry for your loss ❤️

[@bullsdeepdish6982]

Love you

[@craigwinston9042]

I like ram Dass. Did you ever try reading Robert sardello?

[@homesigns]

When he says..."I would rather be free than right" ... my goodness, the gift of clarity. Thank you Ram Dass

[@olivianeally8160]

Victor Trevino I literally said “oh my god” when he said that. Those words smacked me in the face in the most profound way.

[@carolbradbury9660]

Happy new yesr

[@jacobcontreras458]

It really doesn’t sound that spectacular but when you think about it more and more it makes sense to why he’s say it.

[@divas8931]

Interesting, I happened to read the comments right when I heard this quote and had the same clarity. ❤️ I so needed to hear this lecture

[@onewayhome9393]

Clarity is one of the four enemies of man kind.. look it up…

[@ViragoRiver]

I grew up in church and heard thousands of sermons. I went to seminary and heard more sermons and lectures. Then I went to college and listened to hundreds more lectures, talks, speeches (which is what a sermon is)....this is *easily* and by far the most profound of them all. The most truth-FULL. The most impactful. The one most full of LOVE.

[@thepaulusmaximus]

Paraphrasing, not sure the source but what you wrote reminded me-Truth without compassion is tyranny.

[@avkmohan4383]

“When you stop being who you think you are, you can start being who you really are “....so insightful

[@bernadettebockis4120]

I love you, Ram Dass.

[@meditationreflex8626]

I love this. Who else loves ram dass hear?

[@homesigns]

RIP Guruji. For those of you who are looking into Ram Dass for the first time, this is a wonderful place to start. There is so much here, listen to all of it. He was a true Seer.

[@marcosluna7792]

You're right, there is so much grace coming through this video

[@GauravFartiyal1986]

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[@spacelumps]

The lover that leans upon the beloved's response--his love is like the flame that needs oil to live. But the lover who stands on her own feet is like the lantern of the sun that burns without oil.

[@marcussonier873]

Nice!

[@phillipboll5214]

But can you see the illusion here...

[@BushyHairedStranger]

The lovers who radiate on their own feet are the sun burning without need of fuel, love is light...love is darkness and on and on

[@RyanPortugal]

I literally just came to this video to find that exact quote, and your comment is at the top!

[@AustinBoiiii]

So beautiful

[@EverydayNat]

Sweet dreams, Baba. This is where it started for me and it will stay with me always. R.I.P x

[@utahboxergirl11]

@@joyfold1029 nice ♥

[@lilithschwarzermond7342]

?????

[@leika2589]

@@joyfold1029 lmao you’re one of those people who thinks they’re so woke that when someone says RIP you think you should give them a whole ram Dass lecture about it. I know you were spreading a positive message but there’s probably a bigger message for you in that.

[@bobkasarda]

I was there and was and still am blown away by the week and this talk in particular. I walked out of the meeting hall a changed young person, who has meditated nearly every day since through various traditions. Please give yourself this gift.

[@MS-vn6tv]

that is an awesome story it must have been so dope to witness this

[@Karen-ul9hd]

That is really cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@thedarkmoonman]

this video helps open up the heart, watch this every 2 years for a check-in.

[@kevin6390]

One day youll be watching a sunset and you'll be thinking about the person you lost and you'll come to realize that the love you had with that peraon is still there, and at that moment you will start to make the break between the vehicle for coming into the love and the essence or the method and the essence and then you'll realize that what truly coneccted you to that person at the depest level was that quality of identity in the quality of love, where can it go?

[@averagejoe4284]

Wow well said

[@kelleerolling7347]

💗love this

[@keatonsmith5669]

I've been cycling through lectures from Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Wayne Dyer, and Jordan Peterson. Seem to have learned more in the last year than I had in the previous twenty.

[@sarahmartin2557]

It's great that you're seeking Keaton

[@foreveryactionthereisacons1683]

No doubt 💯🙌😁 Earth is the real school. I told my mom that everything is an illusion and she says... So, what am I supposed to do about it.

[@ybanzen]

praise be to the pandemic!

[@tommypusateri328]

I would ditch the Jordan Peterson stuff if I were you. His teaching and thought is pretty incompatible with Ram Dass and Alan Watts. I’m not familir with Dyer, though.

[@tommypusateri328]

of course, follow what helps you find meaning and purpose and love. peterson just harbors so much hate, to me.

[@BrentDewhurst]

I have only just discovered Ram Dass. What a wonderful being.

[@RaiseTheWorldProjectNow]

51:50 From a Normandy crucifix of 1632 I am the great sun, but you do not see me, I am your husband, but you turn away. I am the captive, but you do not free me, I am the captain but you will not obey. I am the truth, but you will not believe me, I am the city where you will not stay. I am your wife, your child, but you will leave me, I am that God to whom you will not pray. I am your counsel, but you will not hear me, I am your lover whom you will betray. I am the victor, but you do not cheer me, I am the holy dove whom you will slay. I am your life, but if you will not name me, Seal up your soul with tears, and never blame me.

[@BigNateDoggOG]

Do what you do with another being but never put them out of your heart

[@vphoenix5213]

I'm so glad my ears are ready to hear what he has to say. May Understanding and Compassion flood the plane of our collective consciousness 💜🌈🙏

[@heidistonebraker7380]

Love everyone and tell the truth 🌺

[@nobodyreally]

On Love : When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. • Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart. But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. • Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.” And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own under- standing of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy; To return home at eventide with grati- tude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. - Kahlil Gibran

[@Anne-wh5cq]

Thank you for this ❣️

[@lanettee4398]

Where truth lives.

[@stephaniehunt8517]

Id rather be free than right . Powerful

[@erer8989ful]

RIP, RAM DASS, MISS YOU PAPA

[@sandyscott8565]

@SoftserveSodium 😉

[@kyleganse4978]

one of the most impactful lectures I listened to ever. Grateful for this to be on youtube

[@marconatura9298]

❤️

[@aikighost]

I got 3 minutes in before I had to stop listening and masturbate to pictures of dying frogs.

[@sebastianmortimer7072]

@@aikighost I got 8

[@saum8455]

Ong

[@richarddavis8486]

"Ram Dass?" "Ram Dass?" I love the voice impersonation from 37:50.

[@kittervision]

the most adorable man ever

[@dyhana333]

I love you Baba Ram Dass..... your sweet energy is all around us as always and forever.

[@jamesvafiadis9579]

12:00 - trappings of method 13:30 - addiction to person 58:30 - transformation of romantic love

[@dubidu9191]

Thank you, I needed that right now. Don't know why

[@ravichandrakar6173]

Like by every religion to everyone ,u r no exception,or u r enlightened may be not both

[@Theopengrove]

I broke down several times during this, complete explosions of emotion

[@brianlinville439]

it is because it causes you to realize deep truths you already knew deep down ,but had never quite "heard" expressed.

[@laraelarae]

It happened to me that way, too. I met someone who had that key and unlocked things in me -- and my key in him -- which I thought were dead or non-existant within. Everything Ram Dass describes in this talk is what I witnessed and moved through, and am still moving through. What an ocean I am navigating. :)

[@milyndasantiago6881]

Bruh... my inner self is so amazing I really needed to listen to this. Just randomly clicked this video too... peace and love to all

[@dontnoodles2085]

Praise God for the light within us Praise God let Love abide

[@kittervision]

miss you from this physical reality, Ram Dass. But now you reside in my heart and in my soul and thank you for that personal connection we now have. you have led many of us into the light and will continue to do so. all the hugs and kisses to you, for in my eyes you are a true guru and embodiment of unconditional love

[@PEMDASbaby]

RIP my friend. You filled my heart with love. I cry tears of joy.

[@kristiecichon5412]

Brought to tears and laughter, over and over again. 🙏🏼💗 Ram Ram Ram Thank you Ram Dass.

[@bodhisattva3871]

In the sunrise forenoon, in the sway of a tree, in the light of the full moon, this love is free.

[@moonlightgiftshoppe]

This came at such an opportune time. Of coarse it did.

[@michaelserebreny454]

The Mystic Medium how many times has this time presented itself to you for the "first time?"

[@spencer7512]

@@michaelserebreny454 always, forever, eternally here. Eternally reinventing wonder.

[@leika2589]

I listen to one of these lectures every morning. No matter how many times I come back to this one it still tickles my heart in the most, as Ram Dass might say, delicious way. :)

[@marcosluna7792]

I never get tired of listening to these lectures

[@juneack5848]

Listening to Ram Dass makes me burst into tears, but not for sorrow, just the opposite.

[@TheGoodMorty]

By far my favorite of his talks.

[@freelance_commie]

I am so fortunate to have been turned on to you, Baba. Infinite thanks and love. A once in a lifetime messenger and teacher, now for the time being. Ram, Ram, Ram, Ram, Ram; ad infinitum.

[@cynthiafentress9189]

THIS. Baba taught me how to live. There are no words to express my gratitude.

[@rosshoward5866]

One of my absolute favourite RD talks! Surrender is the pre-requisite for love. If we cannot let go of someone then we can only cling and in this tightness, love transforms into something else. Our surrender allows the beloved the space to grow which they then bestow on us. In my experience there is always a pulse of attachment, then surrender, attachment then surrender. In this way, we become loose enough in our attachment until we can love deeply, without clinging. So there's nothing wrong with getting attached as long as one is doing the work to free oneself from that attachment with the pulse of attachment then surrender. Love.

[@stratspk4995]

I wish I could have a friendship or relationship like Ram dass Ji had with Maharaj j. It feels just like Ram Ji and Hanuman Ji. I wish I could feel the love, the care, the understanding

[@laurencampbell5893]

Bizarrely came across this on KZbin music yesterday, someone asks basically the same question and the response really helped me music.kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2KYYYCYaseqq68&si=-LAPCt6lweHqCuLk ❤

[@mtm00]

🎵 "Praise God for the light within us. Praise God: let Love abide." 🧡 Thank you.

[@VeinyDickTracy]

The lover that leans upon the beloved’s response... his love is like the flame that needs oil to live. But he lover who stands on her own feet is like the lantern of the sun that burns without oil.

[@reecemarais690]

Thank you Ram Dass and thank you all 💛 love and peace always

[@tylersmith7925]

I was born the month of this talk !!!! This is one of my favorites of his

[@bbli1974]

Awesome! I graduated Hs. 1993... Discovered Allan Watts, too. Welcome home to your heart.

[@mt.annalogue]

thank you thank you thank you for sharing and for spreading this voice and vehicle for knowing love and liberation!

[@marierose4191]

Mahalo Baba. Love to you in the stars! 🌟🔥✨

[@cassandraneylor6473]

The path has been before me, but it has been unclear...patchy and broken. The title of the lecture drew me in; his words and the words of others brought clarity and confirmation that what I've felt is my direction is true. The path had always been true, now my feet are confident and my being knows the way. Endless thanks, Ram Dass.

[@pinkwhisper808]

How can anyone dislike this? The knowledge I gained from this is golden. Thank you.

[@jumpingship1362]

The person who dislikes this video, remember to keep them in your heart.

[@navneetsinghgaur7358]

जय माँ महाराज जी

[@CharlieoftheLake]

Thank you, Ram Dass, for this beautiful reminder.

[@Sunviewer338]

Bly's poem is profoundly beautiful.

[@beckjaq3608]

That poem....Moves me to tears every time

[@keeganmccorry4952]

“The mind makes distinctions between this and that ... the quality of the heart is that it keeps Being boundless, it keeps embracing everything into itself, it doesn’t even discriminate itself from other things”

[@treeshade2560]

Praise god for the light within us praise god let love abide

[@nighteatingyou]

I occasionaly listen to great thinkers like Terence and Watts. Although when you actually listen to what he is saying, you might think he is much less impressive compared intellectually, but Dass' energy and the wisdom he imparts while he's speaking evokes so much.

[@Karen-ul9hd]

I'm a great fan of Alan Watts. They all have their contributions, some speak more to some, others to others. They're all impressive for who is open to being impressed:)

[@kbrittanymcmillan4385]

Baba Ram Dass, you shed light on the darkness that shrouds humanity's ability to gain enlightenment and to awaken.... you have most definitely fulfilled at least one purpose during this lifetime. Maybe I have been you before & you have been me.... I the teacher & you the student! But as of now, all I can do is thank you for sharing your wisdom!!!! The enlightenment I have been able to gain through your teachings......... I am grateful and blessed!!!

[@Karen-ul9hd]

I think that what he says is not necessarily that you might have been him or he you, but simply that you ARE him and he IS you, as well as others, people, animals, trees and all else that is:)

[@evedotcom]

I won't cling too tight but this was absolutely beautiful!!!! awe and gratitude, thank you.

[@RaiseTheWorldProjectNow]

1:08:33 O Sadhu! the simple union is the best. Since the day when I met with my Lord, there has been no end to the sport of our love. I shut not my eyes, I close not my ears, I do not mortify my body; I see with eyes open and smile, and behold His beauty everywhere: I utter His Name, and whatever I see, it reminds me of Him; whatever I do, it becomes His worship. The rising and the setting are one to me; all contradictions are solved. Wherever I go, I move round Him, All I achieve is His service: When I lie down, I lie prostrate at His feet. He is the only adorable one to me: I have none other. My tongue has left off impure words, it sings His glory day and night: Whether I rise or sit down, I can never forget Him; for the rhythm of His music beats in my ears. Kabir says: " My heart is frenzied, and I disclose in my soul what is hidden. I am immersed in that one great bliss which transcends all pleasure and pain. " Kabir

[@brometheusmarmalade2223]

Holy fuck, Ram Dass is a badass. I couldn't get into him years back, but his message really appeals to me these days

[@sherirenee5005]

Ram Dass over and over… 🙏🏼🤍✨

[@Jason.Brayshaw]

These lectures are so amazing to listen to. I'm trying to listen to one a day in the evening time. Om Tat Sat.

[@skrwdUNi]

Love you so much Baba!!! You are here with me everyday & your words are propelling me into residing within my true being... love to all on their own journey! ❤️❤️✌️

[@charlie29321]

I am love

[@JayzBlaze]

What an absolute gem!

[@vikasit_vikas]

Ram Dass ji seeked for the truth for all of us , i am so thankful to him. 🙏❤️

[@loreneflaming361]

Love the story of the army officer, the monk, and unconditional love (at 25 minutes)

[@LionInSunHeart]

THank you for a lifetime of teachings..You are in my Heart forever..OM

[@uteheller4960]

Thank you so much Ram Dass. My heart goes out to you. Love you.

[@marlenevargas8464]

Ute Heller gtt

[@cathyl1954]

One of the most beautiful talks yet I have heard of his❤

[@BabaRamDassChannel]

We at the channel appreciate your listening!

[@progressiveGal73]

One of my favorite recording from the audio, Experiments in Truth. I listen at least once a year, and this is my favorite chapter. I Love you, Baba Ram Dass. Thank you for helping me to free myself back into the ocean...

[@user-369-]

Ram Dass made me realize a lot of things when I woke up and started to actually understand what was going on and he basically helped me put things into perspective that would have taken me who knows how long if I didn’t listen to his voice, ty 🙏🏽

[@jplomelino]

Beautiful! One of my favourite teachings of Ram Dass.. Thank you !

[@F_M_M]

I send this to my lover just now. Hope she feels at least half what i felt. Yesterday when I heard this words from Ram Dass, i laughed, cried from the simplicity of making love. This is it. Love is. Ps.:MandM

[@AureliaLambrechthey]

Excellent, Beautiful. Thank you Ram Dass Channel.

[@jazz77T]

Love you Baba Ram Dass, you had such a magical way of expressing the simple yet profound truths of life

[@jagirkaur6216]

He himself the speaker, the voice, the ears and the listener

[@juliecrawford-smith8457]

It feels like I am mountains from love ,but ram dass knows we can all open our hearts to loves truth , so it is possible . So much hope and joy from this mans gifts . Thanku

[@pantera29palms]

Thank you Ram Dass.

[@mikecaisse8776]

❤️ I miss you Ram Dass 😓

[@RyanPortugal]

Love.

[@turiya9526]

Love.

[@ronjaraubertochter7971]

I love the part @ 37:00 where Ram Dass lets his anger free. I laughed .. Thank you Ram Dass for your stories! They help me through my live! It is interesting that the numbers i most admire 3 and 7 (because it is the date of my birth) are the numbers of the minutes of the nicest part of this video (for me). Also interessting is that the square sum of the first numberst of the lenght of the whole video are 3 and the seconds are 7 = 111:07 = 3 and 7 ☺

[@ryanpford77]

these people have helped me discover my christian roots!

[@Yakuo]

🌀🙏

[@N.M.T.K]

It was good to hear this Thank you for the Loving words of wisdom.

[@MinnesotanMysticism]

14:20 quote from “the prophet” by Khalil Gibran, one of my favorite books. that’s the first dialogue after the intro, it’s about love and it’s profound, I’d recommend that book to ANYONE, too bad ram dass forgot to credit it, amazing lecture regardless

[@annuarora9656]

Lucky ramdass met maharaj jee....we are still dancing

[@onanee8488]

Thank you 'Ram Dass

[@7times7seas]

Lovely. Greetings dear loved ones. Greetings all that is. Greetings to you, God.

[@deriangueldner23]

Ram Dass guiding us down the rabbit hole .... just to find out that light at the end is love

[@aslakebrink-vanhout373]

opening mind heart and soul beyond words, thoughts, vibration. this makes me love All life...chills, tears...for seeing the things as they are..

[@homesigns]

beautifully said, beyond words and to see things as they are... peace to you

[@nehakadam1054]

Beautiful explained !!

[@boojum1769]

extra ordinary

[@carinchanning9388]

Thank you so much for posting!! 💜💜

[@percyhilo2261]

Ram Dass has an unusual talent for getting the the root of an issue and making it seem that we can live from there. And he's right. We can. Immense gratitude!

[@jswootheblackscreen]

ahhh his episodes are so beautiful and touching,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!

[@gefiltefish2000]

This is so beautiful !!

[@practicalphilosophy9031]

❤️

[@trishaemry55]

This LOVE THIS 🙌❤️❤️🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️