Talking throughout the many years from the Nineteen Sixties by the Nineteen Nineties, Ram Dass shares his ideas on increasing the boundaries of consciousness by using psychedelic chemical substances.
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This episode of Right here and Now could be a compilation of Ram Dass exploring using psychedelic chemical substances.
- We start within the mid-Nineteen Sixties, again when Ram Dass was nonetheless Richard Alpert. On this interview with the CBC, he talks about how the psychedelic expertise might help us see previous particular person variations.
- The subsequent cease is 1968 and the famed WBAI radio talks. Ram Dass particulars his first expertise with psychedelic chemical substances and the method he went by of shedding his attachment to his social roles.
- We transfer on to 1977 and a radio interview on the College of California, Santa Cruz. Ram Dass touches on the position of those chemical substances within the non secular consciousness of individuals, leisure versus sacramental use, and the significance of set and setting.
- Up subsequent is a retreat in 1989 the place Ram Dass solutions questions from a breakout group. He provides a short historical past of psychedelic chemical substances and talks about how they will present a recent take a look at the universe, increasing the boundaries of consciousness.
- The ultimate cease is a psychedelic convention at Chapman College in 1994. Ram Dass displays on the influence that psychedelics had on his life and the way they influenced his work with loss of life and dying.
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“And the predicament is that as you develop a mannequin of who you might be and the way the universe works, it’s extraordinarily onerous to get out of that, which is named the ego, actually. It’s very onerous to get out of that. And what the chemical permits you to do is about that apart for a second and see the universe from a distinct vantage level and discover locations in your self, which is why it was utilized in non secular traditions, discover the deeper components of your being that lie behind your pondering thoughts.” – Ram Dass
About Ram Dass:
Ram Dass’s spirit has been a guiding mild for generations, carrying tens of millions alongside on the journey. Ram Dass teaches that by the Bhakti observe of unconditional love, we will all join with our true nature. By these teachings, Ram Dass has shared slightly piece of his guru, Maharaj-ji, with all who’ve listened to him. Study extra at ramdass.org.
