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Being Ram Dass
- Narrated by: Rameshwar Das
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
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Publisher's Summary
Ram Dass tells here, for the first time, the full arc of his remarkable life.
Perhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you've ever embraced the phrase “be here now”, practiced meditation or yoga, tried psychedelics, or supported anyone in a hospice, prison, or homeless center - then the story of Ram Dass is also part of your story.
From his birth in 1931 to his luminous later years, Ram Dass saw his life as just one incarnation of many. This memoir puts us in the passenger seat with the one-time Harvard psychologist and lifelong risk-taker Richard Alpert, who loved to take friends on wild rides on his Harley and test nearly every boundary - inner or outer - that came his way.
Here, Ram Dass shares his life’s odyssey in intimate detail: how he struggled with issues of self-identity and sexuality in his youth, pioneered psychedelic research, and opened the doorways to Eastern spiritual practices. In 1967 he trekked to India and met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. He returned with a perspective on spirituality and psychology that changed millions.
Populated by a cast of luminaries ranging from Timothy Leary to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Allen Ginsberg to Sharon Salzberg, Aldous Huxley to Alan Watts - this intimate memoir chronicles the cultural and spiritual transformations Ram Dass experienced that resonate with us to this day, a journey from the mind to the heart, from the ego to the soul.
Before, after, and along these waypoints, listeners will encounter many other adventures and revelations - each ringing with the potential to awaken the universal, loving divine that links us to this beloved teacher and all of us to each other.
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- Anonymous
- 27-07-2021
Heart opening
I cried and cried as I was nearing the end of this book. I was so deeply moved. So many realizations came to me, and yes, love.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-2024
A stunning account of the life of an incredible man
Highly recommend this!!! What a gift this man and his story is I truly enjoyed and was so moved by this very honest and inspiring moving story. Thank you
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- Ashley Karmichael
- 05-03-2023
A powerful story of an exceptional man.
It was wonderful to learn more about him, straight from his mouth and spoken by his close friend. May we all strive to the Divine and Be Here Now
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- John
- 04-04-2021
Incredible and wonderful
Beautiful story, beautiful narration. I couldn't stop listening to it and plan to listen to it again soon
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- Lochlan
- 16-02-2021
brilliant
a great telling of ram dass being stuck in playing ram dass. may he rest in peace
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- Warwick
- 10-03-2021
beautiful
i loved this book. love everybody and tell the truth. duncan trussel, east forest and the like introduced me to his work, i did not know his story at all. ive never listened to a book so quickly. i couldnt stop listening. i recomend listerning to this book doing yoga. i spent many hours in the past week doing this. thank you. ram ram ram ram
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- Anonymous User
- 14-11-2022
Love all
Love & only love!
This book was not only fascinating and awakening but it cracked my heart right open…to love!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-12-2021
This opened me up.
While listening to this audio book I would fall into deep loveliness awareness. thank you.
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- tilery
- 28-05-2022
One of the best stories
This is truly brilliant, the narration, the stories ooh my, the wisdom, teachings, ways it makes one think. Just fantastic!
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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-2024
Lifting up others
Intriguing intelligent life of profound skill development. I’ve enjoyed his teaching and this book is a great summary of a life spent aiding others journeys and why
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