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Ram Dass explores the art of how to bring the past into the present as we age, leads a powerful exercise centered around the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and talks about working with grief.
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This episode of Here and Now is from a recording of a study group on aging hosted by Ram Dass in 1995.
In the face of aging and death, part of the spiritual work we should consider doing is what Ram Dass calls the art of how to bring the past into the present. Using the example of his mother’s death, he shares the importance of processing events from our past with the perspective we hold in the present.
We can also bring the past into the present in a cultural and historical context. Ram Dass leads an exercise centered around the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, having us contemplate and recognize that we are part of a culture that has models of reality that would legitimize the dropping of that bomb.
Ram Dass explores the issue of grieving, especially as it relates to aging and loss. He reads a letter he had written to a family who lost their young daughter, and he talks about the importance of moving from the realm of ego to the realm of the soul.
“There is a tendency that we do in our mind to romanticize our own existence. We become the center of ‘As the World Turns,’ we are the leading actor, we have been cast. We keep milking our history to justify our existence, to give our existence meaning. I want to suggest to you that there is a cost to that.” – Ram Dass
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Ram Dass: How to Bring the Past Into the Present – Here and Now Podcast Ep. 240 – https://youtu.be/kYs4qoj0HSw
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 240 – How to Bring the Past Into the Present – https://beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-here-and-now-ep-240-how-to-bring-the-past-into-the-present
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Didn't Rammed Ass nearly die from a "urinary infection" last time he went to India. Those Indian gays must have some kind of lethal strains of gohnorrea that his aged plumbing couldn't handle. 🤮
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Ty !! This was perfect..🧘♂️😁😇👹👸🤴
Why are you trying to sell it?? Most know what his about!! That's why we are here. 🧘♂️🌺
🎉 the tape will run itself out in the manner of memories, and the birds of sadness need not find themselves in the nest of our hairs more then they are solely destined to be burned their purified way to completion
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I wish at times we had Ram Dass in body in these times to give us perspective, and I know deeply how badly it would freak many people out.
Remember the words of NKB “don’t you see that it’s all just perfect?”
It’s impossible to fully sit with but just imagine having that lack of preference from a personal/ethnic/national/humanitarian preference…
Ramald “Ram” Dass was a Hungarian diplomat and ambassador to the United States in the early 1900’s. He’s known within Hungary for bringing many American business opportunities to the relatively poor country.
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