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Being Ram Dass

By: Rameshwar Das, Ram Dass
Narrated by: Rameshwar Das
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Ram Dass tells here, for the first time, the full arc of his remarkable life.

Perhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you've ever embraced the phrase “be here now”, practiced meditation or yoga, tried psychedelics, or supported anyone in a hospice, prison, or homeless center - then the story of Ram Dass is also part of your story.

From his birth in 1931 to his luminous later years, Ram Dass saw his life as just one incarnation of many. This memoir puts us in the passenger seat with the one-time Harvard psychologist and lifelong risk-taker Richard Alpert, who loved to take friends on wild rides on his Harley and test nearly every boundary - inner or outer - that came his way.

Here, Ram Dass shares his life’s odyssey in intimate detail: how he struggled with issues of self-identity and sexuality in his youth, pioneered psychedelic research, and opened the doorways to Eastern spiritual practices. In 1967 he trekked to India and met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. He returned with a perspective on spirituality and psychology that changed millions.

Populated by a cast of luminaries ranging from Timothy Leary to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Allen Ginsberg to Sharon Salzberg, Aldous Huxley to Alan Watts - this intimate memoir chronicles the cultural and spiritual transformations Ram Dass experienced that resonate with us to this day, a journey from the mind to the heart, from the ego to the soul.

Before, after, and along these waypoints, listeners will encounter many other adventures and revelations - each ringing with the potential to awaken the universal, loving divine that links us to this beloved teacher and all of us to each other.

©2021 Ram Dass and Rameshwar Das (P)2021 Sounds True
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I cried and cried as I was nearing the end of this book. I was so deeply moved. So many realizations came to me, and yes, love.

Heart opening

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Highly recommend this!!! What a gift this man and his story is I truly enjoyed and was so moved by this very honest and inspiring moving story. Thank you

A stunning account of the life of an incredible man

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It was wonderful to learn more about him, straight from his mouth and spoken by his close friend. May we all strive to the Divine and Be Here Now

A powerful story of an exceptional man.

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Beautiful story, beautiful narration. I couldn't stop listening to it and plan to listen to it again soon

Incredible and wonderful

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I won't be the same after reading this book. it was exceptionally well written, capturing the essence of cultural movements and a journey through time and decades. Ram Dass is so humble and honest, and affirms the importance of being truthful and accepting of our 'flaws' above pursuing the highest spiritual path (bypassing, some might say).

Absolute perfection

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While listening to this audio book I would fall into deep loveliness awareness. thank you.

This opened me up.

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This is truly brilliant, the narration, the stories ooh my, the wisdom, teachings, ways it makes one think. Just fantastic!

One of the best stories

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Intriguing intelligent life of profound skill development. I’ve enjoyed his teaching and this book is a great summary of a life spent aiding others journeys and why

Lifting up others

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I liked it all, a wonderful story and connection to Ram Dass and Maharaji. Bless

wonderful, heartfelt narration and story. So moving

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a great telling of ram dass being stuck in playing ram dass. may he rest in peace

brilliant

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