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Ep. 234 – The Awakening of the Soul Sep 12, 2023

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In this potent talk from 1976, Ram Dass explores the channels of perception of individual differences and how every experience in life is grist for the mill of the awakening of the soul.

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Straight from 1976 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ram Dass explores:

The journey of awakening and the predicament of how we perceive ourselves and others
The different channels of perception of individual differences, from the physical level to the astral planes and beyond
How everything in our lives, including all the joy and all the suffering, can be used for the awakening of the souls
How a truly conscious being experiences all the different channels of perception simultaneously

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“But what we are meeting as are these entities, or souls, or essences, that are passing through a set of experiences. And we are sharing consciousness as to the nature of these experiences and what their significance is to us as souls. And from that point of view, everything in your life is grist for the mill of the awakening of your soul out of its attachments to either the body or the personality or the astrological identity.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 233 – The Optimum Time for Spiritual Growth Aug 28, 2023

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In this radio interview from 1985, Ram Dass touches on identity, the purpose of meditation on the path to enlightenment, working with death as a path to spiritual growth, and much more.

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In this 1985 interview from “The Questline” radio show, Ram Dass explores:

Not clinging to identity and how to deal with shifts in consciousness
The role and purpose of meditation on the path to enlightenment
Astral planes, psychedelic drugs, and the spiritual heart
Working with death and dying, and why he found the 1980s to be a much more optimum time for spiritual growth than the 1960s
Different levels of awakening, and walking the path of service

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“In a way, I’m finding it much more interesting to remain spiritually conscious in the 80s… Like we’re much closer to facing in the daily news the issue of our potential death. And that is a major cultural vehicle for awakening. The confrontation with death is one of the – as Castaneda says, keeping death on your left shoulder – it is the vehicle that helps you awaken the most. And that’s what we’re confronted with much more now. So it seems like the optimum time for spiritual growth to me.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 232 – The Dance of Forms Aug 14, 2023

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In this radio interview from 1985, Ram Dass discusses the journey of awakening, how reincarnation is within the dance of forms, dysfunctional societal myths, and much more.

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In this 1985 interview from “The Questline” radio show, Ram Dass explores:

Enlightenment and the journey of awakening
Attachment to emptiness
How reincarnation is within the dance of forms
Merging the Western lifestyle with the path of Eastern traditions
Using psychedelic drugs and the rise of cocaine use in the 1980s
The dying societal myth that more is better and will make us happy
Fear and suffering

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“Reincarnation is within the dance of forms… Some systems focus on reincarnation to help relieve you of your exclusive identification with this incarnation.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 231 – The Universe of Compassion Aug 01, 2023

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Ram Dass answers a wide range of questions on topics such as free will, working with fear, and falling in love – plus, he leads a Metta meditation to help us tap into the universe of compassion.

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In this Q&A session from 1992, Ram Dass explores:

Conscious dying, free will, and the grieving process
Communication after death, relaxing about enlightenment, and working with fear
Developing faith, feeling vulnerable while falling in love, and why we can’t afford to armor our hearts
The practice of Metta meditation and how it can help us tap into the universe of compassion

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“And as this practice deepens and you recognize that you are one of the beings in that circle, as well as the heart that is sending light forth, you enter more and more deeply into the universe of compassion. And in that universe, the heart is freed to love as it must love.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 230 – The Truth of Your Deepest Being Jul 17, 2023

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Ram Dass explores how to find the balance between emptiness and compassion in the face of immense suffering and tap into the truth of your deepest being to hear your unique dharma.

This episode is a continuation of the talk from Here and Now Ep. 229 – The Sword of Discrimination

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In this powerful talk from 1992, Ram Dass explores:

Boundaries and the nature of love
Belief systems and faith
How his work with death and dying has prepared him for dealing with a dying culture and the looming ecological disaster
His work with the Seva Foundation and the power of community
Tapping into the truth of your deepest being to hear your unique dharma
Finding the balance between emptiness and compassion in the face of immense suffering

“If you and I are to be instruments of the healing of the world, it is that we are quiet enough to hear our dharma, our way, and that we live our way as a statement. As Gandhi said, ‘My life is my message.’ We live our lives in such a way that the way you are in the supermarket, the way you are with your loved ones, the way you are when you’re facing pain, it is all part of the deepest wisdom statement you are able to make. It is the truth of your deepest being. For that, you have to listen inward very quietly as your offering to all beings.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 229 – The Sword of Discrimination Jul 03, 2023

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Ram Dass explores how his work with death and dying keeps him at his own leading edge of consciousness and talks about why compassion is truly the sword of discrimination.

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In this powerful talk from 1992, Ram Dass explores:

Working with death and dying as a spiritual practice, and how it helps keep him at his own leading edge of consciousness
How the process of learning to live simultaneously on more than one plane of consciousness is the path to dealing with death, dying, and suffering in a more spacious manner
How two levels of love – conscious love and relational love – come into play when dealing with death, and why compassion is truly the sword of discrimination
How we can honor diversity by sharing our pain together and grieving our way into unity

“It’s taken me a long time to learn the way in which compassion is not fuzzy-wuzzy stuff, compassion is the sword of discrimination.” – Ram Dass

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Behind The Clinging - Bonus Podcast Jun 29, 2023

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Raghu Markus returns to Here and Now to present this bonus excerpt from a talk titled “Behind the Clinging,” which features Ram Dass discussing how to deal with neuroses, fear, and family.

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In this portion of his talk about going “Behind the Clinging,” Ram Dass explores:

Dealing with depression and sadness, and making friends with all of your neuroses instead of trying to get rid of them
Coming to the edge of fear and embracing it in a soft way without pushing against it
Dealing with family members who really know how to push your buttons and using those experiences as a way to grow

“Is there a way of extricating the awareness? Not by trying to be happy where you were sad, which is feeding the whole reality of that polarity, but just pulling the awareness back. So I would say if you came to me and said, ‘I’m feeling this deep, deep feeling of unworthiness and loneliness and sadness and I’ve always felt it. What should I do?’ I would say, ‘Go back and sit down and follow your breath.’” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 228 – You Can’t Have An Us and Them Jun 19, 2023

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In this episode of the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass talks about practice in daily life and answers questions about polarization and fundamentalism, integrating psychodynamic and spiritual techniques, dealing with addiction, and more.

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In this episode of Here and Now:

Ram Dass talks about letting methods of practice such as mantras and kirtan permeate your daily life
Ram Dass gives a detailed response to a question about the rise of fundamentalism in the world, exploring polarization and why you can’t have an “us” and “them”
Ram Dass takes on more questions about integrating psychodynamic and spiritual techniques, the importance of rituals, and dealing with addiction

“And I said I’m not going to get discouraged because I can see that a centrist position, this is a hard one, a centrist position… That at this point in the way the world game is a falling, either everybody goes or nobody goes. You can’t polarize it again. You can’t have an ‘us’ and ‘them.’ It’s got to keep embracing people, embracing people. And I saw that would demand much more centrism than I was used to or wanted from a Democratic president and so on.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 227 – Awareness Without Identification Jun 05, 2023

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In this Q&A session from 1993, Ram Dass explores an array of topics, including psychedelics as a method, assisted suicide, dealing with suffering, and awareness without identification.

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In this episode, Ram Dass answers questions about:

- Psychedelics as a method

- Assisted suicide

- Emptiness and form

- Dealing with suffering

- The relationship between the One and the many

- Liberation and service

- Awareness without identification and attachment

- The concept of criticism

- Pushing against form and separateness

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“The term attachment has to do with where the awareness is, what it’s identified with. Like, at this moment, your heart is beating, but you’re not beating your heart; your awareness isn’t connected with your heart beating, it’s just going on. And as your awareness draws back, and you find a way to start to remain in awareness without identification, then the phenomena of the universe continue to happen, but the awareness is no longer identified with the act. It’s what the Gita calls breaking the identification with being the actor. It doesn’t mean that the actions aren’t happening.” – Ram Dass

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Ep. 226 – Escaping the Prison of Separateness May 22, 2023

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In this potent recording from 1994, Ram Dass talks about the nature of suffering and how we can escape the prison of separateness created by our cultural infatuation with individualism.

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In this episode, Ram Dass explores:

The nature of suffering and how we create more suffering even as we try to address it
His own journey of somebody-ness and becoming a separate entity
The connection between emptiness and compassion when it comes to dealing with suffering
The predicament of the personality and how individualism became a cultural infatuation in the Western world
How we can ultimately escape from the prison of separateness

“The exercises are to cultivate awareness that is not trapped by the identification with experiences. The exercise is, to the extent that you are dancing in form, to play the most fun game, that is, dancing with the beloved.” – Ram Dass

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