With a classic combination of heart and humour, Ram Dass guides us through a quest to come to terms with existing in another dimension of reality and not being able to set foot anywhere.
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Ram Dass Here & Now is brought to you by BetterHelp. Be your best self by trying online therapy at betterhelp.com/ramdass. This episode of Here and Now is from the first part of a talk given by Ram Dass at the LA Whole Life Expo on February 18, 1989. Check back soon for the conclusion of this talk. It begins with the story of Ram Dass, who suffered from kidney stones and felt joy when he saw flashes of consciousness. Thus begins the quest to exist in another dimension of consciousness and reality. With some classic stories and his signature humor, Ram Dass tells us what happens when we wake up and begin to recognize these other dimensions. As we become more comfortable in other dimensions of reality, it can become easier to lose our place in this dimension. At the end of the day, you can’t push this airplane away just because it doesn’t feel better than other airplanes. Ram Dass tells how he felt that it wasn’t about getting high, it was about being free and comfortable with having nowhere to stand. We must embrace our humanity as well as our divinity.
“You have been living here as a base camp. You go to other dimensions, come back, enter again, come back again, enter again. Then you begin to feel comfortable being in other dimensions of reality and functioning here.” – Ram Dass
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Listen to more episodes of the Ram Dass Here and Now podcast. Let’s go back to the beginning of our journey as Ram Dass talks about his early days in life and the psychedelic experience that changed everything. 1. How do our perceptions shape our experience of suffering? Ram Dass explores many of the roots of suffering in episode 1 of Here and Now. 132. We all touch the transcendental state. Ram Dass explores how we can tap into the path of awakening in episode 6 of Here and Now. 164. In “Here and Now” Episode 164, Ram Dass dissects the history of psychedelics to help you understand the risks and benefits of these consciousness-altering chemicals. 183.
