Ram Dass - Let Your Relationships Become A Vehicle For Freedom

Ram Dass (1931-2019) was an American spiritual teacher. In this powerful segment he talks about how when you view relationships based on your need, that relationship ends up further imprisoning you in the cycle of need and fulfillment. Rather, if you can somehow relate to the other person other than through that need, then your relationships can become a vehicle for freedom. This is what he calls the "Yoga of Relationship".
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[@spicypotatosofttaco3227]

This talk always reminds me of a friend I had in college, not a close friend, we were only alone together once, in a cafe. We both were waiting for our food at the same time and decided to eat together. That one hour I talked more about myself than I ever had, and the strangest part was that I didn't feel the stabbing, socially anxious, neurodivergent guilt spiral about it. She asked me so many questions and was so genuinely interested and engaged, for no reason. She wasn't trying to impress me or mentor me or become closer friends. It stood out to me because it seemed purposeful but not forced. I think she was doing this, actively holding space for me and bringing us both into the present moment. No agenda whatsoever, just passing the time. It was one of the kindest things anyone has ever done for me, in retrospect.

[@suumcuique4530]

Thanks for sharing!

[@GirlKeepItReal]

Wow that's beautiful

[@cupswaves3489]

Wow, this is very touching actually. Thank you for sharing. I was that woman…no I’m just kidding, but it does confirm a suspicion that loving people exactly as they are is perhaps the kindest thing we can do. 🪞💙

[@rushiaskinnerwallace6175]

This post made me teary eyed. So glad you shared this. That last reply to it made me giggle. 😊🙏🏼

[@WachoASMR]

​@@cupswaves3489gahaha lmao

[@halleybruno4653]

I regret that I wasn't awake enough to maintain my last romantic relationship. I want to try again with all the work I have done on my spirit.

[@muttlee9195]

♥️

[@karenkeatley6795]

Me too... We have been getting ready to be ready

[@amycarlson4272]

Wow

[@amycarlson4272]

Whoever you are… this is a beautiful and generous sentiment.

[@johnedgemusic]

Same here ❤️

[@directionofease]

“The ego/the intellect is a beautiful servant and a lousy master.” Thank you.

[@kevingalvan5805]

Yup

[@chrism8180]

So let's break this down. How much of your need to be in a relationship is based on ego? Also understand that when you are in any relationship, you are sacrificing yourself to do so. That is very reminiscent of servitude. I am the master of my own domain, and I prefer to keep it that way.

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

Timestamp @1:35

[@ryangarrod4191]

@@chrism8180 “when you are in any relationship, you are sacrificing yourself to do so.” Would you extend this to a relationship between coworkers, where the two parties work together to accomplish something? Think about that for a minute. I want to know how far the limitations of that statement go for you, if you don’t mind me picking your brain.

[@chrism8180]

@@ryangarrod4191 The limitation comes when it feels disproportionate, or like I am being taken advantage of. Instead of fueling a common goal, I am being treated as a means to an end, and not as a human being. That's where my limitations lie

[@laurischoolmarm]

What I have found is that until you deal with your "stuff" and embrace solitude, you're no good in a relationship. Of course, the irony is that once you've achieved this, the "need" for a relationship leaves entirely. All relationships become optional--extra--under these circumstances.

[@etoilesoleil8643]

Very true !

[@MOESEWICHt1]

and that's the beauty. You choose a partner not because you're in need of one, but because your sould desires one. But in a way that doen't implies neediness. Your soul searches another person, because without, you can't reach the next step. For me relationships are mirrors for current problems, traumas or tasks you have to solve. Through and with the other soul you are capable of growing to an extend you wouldn't be able to do all alone.

[@kensurrency2564]

@@MOESEWICHt1 Well said, both of you! ❤️☮️

[@JT-2000]

I'm so in tune with the destructive nature of my ego, I wouldn't subject another human being to my shit. Romantically speaking. My job on this earth now is to be the best father I can possibly be, and a decent human being to those I come into contact with.

[@nicholasrichardson3778]

Incredible response

[@SophiaJosephine]

I feel so alive and spiritual outside of relationships but once I’m in them I lose all maturity. I feel like a little kid! I haven’t yet learned what a relationship is supposed to mean and I always want to change them. I have been looking for awakened info on this, glad this video popped up as a start

[@naturemessages]

Same with me. I am a light to others outside of relationships but I am destructive to that light within relationships. It's a tough lesson for me on control, trust, letting go completely. So challenging

[@christieconnolly4581]

@@naturemessages wow this wonderfully articulates how I feel as well

[@Litepaw]

When i get into relationships, they start like "meh I'll bite. What's the worst that can happen" But i attract very specific kinds of people, and my spirit just gets destroyed in relationships. I don't get any genuine attention, love, affection, or even touch. I'm only like a therapist or a trash can for everyone to puke their worries into, but no one ever empties it. Who tf cares about a trash can anyway, no matter what kind of personality it has, or what it looks like No connection. It's like two soulless business people shaking hands and making some business agreement where both people end up losing a part of their soul. My normal state is being a wild animal. Free spirit flowing through the world, unbiased, full on warmness and appreciation for all beauty in the world. And you can't cage a wild animal. I know that might be a bit cheesy, but ugh..

[@Litepaw]

I'm currently drinking beer alone in my bed at 1pm x.x

[@uknonothinzx9784]

bro literally same

[@terminaldeity]

FYI, he's not just talking about romantic relationships.

[@dreamsaresharedhere_]

I love this, instead of playing the personality game with others, practice emptiness with others... letting freedom be the reflection they see from you

[@OhHapppyDaay]

Easier said than practiced.

[@karlhungus5436]

Wtf are you talking about?

[@sriku1000]

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[@versoturner5777]

@@karlhungus5436 calm down

[@Purple9721.]

Literally have no idea what you mean lol. Are you saying we should have more awkward silences and less... personality?

[@jboogey9301]

"I'll be who you need me to be, if you'll be who I need you to be."

[@withlovemora]

Strong statement

[@elaerevelucide]

"...that kind of symbiosis is fine if you don't get trapped in it, but if you get trapped in it, it's a nightmare rooted in your sense of separateness..."

[@LightnessOfTheLife]

-Codependency

[@adrianlee3497]

That's a mask.

[@mariafitts]

Why can’t you both not need anything at all and just enjoy each other’s company and watch it unfold

[@sarahe6549]

“I’ll be who you need me to be, if you’ll be who I need you to be.” “Meet the one behind the mirror, and you meet the universe.” 🙏

[@DrBrownish]

You know what? When I focus simply on just the ‘best’ friendship with my girl, what happens? I get so caught up in just enjoying her and the freedom to be dumb and childish and funny af without the pressure of HAVING to BE a super husband/boyfriend all the time. What else happens? When you finally do get around to lovin’ on each other it naturally is more profound. So…. Clown on your girl every chance you get, is what I’m getting at lmfao

[@Mr21bennett21]

Period

[@Moninature]

You are SO right!!👏👏👏👏

[@angelamorris7336]

That is truly what women (and men, and people of any gender) want. To feel safe and free and fun with the one they love. Thank you for saying this

[@chansermish2406]

Pressure of having to be super husband/boyfriend? What is that mean? What about jealousy, cheating, and having different values? I think those are my struggles in a relationship. As far as having fun with her, that’s the easy part for me. I feel like each relationship has her own sets of struggles, depending on both of your personality and how you were brought up.

[@freepat101]

@@chansermish2406 You make a good point. It’s not so easy to be childish if your partner fundamental differences in where you should live or how the money should be spent. However, if there are fundamental differences that are keeping you from being playful, that is a good sign that the relationship should be ended.

[@SubparFiddle]

I came to the realization one day that everything in my life was just a big, interconnected web of egos. Starting to see it that way let me see all the problems that my own ego was causing in the whole system.

[@alicerose8057]

I’ve noticed most people don’t really want to see beyond who think you are, or how you present yourself…the majority of us are just projecting what we think is being presented onto others anyway. Most people also find it completely inappropriate to talk about anything of real consequence. That’s why we pay people to hear it and then be sure it’s completely confidential. Even our own partners don’t really want to know what has happened to us before or very much about us. We really are alone unless we find someone who can be ok with all our imperfections. But it’s really so rare, and even if you are willing to hold that space for a person it doesn’t mean they’ll have the capacity to give it back to you. Nearly all my relationships are totally meaningless.

[@yomamasaccount]

I really FW what youre saying. When I stopped caring about what others thought I simultaneously stopped trying to keep the metaphorical bowling lane bumpers up to guide their opinion toward what I consider accurate. It gives people the impression I'm a beta or a poor anxious baby bird but really I just dont see the need to correct anyone's opinion of me anymore. I like watching people realize how wrong they were but I am working to not care about that either because that is pleasure of the ego. It's all coming together very quickly and very well.

[@yomamasaccount]

@@bignose16I feel more sappy. More loving. More forgiving. When you toss out the ego you're just left with love.(assuming you were replying to me, if not MB)

[@mr.visitor2947]

God this is a nice comment. I completely agree. Thanks.

[@BigTonyAD]

Ill hold space for you Alice.

[@sriku1000]

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[@callforhealing9842]

Eckhart Tolle speaks beautifully on relationships as well...

[@Ebvardh]

Today, for me, it is January 20th, 2022. This talk inspired me to treat everyone I meet as GOD. I’ll report back. Edit: February 20th, 2022. As it turns out, it is incredibly difficult.

[@alsoemmanueltaye]

Love that you tried.

[@its_me_dave]

Give it a little longer....

[@ianedwards9390]

SEE everyone as God... not TREAT everyone as God. big difference. Your being has decades of time being built... have patience in shifting your being, your essence to who you TRULY are. Radical self compassion is called for... *SPOILER ALERT* see YOURSELF as God :-)

[@vshmo5860]

Well, it is difficult but try to see the best in things and you may turn that being that bad person of God (a scammer or fustrated person) into a better one (a happier and understood person). If someone gives you rude attitude, respond with patience and politeness to calm them down. This won’t work fire everyone but it will give the situation a peace of mind.

[@allisonblaustein7898]

That’s why it’s called “ a practice “😊🙏

[@johnterry6541]

This is one of the most important things I have ever heard as a human animal who struggles daily to maneuver through the constant conflicts of our imperfect society filled with unconscious people and superficial culture.

[@anatorres-ym8ke]

Bingo Human animal...so many humans disconnect themselves from nature and say we arent animals...i think thats a mistake

[@Moon-ep2bb]

Really really reach out to others when you are depressed. And let go when you are anxious. Damn these are really the laws that save me from myself. ❤️

[@Cryaboutit710]

I don’t have anyone to reach out to and I’ve been dealing with mental illness pretty much all of my life that I can remember the only reason I’m still alive is Bc I don’t wanna make my mum sad

[@Moon-ep2bb]

@@Cryaboutit710 Same here fam. I can only say keep shining you are beautiful. I mean it you are. I recommend trying therapy, but it's so so hard being in this state. You are so brave for sticking through it. Please treat this condition like a broken arm and do not ignore getting help. You deserve to be happy. I am wishing you well, for whatever that is worth my friend. 💕💕If you are younger than 18 (Not that it matters simply more chemicals are unregulated and running through your body and mind) then I can say it gets easier, it stays the same, and it changes completely. I know you are a stranger but I love you. Simply for just your being you.

[@Cryaboutit710]

@@Moon-ep2bb they would put me in a cage I just need my kitty lol and I’m almost 20 just mentally a child but I don’t really even want to talk to anyone about my life I don’t trust people everyone fucks me over eventually

[@dr.greenthumbs6524]

Moon Hi! I'm Sun nice to meet you.

[@dr.greenthumbs6524]

Dunkle_colton420 hope all.be well with yee. Have you tried fungi?

[@cheddar2893]

I am def learning to let go of control and jealousy, being a different human. I needed this material so long ago, before I hurt my wife, myself, and our relationship so much. It’s crazy how much we were never taught about how to be proper humans.

[@juliekolodziej1713]

Our parents believed what they taught us and their parents before them and their parents before them, etc etc.

[@forposterity4031]

I'm jealous of you, I wish I didn't have to hear people and their self righteous opinions spouted out without me asking for it. I have bad tinnitus too, and the incessant buzzing is a pain to deal with, deafness would be a welcome remedy.

[@JT-2000]

So many people go to their graves without ever realising they've lived an entire life asleep in their ego/false self/ shadow self, call it what you will. Cheddar, sir/madam/cheese, are on the right path now, and that's all that matters.

[@kensurrency2564]

@@forposterity4031 I don’t know why I have tinnitus, but it is part of my life experience, and I embrace it. ❤️

[@Dumbpuppet101]

2:59 is an incredible part of his speech. I love the part where he says “I have a right to be angry” “well wait, there’s no rush, when you’ve finished that trip, we’ll still be here” oh boy, oh boy! Really pulls me out of my own crap 😂❤

[@19Marc79]

Yeah, that reminds me of the angry righteousness of looking down on those who got the vaccine during the scamdemic. Or looking down on those who prefer drinking and smoking to simply being in the moment without uselessly intoxicating the body.

[@19Marc79]

Yeah, that reminds me of the angry righteousness of looking down on those who got the vaccine during the scamdemic. Or looking down on those who prefer drinking and smoking to simply being in the moment without uselessly intoxicating the body.

[@19Marc79]

Yeah, that reminds me of the angry righteousness of looking down on those who got the vaccine during the scamdemic. Or looking down on those who prefer drinking and smoking to simply being in the moment without uselessly intoxicating the body.

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

Turning your relationships into a yoga and not into the “my rights of neurosis over this relationship”

[@kaijulauren]

i've replayed this over and over months apart because it's easy for me to lose myself

[@isabellek1171]

LOL "God in drag." Takeaways: You see who they think they are and you react to it, going into the personality realm and interacting with other people. You don't see other planes of consciousness. There is just awareness. When we come together through roles and personalities, these are vehicles through which we meet, the identification of the vehicle becomes a trap. Meet through the vehicle of all that stuff, but through the process let us find a way out of being trapped in this." Free from egoic separateness notions. That we are all walking each other home.

[@Clarevoyant_Witch]

We are all walking each other home. I LOVE that.

[@sriku1000]

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[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

@@Clarevoyant_Witch This is the way of life, and few realize it, and thus suffer, and cause suffering onto "others".

[@beach182]

There is profound wisdom in this pointer. We are all playing make believe pretending we are real. Seriousness is our only crime. To be playful and break character every now and then is not required, it is necessary . ❤

[@annabellacrewe8858]

Tremendous talk, dear Ramm Dass. I shall go on rehearsing every Day. I am 70' now, and I had to live Till I was 63" to find out, that I had to move out of suffering for my whole life. Thank You. Namaste🙏

[@hanaezra9452]

Blessing❤️🙏💪

[@kensurrency2564]

Everyone’s journey is different. ❤️

[@alianna3013]

Yes, I’m starting to learn the more you let go, anxiety and expectations and such, life becomes more effortless and beautiful. Yes there are still struggles, but we just don’t create unnecessary problems

[@yvngsand5579]

We aren’t who we think we are. We are

[@kingwinter2024]

We *just* are. Ego is an illusion, really.

[@eeayquetting5963]

"wisdom has in it a very deep compassion." Thank you Ram Dass!

[@tomasdelatoba7880]

Never heard if this amazing guy before but boy did he just blow some of the bars off my cage of logic. Thank you Ram Dass and rest in peace brotha.

[@curtiscollins-healthdept.5474]

If you have not discovered his first book Be Here Now i will say that it changed my life

[@stevengray8663]

Do yourself a favor and check out Baba Ram Dass-1976, Aspen CO

[@tonyrigatoni766]

@@curtiscollins-healthdept.5474 I'm about halfway through it, and it's a remarkable book. It's highlighted specific aspects of myself that I didn't notice previously. I notice little ego trips that I go down in my most subtle interactions with people. I can see myself re-reading it many more times, too. I feel like I'll be able to get different information out of it when looking at it from a different angle. Though, I suppose that's probably true about any book :)

[@obicube]

@@tonyrigatoni766 That pesky ego is soooo easy to trip over :) It too helped open my mind more when i first read it. Enjoy getting furthere into you fellow human!

[@tonyrigatoni766]

@@obicube I trip over my ego much of the time, but I also have moments where I can see that I am not my ego, and I'm able to appreciate it for what it is from that perspective.

[@haizzzz7486]

I had an insight a while back, As soon as we make a judgement towards another, we don't give them the opportunity to be who they really are.

[@KateAtNight]

"Can you and I enter into a dialogue knowing neither of us are real?"

[@thewanderingalien5653]

My fiance just left me after 5 years together and two kids. I felt like I needed her to be a better mother and partner and she needed me to be more emotionally available. It still hurts but I am trying to embrace the pain and improve myself as a person. Thanks for posting this, I really needed to hear it!

[@ninipanini.p2401]

My words earlier today: "But I feel like it's wrong to want to change him for my own benefit or preference." Clicks a random Ram Dass video: "🤦🏽‍♀️"

[@genevieveponder9672]

Same

[@ActionPills]

💊 Relationships become a vehicle for freedom when we let go of expectations and agendas. 💊 Being a safe space for others means not having a fixed model or agenda for them. 💊 Balancing intuitive heart and thinking mind is crucial; denigrating intellect is not the solution. 💊 Problems require wisdom, not just knowledge or intellect. 💊 Shift from seeing relationships as fulfilling needs to using them for personal growth and freedom. 💊 The trap of personality and separateness leads to suffering. 💊 Fulfilling needs doesn't bring lasting happiness; desires create an endless cycle. 💊 Many people are trapped in their personalities, reinforcing the illusion of who they think they are. 💊 Interacting based on personalities can blind us to the deeper planes of consciousness. 💊 Recognize the illusion of separateness and use relationships to free ourselves from this trap.

[@moanarangi8149]

Yes, I realised I've been doing that. Speaking to people from their perspective rather than the gods they are. Thereby dropping the attachments, titles and rules. Great advice. Thank you

[@mccamman]

In my best moments, if I see a puppy or child, I'll say to myself " my my look how God has come to me today" ... You can do it with everything but puppies and kids are especially fun. It creates a shift.

[@popartistsnyc308]

Ram Dass once screamed at me on the phone for 7 minutes straight. Careful with your leaders.

[@johnkorr9356]

Tell us more

[@popartistsnyc308]

@@johnkorr9356 In the early 90's I was working for a company that distributed some of his videos. My boss was apparently not paying him on time or not at all. I really couldn't decipher what was going on as Ron was 100% hell bent on taking it out on the first person he talked to. Now, I understand someone being frustrating ( if you knew my old boss, you would agree) but this man took it to an entirely different level with his aggression toward me. I could also tell that he was a "yeller" I've spend 30+ years in the entertainment business and I know a fucking yeller when I hear one. Be careful of who you chose to follow. At the end of the day, we are all flawed people looking for that which makes us whole.

[@g121176]

Agree

[@rachelgoodkind6545]

We are all works in progress and must understand we are all flawed. I have also never met a perfect person. I heard stories of Deepak Chopra and his anger as well. Sri Chinmoy was found to have taken sexual advantage of many of his femle followers. I simply absorb wisdom from these humans, but do not worship them at all. Thank you.

[@daphnesawyer8555]

This man is so full of love and light. Rest in peace

[@thesunris]

He fills me with love and light when I listen to him. Ram Ram Ram

[@1134mijo]

No I think He is afraid …and a a fraud Ideology of ideas that are not based in reality All humans have needs . A human without needs is not a human ….but a robot

[@oliveblanco]

This is exactly what I needed to hear.

[@sriku1000]

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[@lunayoureright]

Why would anyone want to be a safe space for someone else. Everyone must change for the better. We must grow. Such is the nature of the universe

[@Face_The_Void]

Luna you’re wrong

[@RolfReiner]

"There is only one of us: Awareness"

[@bell_eau]

We think we have needs that must be met and personalities that must be honored ("I have a right to be angry!"). Engaging in these kinds of thoughts keep us trapped, separated from others. Metaphor ~ A man in a boat rowing through the fog and he hits another boat and he screams "WHY DON'T YOU LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING?!" Then the fog clears up and there's nobody in the other boat... We see ourselves and others as personalities. Instead we should view all as consciousness. Our body and mind are the vehicles that unite the consciousness of the world. Our relationship potentially save us from entrapment in personality, so that we can be in a more playful, celebratory way.

[@coven5803]

Love this so much!!

[@Peace1dy]

This is so powerful!

[@anonymoushuman8344]

Thanks for putting this out there. You bring us wonderfully wise, helpful stuff.

[@DSmith-ph8hk]

Listening everyday, for the next twenty one days… love him so much - so grateful for his blessings while here & beyond…

[@BikingVikingHH]

Wow… this is exactly what I needed to hear.

[@laxmipradhan7792]

thank you for sharing this great lesson with all of us!

[@IdontspeakBro.]

This video has been so profound and empowering for me. Thank you!

[@nikhilkhatri3757]

This is so accurate, I hope more people come across it!!

[@allentolman7297]

pure intellect matching directly as the baby in the car seat able to describe the ride writing code in support of the operating system achieving silent patience is truly actually sublime

[@eugeneliang4470]

Pace tat ohm

[@tonyrobinson1022]

yeah it's more profound when you type it out like that.... When it makes no sense at all, it's the readers fault for not being clever enough to get it

[@Rosie-kz4gx]

I woke up talking shit to my husband and then I saw this suggested in my TV, thank you Ram Das this message I needed today and Im sure my inner Guru showed up like this today. I sometimes feel more free and then there are days like today where I'm so lost in my ego I'm spreading negativity all over feeling justified, pushing others to change first. Relationships, marriage can be hard, just living with others is hard sometimes, but without this challenges I wouldn't even be a little awake so I am thankful at the end for all the challenges Relationships bring

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

(My) Marriage is hard : ) I chose this incarnation for a reason. When am I going to get with the program instead of planning my departure?

[@mord0]

Who just wakes up and immediately starts shitting on their partner? I understand relationships are hard but that sounds incredibly unhealthy

[@Rosie-kz4gx]

@@mord0 yea, I admit it. It's not every day and theres nothing personal about it, if I were to share more details maybe it'll make more sense but thats not my point, WORSE is judging others, I got that from the video ✌

[@melloyello6464]

go to therapy and stop shitting on people

[@sriku1000]

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[@fortissimoX]

This was very useful indeed, thanks for sharing!

[@solomit1]

Amazing wisdom love Ram Dass 💗

[@slady7072]

wisdom over knowledge!

[@cameronalexander359]

My body's mind has just been blown.

[@nardtaye2549]

I love you Ram Dass❤

[@margaretek5350]

Thank you 🙏 true but difficult to practice ! Awareness, acceptance then action! 🙏🤗💜

[@quantessenz]

I never knew how funny he is. Very heart opening! :) Thanks for uploading. And what a speech, right to the point! Great!

[@Peace1dy]

Amazing and I have come to learn this. I wish more people understood. Mainly couples and spouses.

[@ikvangalen6101]

That’s why I always walk! No strings attached!!!

[@futureproof.health]

Thank you for sharing this snippet of the lecture. It is perfect! thank you also for sharing the link, i might check that out, but this little excerpt was just what i needed to hear. gratitude.

[@NicholasOsella]

being Awake is the greatest Gift.

[@nrrbull]

A lot of revolutionary statements

[@katyboyer266]

Thank You for this!!! Cheers! 🤗❤🙏🏼

[@HomewithAurora]

Much love to all satelliting into this.

[@peacenluv4rmd801]

Wow. First sentence in. Thank you.

[@prettytse7762]

All things being equal///It always works in a Ram Dass talk/////

[@theproandonly9581]

What a beautiful mind, painting a worlds image of blank on a sheet on of scribbling

[@fka8]

I needed this

[@biffjohnson7891]

Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Das. Made this world a much better place We love you forever

[@robertjmillerma1059]

Brilliantly expressed 🙏

[@jaysfoods533]

Thank you.

[@jaikai4989]

God bless you brother

[@devika_25]

Very Timely wisdom 💟💜🧡

[@voidmoon.]

Missing you Ram Dass.. so much.. Thank you.. Ram Ram

[@sriku1000]

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[@kaynickerson6138]

Contemplating... It is the value of empty space in our hearts and mind that makes room for God

[@gtiszavari8429]

When you give in and finally let go, it's like that bit where Ram talks about the fog clearing. I feel if you try and live objectively and watch yourself and your thoughts, it helps free up space to help yourself/ others. Act like a mirror 💞

[@chelseacollins3782]

Thank you for sharing.

[@sriku1000]

"A Very Calming Video on, How your Reality is Controlled by your thoughts and you dont even know it kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHLaaYKues9giMk"

[@arthurcthelen]

beautiful thank you so much

[@s.a.warren7625]

So perfect a message

[@tonyrobinson1022]

wow, that is an increidbly beautiful bpeacture

[@ManifestingWithStyle]

Such an amazing talk. Funny KZbin recommended this to me as my wife and I were talking about this just the other night. Thank you for posting this. Ram Dass has such a way of making things clear. Loved it!

[@solomontruthlover5308]

By far the most powerful and beautiful spiritual lesson I've ever learned is in the first 3 minutes of this video

[@calmingsounds5325]

So great work! THX👼🙏

[@Dr.Jekyll_]

This is beautiful and so funny.

[@gavinduggan1147]

I love Ram Dass

[@KyrieEleison7]

Ram Dass loves us .

[@johndee3301]

Seeing this image, and hearing him talk like this.... it's such a contrast to after he had a stroke. It took his health and vitality, but his essential core never changed. Thank you baba. See you again soon!

[@elijahk117]

I am really glad to hear this topic discussed. I’ve always been way too expectant and hoping that people around me will change. This talk is much more transcendent than that topic but this really helped me

[@neelsjindal2659]

Beautiful 💙💙💙

[@DoyenFraser]

this is soooo good.

[@rainbowkittenzz244]

Beautiful

[@TheMLMGold]

That is a cool, hippy photo

[@rosshoward5866]

such a great message. Use everything! Pure Tantra. Whether you think your relationship is 'spiritual' or not, it's all about how you orient yourself to it which determines whether we grow or close off from things.

[@nonexistenty4152]

Beautiful video Helped me so much Helped me a lot really

[@nathaliehutt6]

Pure gold! Nothing new but so empowering! Thank you so much🙏

[@sriku1000]

"A Very Calming Video on, How your Reality is Controlled by your thoughts and you dont even know it kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHLaaYKues9giMk"

[@eaburl]

It has taken me 60 years to find Ram Dass. I love him!!!!! Finally reading Be here Now. I even lived next door to one of his devotees when I lived in Sedona 20 years ago and she raved about him. Sigh, I guess it wasn't the right time. Beautiful, helpful teachings. Thank you Ram Dass (and Uma from Sedona)

[@OperationEden]

I come back here sometimes to make sure I am still sane.

[@drjimnielson4425]

Fabulous

[@tonyrobinson1022]

ram dass is cool. I don't think anyone is quite as cool as ram dass....

[@flow9175]

amazing

[@BetterYouBetterWorld]

To suggest that we should "provide a safe space to others by not having an agenda" is a great idea. But don't forget that to approach someone for the purpose of being open to them is an agenda. I could elaborate but I think you guys see the contradiction. I think some agendas are worth having and sharing. Ram Dass at all stages of his life made a living selling various agendas. The ones toward the end of his life were awesome and I am very glad he did put out all of this content for us!

[@oOassassinOFyouthOo]

I miss having him on this plane.