Ram Dass: How to Bring the Past Into the Present - Here and Now Podcast Ep. 240
Ram Dass explores the art of how to bring the past into the present as we age, leads a powerful exercise centered around the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and talks about working with grief.
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This episode of Here and Now is from a recording of a study group on aging hosted by Ram Dass in 1995.
In the face of aging and death, part of the spiritual work we should consider doing is what Ram Dass calls the art of how to bring the past into the present. Using the example of his mother’s death, he shares the importance of processing events from our past with the perspective we hold in the present.
We can also bring the past into the present in a cultural and historical context. Ram Dass leads an exercise centered around the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, having us contemplate and recognize that we are part of a culture that has models of reality that would legitimize the dropping of that bomb.
Ram Dass explores the issue of grieving, especially as it relates to aging and loss. He reads a letter he had written to a family who lost their young daughter, and he talks about the importance of moving from the realm of ego to the realm of the soul.
“There is a tendency that we do in our mind to romanticize our own existence. We become the center of ‘As the World Turns,’ we are the leading actor, we have been cast. We keep milking our history to justify our existence, to give our existence meaning. I want to suggest to you that there is a cost to that.” - Ram Dass
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@pinkifloyd7867
Ай бұрын
Longest 6 minutes intro yeah
Thank you for those beautiful intros you guys do.❤ They really set the stage to absorb Ram's presentations.🙏🏼
Ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram
Intro should be at the end of video as we're all so anxious to hear Ram Dass ❤
Always at the right moment 🙏
Namaste 🙏
Just give us Ram Dass! Omg those intros are hard to stand
@pinkifloyd7867
Ай бұрын
Every ego wants to be a star 😅
@moulinyan
Ай бұрын
i used to be like that, i'd typically skip it, wouldn't comment, although maybe in my journey i might've. it is funny to me, seeking out Ram Dass and then having this attitude towards the uploader, that anger or mind is the opposite of his message. Are you further along your journey now?
@markledger9193
22 күн бұрын
@@moulinyan is your comment not just the same ? are you saying you're further on your journey ? would that not also be ego ? maybe being further on your journey you wouldn't have the need to comment ?
@moulinyan
22 күн бұрын
@@markledger9193 my comment is about the actions a person chooses to make. i found it interesting that a whole host of amazing content is shared for free, and any additions they don't like can also be skipped. so why would a person seeking to listen to ram, be some ''angry'' shall we say, that they needed to go in the comments and say it, are the hoping the uploader randomly reads the comment or are they venting some frustration on an open forum to no one who cares. i havent implied anything about being further along the way, i do not compare to others or judge others, i said i once may have vented bottled negative energy in such a way but it is really not the way to spend your time imo and hoped the person was further along their journey towards a calm mind.... it isnt a competition and was no flex, thanks for your input.
Why are you trying to sell it?? Most know what his about!! That's why we are here. 🧘♂️🌺
@phinemarie
6 ай бұрын
Such a gift we are given to hear Ram Dass posthumously. Thank you and so much appreciation to those who make it possible.
@SL-ws6gg
3 ай бұрын
People making money of him, shamelessly.
@SL-ws6gg
3 ай бұрын
Off*
I wish at times we had Ram Dass in body in these times to give us perspective, and I know deeply how badly it would freak many people out. Remember the words of NKB “don’t you see that it’s all just perfect?” It’s impossible to fully sit with but just imagine having that lack of preference from a personal/ethnic/national/humanitarian preference…
@slimeballsake
6 ай бұрын
i think his wisdom so timeless you can find so many lectures from decades ago thats still relevant to this day honestly
@pinkifloyd7867
Ай бұрын
Who is NKB ?🤣
@fungdark8270
Ай бұрын
@@pinkifloyd7867 Neem Karoli Baba
Beautiful intro ❤
@pinkifloyd7867
Ай бұрын
Would be humbly to put her comments at the end of video just out of respect for Ram Dass ❤
Ty !! This was perfect..🧘♂️😁😇👹👸🤴
very good 🙏
🎉 the tape will run itself out in the manner of memories, and the birds of sadness need not find themselves in the nest of our hairs more then they are solely destined to be burned their purified way to completion
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Ramald “Ram” Dass was a Hungarian diplomat and ambassador to the United States in the early 1900’s. He’s known within Hungary for bringing many American business opportunities to the relatively poor country.
@etiennemarshallthach3736
6 ай бұрын
Stick to the violin
@AnAdequateViolinist
6 ай бұрын
@@etiennemarshallthach3736 I used to be adequate, now I’m tolerable to bad
@Jonny-wt3rg
6 ай бұрын
This guy's name is Richard Albert
Hang on a minute, i could have sworn that Ram Dass has told a different story about how his mother died...didnt he say that he was with her and she asked him to sit him up and she took three breaths like a tibetan llama and died in his arms? Hes definitely told a different version before, like where her head was too weak to hold up on her own so he had her head rest on his shoulder. Im confused. Am i living in two different timelines simultaneously rn?
@alexiarohdin879
6 ай бұрын
I’ve heard that too, but I’m thinking that could be his step-mother - he had a closer relationship to her while she was dying (and was older/more mature/wiser). Isn’t that right?
@magdalena155
6 ай бұрын
@@alexiarohdin879 Yes, his mom died of spleen before he met his Guru and his step mom was the one who died like a Tibetan Lama, in the 80's If I remeber correctly.
@alexiarohdin879
6 ай бұрын
@@magdalena155thank you! Yes, that is correct! ❤
@magdalena155
6 ай бұрын
❤
@ryani777
6 ай бұрын
Ah STEP-Mother...I see 👀 😅 Thanks family ❤️
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The intros help promote things that PAY THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THESE VIDEOS POSSIBLE. Who gets total freedom without a price in this life? Babies, that's who. Stop whining.
@pinkifloyd7867
Ай бұрын
Greed was not part of Ram Dass philosophy, nor waa ego. Quityerbitchin 🤣
@Lioness_of_Gaia
Ай бұрын
I'd pay NOT to hear the intro.
Definitely don't need the introductory commentary.,. please stop your nonsense and just give us ram dass.