Ram Dass: Balance and Tension - Here and Now Podcast Ep. 249

In this exploration of suffering, death, and love, Ram Dass talks about resting in change and handling the balance and tension of inhabiting multiple planes of reality simultaneously.
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This episode of Here and Now is from a 1992 lecture in Edgartown, MA. and is a continuation of the talk started in Here and Now Ep. 248 - Patterns of Interdependency: • Ram Dass: Patterns of ...
Exploring his work with death and people who are dying, Ram Dass talks about how he’s learning to live simultaneously on multiple planes of reality and consciousness. To him, the art form of being human is the ability to open our hearts to suffering and acknowledge that it hurts like hell, while also appreciating the awesome nature of the mystery, which includes suffering and death.
Ram Dass addresses aging and the nature of change. He talks about resting in change and handling the balance and tension of inhabiting multiple planes of consciousness simultaneously.
Ram Dass opens up about the trouble he has keeping his heart open to certain people. He talks about the collaborative nature of creating environments where people won’t get trapped in their roles.
Ram Dass ends the talk with some reflections about love and not living out of a deprivation model. He shares his classic story about the state trooper who just might have been Krishna in drag as an example of living on more than one level at one time.
“When you are able to simultaneously live on those planes of consciousness and handle that tension and that balance, then your every act towards other human beings brings to bear with it equanimity, spaciousness, and joy.” - Ram Dass
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  • @ZCasPlays
    @ZCasPlaysАй бұрын

    9:31 Ram Dass begins.

  • @vanessapetrea2490

    @vanessapetrea2490

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you! I knew someone would post asap. I like being surprised like I am live at the “live” talk.

  • @scottenright4894

    @scottenright4894

    Ай бұрын

    Thankyou

  • @AlexMatt13

    @AlexMatt13

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing the focus, and not catering to the ego of the sharer ❤

  • @maximuslancaster5369
    @maximuslancaster53698 күн бұрын

    I have to remind myself not a lot of people actually know Ram Dass. I listen to him often... he speaks to everyone on so many levels.

  • @iamhealedpodcast
    @iamhealedpodcast3 сағат бұрын

    I love You Maharaji.... I Love You Ram Dass.. LOVE & LIGHT TO ALL BEINGS!!!!!!!!!! 🕊☮💮🥀

  • @SteveTheWinner
    @SteveTheWinnerАй бұрын

    I love the breadth of these recorded Q&A’s, we forget that these talks were sporadic when we have them all at our fingertips. The repetitive nature of the stories are comforting, and often are the stories I will tell when speaking of Ram Dass and the spiritual awakening I have fostered through teachings from he and his contemporaries.

  • @trustyourheart9098
    @trustyourheart9098Ай бұрын

    Such a funny wise and wonderful talk Timeless Thankyou Jackie for putting this up . Xx

  • @chrisweber8465
    @chrisweber846526 күн бұрын

    . I feel very fortunate I get to hear this man talk even though I wasn’t alive for most of his life. Thank you Jackie so much for sharing and uploading ❤. Life changing lectures.

  • @ksarecords8099
    @ksarecords8099Ай бұрын

    Always a good day when Ram Dass uploads!

  • @vanessapetrea2490
    @vanessapetrea2490Ай бұрын

    Thank you, Jackie, for choosing this particular talk. It is fabulous!!!! And so crucial for anyone, at different times. 🙏🏽💚🙏🏽

  • @MourningCoffeeMusic
    @MourningCoffeeMusicАй бұрын

    Ah so. Just what I needed. 🖤🙏🏼✨

  • @tab47111
    @tab47111Ай бұрын

    thank you SO much for sharing this specific talk at this time 🙏🏼 i found part of it in your website, on oppression, but never heard him speak it. thank you 🌟🌟🕊️

  • @caronmiller1943
    @caronmiller1943Ай бұрын

    The moderator is off putting for me. I’m here to listen to Ram Dass.

  • @Sara-ny5od

    @Sara-ny5od

    7 күн бұрын

    I totally agree. But there's always someone that I sense needs to hear themselves talk. I believe each of us will understand what we need to understand what Ram Dass has to say. So lady please STOP!! Paz S

  • @MiBackpacking
    @MiBackpackingАй бұрын

    Thank you Jackie 🙏🏼 this talk really resonates ☯️

  • @cualquierwea1
    @cualquierwea1Ай бұрын

    As suggested in another comment no intro or 2 min intro maximum would be best. This reason is why I rarely view this channel anymore, it's sad. I prefer to listen to the full 2 hours original lectures. And every time I listen to this channel I skip the intro, I'm sure most people do. Stop doing them or do them better and shorter. Thank you for sharing the teachings of ram dass. Namaste

  • @laurafredrickson
    @laurafredricksonАй бұрын

    9:13 Ram❤

  • @stankymans
    @stankymansАй бұрын

    much love to you and everyone in be here now!

  • @dubache701
    @dubache701Ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @anonomation
    @anonomationАй бұрын

    Wow! This hit home 😊

  • @mojoryse7836
    @mojoryse7836Ай бұрын

    i was just thinking about something like this earlier today :o thank you for uploading!

  • @yvonnegreenberg6449
    @yvonnegreenberg6449Ай бұрын

    That was such an exciting talk. I laughed a lot. Thank you.

  • @slim-n-wavy9041
    @slim-n-wavy9041Ай бұрын

    I was feeling the same way about the long intros , but oh well let her talk or just skip through with the tap of a thumb , but be kind either way ❤😂

  • @capixabana2847
    @capixabana284713 күн бұрын

    Skip to 9:30

  • @-miekeb-
    @-miekeb-Ай бұрын

    💜

  • @Name___________633
    @Name___________633Ай бұрын

    Namaste

  • @KymjaNanaya
    @KymjaNanaya12 күн бұрын

    I just pass her up

  • @bonim5180
    @bonim5180Ай бұрын

    Dying is there but its not the only one,giving birth is illuminating. Pain that ends is touching the dance. Why should i wait till death. 🐔

  • @grahamtrave1709
    @grahamtrave1709Ай бұрын

    He is dead and all the world leaders he mentioned are dead. But everything in the reality is exactly the same in 2024. How could it be any different. He was a stand up comedian really, Maharaji would say go away Ram Das.

  • @jessicadepottey9181
    @jessicadepottey9181Ай бұрын

    Can we please drop the lengthy intros? We want to hear Ram Dass, not Jackie.

  • @SteveTheWinner

    @SteveTheWinner

    Ай бұрын

    There are many of us who enjoy the wrap up at the beginning of the episode. Our discussion groups tend to use this portion as a jump off point when we meet up via zoom. Stop by for the next one!

  • @cascade1125

    @cascade1125

    Ай бұрын

    @@SteveTheWinnermajority rules. Bugger off STEVE

  • @HeyY.T.StopDeletingMyComments

    @HeyY.T.StopDeletingMyComments

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@SteveTheWinner noice invitation 🙏💜🕯💧🌱🐾👣🌿🌎🕊

  • @jessicadepottey9181

    @jessicadepottey9181

    Ай бұрын

    @SteveTheWinner many isn't all. I and a few people I know at work enjoy listening to Ram Dass among other speakers and prefer our conversations to occur naturally from the content itself, not a third party commentator. It's rather inconvenient to stop what I'm doing to skip through 10 minutes of intro.

  • @jessicadepottey9181

    @jessicadepottey9181

    Ай бұрын

    @UM9993 maybe they just need their own channels? There's nothing wrong with having thoughts on a speaker. But when I see a Ram Dass podcast, I'm skipping through the intro and will likely find another source to listen to in the future.

  • @jaylucas8200
    @jaylucas8200Ай бұрын

    Please for the love of god stop these better help ads please literally get anyone else

  • @CypherDabin

    @CypherDabin

    Ай бұрын

    Ah so

  • @frozenpdx
    @frozenpdxАй бұрын

    Can we please stop with the comments about the intro? Every single video I have to scroll past them all and it's very tiresome.

  • @CypherDabin

    @CypherDabin

    Ай бұрын

    Ah so

  • @Reddiscodancer

    @Reddiscodancer

    Ай бұрын

    You don't

  • @titoshasha
    @titoshasha3 күн бұрын

    Maybe u hear him but you ain't listening

  • @grizzlyfray7355
    @grizzlyfray7355Ай бұрын

    So determined to make it about her personal perspective. Sad. Continually.

  • @CypherDabin

    @CypherDabin

    Ай бұрын

    Isn't that what we're all trying to do. Maybe have some compassion, if you don't like it perhaps skip by it 😂

  • @anitaljoljic-ed4re
    @anitaljoljic-ed4reАй бұрын

    Please don't mention NASA or Mars to do with Ram Dass teachings

  • @CypherDabin

    @CypherDabin

    Ай бұрын

    Ah so

  • @BeatingCancerWithCarnivore
    @BeatingCancerWithCarnivoreАй бұрын

    Yall are rude as hell lmao 😂 this is HER channel, she can do whatever the hell she wants, just skip it or keep scrolling, are y’all really that self absorbed? People need to express themselves how they choose on their own videos correct??