Ram Dass on God, Sex, and Dope - Here and Now Podcast Ep. 237

In this wild Q&A session from 1976 that is teeming with frenetic energy from the audience, Ram Dass really just wants to talk about three things: God, sex, and dope.
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In this episode of Here and Now:
Dealing with a slightly wild audience, Ram Dass answers questions about how our actions can influence other people’s journey of awakening, what commitment truly is, and how to look at our predicament from different levels.
But what Ram Dass really wants to talk about is three things: God, sex, and dope. He talks about moving beyond the desire for drugs, how people become attached to their sexual expression and what tantra truly is, and defines God to the best of his ability.
Ram Dass ends the evening by singing, “Rejoice in the Lord.” Again, I say, rejoice.
“Beyond all of the patterns of energy - physical, astral, causal - lies God, that which is beyond form. You aim for that, and in the course of it, if you are pure in your aim, you can do nothing which is adharmic, going against the dharma. And if you stay in the flow, in the Tao, in the dharma, then whatever needs to be for you and your fellow human being will be done, even though you may not understand what it is that’s happening to you. Your intellectual awareness of what is going on is not necessary for this journey. It can speed it up and help it, but it’s not necessary.” - Ram Dass
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[@ZCasPlays]

7:10 Ram Dass starts

[@CroshVine]

🙏

[@astrogypsy]

TY

[@CrouchingscarabflyingJ]

I like markus

[@stevenbyrnedk1]

7:15

[@vanessapetrea2490]

Thank you! And thanks to Jackie!

[@JohnDeaux161]

Is anyone else just starting to find his material? What a profound experience it has been listening to him speak and letting his words wash over my soul. He was a pure being of love and for me I feel as though I may never be the same

[@lilacmoonyoga4254]

It’s a beautiful moment isnt it when you find Ramdass and Neem Keroli Baba. I only found Ramdass at the end of 2019, strangely thats when he died. I had heard the name before but I couldn’t ‘hear’ him. Then I went travelling in 2019 , India, Australian outback, native American Indian reservations as well as many other places but I guess these were the most deemed spiritual places( I was 57yrs never travelled as a youngster) but some of the most spiritual moments happened in the most ordinary places and situations. everyone said I would change. I didnt think I had but when I got back in the november I suddenly started to find and ‘ hear’ the teachings from Ramdass just beautiful. . How lucky are we that all of these recordings exist and there are so many. You can listen over and over and hear something new each time. How I wish I could have met him but I have now not in the physical but in the spiritual. We are all blessed indeed. To be with him in the spiritual realm. 🙏🩷 best wishes to you and your journey.

[@alexiarohdin879]

I’m so happy for you that you found him. He has taught me more than anyone else ever, about how to be in the world. I wouldn’t call him a pure being of love though. I would call him loving, intelligent, smart, educated, well spoken, wise, quick, funny and more than anything else: honest.

[@Lioness_of_Gaia]

Yes, and I'm so grateful!

[@celestialsynchronization8394]

its funny how at the beginning he has to talk to them like a teacher in a class of rowdy children and by the end he has them all singing like angels

[@DieAerzteFreak17175]

🙏

[@zacharyjames9434]

That Ram Dass sauce be serenading the soul

[@TheMiddleWayWithRay]

Thank you, Ram Dass and those who are perpetuating his message.

[@jackstrawFW]

Absolute divine timing, thank you Ram

[@rollinabode5222]

Lost my wife of 15 years 2 months ago to the differences we share.. I'm struggling on letting go..but I'm working hard on breathing...

[@Rekeronse2543]

Sometimes our curriculums don’t line up, but Love still surrounds us

[@bethanymcmorris8013]

Happy to be joining in from Washington state 💚

[@dabu3]

Happy to be joining in from Indiana ❤

[@brave6467]

Kitsap peninsula here 🙏💚

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

Tacoma here

[@suemannon5504]

Florida here

[@DieAerzteFreak17175]

Austrian here

[@yahboimavvy7771]

Feels like the timing is perfect

[@thebuilderslodge]

Great work Brother. Very clear and on point . Peace and Blessings Brother.

[@v8120h]

RD has a beautiful singing voice

[@evelineschoof7589]

Listening from the Netherlands 😊

[@mohammad4110]

You have nice weed

[@evelineschoof7589]

@@mohammad4110 We have yes!!! 😂

[@mohammad4110]

@@evelineschoof7589 Wish I was there I'm from Iran

[@mohammad4110]

@@evelineschoof7589 I like your National Football Team as well

[@bensilverstein5883]

Thank you,

[@dazykuri]

7:14

[@DanielleMM-ct8ip]

He very much didn’t appreciate someone shouting out their agenda. I’ve not seen that before from him

[@tomato1040]

REM: 17.57-60 min in: when HE=mc2 said "Talk about the ONE=mc2", RAM said, "That's enough were DONE=mc2"😎. It's like, "WOW, M'OM🧘woke UP!" in the King👑Dome of DONE=mc2🤺ONE=mc2, all from meditating AL'ONE=mc2!

[@DanielleMM-ct8ip]

This makes zero cohesive sense

[@whoopsydaisy3495]

#whereswhoopsy #lightworker #shadowwork #healingjourney #glowupjourney #understanding #empireofempathy #compassion

[@tomato1040]

9:00-9:14 min in: Agreement💞sounds🗣️🎶much better than contract, covenant, &/or condition. What we🤝 agree on makes more sense than what we a'greed🤑on when it comes to Freed 🎺Will over🤖🆓Will, UP & over a chill💊pill!

[@dinomontoya5870]

at 33:06 he asks what is god then he says the best answer I could give you, then they applaud. Can anyone explain?

[@Taldaran]

I can only speak from my imagination, perhaps he silently gestured in some way. If you want to look at it from a different perspective it was a gift to his audience that we today listening to just the audio may never know, but isn't that a good example of the mystery of life? Perhaps, if we spend more time in the spirit, we will.

[@nperacc]

He’s talking about the silence in between, that which can’t be described with words “god” is best described by silence and empty space