Ram Dass - Here and Now - Ep. 123 - Fear and the Journey of Awakening

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Ram Dass - Here and Now - Ep. 123 - Fear and the Journey of Awakening: • Ram Dass - Here and No...
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In this talk from 1991, Ram Dass discusses encountering fear and working through difficult moments along the journey of awakening.
Honoring Our Fear (Opening) - There is a fear that begins to set in at a certain point along the journey of awakening and our reaction is to do away with that fear as soon as possible. Ram Dass talks about how that fear can be a tool to further ourselves on the path and is something to be honored and reflected upon.
“That fear is to be honored, it’s not something that you are trying to override. It is telling you something about the nature of your Dharma at the moment. In the journey of awakening there are periods where the pull to immerse one’s self into the ocean of unity gets so strong that one is pulled very strongly away from one’s responsibilities and existing efforts to work in the world.”
Fully Realized (21:50) - Ram Dass reflects on living beings who have completed the journey of awakening and examines the nature of their character and actions. These beings exemplify how it is possible to be effective in the world and without any attachment or fear. He explores the stages of awakening and how certain practices become more effective as we progress.
Know Your Role (33:00) - We explore paradoxes of awakening and ask the question of “Who am I?” Ram Dass shares a story about getting caught up in the game of identity and roles. He reflects on the inevitability of roles and how to be in a role without identifying with it.
“It is important to realize that anywhere you are standing is short of what the game is. You are not free as long as you think you are somebody standing somewhere.”
Burning Our Baggage (49:45) - Ram Dass talks about the distorted perceptions we develop about ourselves and how we tend to play into the projections others have about us. He talks about the lessons that we learn when we try to drop our attachments, no matter how successful we are in doing so.
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Wat​ch the latest Ram Dass Documentary film on Becoming Nobody on gaia.com/BeHereNow. The gaia.com/BeHereNow library supports you with transformational content. See it for yourself and go to gaia.com/BeHereNow and check out the Be Here Now Playlist curated just for you. Visit gaia.com/BeHereNow to start your free trial today.

[@bobbybrown8167]

lecture starts at 14:00 sorry Raghu haha

[@brookbergsma5089]

We only do it out of our deep sense of love Raghu Marcus

[@lisatowner5407]

OR he's just DraininG

[@wakeup9228]

@@lisatowner5407 man I thought i was the only one 😆

[@samsaraa2001]

So true…😂

[@wakeup9228]

Correction he's showing me where I'm still caught

[@goddessofguinevere9506]

I really hope there’s the 45 minute practice on one of these videos! What a gift!

[@phinemarie]

Yes 45 min of Sri Ram Jai Ram please!

[@ceej5705]

Time for the intro guy to go into Mauna if you ask me.

[@kevinshari8262]

14.05 ram dass speaks .

[@SmithBrookHollow]

51:30 "boxes of who I am""never open the boxes, but store them in attic""there's my somebodiness""because later you'll want to go back...but why would I want to go back, when will I go back""protecting my history"

[@marcosluna7792]

Thank you. Much love from VA

[@American-Idiot-Vlog]

Please cut the intros to 5 minutes or less seriously it's Ramdas we wanna listen to not your extended explanations ...try not to take this the wrong way it's my attempt at constructive criticism and not meant to offend

[@worldclassvago9346]

I've followed Ram Dass for over ten years now and his lectures have never been so clear to me as they are now. He's definitely described my journey in the passed two years of my life of consistent meditation. Thanks for these recordings, Mr Marcus. They really are a blessing. However, aren't we eternal? Didn't we create the universe from non-physical, super conscious sound vibration? We come from emptiness. We've created this physical form, recycling of bodies. Therefore, we are the leading edge of creation (God) So my ultimate question is, why must we give up desire to feel free rather then fulfilling them? If we created this world from super consciousness as one to experience all five senses purposely, why must good karma be dropped? If that's what you wanna call it.. If there's no real puppet master or doctrine, it makes sense that we come here to this earth to experience fully to how we all want to live life. Abundant well-being long-life.

[@glenngreenstein5423]

Yeah make a good sound vibrate baby..... Gl

[@Dhardy316]

Because those desires come from who we THINK we are, and not from the true self? (Just a thought, I know nothing honestly)

[@SpiritualSpeed]

maby to get back to/in love, to hornor that home

[@Young-funny45]

If we have any unresolved desires we reincarnate again. Make your only desire God. We are always trapped in desires. Even if our desire is to have no desires then we still have them. Karma is our manifestation of our desires. If we still our thoughts we break free. ❤

[@lisatowner5407]

WoW 👏 WoW WoW ram dass U r Guiding us bk HOME 🏡 may u b Flying free 🙏

[@bgockel]

Such a great talk. Love the bit about consistency and truth around 43:30

[@lilahgrace305]

a favorite

[@jwetzel3141]

14 minutes of yakking before it gets to the juice!

[@jojaxn75]

Ya this channel sucks

[@samsaraa2001]

Haha😂

[@Bellitab]

Without the "yak" we wouldn't have the juice.

[@JayTwizzle]

Nothing wrong with a lil pulp in my juice.

[@danielshackett9790]

Was also feeling this way. The juice seems to be only implied because its coexisting with the non juice

[@riccardo830]

Great lecture !!!

[@cro-emils783]

❤ LOVE it. So good listening to this. 😊

[@brennanroberts2918]

Pimping out ram dass's lectures to make some money. It is what is is but you could just upload his talks.

[@maddammaddtatterthefirst4837]

It’s all about perception

[@PAKallman]

No, thats what it is. Your perception is flawed if you cant see that.

[@scutty4022]

❤️❤️❤️

[@rasomaxamagic4922]

Какая яркая жизнь! Спасибо, Рам Дасс, люблю тебя и уважаю безмерно!

[@Infinite-YT]

This is some real shit

[@soniaveness7648]

❤️🕊🦋🦄

[@clgnkaplumbaga9943]

Can someone find the 45 m long jay ram mundra at the end and send me a link please. Id be really happy

[@lfbeam]

14:00 ram Dass starts

[@inthemomenttomoment]

Being Good is greater than doing good. No🎭more Car🚗 Ma, is like having 👣 no😄🧬more Karma🧘in the Spiritually Growing Conscious Realms of Awareness, B'right Now. Going Up in Growing Up is Our Cup!

[@annuarora9656]

GOD'S NAME I ONLY HAVE RAM'S NAME I ONLY HAVE.

[@grandmountain9417]

I want to listen to Ram Dass talks- do they really need Raghu Marcus’ long introductions, self promoting and requests for donations?

[@alexdelapaz22]

55:37

[@BrockLanders]

49:10

[@VonSebastianTalk]

what is that chant in the end?¨

[@BeHereNowNetwork]

"Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram"

[@ceej5705]

Yeah, I've had about enough of these intros. This guy is incredibly annoying because he misinterprets the context and puts so much of himself into the discourse. Why are these folks gatekeeping Ram Dass's talks.? I understand it takes cash to share the recordings but this can be accomplished without locking people out by controlling and hoarding your access to the recordings. People need to hear Ram Dass, the world needs access... there is no contemporary being like him and able to articulate like him the message of the spirit.

[@Rent-A-Mind]

What’s the rush? Here he is, uncorrupted; incorruptible. How can you have enough of something that you are absolutely more than free and capable of skipping at a fraction of a second?

[@ceej5705]

@@Rent-A-Mind yeah, wow, so brilliant and wise. I really need to get my life together like you. Thank you for showing my stupidity.

[@Rent-A-Mind]

@@ceej5705Like.. yeah: this is the prime illusion…

[@LazzarrusLong]

26:43: Bingo