Ram Dass - Here and Now - Ep. 139 - Waking Up In This Lifetime
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In this early talk, from 1970, Ram Dass talks about the methods of purification necessary for waking up in this lifetime. He illuminates the traps that lie within these methods and explores what is waiting for us in the ever-present moment.
Show Notes
Waking Up In This Lifetime (Opening)
Ram Dass reflects on the many methods that point us towards God. And the possibility of waking up in this lifetime. Secondly, He looks at the process of purification necessary for personal liberation once we realize the possibility of enlightenment.
“There is something awesomely irreversible about the journey we are sharing. Evolution just doesn’t seem to go backward. The evolution of consciousness and waking up in this very lifetime is what seems to be what we are about. How many lifetimes has each of us been through to bring us to this point?” - Ram Dass
What We Think We Want (26:00)
When is enough going to be enough for us? Ram Dass looks at the things that our culture tells us is going to liberate us and make our lives meaningful. What is the next step when we realize that these objects of freedom are simply a trap?
“When is it enough? When have you collected enough experiences? Want some more? You have lifetimes, no rush. Maybe a few experiences will do it - but do what?” - Ram Dass
Just Another Trip (47:15)
For instance, even when we think that we see our own attachments. And begin to practice methods of freeing ourselves from them. We are likely to find ourselves back at square one - stuck in the traps of our ego. Ram Dass looks at how our methods of purification bring us to new states of consciousness and at the same time catch us in models of how we think it is.
“As long as you think that what you are looking for is outside yourself, it will never be enough. What do you need to make it all right? Every label you have of what you think you need is all a statement of who you think you are and that all turns out to be wrong.” - Ram Dass
Here and Now (59:15)
Lastly, Where do we find the place that we are looking for, where our true nature lies? Ram Dass closes with a reflection on how the moment - the here and now - offers us the opportunity to connect with the Self that exists beyond ego.
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15:59
@harriettamiller2397
Жыл бұрын
🙏
Thank you, Raghu, for everything you contribute to the depth of each of our beings through these discussions. Thank you, Ram Dass, for being the street lamp on the road to the soul.
16:03 Rd starts
“move it up your spine.” that was a good teaching for me, wow ive never tried that
Thank you Raghu, thank you Ram Dass🙏
RD speaking in a San Francisco Synagogue to high grade Hippies of 1970 ....
One of the most critical talks in my perspective.
Pure gold from RD. Namaste.
Thank you Raghu! Namaste ❤️
Thanks Raghu
Love love love
Music to my ears.. 🎼🎶🎸
Handsome gentleman . . He was and is....
Mewling babies are my dharma.
I love raghu
16:04 You’re welcome
Some of the those who are truly wise have described this plane as being an amazing crazy cosmic reform school zoo.. with the best,most important desire being that of spiritual advancement,to attain true enlightenment because until that is achieved we will not be free from the karmic wheel of rebirths....having to appear again and again in this amazing crazy reform school zoo
Why y'all Hating on Raghu ? God bless Raghu
@foreveryactionthereisacons1683
2 жыл бұрын
Hate is a strong word. It's like putting on an Otis Redding record and hearing Joe Cocker instead. So you fast forward to get to Otis Redding.
@ryanhingorani4019
2 жыл бұрын
It's funny how many people comment the timestamp. 1 year ago, 10 months ago, 6 months ago, 4 months, 1 month, 2 weeks... as if the length of the video has changed?
@ViragoRiver
2 жыл бұрын
@@ryanhingorani4019 it's equally funny, maybe, that no matter how many people post the timestamp, the *content* of the video doesn't change, either.... is *your* relationship to it the most important thing to you or is everyone else's? ♡
@dylankoczwara6670
Жыл бұрын
God bless raghu in about 15 seconds not 15 minutes
@dylankoczwara6670
Жыл бұрын
Although we should be more open to more perspectives. Few are as good as ram Dass. We don't trust no one but ram Dass. It'd be great to have likeminded strong minds which I am sure raggu is
🕉️💐😺 Thank you 🌱🌳
Starts at 16:00
@JuiceFastCoach
11 ай бұрын
Jesus they get later and later lol 😂
I am in fear of believing in my thoughts 😂
16:00
16.00
At this point…I’m trying to go back to sleep
Intro dude would've talked for the entire hour if not for that blessing of the phone ringing telling him to stop, it isn't about you, people come to hear Ram Dass, a small intro is okay, 16 minutes it's too much, and it produces the opposite of what you're trying to do. Being said that, thanks for sharing this beautiful talk.
@seancasey5024
2 жыл бұрын
Actually it is about him, and you, and me, and Ram Dass. It's about all of us being in this together with the equalizing factor that we are all conscious beings living an incarnation in a world of duality. We are all moving in the direction of pure consciousness, and like moths to a flame we cannot resist it. Walk a little slower Luciano so we can all go together my friend. Namaste
@kimberlysmith7311
2 жыл бұрын
@@seancasey5024 yes.🙂💕 I was born in 72, and find myself sensing when I he see this that I was in this audience in a former life. 😆 lol
@inspiringmedia3716
2 жыл бұрын
He's the one who uploaded the videos and made be here now so we can all watch this. And out of his passion he gives an introduction.
@meekee1490
Жыл бұрын
I love listening to Raghu as well. He also knew Ram Dass's guru and is quite spiritual as well and I think he is truly gifted at putting all of the recordings together for us.
Sometimes it feels like it's hard to wake up when everybody else is asleep have to keep remembering it's not about them it's about me and my journey do I want to be right or do I want to be happy
@gauravtr7766
Жыл бұрын
True
One of the greatest lectures ruined by selfish parents! Why would a parent bring a screaming child to such an event?
22:58 is such a great metaphor for what is happening in the world right now. ♡
@suncoasthoast9479
Жыл бұрын
Indeed it was..
He gets me off good.
@gregorallnight371
Жыл бұрын
well,that was very open and honest too.. and I would love to do the same for you, good vibes always..wish you well I really do..
What was the ending to the story of the ship captain who led the people to the enlightenment at the end? Did he just got interrupted by the crying baby and forgot the ending?
❤️🎶🌻🌞🐞
I love Raghu’s introduction
44:00
End took suffering
16:RD
No comment
🫀
Too much into rambling
This was the first Ram Dass lecture that I found predominantly boring. But, it was from 1970 and you can tell that he still had a lot to learn about public speaking.
@ViragoRiver
2 жыл бұрын
Boring.... hmmmm... I'm trying to work out what the implies.... a need for our teachers to be entertaining? The packaging of the gift is an important element?
@robbrown4621
2 жыл бұрын
@@ViragoRiver Thank you for your reply. What I found boring was his delivery. He would get much better at public speaking over the next few years and would eventually become a great public speaker. Yes, teachers do need to have some degree of "entertaining" quality but that does not mean that they should be song and dance men. It's part of the design structure and is also connected to the message that they are imparting on those who are listening. For example, for me, I cannot stand Eckhart Tolle and even though his message is often of great value, his personality is too smaltzy and weak to deliver it effectively (for me). Love most of Ram Dass's delivery and messages, though... :)
@user-mq8xg5sp9c
2 жыл бұрын
@@ViragoRiver lol omg overanalyze much?? He just gave his opinion. Chill
@user-mq8xg5sp9c
2 жыл бұрын
@@ViragoRiver btw, did you “work out” what you think it implies yet?? Lol😂
@seancasey5024
2 жыл бұрын
Ram Dass was who he was in that moment, thus fulling being Ram Dass in all his glory.
Talk starts at 17:13
@MrGraffittikid
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@cerealboxtoys
3 жыл бұрын
Why skip?
@cerealboxtoys
3 жыл бұрын
@@jameserswell2161 🤣🤣😂 Rhagu preps me for the heavy shit coming
@thedonwesley5279
3 жыл бұрын
Think for yourself
@mezlandia
3 жыл бұрын
15:59
ya'll really can't make it through a 15 minute introduction?
@ryanhingorani4019
2 жыл бұрын
@@jameserswell2161 Gratitude > Attitude
@ViragoRiver
2 жыл бұрын
"Any work my be a help... but if it does not, let it go." You like it... they don't. Both are just as "right".
@nik.olas328
2 жыл бұрын
Careful with the golden chain my friend, I gotta watch myself with that one every day There are many ways up the mountain, they all lead to the same place
@nik.olas328
2 жыл бұрын
@vehmic poor kitty
@suncoasthoast9479
Жыл бұрын
My attention span is damaged enough already lol
I need the lecture on how to get high.
@aleemahyasmin5982
2 жыл бұрын
Buy a ladder.