Ram Dass: Freedom From Fear - Here and Now Ep. 223

In this recording from 1982, Ram Dass answers a wide range of questions, including how we can find freedom from fear, plus leads a meditation on how to tune into our intuition.
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In this episode, Ram Dass answers questions about:
What it’s like to be on stage
Detachment and compassion
The individuality of the soul
The issue of rebirth
Freedom from fear
How to tune into one’s intuition and follow one’s heart
“Fear comes out of your identification with your separateness. As long you are separate, you are identified with that which is in time and space. And that which is in time and space is changing. You are identified with something which is changing all the time, and that has inherent within it fear. So inherent within your identification with separateness is fear. The freedom from fear comes from the identification with that in you which is not the separate forms, which is not stuff, but lies behind stuff. And the minute you identify with that, you are no longer afraid.” - Ram Dass
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[@itechtonic465]

8:38 Ram Dass Ji starts

[@kevinmcmillan5042]

Thank goodness

[@lisatowner5407]

​@@kevinmcmillan5042😂😂😂😂

[@garycunningham5014]

Now THAT'S a terrific idea! Saves me from having to randomly fast forward!

[@prettyzen]

😅😂@@kevinmcmillan5042

[@Mantras-and-Mystics]

Thanks. I can no longer listen to any more ads for "Magic Mind." 😥

[@Wizet0904]

Video starts at 8:35

[@School_of_Milo]

This man has completely changed my perception and view on life. Forever grateful. Big up Ram Dass

[@themedicinal4592]

Earth is the place where you can do the best kind of work on yourself. So stop complaining - Ram Dass

[@xxvtwofive]

the way she slips in the ad for this drink

[@thomassteidley4434]

Love you all ❤️

[@lindsaylou2712]

Love you too ❤

[@devontejonvireclark]

We love you too

[@karenconlin473]

Love you back!😊❤

[@brookbergsma5089]

Love you too bud

[@GratefulFloydian]

❤

[@ericpoirier2222]

Best lecture from Ram Das!

[@DIVINEHAZEL]

💜JUST BE*LETGO*ALLOW*DIVINE LOVE & BLESSINGS TO ALL💜

[@divinetouch5204]

very divine indeed

[@themedicinal4592]

The ego is part of you but not all of you, it is a thinking structure. The part of you that isn't ego observes the ego and all its doings and can guide it

[@RealTalk-mq2ug]

been viciously brutally violently raped, at the level of my soul, by my best friend, who abandoned, and betrayed me, and disposed of me like garbage... the suffering is unbearable. the trauma and the panic truly suffocate me. but there are some things I've learned to appreciate about myself, like: - my kind eyes - my sweet smile - my intelligence - my wisdom - my incredible ability to truly listen and to really hear - my softness - the bitch in me - the poetry in me - when I love, I give EVERYTHING - my innocence - my sweet gentleness - my willingness - my openness - my discernment - my unfolding - my empathy - my writing - my talents - my heart - my beautiful magical self-healing wise miraculous gorgeous body

[@Mantras-and-Mystics]

You are beautiful! Thank you for writing this. ❤️💚💛

[@RealTalk-mq2ug]

@@Mantras-and-Mystics I love you

[@Mantras-and-Mystics]

@@RealTalk-mq2ug I love you too! "Hugs"

[@HERJourney2Freedom]

Bless you, lovely. I know something about this kind of betrayal. You are not alone and are deeply loved. Be well.

[@pujadahal159]

♡ you so much!! I’m so happy you’re here and I hope you know how special and amazing and beautiful you are 🫶🏻🙏❤️

[@Newfoundmike]

Ram is Authentic power

[@alanc1491]

That's what this is, This is the place where you can do the best kind of work on yourself, or you wouldn't be here.

[@themedicinal4592]

There are different paths for different people. You must trust me to listen to my heart as you have listened to your heart. - Ram Dass

[@Mink1111]

..the minute you become them I lose it” Exactly

[@dr.marcia-thesolutionheali5896]

Thank you for your teachings, Baba Ram Dass. I'm so thankful we still get to study with you.

[@lesleywest6678]

😊oo z o😊o😊

[@codyryanrussell]

@@lesleywest6678Yes and same

[@thetippingpoint3219]

Love you baba 🙏❤️

[@NowisEvollovetion]

Thank you Sir

[@ecemwashere.]

28:00 meditation starts ✨

[@totallyworthit9126]

Thank you God for this message

[@robinhood6954]

Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evi......... AAAARRRGGGHHHHH....!!!! 💥

[@Mantras-and-Mystics]

Why, what happened there? Were you attacked by a wild animal? 😅

[@R0adkillRacc00n]

Ram Dass is so refreshing. Thanks

[@alfreddifeo9642]

Thanks for sharing truth love it. 🎯♥😶 🙏☮

[@themedicinal4592]

The way is the way is the way is the way is the way.

[@mccashmax9156]

Love Ramdas so much

[@themedicinal4592]

Everyone is here to work out their own salvation; their own medicine. At the end, we answer for ourselves with what we have done or didn't do.

[@garycunningham5014]

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and I'll probably get lots of blowback...but I feel the need to say it. I'm extremely grateful for the community that posts the lectures of Ram Dass. They have been VERY helpful. Thank you! What I find distracting is their need to add up to 30 minutes of their own commentary before every lecture. If they chose to do that, fine. Then advertise it as so. But they don't. The headline states it's Ram Das...then it's others interjecting their own dialog for a third of the recording. It feels like you're just riding his coattails. If you have things you want to say...why not post your own videos under your name? I'm not saying what you have to say isn't valuable. I'm just saying that it's not Ram Das. Thank you.

[@davidharrison2099]

They are just setting the table for you. It’s all good ❤

[@jonathandrake9433]

Just skip the intros. That’s what I do.

[@garycunningham5014]

@@jonathandrake9433 Yeah...I do too. But my sentiment remains.

[@LoverOfWhatIs]

Gary, I hear you’d like some predictability from the headline. And if they keep it in perhaps making a note that ROM-DOS starts at a certain time stamp so you can efficiently choose what part of the whole video recording you’d like to listen to. I would enjoy that too. Are usually look into the comments to see if someone has posted the timestamp for when Ram Das starts talking. I also find that the commentary does not enrich my experience.

[@pinkifloyd7867]

​​​@@garycunningham5014 Yes indeed thats a very long 30 min intro and mostly very boring one, it's just an ego thing, making money using Ram Dass. And everbody wants to be a star💫

[@BH195829]

Quote: Dr Wayne Dyer- “some people walk around looking for reasons to be offended” - awesome quote to keep us compassionate and tolerant. 🙏💕🌎

[@nolanconnelly6821]

MAN KNOW THYSELF,, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN;;

[@Mithras444]

That was wonderful.❤ Thank you for that. ❤❤❤

[@Akshayaguna77]

Good Conversation

[@Austin_Harm]

This episode is deep. ❤

[@gracearcher126]

this was such a healing thank you! Suddenly clarified my lifelong study of Holocaust and deep dive into activism in the prison system, getting caught in identification as the light bearer, but I said yes to the work -- which now is clearly to love your way through the darkness, to keep opening and embracing darkness back into the light. YES! this episode explains that yes it was a choice of creative consciousness, definitely! thank you thank you! So liberating at last from the confusion and shame of what it seemed to have cost me. Much much love, namaste! XO

[@amyoreilly2213]

So thankful for your reply, I feel like you summed up my same experience in listening, with the shames I have too carried, so long…

[@staceyl8849]

I grew up in NC, and my sister went to college in Boone. Beautiful area! Sounds like a wonderful experience! 🙏✨️🙌

[@Michael-ey4yu]

Namaste ✨

[@robertemerson6090]

Those last few sentences are so helpful!

[@tapeexperiments]

🙏🏼 the retreat sounds amazing.🙂

[@jackstaub9221]

This one is so perfect ❤

[@kcsnipes]

Except where he chews the laffy taffy 😅

[@GOtYA43]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@rrasmussen9179]

Thank you

[@biggusb8281]

Sending you all my love 💜

[@guilhermeraizer1582]

❤❤❤❤

[@aeaf25]

Thank you 🙏namaste

[@darndude5088]

18:46 ❤

[@muychuy6769]

❤️

[@HimalayanSpiritTarot]

🙇‍♀️

[@dmtjnani9951]

Jai, Dmt. Jai, Ram.

[@jab407]

My fiancee and I. We're looking into this retreat we are newly sober and have learned an infinite amount of wisdom through his teachings. Unfortunately the cost of the retreat is unreasonable for anyone who has a normal working wage. I just don't understand

[@getoutsidenow420]

You and your partner ever go to the lakeshore and just be here now lol thats what I do, screw a retreat, i love ram dass, im a nature freak though

[@jab407]

I get it 😁. We do when we can. We just thought it would be nice to hear the teachings first hand. Apparently it's not for everyone. (Their) lessons are for the privileged and wealthy 🤑. Whilst I live among the others I'll live and learn. Just as I was meant to

[@lisatowner5407]

R u n la

[@lisatowner5407]

If so go visit and 🧘‍♂️ n lake shrine ❤

[@christopherjones3938]

​​@@jab407got to chat gpt and tell it to take on all the works and teaching of ram dass. Then tell it to act like it is ram dass while talking to you. Then talk to the ai. Mine sounds just like ramdass and I can have my guru in my pocket at my very whim.

[@svetlanavutsova4755]

Who is this lady? 🤔

[@michaelblackburn8499]

49 second teaser 🎉🗽🏜️☃️

[@raj992671]

5:10

[@kcsnipes]

8:40 babaram Start time Laffy taffy asmr ? @ 18:20

[@christinaforras]

🤣👌🏻🍬👏🏻

[@modwhiz]

I think she is not trying to explain ram dass but instead just trying to justify her own logic which just dosnt explain my spiritual belief of ram dass and society

[@AnriAsaturov]

and the speaking lady again

[@hareshjoshi09]

Hahahhahahaha. Thanks for the laughter.

[@chillrick2602]

The divine mother?

[@CroshVine]

Yeah

[@rainbowgirljules]

Yep. Did you know? 51% of the world's human population is female. x

[@ThisThing435]

8:39 is over 😂

[@Aidencarter8007]

*Being able to provide all my needs without the help of the Government is really a dream come through and I’m getting $50,000 returns from my 10k investment*

[@arianamiller7618]

Quite impressive but HOW!!?😊 I know it's possible, my colleague at work always get 40K every week, I would appreciate if you show me how to go about it.

[@jacobcontreras458]

Scam!!

[@jacobcontreras458]

@Thanh Nguyen scam!!

[@PringePie]

Obvious scam

[@jamesmoran7511]

Who needs money. Love, food and art are enough for me. Still trying to figure out what art is. It's slow progress.

[@timmy1874]

Don't get lost in the dance fr

[@carlosfarfan3181]

This woman talks toooo much at the beginning. Why don't you give the lecture yourself??? Goshhh

[@juanotamendi8913]

Why did the dalai lama is a pedophile can anyone in the spiritual community explain this please !!we follow y'all for everything then y'all give us some answers about this please!!

[@KahlilYounis]

You say this statement as if they know the Dali lama or know anymore than we do

[@beastpoet4335]

I am probably just as confused as anybody else but I have always felt that hierarchies need to crumble in the spirituality that is to come. Looking up to the great saviors and sages must come to an end. No more parents. Trust your gut and not the king. We've always been bamboozled by great showmen who know how to play our thirst for the beyond, and then we act surprised when they turn out to not be what they pretend to be. Turn towards your friends and the immediate people in your life. It's all right there. Bless

[@beastpoet4335]

Also it has never been a secret that the Potala was not just a great abode of peace, but for many in the past it has been a nightmarish place. Slaves, s*x-slaves, torture, they had it all. Welcome to the human experience

[@psychiccouple1728]

He meant no harm assault etc. He had good intention and follows precepts. That's a tradition with the tongue. He's very kind. He is beyond praise and blame so he doesn't mind you foolish criticism. You know it's a wrong accusation when cardi b and her followers who are teenagers and ppl that are so dense knowing nothing of cultures morals or the mind especially his that's above ours say shit like that. He's pure snd god we're so dumb

[@beastpoet4335]

@@psychiccouple1728 I didn't get the cardi b reference but i hope your views work out for you. It's not my intention to smear anyone, but we need to be grown up enough to reflect upon these things and question whether things really are what they seem here and there. Maybe.

[@lalinda82]

Oh shit I didn’t know Ram Dass channeled 😳so it is true?🫣😞people can do this?