Ram Dass on Accepting Life As It Is - Here and Now Podcast Ep. 250

[@chillrick2602]

Really needing some ram dass after the 2024 US election

[@kaaaaahle]

Agreed. I keep trying to remember, at its core, politics is an illusion used to distract from the here and now.

[@stinkobinko]

Yep. Eating it like it is.

[@barbarahotz6573]

the message is the same, don't lose heart

[@LydiaCeline]

Thank you so much for keeping the intro short! 🙏🏼💗

[@nicox8913]

Thank you sincerely for the thoughtful intro, your humanity adds life to these recordings. ❤

[@stankymans]

i love you ram dass

[@musicamongaliens]

He loves you too

[@davidtelford4891]

3:10

[@positivevibes2468]

🙏

[@usarmyveteran177]

You are not what you believe. You are more

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

our minds create the suffering of the past or future

[@WH-hi5ew]

@@VisibletoanyoneonKZbins According to the Buddha (1st Noble Truth) "Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering."

[@bellaqueenlechia6964]

It is remarkable how many years ago, I've been touched by a story of Andy Whitfield. His story inspired be greatly. Me and my husband made ourselves matching tattoo: Be Here Now. And many years later I found Ram Das. I feel so grateful. God bless everyone ❤️

[@YTcanLetUsDown]

Yes it was a decent documentary I knew of at the time.but only saw on KZbin last couple of years. If it was genuine they seemed a nice family of decent humans.

[@TheWindprof]

Wow, fantastic message and delivery. I listened while walking out in nature. It was like taking a "trip" as I was bathed in the words and wisdom of Ram Das. ❤

[@luism.rodriguez3263]

God Bless Ram Dass and the beautiful souls in this organization.

[@Wacky-World]

i learned the less i am the more i get experience being everything. it's so easy. just disappear your self and all appears.

[@0127dlucas]

Always brings it back Home

[@JAMCreate]

Very difficult becoming ( very intense ,,constantly judging myself until I go to the come denominator I am struggling and I cannot fix it right now please help me to except

[@cecilcharlesofficial]

You can't choose to 'accept' anything (to 'eat it like it is')... though perhaps one day you'll find yourself in a moment in which you're doing exactly that. But in the same way that you can't say "I love you," and magically you love someone you didn't moments before, and in the same way you can't actually choose to have faith/trust (you just do or you don't), in that same way, you can't choose to accept the moment. Aka, your conscious mind can't have the thought of "I should really be accepting this moment" and have that thought FORCE your state of mind into something tranquil. We all think we can, whether we've ever articulated this idea to ourselves or not. But it's the key mistaken conclusion of humanity. As Alan Watts says, "We don't choose our thoughts. We don't choose our feelings." Ram says it too (paraphrasing, something like "You have zero control/free will until you've woken up"). I'm not sure he's right about 'having free will' once we've woken up, but I do think seeing that currently we have zero control is key. That doesn't mean you, your habits, your mindset can't change. Things change all the time. It means you're not in control of changing. It doesn't mean you can't make good habits that will directly affect your life. It means you're not in charge of whether or not changing your life is appealing, or if the habits seem doable, or if you wake up each day motivated to do them. It doesn't mean there's no morality. It means you don't control your conscience, even if it's not always right. It's always there. We're a world caught up in the idea that we can 'will' our way to feeling different. We're all tense inside, trying to physically force ourselves to feel different (that's the consequence of our mistaken idea about will). And, because we're not in control, the CHANGING of this entire situation isn't up to us either. Because you're not in control of the next thought you think, nor the next feeling you'll have. This is the necessary fundamental exasperation that Watts talks about people having as they begin to wake, and it's the thing most layperson-eastern wisdom avoids (not saying Ram is avoiding this). Even Watts didn't stress it enough though. We're not in control. But there's still morality and meaning. But we're not in control. Hence, faith. And then when you begin to give into the idea that you're not even in charge of 'giving in to the idea'... your body begins to relax inside and the "chronic muscle tension" behind the eyes and other places (that Watts calls the ego) begins to relax. And life begins to feel different. Wonderfully different. But only for the moments you remember, till you forget again and the remembering becomes the adventure it always has been.

[@heedmydemands]

Wow very lovely comment, u have given me something to think on

[@haydenmidyette8918]

I appreciate that comment!

[@santacruzman8483]

A man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills.

[@heedmydemands]

@@santacruzman8483 o that's good

[@Ryoushi_Akanagi]

Good write, but you formulated the idea that you can build habits. You cant build habits. Youre not in control whether you can spend the effort or not.

[@citizenenak]

What if you never succeeded at becoming somebody?

[@MaxBeaulieu]

Maybe that non-success is your somebody? I’m not saying it is, ID just say sit with that without judgement. Let it plays be gentle with yourself

[@jmacdonald1728]

Everyone is somebody, but some people can become more of a somebody. Enjoy as much somebody-ness as you can before becoming a true nobody. Everyones Karma is different though. Im sure some may always be nobody but thats a trip in its self. Ram Dass didnt say it as a rule, but just a helpful reminder to live life to the fullest.

[@MaxBeaulieu]

Beautifully said!

[@Lioness_of_Gaia]

🤔💚✨

[@usarmyveteran177]

You are not what you believe. You are more.

[@edwardsmith6793]

Thank you Ram Dass is always good.

[@Magikblooms]

Such a fantastic convo as always… as always 🙏💗 Namasté all.

[@groves19881]

Namaste Much Love from OhiO

[@hhhxzkvhvu7859]

Just wonderful

[@capixabana2847]

Skip 3 minutes to hear him talk

[@dirigodave7801]

“the unfolding of law”. ❤

[@mikmymo]

Ram Ram ❤

[@igordomanski3477]

Just a endless free fall... Nice

[@johnburke964]

Ended beautifully

[@timmy1874]

I know right 💯

[@hemamalinirs1002]

Brilliant talk , I completely resonate with this ❤

[@Roseenmarie]

I go up into the nobody, but then my ego tells me im thinking in a grandiose manner, then i come back down into the somebody and i don't like it. Society has taught me that how i think is wrong, so i have to come listen to Ram to hear him talk about my thoughts, this makes me feel better ❤

[@jacquelineward6201]

The trick is not to judge

[@loulou3786]

@@jacquelineward6201 judging is ok too 😉

[@Misslotusification]

It's all voices in the head.

[@usarmyveteran177]

Oh, how the ego wants to rule. It’ll tell you all kinds of things. Just listen. Just be the watcher and listen and watch those words that the ego says. Watch those words go by and go away. Until they’re no more. Then there is silence. Be the watcher behind the watcher, and know that you are the light behind both watchers.

[@Roseenmarie]

@@usarmyveteran177 I am currently the witness

[@VeganRevolution]

27:36 you’re welcome

[@theforgottenbrawlers]

It is what it is, if you know, you know

[@catherinebridges2541]

Who am I? I am going to eat it as it is, I love that. I love you Ram Dass! We are souls! May we find Emanuel and be safe! May I live this life and break through my karma and accept what is forevermore…

[@summercameron3505]

Hi, I am new to your channel. Thank you for posting all the lovely Ram! I wanted to point out that I looked at your sponsor magic mind and they are charging $90 for 15 small bottles of their product. Without sounding negative I believe that this is price gouging/profiteering but that is their karma. Haré Krishna 🙏

[@user-iw6sw2qw9q]

Thank 🙏🏼 You

[@Newfoundmike]

Starts 3 mins in 😄

[@Diomedes99]

Everyone in this comment section sounds like a baby ram dass, I love the baby ram dass. Ram dass is reborn in a small way in each of us. ❤❤❤

[@seaotter72]

I am nothing and yet everything ❤

[@jasonmurray6055]

That doesn't sound good, not at first!

[@Bodhi518]

I was excited to hear about a Ram Dass Legacy Retreat, but it's only for rich people 😢

[@Octopoda555]

You can join the retreat for free in 3 simple steps: 1. Turn on a Ram Dass podcast 2. Close your eyes 3. Breathe

[@Bodhi518]

@@Octopoda555 true, but there's something special about being around people in person. I know this gen is all online though

[@BeHereNowNetwork]

The retreats are always live streamed. Look out for info in August.

[@Bodhi518]

@@BeHereNowNetwork thanks

[@deborahalissa]

That's the reply? The retreat is for rich old European Americans. Ram Dass came for everybody. What a crime! ​@@BeHereNowNetwork

[@LockOnDroneServices-cm5up]

Anybody know how i could get my hands on the article from adelaide australia he mentions? 😅

[@fungdark8270]

I couldn’t honestly answer the question of “who are you” with anything other than “I have no earthly idea”

[@alicemorrison1518]

Wow the host introduction is LOUD! I've got headphones on 7/100 and she is still painfully loud, especially compared to the mixing with the Ram Dass recording.

[@kulemaan]

Ganesh das is matt kahn but he came last?

[@TheLonelyFoot]

“In the trade” 😂

[@matthewwells1037]

He never answered the question he began with. How can we love the world as it is, with all its pain and suffering?

[@AlexKellogg-pv4qk]

Good and bad are our opinions I’m not saying I can do it well but using our mind to see good and bad as equal… calms me down and has allowed me to just be Life is tough and maintaining this mindset is… seemingly impossible “Love yourself infinitely and others equally”. Much easier said than done

[@fourtwentythree]

How many different talks does this man have? 😮😅 it’s like 2Pac still making records at some point these have to be AI, right 🙏

[@BeHereNowNetwork]

Definitely not AI. We have recordings of him speaking since the early 70s.

[@fourtwentythree]

@@BeHereNowNetwork I’m being cheeky 🙌

[@despertardacentelhadivina7952]

✨

[@Inspiriments888]

"It is, like to eat" mmm... -Sri Yum Duh Top Ram in you too a Gu Ru.

[@heyimalvin]

I got high just listening to him 😳

[@ScottTJohnson93]

It's medicine 💊 😩 to my ears 😅😢

[@pingboucher4767]

📡🪶💗

[@alfreddifeo9642]

🕉☮❤🙏

[@andrefriedrichs1514]

only when I know and see that this wolrd include myself is part pf an universal order wich is perfectly in keepin itself in balance you find yourself acceptable. How ever i like to call this order,GOD,life,universal order,Shiva,Ishwara its only when im seeing thats all given to me,i ind myself acceptable. otherwise im constantly trying to become somthing,to get there ,to be ok when im beeing accepting i am beeing myself ,a simple concious beeing otherwise there is constantly these becoming mode.. I can be ether be (beeing myself) or trying to become something

[@abrahamalexander4084]

Get out of here jacky!

[@jennystephenson1234]

Trying to find the closest teacher to Ram Dass that is still around...?

[@ARdave311]

Joseph Goldstein dosnt quite have the humor as ram Dad but I believe he had just as good of insights and stories

[@jasonmurray6055]

Walk in on Ram Dass eating a raw potato. ROFL ha

[@HathaBhaktiKundiliniYogaBahkti]

Insane Truth sins Devil God Downn touch down. Suggested Omnea enu. Workout while chanting Budha to make highest heaven everywhere. Suggested.

[@franzhaas5597]

I have realized that's why I'm not into ramdas he just Rambles on incessantly, and there's nothing to learn here. I think I might be done with spirituality. I think I could save everybody time you live you die and whatever happens happens the end.

[@willcollins5660]

I've been skipping all the Ram Dass crazy "Emmanuel" talk he does, too much crazy talk there. Other than that, all of his other talk is fine.

[@eirikmurito]

Trying to accept life as it is is a completely pointless exercise, youre just tricking yourself further into delusion

[@martinrea8548]

Could you expand on this please? I am intrigued, but don't fully understand your intention. Do you mean we should oppose circumstance and try to change the world and our lives.

[@eirikmurito]

@@martinrea8548 by trying to convince yourself that you accept life as it is you have already established that you dont accept life as it is and the harder you try to shove this belief down your own throat the more you will resist it

[@martinrea8548]

@@eirikmurito ok. Got it. Thanks. 👍

[@WH-hi5ew]

@@eirikmurito maybe just let go of the resistance to life as it is? The ability to be with things just the way they are is at the heart of meditation practice.

[@eirikmurito]

@@WH-hi5ew you will resist that as well

[@szabolcsnagy7638]

Funny to see how these gurus giving supernatural life advices from their soft shelters.. doing nothing and getting paid for talking. Easy peasy.

[@سماحعلي-ذ5ش]

‏‏ندائي إلي كل مسلم قال عزوجل (قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ) وقال النبى ﷺ(ما نقص مال من صدقة ) رواه مسلم وقال ﷺ ( أنفق يابن آدم ينفق الله عليك) متفق عليه وقال ﷺ:( مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ يُصبِحُ العِبادُ فِيهِ إِلَّا مَلَكَانِ يَنْزِلانِ، فَيَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا: اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُنْفِقًا خَلَفًا، وَيَقُولُ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُمْسِكًا تَلَفًا )ِ((يا ناس يا امة محمد صارت قلوبكم بلا ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﻭﻻ ﺷﻔﻘﻪ ﻭﻻ ﺃﻧﺴﺎﻧﻴﻪ ﻛﻢ ﺷﻜﻴﺖ ﻭﻛﻢ ﺑﻜﻴﺖ ﻛﻢ ﻧﺎﺩﻳﺖ ﻭﻛﻢ ﻧﺎﺷﺪﺕ ﻭﻟﻜﻦ ﻻ ﺣﻴﺎﺓ ﻟﻤﻦ ﺗﻨﺎﺩﻱ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﺃﻥ ﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ ﻭﻳﻤﻮﺗﻮﻥ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺠﻮﻉ ﻭﺃﻧﺘﻢ ﻣﻮﺟﻮﺩﻭﻥ ﻳﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻲ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﻻ ﻧﻤﻠﻚ ﺣﺘﻰ ﻗﻴﻤﺔ ﻛﻴﻠﻮ ﺩﻗﻴﻖ ﺃﺑﻲ ﻣﺘﻮﻓﻲ ﻭﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﺻﻐﺎﺭ ﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻨﺎ ﺃﺣﺪ ﺃﻗﺴﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻬﻢ ينامو ﺟﻮﻋﺎﻧﻴﻦ ﻭﻫﻢ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ من الالم والويلت ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﻳﺎﺃﺧﻮﺓ الأسلام يافاعلين الخير انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يتيمه نازحين من بلأدنا انا واسرتي بيتنا ايجار تجمعت علينا اجارات البيت وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد يطردنا من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرناندفعله الأجار وما يروح الئ بعدما نبكي وحلف يمين بالله بيخرجنا إلى الشارع بدون رحمه واحنامشردين من بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سغار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا يقف جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه ومامعي اخوان كباره يقفوا معنا في هذا هذاالظروف 00967772168484 رقمنا واتساب الي يقدر يساعد،نا،٠'"،::'%$'%%🎉❤🎉❤❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤.v.v.v....🎉.🎉.

[@Somebodynewish]

Stop begging mate

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

@@Somebodynewish you don’t even know what he’s saying, lol. Do you?