Posted on 12/23/2019 6:25:21 AM PST by Borges
If there is an enduring figure emblematic of the consciousness revolution of the 1960s and 70s, it is arguably the Harvard professor and LSD researcher-turned-spiritual leader born Richard Alpert but known the world over as Ram Dass. With Timothy Leary, his colleague in the Harvard psychology department, he forever changed a generation of Americans through his explorations with psilocybin, LSD-75, and other psychedelics before reinventing himself as a spiritual teacher and humanitariana bhakti yogi with love as his path. When Ram Dass died on Sunday evening, one of the most beloved voices of the counterculture fell silent. He was 88 years old.
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Yes.
The best self-help book I ever read, and the one that helped me when I really needed, was “Full Catastophe Living, by Jon Kabatt-Zinn It was essentially a tutorial on how live in each moment by exercising mindfulness. I think I’ve read it 3 times now.
Kabatt-Zin later wrote a book, “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.” Not as good, not much to offer but, if I remember correctly he attributed the title to Ram Dass.
He’s There Now...
His famous book was “Be There Now”
I grew up in the 60’s.
Never heard of this guy.
Maybe it’s true. If you remember the 60’s you weren’t there.
(But honestly, I don’t think I HAVE ever heard of him. And I’ve never done a drug or smoked pot in my life.)
Richard Alpert, Jewish kid from Boston.
I wonder if he has a Jewish funeral.
That’s what I thought; he was doing LSD 75? We only got LSD 25. Damn, his trips were three times better than mine!
I never heard of him...
Of course, I wasn’t “enlightened” back in those days...I was in the military...
Friend of Timothy Leary. I thought he died a few years ago.
Another proponent of the “Tune in, turn on and drop out” school of thought. Burn in Hell Ram.
You're not far from the truth. He was a homosexual.
Years ago, I laughed myself silly when first reading about this homo guru named "Rammed Ass".
He dropped the Baba because he said that title incorrectly elevated him to an attainment he hadn’t achieved.
Ram Dass isn’t exactly “dead”. He is probably just reincarnated into a dung beetle.
Yes, same guy. Baba means something akin to “father” as one would call a priest “father”.
I read
Abbey Hoffmans
“Steal This Book!”
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Rammed Ass,,
Rest in,,,
Whatever.
Beloved by whom. This guy was a hot mess
Have you ever read Mark Twain?
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
You've misspelled the word. The correct spelling is "disciples." The original posting was correct. You were wrong.
Regards,
/8^)
20,000 clinical mikes.
I don’t know that he was a Satanist. I don’t think so.
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