Ram Dass has died

[brugluiz]

I heard very little from him, but I think he's very important for some of you:

https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/ram-dass-dies/amp/

[cetus]

23 minutes ago, cetus56 said:

@brugluiz Wow thanks. We go back a long time. Been thinking of him a lot lately. He was living in Hawaii sitting with patients in hospice last i heard. 

Ram Dass once asked his guru "What is my path to enlightenment?. To which his guru replied "always remain in the service of others" And so he did.

 

[fridjonk]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Harikrishnan]

Oneness❤

[Consilience]

The documentary “Ram Dass Going Home” deeply impacted me early on the path... it’s bittersweet to hear he’s now finally gone. Very inspiring soul and a true spiritual leader. 

Edited December 23, 2019 by Consilience

[Recursoinominado]

I owe him a lot, he guided me through some dark times when i had no one to reach, when i heard of his death i cried a little, not from sadness but from gratitude and respect for his work. I hope someday be a little what he was. 

[Girzo]

He was a good teacher.

[Arzack]

https://www.reddit.com/r/speedruntonirvana/wiki/index

Timing coincidence? 

= Synchronicity

Edited December 23, 2019 by Arzack

[SoonHei]

Purification is the act of letting go. This is done out of discriminative awareness. That is, you understand that you are an entity passing through a life in which the entire drama is an offering for your awakening. You see that the life experience is a vehicle for coming to God, or becoming conscious, for becoming liberated. And you understand ultimately that’s what you are doing here.

~ Ram Dass

[SoonHei]

[cetus]

 

[SoonHei]

All beings are involved in an evolutionary journey. In the course of history, and far into pre-recorded history, beings have been getting lost in the illusion, and awakening out of it. Some beings have finished their work and have awakened out of illusion, the illusion that is involved in birth after birth, not only on the physical plane, but on every other plane as well. When these free beings finally emerge from the illusion through grace, through the help of other beings who have escaped, they are faced with a choice. That choice is whether to merge back into God, or to resist that merging and remain in form on one plane or another; either to take birth again on the physical plane or to make their substance condense on a lower astral plane in order to do ‘work’ for the relief of suffering of other beings.

The way in which these free spiritual beings help us is to speed our journey back to God. They don’t turn us around. If you’re aimed away from God they won’t interfere. But the minute you look up, the minute your despair concerning the possibility for worldly gratification is great enough, you turn inward or reach upward towards God. And at that moment these beings (the true guru) are called forth by your prayers, by your cry for help, by your seeking for God. And then they shower upon you the grace of their presence, and the vibratory rate of their presence speeds up your journey incredibly.

On the physical-psychological plane, it’s apparent when one is around such a free being, that such a being is a perfect mirror for oneself, since they themselves are not attached to being anybody; who you see them to be is merely your own projection. Being around such a being allows you to see the way in which you are creating the universe. That mirror helps you gain the perception of your own attachments which ultimately allows you to become unattached to any models you have of the universe, and to truly see the guru who is none other than God, who is none other than Self, which is the unmanifest Absolute.

The guru is constantly confronting you with where you’re not, with where you’re holding your secret stash of attachment. For people who are still much attached to their senses and to their thinking-minds, the guru manifests the teachings on the physical plane. It may be through a person, whom you call a guru (that is, they may embody themselves on this plane for that purpose), or it may be just through a set of teachings that they may create for you out of your life ‘web’. Though they are not manifesting on the physical plane they manipulate the substance of your karma in such a way as to speed up your awakening, once you have reached up for God.

Ram Dass

[brugluiz]

13 hours ago, cetus56 said:

 

You're welcome ?

[Highest]

Rest in God.

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I ask myself, what is death? What will happen?

I don't know. I'm happy to not know.

All I want to do now is buy and drink some red bull and eat some candy.

I have lived, like my fellow beings. Untouched miracle.

And I will die like my fellow beings...

Untouched miracle.

But for now I just want to drink some red bull and eat some candy.

I can die later.

I can die later....

[Bill W]

It has even made to the front page of the BBC news website, which highlighted some quotes from him. The one about family made me smile!

Some of Ram Dass' most popular quotes

"Treat everyone you meet as if they are God in drag."

"If you think you're enlightened, go spend a week with your family."

"We're all just walking each other home."

"You've gotta become somebody to become nobody."

[allislove]

I first heard about Ram Dass from the shaman who did 5meo. He even shared Ram Dass audio files with me. I think that material helped me during integration part. Grateful for that ?❤️

 

The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.

Ram Dass

[Forestluv]

My first book on the path, many moons ago. . . ❤️ 
 

[Ananta]

35 minutes ago, Serotoninluv said:

My first book on the path, many moons ago. . . ❤️ 
 

Damn, that book looks beat up?

[King Merk]

 

[cetus]

@Serotoninluv For me it was "Be here Now". I have a copy (somewhere around here) that's at least 40 yrs. old.