Ram Dass - Here and Now - Ep. 164 - The Path of Awakening

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[@mdmayhem]

I've watched it 4 times so far. Each time I find that I smile like I slept with a coathanger in my mouth. And I snort out loud at the "abundance of lack" bit every time. Thank you Ram Dass, and all who keep his teachings alive. Om namah shivaya, Love to all souls from 🇨🇮🙏💖🇨🇮 Namaste

[@davoid3693]

Video starts at 13:18

[@adddad9779]

TY!

[@BillieChristine-d5c]

I always look for the time. Thank you.

[@yahboimavvy7771]

What an amazing teacher, I love you Ram Dass

[@jesusmora9940]

Look at how ONE being who took on the course and liberated himself, has provided permission for us to do so as well. Far out. Regardless of never meeting his human form, he is as alive as ever in my heart. Thank you my brother & blessings to all and wherever you may find yourself. I love you ❤

[@AdamWeilacher]

Sri Ram jai Ram

[@DilbagSingh-ox8li]

Love you ram dass and everybody listening, and all who might never hear, love you all

[@jonnisalvin8780]

Right back at you ❤

[@EmilBlueMan]

❤️

[@rayfrancisco1093]

love you too

[@pattiewoodall2488]

Namaste, beautiful souls. ❤ 🙏

[@mikelarsonmusicman]

Love u2

[@janesmiley5213]

I listen over and over. Seems I need continual reminders and Ram Dass provides them over and over and I am so grateful. Thanks. May all of us awaken.

[@bullsdeepdish6982]

A refresher always helps for sure.

[@carlosavila.291]

🙏

[@Maximus-gp7td]

Ram Dass you did for my aching heart more than any psychologist has ever done. Thank you for being in my life, I love you my friend.

[@ThaKid14]

needed to hear this today been searching for some enlightenment. Been struggling through some heavy relapses and addictions and i just need to stop. time to do the work on myself.

[@ryankoza7584]

hope its going well

[@Niki-uk333]

Working on yourself as action to others ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 you take what ever on your plate to use it as your vielchel,🙏🙏🙏🙏 thanks a million Ram Dass and feel blessed to hear you as my guru who lightens my path towards weakening ❤🙏

[@SylviaSantiago-qz9oo]

Best speech I’ve heard on the path to awakening! Wow !

[@kathyadams5963]

I'm watching this on t.v. instead of my phone right now. such a good one

[@Lakshmi-uw7xf]

Thank for the gift of allowing harmony, rather that perceiving conflict, between my human heart and my intuition heart ♥️ I feel a release of guilt and suffering through this realization. Thank you again and again…Namaste 🙏🏼

[@ae_slinger]

#namaste 💞🙏🏻

[@absolutevulnerability443]

Sensational episode. Handling whatever arises in each moment, that’s it! I’ve certainly been caught in the trap of denying what’s in front of me, in lieu of more “spiritual” practices or pursuits. Listening to Ram Dass is like taking a shower for the soul. 🙏 namaste

[@mariacourel5584]

#$,e

[@pattiewoodall2488]

Beautiful analogy, my friend. So very true ❤

[@brunosauter]

Thanks for sharing ✨

[@sarahritt.creates]

I feel like this talk set me free again. Really, really lovely. Thank you.

[@absolutevulnerability443]

Mmm I had this same feeling. Such a wonderful reminder and nudge back to freedom 🙏

[@Werise2gether]

@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus true but we can find peace within so that’s cool

[@Werise2gether]

@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus you can still find peace ❤️❤️

[@Werise2gether]

@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus ok ❤️❤️😊✌🏽

[@tomato1040]

NAMASTE SOUNDS LIKE, NOW MUST STAY!

[@AustinBoiiii]

Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.

[@sariss7203]

@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus what do you think the truth is?

[@sariss7203]

@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus that's true enough!

[@seancasey5024]

The truth is always happening in the hear and now behind the veil of form.

[@unclemartha4112]

(Ram Dass at 13mins 15seconds)

[@mauricepowers3804]

Thank you!!

[@nugs5227]

Thank you

[@jacobr.1369]

13:14

[@lisatowner5407]

Lol intros r So draining 😴

[@47RokuW]

Lmao damn

[@WitchesAwakening]

Thank you!!!

[@randomelvis3359]

@@lisatowner5407 I so agree…..what would Ram say……………. I wonder 🤔 💰

[@Bjarku]

Thanks, king!

[@robinseneviratne6675]

13.15.... thank u

[@evisceratemtg6141]

"Openning up to have an undefended heart." ❤

[@MrCoolman742]

When I'm out of psilocybin mushrooms I just listen to Ram Dass 😂🍄

[@Werise2gether]

I’m about to try that now lol can cats take mushrooms. ?

[@MrCoolman742]

@@Werise2gether maybe try a micro dose and see how it goes 🤔

[@dusygibbons]

Try both at the same time. 🍄🤯

[@jankazdevs]

Namaste..

[@TheWorldTeacher]

🐟 02. A BRIEF EXPLANATION FOR “LIFE”: Everything, both perceptible and imperceptible - that is, any gross or subtle object within the material universe which can ever be perceived with the senses, plus the subject (the observer of all phenomena) - is what most persons actually refer to when they use the term “GOD”. REAL God is Impersonal Absolute Nothingness (otherwise called “The Tao”, “The Great Spirit”, “Brahman”, “Pure Consciousness”, “Eternal Awareness”, “Independent Existence”, “The Ground of All Being”, “The Undifferentiated Substratum of Reality”, “The Unified Field”, et cetera). “God” is One Reality, but just as a knife cannot cut itself, or fire cannot burn itself, “God” cannot know Himself (or at least EXPERIENCE Himself), and so, has manifested this phenomenal universe within Himself. Therefore, this world of duality is really just a play of consciousness within Consciousness. N. B. The word “God” is, by definition, a title of the male Deity, and is not to be taken literally here. Apparently, this phenomenal universe was “created” (within Consciousness) with the initial act (the so-called “Big Bang”), and from that first deed, every action that has ever occurred has been a direct or indirect result of it. Just as every particle of matter in the universe was once contained in the ’singularity’, Infinite Consciousness was NECESSARILY present at the Big Bang, and is in no way an epiphenomenon of a neural network. “Sarvam khalvidam brahma” (‘all this is indeed Brahman’). There is NAUGHT but Eternal Being, Conscious Awareness, Causeless Peace - and you are that! Everything which can be presently perceived, both tangible and immaterial, including we human beings, is a consequence of that initial manifestation. That is the most accurate and logical explanation for “karma” - everything was preordained from the initial spark, and every action since has unfolded as it was predestined in ETERNITY. The notion of retributive (“tit for tat”) karma is just that - an unverified notion. Whatever state in which we currently find ourselves, is the result of two factors - our genetic make-up at conception and our present-life conditioning (which may include mutating genetic code). Every choice ever made by every human (and non-human animal) was determined by those two factors ALONE, thus free-will is purely illusory, despite what most believe. Because we are temporarily residing within this dualistic universe, we experience both pleasure and pain. Suffering and pain are NOT synonymous. Suffering is due to a false sense of personal doership - the belief that one is a separate, independent author of one’s thoughts and deeds. There are five MANIFESTATIONS of suffering: 1. Guilt 2. Blame 3. Pride 4. Anxiety 5. Regrets about the past and expectations for the future These types of suffering are the result of not properly understanding what was explained above - that life is a series of happenings and NOT caused by the individual living beings. No living creature, including us humans, has personal free-will. There is only the Universal, Divine Will at play, acting through every body, to which William Shakespeare famously alluded when he scribed “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” The human organism is simply a biological machine, comprised of the five gross material elements and the three subtle material elements. The antidote to all suffering is to ‘rest’ in the primordial sense of existence (the unqualified “I am”). So, now that you understand life, and the reason why we are suffering here in this (supposedly) material universe, you are now able to be liberated from all forms of suffering, RIGHT? WRONG! It is imperative to find an authentic spiritual master to assist you to come to the above realization, by slowly undoing your past conditioning. Just as you have been conditioned over an entire lifetime to think one way, you need to be re-conditioned to think another. Even if you follow a competent teacher, you may still not come to a full understanding of life, but if you are sincere, humble and dedicated, you will definitely find more peace in your daily life (all of which was DESTINED to occur, of course). Furthermore, if it was ordained, you may be fortunate enough to accept discipline from a truly enlightened master, and subsequently realize the aforementioned fundamental concepts, by practicing at least one of the four systems of yoga (religion) described in the Holy Scripture, “A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity”. Best wishes for your unique, personal journey towards unalloyed peace and happiness! “The meaning of life is life itself.” ************* “A wise Rabbi once said 'If I am I because you are you, and you are you because I am I, then I am not I, and you are not you'. In other words, we are not separate.” Professor Dr. Alan Wilson Watts, British-American Philosopher. (06/01/1915 - 16/11/1973). “What you seek is seeking you.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Persian Sunni Muslim poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. (30/09/1207 - 17/12/1273).

[@tomato1040]

DEEP INSIDE=mc2, OUR ROCK💎& ROLE=mc2, IS A WAY WE=mc2 RULE=mc2 THE FORCE=mc2. IN THE HEART OF LOVE=mc2, ''NOW MUST STAY!''

[@whiteroseproject7207]

Hi. Thanks for the content 😀

[@MrxiRABID]

RAM RAM!!!

[@jms4406]

When I first realized the idea of sacrificing my suffering was when I was working covid in the ICU and i was seeing nothing but death and in despair. Finally i hit this shocking awareness where i realized i was them and they were me. I was helping them and they were helping me. The state of my complaints was me insisting I was suffering. But what is suffering really? Its difficult to stay in that state, but it was the beginning. You are not able to live in those moments without letting go of that fear that your suffering wont be recognized. I still struggle because I used to be religious and my mind wants to say I must have done something to merit this, but the realization for me is that it belongs to everyone.

[@112jungle]

52:51 It’s difficult for a person to feel the goodness of the laws when the person is suffering and a person can not see the goodness of the laws her/his mind is drugged by the love of pleasure and the fear of pain. Such a mind invents Gods or denies them but never sees the laws at all. Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.

[@lisatowner5407]

Love u 💓ram Dass SO on his waYyyyyyyyy bk HOME 🏡❤

[@bernadettebockis4120]

Oh my God, Ram Dass. Oh my God!

[@joeybtheman1906]

13:14 begins

[@iamoneloveall]

13:16 Ram Dass

[@bhikku1878]

Can anyone tell me the title of the music played at the start of these talks?

[@neilwelling5623]

Everyone who give a thumbs down because of advertisements reminded me why I shouldn't

[@jesusmora9940]

Wow

[@mettacine]

Anyone know what the Indian music is at the beginning?

[@yeahyeah410]

Are some of these episodes repeats?

[@airheads1012]

Yes I have noticed at least one repeat

[@jakegillin4411]

He was literally just repeating the same shit for years 😂

[@rusty072728]

More Ram Dass, less intro talking by hosts

[@PrometheusMonk]

Raghu's ego until 13:14

[@layala1026]

😂

[@willcollins5660]

Raghu needs to stfu. Start Ram Dass from the get go please

[@willcollins5660]

13:15 Real content starts here. Beginning is just a waste of time jibber jabber.

[@willcollins5660]

Start Ram Dass from the get go please. Stop with the bs ego intro. No one is interested. We only want Ram Dass.

[@carpenter1274]

Sorry buddy every time I hear you trying to talk for ram dass you get a thumbs down. 👎

[@sean6515]

🤨

[@bernadettebockis4120]

Whom do you think is coordinating Ram Dass for our listening? Thank you, Raghu.