Ram Dass Here And Now

By: Ram Dass / Love Serve Remember
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  • Ram Dass shares his heart-centered wisdom in each episode featuring excerpted lectures given throughout the last 40 years, with an introduction from Raghu Markus of Ram Dass' Love Serve Remember Foundation.
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  • Ep. 272 – Tuning Up & Tuning In

    Ep. 272 – Tuning Up & Tuning In
    Mar 3 2025

    In this unique talk from 1970, Ram Dass explores the confluence of dualism and nondualism, how the One and the many exist simultaneously, and why all of life is about tuning up.

    This episode of Here and Now is the first half of a talk Ram Dass gave at the Arlington Street Church in Boston on March 24, 1970. In this talk:

    • Ram Dass begins by talking about why all of life is about tuning up. “We’re tuning out of dualism into nondualism,” he says. “Tuning into being here and now.”
    • Guided by wisdom from the likes of John the Baptist and Lao Tzu, Ram Dass digs deeper into his exploration of how dualism and nondualism come together. The One and the many can exist simultaneously.
    • Ram Dass talks about Shiva’s dance, the mind-trip of holiness, and taking a night off from his Sadhana to go bowling. He ends with a classic story about not being able to keep his consciousness at the right level during a Q&A session.

    The Ram Dass community gathers regularly to engage in meaningful discussions about the podcast. We invite you to join us and share your curiosities, insights, and wisdom. Sign up for the General Fellowship to receive event invitations directly in your inbox.

    Sponsors of this Episode:

    Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self.

    Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember community. Simply use the code “BeHere250” when booking. Disconnect from the world so you can reconnect with yourself at Reunion. Hotel | www.reunionhotelandwellness.com Retreats | www.reunionexperience.org

    This show is also sponsored by Magic Mind, a matcha-based energy shot infused with nootropics and adaptogens designed to crush procrastination, brain fog, & fatigue. Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with our link: magicmind.com/ramdassjan

    “The tuning up is complicated, you see, because we’re not tuning out, we’re tuning up. We’re changing our vibrational rate.” – Ram Dass

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  • Ep. 271 – Intuitive Rightness

    Ep. 271 – Intuitive Rightness
    Feb 17 2025

    Ram Dass shares stories of social action and explores how we can plug into our sense of intuitive rightness so that our every act is in the way of things and in tune with the universe.

    This episode of Here and Now is from a dharma talk given at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, on March 9, 1983.

    • Ram Dass begins by talking about some of the anti-nuclear protests going on and how he feels tired of being “should upon.” He shares a story about how he wound up marching for peace across the Golden Gate Bridge.
    • For Ram Dass, taking part in social action must come from a sense of intuitive rightness within ourselves, not from models of who we think we are and what we think we should be doing. We must listen our way into the harmony of things and resonate intuitively with the deepest parts of our beings.
    • Ram Dass talks about quieting the screaming trumpets of the judging mind in order to hear what our next act should be. He shares the story of a protest he attended in New York where everyone simply felt privileged to be present in the moment. “You and I are environments for each other,” he says. “We’re the soil in which the flowers around us grow.”

    The Ram Dass community gathers regularly to engage in meaningful discussions about the podcast. We invite you to join us and share your curiosities, insights, and wisdom. Sign up for the General Fellowship to receive event invitations directly in your inbox.

    Sponsors of this Episode:

    Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self.

    Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember community. Simply use the code “BeHere250” when booking. Disconnect from the world so you can reconnect with yourself at Reunion. Hotel | www.reunionhotelandwellness.com Retreats | www.reunionexperience.org

    This show is also sponsored by Magic Mind, a matcha-based energy shot infused with nootropics and adaptogens designed to crush procrastination, brain fog, & fatigue. Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with our link: magicmind.com/ramdassjan

    “It was in the way of things. It had an intuitive sense of rightness. It was the meditative space of listening. Of hearing, not even listening. Of being so in tune with the universe that you can sense how your every act, your walking meditation, is interwoven with every other form. And the quality of the way in which you walk is your participation in the totality.” – Ram Dass

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    54 mins
  • Ep. 270 – Ram Dass and Stephen Levine: Transforming Negative Energy

    Ep. 270 – Ram Dass and Stephen Levine: Transforming Negative Energy
    Feb 3 2025
    Ram Dass and Stephen Levine take questions from the audience and talk about dealing with fear, appreciating your own unique incarnation, transforming negative energy, and more.This episode of Here and Now is the final part of a talk given by Ram Dass and Stephen Levine in San Francisco in the 1980s during the AIDS crisis. Don’t miss Part 1 and Part 2 of this talk. In this recording: Ram Dass and Stephen answer questions about dealing with fear in someone who is ill and how to be with a person who is caught in their fear. They discuss the function of fear and how there’s no way we can really take away another person’s fear, but we can be an environment in which they can let go of it if they choose. Responding to a question about viewing AIDS as a death sentence, Stephen says, “No one has to die your death for you, and you don’t have to die your death for anyone else.” Ram Dass brings up the issue of time and talks about not getting attached to a model of what you think life experience should look like. Ultimately, it’s best to appreciate the uniqueness of your own incarnation.Finally, Ram Dass and Stephen are asked to reflect on society’s reaction to the AIDS crisis. Stephen explores how difficult it is to keep your heart open around people whose hearts have closed, while Ram Dass talks about the art form of transforming negative energy. The Ram Dass community gathers regularly to engage in meaningful discussions about the podcast. We invite you to join us and share your curiosities, insights, and wisdom. Sign up for the General Fellowship to receive event invitations directly in your inbox.About Stephen Levine:Stephen Levine was an American poet, author and Buddhist teacher best known for his work on death and dying. He was a friend and colleague to many Be Here Now Network Teachers. Along with Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg, Stephen is responsible for making the teachings of Theravada Buddhism more widely available to students in the West. Find more talks and writings from Stephen at levinetalks.com.Sponsors of this Episode:Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ramdass and get on your way to being your best self.Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember community. Simply use the code “BeHere250” when booking. Disconnect from the world so you can reconnect with yourself at Reunion. Hotel | www.reunionhotelandwellness.com Retreats | www.reunionexperience.orgThis show is also sponsored by Magic Mind, a matcha-based energy shot infused with nootropics and adaptogens designed to crush procrastination, brain fog, & fatigue. Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with our link: magicmind.com/ramdassjan“I mean, there’s an art form to learning how to flip negative energy, and there’s plenty of it in the game you and I are all involved in at this moment. And it’s inside ourselves and it’s in each other. And the question is how quickly we can identify it. The minute you can notice it you start to get space. The minute you get space, you can start to transform it. And you can transform that negative energy into something through which you can grow.” – Ram DassSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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A wonderful comfort

Meditative and educational, not to mention the peace it gives me when needed. I do recommend this podcast.

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So grateful for this podcast.

I am so unbelievably thankful to be given the opportunity to listen Ram Dass’s wise words. Definitely give this podcast to listen.

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My favorite spiritual teacher

Ram Dass’s words make the most sense to me out of any other spiritual teacher I have listened to or read.

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Ram Dass’s life and knowledge is a gift to everyone who will listen.

Ram Dass seems to have no ego. No pretensions. His intelligence and wisdom are boundless. We are blessed to have access to these gifts.

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Treasure Trove of Ram Dass Wisdom

It’s taken me 45 years to come to Ram Dass’ teachings (when the student is ready…)

And I’m blown away by the abundance of access to his teachings (240+ episodes and counting).

I’ve been listening to 1-2 everyday and I feel my consciousness deepening - saying “thank you” with each listen.

Gratitude to those making Ram Dass’ teachings available so freely.

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Life saving!!!! These saved my life and sanity!

At 45 I did LSD for the first time- The experience left me so altered Its hard to integrate and communicate all that was- It's like a flower blooming- layers started to fall away, unfold into a dynamic kaleidoscope of brilliant colors and contrasting hues of darkness; this blooming showed me I am not the many petals of the flower-nor am I the flower. All my tragic life experiences created certain petals. All my monumental life experiences created other petals. I examined each petal and only saw perfection and beauty. Each one perfectly whirled around the center of the flower making it what it is. Opened fully the flower almost radiates with its own light! It crowns the garden entry and jewels the green prairies with explosions of color. It's ephemeral nature is part of the beauty! Slowly it's glow fades, petals wilt- drying, turning brown and softy floating to the ground. I am that flower but I'm not that flower- for I'm watching the flowers beginning and end! I saw life very differently as each traumatic and beautiful experience in my past was revealed to me as a necessary piece to a puzzle I'm still working on. It didn't serve me to identify with anything-yet not being able to identify with something was terrifying- Similar to drowning, in terror you grasp for anything to cling to- I was not able to surrender! And I wasn't able to return to the life I had before. I gathered up what was left of who I thought I was and woke up from that LSD experience profoundly altered! I so struggled after that dangling between thinking I was insane vs feeling extreme gratitude for every sunrise. My tiny intellect unable to process it all. I desperately Googled for answers or at least another person in this world that felt this way. I felt at one and so alone all at once. The Universe knew what I needed, because that Google search led me to Ram Dass Be Here Now and this podcast!!
Ram helped integrate this insanity (aka spiritual awakening)into my current worldly constructs. Without a solid identity a stark spiritual awakening can lead to depression or worse! I may have fallen victim to that had you all not felt lead to republish these works! It's NO ACCIDENT you were led to do this! It's saved at least one human body and my spirit is journeying in the only direction it was meant to go. 🙏I've never been so hungry to learn and do more!

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A must listen

Ram Dass explores EVERY plane of consciousness that comes into play with the process of dying. These are essential words of wisdom to explore and contemplate.

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Another great talk from Ram Dass

I really loved this. I plan to listen again and take notes. this information has the power to be very transformative if practiced and revisited.

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