Ram Dass Here and Now Ep. 185: Playing with Reality
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In this episode of Here and Now, Ram Dass tells a series of stories about how his guru, Maharajji, was fond of playing with reality and adding a feeling of whimsy to the universe.
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Stories of Healing (10:53)
Are you ready to start playing with reality? In this beautiful and atmospheric dharma talk from 1980 in Chappell Hill, Texas, Ram Dass begins with a few stories about his guru, Maharajji, and his powers of healing. These are tales of healing maladies such as smallpox and blindness, plus a story about a devotee named Engineer Ma and her sick husband.
“In [Engineer Ma’s] mind, her anger towards those children, the inability to let go, the karma of that mind, was what led to her husband’s death.” - Ram Dass
Playing with Reality (17:30)
Ram Dass talks about death, and how saints such as Maharajji are often referred to as the Living Dead. He tells stories about miracles performed by Maharajji and other saints, and explores the ways they are all just playing with reality. There is no figuring out what role these miracles play in the dance of life, we just have to keep quieting down and emptying.
“I’ve got hundreds of these kinds of stories. See what they do to your minds. Watch how they play with what reality is about. Look at the way they give you a feeling of the whimsy of the universe.” - Ram Dass
A Little Skulduggery (34:45)
Ram Dass tells a story about one of his original teachers in India, Hari Dass Baba, and how Maharajji helped get him a visa to visit America. This leads into a story about the printing process of Be Here Now, and how Maharajji made certain that the changes he requested were incorporated into the book. Ram Dass ends the evening by reading some poetry.
“Now, would you smell a paw on the monkey in the works? Would you suspect that there was some skulduggery afoot? Or would you just say, ‘Oh well, chance works in strange and mysterious ways.’” - Ram Dass
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Starts at 10:55
@vanessapetrea2490
Ай бұрын
Thank you! I could tell it was going to be long. I do appreciate Raghu though.
@poetryjones7946
24 күн бұрын
Thank YOU! Egad - 20 minute intros for Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, and now Ram Dass? Didn’t the Buddha have important things to say about “unnecessary speech”? Irony at its finest! 😂
The audio quality is superb in this one, thanks a lot Raghu and Ram Dass
@inthezone4123
2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard quality as fine as this.
@bobmilleit1976
2 жыл бұрын
You guys are funny funny funny
So much laughters and sweetness listening to Ram Dass. It’s incredibly beautiful, humbling and uplifting to hear about Maharaji and feel his presence. Thank you 🙏 Ram Ram
One of my favourite episodes. I didn’t know what to expect based on the title but it certainly wasn’t an episode full of miracles! I’ve been listening to Ram Dass while I sleep or wake up at night. Consciously or subconsciously I hear it. But for this one I stayed awake ✨
Fallen in love Guru RamDass,love you❤Your words mesmerizing, vibrating in my heart .Unexpressable .All videos and talks
Maharaj ji ki jai ho 🙏 very informative and inspiring talk. Thanks a lot
Ram ram 🌹
Thank you so much Ram Dass & Raghu.. so good to hear your voice.. Namaste
This talk just made me cry like a baby. Magical. ✨ thank you🙏
Gosh I really love this episode. Exactly what I needed this evening.
I needed this tonight.
👍 Biiiiig crickets Love ❤️ from Texas y'all
I’m really hurting right now.
@vuduchile1977
2 жыл бұрын
I feel you 💛 take turns being kind to yourself and letting it break you open. I promise the suffering is there for a reason
@MrRanch-fc2pe
2 жыл бұрын
@@vuduchile1977 thank you ❤️
@dnbjedi
2 жыл бұрын
I feel that.
@davidharrison2099
11 ай бұрын
Sit with it and feel it. You have to feel it to surrender it and heal it. No storm can last forever. Sending you love, healing and peace my friend ❤
@richardmasla881
10 ай бұрын
❤️❤️❤️ Breathe deep into your heart love and light. All things must pass. Jai Maharaji
Could listen to that intro forever
@poetryjones7946
24 күн бұрын
😹😹👏 good one
Always encouraging💚
The whole game is telling a story and getting someone else to 👁️ believe it. 🤔. A lifetime having a freedom from stories frees US all to live in the Present with no need of Past or Future Th'anxieties. 😊🎯
Wow, what a poem
Fantasitic!
Everything is so clear ly saidove 💓
Nam myoho renge kyo.🎉🎉🎉🎉
Love the new intro
@keithgarbarino8247
2 жыл бұрын
I usually skip them wbu
@brookbergsma5089
2 жыл бұрын
@@keithgarbarino8247 depends on the day and how I’m feeling. Sometimes I like revisiting talks with new perspectives. Ragu was the whole reason I decided to start listening to this podcast series before I even knew what it was about. He has the same voice as my great grandfather and I haven’t been able to see him for a long time. He lives in San Fran in a home after a couple of strokes. His wife Lilly takes care of him. My great grandfather and great grandmother both grew up and met in India. My grandmothers parents were German missionaries teaching locally but also doing odds n ends like cataracts surgery or pulling rotten teeth for locals. So in a way, yeah I dig it because I just pretend it’s my family talking to me about their days in India. And if I follow Ram Dass’ teachings like he said “well to me everyone is family and that’s why I made the book so cheap” so Ragu is family so I listen. Sorry so long winded but there are also days where I’m like Raguuuuuuuuuuu bro. Ragu. Gimme my guru please.
Pretty sure better help was caught up in some shady practices a couple years ago. Maybe they cleaned up their game, but something to keep in mind.
@spiritlevelstudios
2 жыл бұрын
???
Just one small correction- 25:40 shaligram is worshipped as grace of lord vishnu.
BE HERE NOW HAD THE BOOK ( COLORFUL ) BACK IN 1977 OBJECTIVE AWARNESS
@ethanjohnson3642
2 жыл бұрын
And another one
Love
Went to my dads the other day, stood in the kitchen immediately after arriving and saw outside a titmouse INSIDE of a bird feeder. I’ve tried to imagine how that bird got in there but can’t come to any rational answer. I can accept that it was Maharajji 😂
Carlos Castanada
Where to get Español miracle of love?
My thought is, if a person does intervene in some way, is that not an aspect of karma as well?
raguuuuuuuuu :)
💙😋🙏
It's their faith that healed them; Maharishi was only a conduit (can-do-it) but the old buSINess man didn't keep his word more than going👣back🔙 to work😮. Better 2 have a Glad Guru instead of a Sad😢Guru🧘!
jao
Bud let’s just hear bubba, yer talking not sure of many comments of bubba. I appreciate you trying. With love.
Unnecessarily long intro. This channel has changed its format for the worst 😢
Mr host guy you love to hear yourself talk . Stop its not helping your video. Thumbs down because of you.