Ram Dass - Emotions and Personality
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- Ram Dass discusses the dynamics of personality and emotions including issues relating to the nature of fear, anger, and love. Recorded in the Summer of 1989 as apart of 'The Listening Heart' retreat series.
0:00 - “How can we use our emotions positively on our spiritual path?”
4:53 - Taking Responsibility for Anger
6:47 - “When your guru told you to drop anger, what did this mean?”
19:03 - “What are we so frightened of?”
33:41 - “How do we work with fear?”
40:11 - “Is a judgmental mind ever appropriate?”
42:25 - “How can I judge myself less harshly?”
47:13 - “How can we love ourselves more?”
57:45 - “What is the relationship between love and fear?”
1:01:23 - “How does opening to love relate to god?”
1:07:09 - Zen and Love
1:12:21 - The Desire for Happiness
1:15:53 - A Reading from Emmanuel’s Book
1:25:20 - Answering Machine Story
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How truly lucky and blessed are we to be able to listen to Ram Dass at any time? I’m very grateful for that. Thanks for sharing this. 💖🙏💖
This comment tho, imagine if it were 1995 trying to find this at any time lol
Yes, we are very lucky, it's a blessing. Thank you Universe for Ram Dass.
Amen to this
so so true!!
Ugh.. emojis are so... telling....
Just about without fail, every single time I have run into a personal problem, Ram Das never fails to deliver the right message at just the right time, even after decades from his mortal death. Amazing. Much love.
Lessons: “Happiness is being in harmony with what is.” “Fear is merely baggage. You’re going to end up in the same place with or without it. Your journey will be a better experience without it.”
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26:17 a witness which sits with the fear and tries to get it before it gets so consuming that there’s no space left. There’s always some space left.
28:57 the art is to keep cultivating the witness in all the opportunities we have
30:13 recognizing that there is a part of you that exists that is never afraid because there’s a party of you that was never separate- you are everything
36:58 asking why we’ve closed down is not necessary - you call upon your method that brings you out of those places
38:25 holding onto the contraction has a whole thing around it of righteousness, of continuity, that you don’t have any right to be joyful
38:39 once you’ve made the commitment to be free, you have to have made it deeply enough
40:25 seeing the difference between things is wisdom; to get attached to preferences comes
46:02 as you’re more quiet inside and notice your thoughts more clearly you’ll see the judge inside that you keep giving power. You’re at war with yourself. As you get quieter, you see them as phenomena.
47:33 instead of how can we love ourselves more, how can we accept ourselves more?
49:34 looking to the world for approval - have i achieved enough? It’s as if the baseline is negative, not 0, so you’re using life to disprove a negative baseline about yourself
51:04 let’s go behind love and hate, and go to a place where we merely acknowledge and allow ourselves
51:20 we come to appreciate what is
52:53 practice seeing people as trees - including yourself
54:40 the way to truth is the fullness of what we are - our humanity our divinity - if someone doesn’t like us, that’s their problem
55:47 allowing my own humanity and foibles; then i discovered my own beauty
57:00 horrible beauty
57:35 not loving yourself; allowing yourself; as you allow, it changes
44:59 all of it is an unfolding of a storyline - it has nothing to do with me because that’s just a set of phenomena.
"I had to risk being human with other people" this is why I appreciate Ram Dass' talks so much xx
“ freedom lies just behind right & wrong “. I love you Dassy
Admin here (now) - good one!
I just found Ram Dass and have already learned so much from him. Everything he says makes perfect sense to me and have agreed with all he has said so far..definitely helping me be the best version of me that I can be. Thank you for making these available for humanity. Life can be SO MUCH EASIER & BEAUTIFUL when you learn how to play it correctly.
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I have been listening to him for about 10 years and I learn something new each time ❤❤ He provides me with so much solace when I feel no one understands me.
I feel that ❤ I sense to some extent all of us feel this way, & it's a lot to handle, but I'm thankful we have each other somewhere beyond time & space (maybe the here & the now) & the access to Ram Dass' words is indeed helpful...
A Lotus for you 🪷 :)@Roseenmarie
Thank you guys for continuing The legacy. Love you guys and God Bless!
“ Anger often comes from righteousness which is called the golden chain and Freedom lies just behind good and bad”
“Even if I am ‘right’ it’s not going to get me where I’m going …. Let go of pride …. Don’t try to work it out … psychologically… just let it go …. I want to be free …. If my heart is open ‘they’ may change faster …..what little anger left is painful….. it’s my problem now , not ‘theirs’ “
I was angry with my partner this afternoon, and then got angry with my son’s father. It’s not that I judged myself for being angry (progress! Haha), but I wanted to move through it in a healthy way.
Around 7:22 he starts to respond to an inquiry from the crowd about dropping anger, and I smiled and nodded throughout. It was tremendously helpful.
(Side note: Every day I feel grateful to know how many of my fellow humans are finding the way on a conscious level! These lectures’ comments are always a place to find you.)
Just wanted to say that I love all of you beautiful souls. I pray that everyone here be surrounded by love, peace and grace ❤
you too
We love you too❤
& God & Buddha & Christ in me, loves the God & Buddha & Christ in you ❤❤❤
Ram Dass is incredible ❤
I LOVE YOU RAM DASS❤😂, I Know your spirit is in me❤
I just discovered Ram Dass. I wish I had known about him earlier. Thank you so much for sharing this video. His wisdom is very much needed right now. 🙂
Ram Dass has been one of my 3 earthly teachers that have truly truly changed my life. I was lucky enough to receive his book in 2020 and have listened to him since. 2 years later, I have truly adapted so many of his teachings to the point I kinda forgot who I was before and have never felt more peace. Hes been fundamental for an actual CHANGE in how I perceive, how I react, who I am. This may be random but I just wanted to say no matter when you found him it was perfectly on time and I'm truly so excited for you to discover more
He comes to you when you are ready. Ram ram ram
If you need any resources or recommendations totally let me know! I’ve been interested in his teachings for a while and should love to spread more wisdom 😌
Absolutely perfectly delivered to us just when we’re ready to receive the message…. Enjoy the rest of the journey ✨🙏🏻
@@connor5469 Hiya, anything you can point me to is much appreciated 🙏🏽
This is one of the best I've heard
Thank You, Life, for manifesting...and meeting my need...through Ram's sharing-love! Amen
Saving my life right now,,for real,thank you,,everyone.
Really needed these teachings. So wise. Love you ram Dass x
One of the best I have listened to so far. The methodology is simple, the application of it is very difficult. However I think thru constant practice, one can achieve Freedom he is talking about. When one fails, look at the failure (recognize the failure through the witness- the inner voice that's always gives the right advice) and attempt it again when the next challenge presents itself. - Cultivate and nourish the Witness he talks about - that part of you that's not afraid, or tells you the right thing to do.
The funny thing is, all Ram talks about is in the Scriptures. One of my favorite quotes is: "Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people." Philippians 12 vs 14 (NLT version)
I think it is clear, how to navigate difficult and challenging people of the planet, and in turn how not to be one, oneself.
Ram Dass - you changed my life
Beautiful
Love this!🤗🌺🥰Thank you!! Robin
What we hear here is a series of questions and answers, and this is my first time listening to this particular audio. What a wonderful surprise. I don’t know if Ram Dass would call this a “satsang,” but that’s what I equate it with. And I must admit I generally don’t care for satsangs because all I tend to hear are egos asking the questions or initially approaching the mic to showcase the perceived progress of the asker, followed by their question. And what I have to admit to is that annoys me so I tend to avoid the format. I heard nothing of that kind here. Maybe it was because the questioning was limited to specific subject matter, but these are not only some of the best questions I’ve ever heard, they were all articulately presented, and without any traces of ego. Really remarkable! At the end Ram Dass reads from a book of a channeled entity called Emmanuel, and though Ram considers Emmanuel to still be a “somebody” rather than a realized being, I found the words profound and moving. I may have to locate a copy of the book. I hope this Q&A helps anyone who finds it. Ram Dass is good at putting things in terms that are understandable, and his responses were as informative and heartfelt as the questions!
Hmm.. I’m very ”judgy” myself, and I’m really working on that. But when I’m reading this it feels to me like you sort of are what you judge (like we always are, and me too) but you don’t know that yet? Listen again to the part in the beginning about righteousness and giving up anger? It can never be about perceiving oneself to be better than someone else (to have ”less of an ego” for example) because that’s where we always fail and that’s why: give it up, instead. I’m not sure if this is helpful or just snarky/judgy and I’m not sure what my intention was but anyway. Good luck.
The last few minutes are so profound - as he talks about fear and love.
How amazing is this teaching? I can listen to Ram Dass alll day long!!
Wish I was in the presence of Ram Dass
Oh how I love this man and wish I could meet him IRL. Such a blessing it is to listen to him and so thankful to technology and everyone involved in bringing his voice to us 🙏
Me too.just found him today and feel so grateful
Sure do miss him. Glad his work lives on. 🪷🌸💮🏵️🌻🌼🌺
He’s very much alive in our hearts, Ive often even felt maharaji through Ram Dass’s self work💫🕉️
@@nondualnavigation yeah sure you felt him mate
Did you know him? How could you miss him.
@@oscar3490 I’m able to because I’m not in a battle with mind or self, I rest in my awareness & that’s where I meet him🤍
@@oscar3490 - aww, look at the cute little troll 😂
I listen to Ram Dass and Alan Watts and they are a wonderful guides to a spiritual path which is a blessing in this world of greed and materialism and corruption which all create an unnatural way of living.
Just what I needed to hear now , thanks
Thank you for posting this
Just beautiful, as always ❤🎉😊
I fired my therapist and listen to him. It’s much more helpful and healing to me.
Thank you Ram Das. 🙏💖
Oh my I think I understand, I have learned so much from you ❤
I love You ❤️Baba Ram Dass❤️You are Beautiful❤️Baba, thank You❤
I really like this guy
Admin here (now) - I do too!
Freedom lies behind good & bad.
Freedom is more valuable than cultivating feelings.
Thank you!
Love To All
I’m part of the oceans stuff like a piece of seaweed lol
Thanks!
literally straight over my head 😞
He just gets it
be blessed people ❤
Champion talk!
Wow… all i can say is wow
The struggle is real.
Reactive Emotions May I watch them pass away. Do not deny them. Let go! Suffering let my heart break and move on. Do not dig my hole just leave each other now! That is best that I wallow no more! Anger is righteousness the last obstacle to the inner temple…. Go beyond this now become free let go. Love everyone it will all go together shift my gaze now and I love him angry at actions not being. Do not push against anything. Stop alienating my own self of inadequacy’s so I begin today to give this anger up and not oppose people give it up now to be free. Being right I must keep my heart open now! Stop this judging mind. I cannot liberate others with my anger! Anger is love and equanimity! Maybe it is just loving but my parents and I do not know how to do this! Now my parents are long gone. How do I work with my FEAR. Ignorance and taught who we are. Ego very fragile neuro patterns impulse life and protect society from impulse. Be afraid but with a self entity in this that I am not separate just vulnerable. Leave this social shame and the feeling of violence when hurt. May I get this now at 75 years by observing this hurt and that I am still here! The Fear consumed me ah here it comes again. Just notice it! Just listen as a witness as we are not separate when we are hurt! May I remember this and be a witness to my subjective fear!
How can we deny the divine when our neighbors pray to us so openly.
Jai Baba Ram Dass
Homage to Ram Dass! 🙏🕉️💜
Amen
same answear to so many different questions
Choose love
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Im 🇺🇸 American but I ❤️ indian 🇮🇳 culture🕉 jai shri Ram 🚩#Hinduslivesmatter
See people as one sees a tree 🌳, and then there won't be American vs Indian. Do not forget to put the boat down once you have utilized it. Else, you just carry it everywhere!!
When the Buddha meditated and transcended toward Nirvana, he called those who came before him. 🕉
Can you please allow clipping of this video. Would love to clip from 3/4ths way through
Something comes to mind when I listen to these individuals ask Ram Dass questions. They seem to come from a place of "you have the answers". Conversely or inevitably, time has evolved and this type of context of "guru" has largely disappeared from psychology or self help. Tony Robbins come to mind, as well as Jordan Peterson. Both individuals highlight the dependence of the self for answers.
I've realized that after some years of meditation and Buddhist study that while many things have resonated deeply with me, none of the core things really connect to how my actual life or day goes...all my anger, sadness etc. are every bit as strong if not stronger than ever. Which is just how everything else in my life has gone...it's just disappointing because Buddhism was kinda my last hope for not having a horrible fearful life.
now maybe you find a new way with Ram Dass's guidance
It’s all part of the journey. I know how you feel. You study, meditate, contemplate and it just seems like you are spinning your wheels. Every day is a new day and every new experience is profitable for learning and growth. There is no timetable because time is just an illusion of this dimension. We all get where we are going eventually because we aren’t going anywhere. We are just remembering ❤
Well then, move your study and practices (if you have any) into the influence of western esoteric tradition and teaching. Buddhism is a dead end for many in this life, and it’s a great place to start for many, too. Keep going. Move on now. No need to get angry. Commit to getting free from anger. That alone is a useful enough aim, which will guide your study and conduct sufficiently, for you to make some progress
Who hurt who because of what was said, or "Who hurt Who" because of what wasn't said? It's okay to hate bullshit, loving no shit. Anger is real🤺, Joy, surreal. Love💔is the deal👣, but WE=mc2 must ask Our🧘Selves, in terms of "fear", "are🌲Trees in the Forrest frightened😬or frightening🤖?
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At 33:46 the voice of question is like Thay Thich Nhat Hanh, isn't it?
It's similar but not the same. His demeanor is quite similar. Thich Nhat Hanh has a Vietnamese accent. And even toward the end of his life, he chose Vietnam over all other places on Earth.
“I was angry at actions, not at beings”
@1:20:47
Could anyone tell who Zalman Shakhtar is? Is this how you would spell the name for looking him up? Is there a recording of that meeting?
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Removal of content, privatizing/licensing out content, copyright striking others who post content without replacing what was removed or providing another means to access the content.
Restriction of what is released, cutting and editing pieces of full lectures and not releasing the full lectures themselves.
Putting a paywall in place that provides access to still limited content.
Access to content is overall severely limited compared to just a year or two ago.
“Who you think you are is vulnerable. Who you really are is not vulnerable.”
~Jesus
Could some provide the whole lecture, or the name of it? Sounds like it cuts off at the end.
Hi Trees
57:49 - How love is emptiness of expectation!
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🎵gotta tip off there's a sabatoer at bay.
brutal message hits i gotta wanna play
i need god beside me love to light my way
give me the guts to choose the strength to stay
i know it
i know it well
it could be back before you know
back before you go
gotta let
let this one go,
it could be back before you know,
back before you go
back to a place that's doin' nobody no good
there's a strength there if i really understood
i need god beside me piled deep in sludge
a deadness so relentless will not budge
i know it
i know it well
it could be back before you know
back before you go🎵
gotta let
let this one go
it could be back before you know
back before you go
i know it
i know it well
it could be back before you know
back before you go
delicious... "yum, yum, yum, yum"
You know R.D. it's ok not to have the answer... hahaha
Thank you
S’how i saved the worl
5:08
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42:44
I'm a confrontationalist.
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If we feel we area zero, & if the Lord of Love💔, Our G👁️D✡️ is ONE=mc2, then together we are a ten but collectively, if we are a bunch of zeroes, the with the 1 we are all zillionairesi.e., $1,000, 000, 000,000,000,000,000💎!
19;04
Yes i reacted tge way i did but so confusing when its something so traumatic yes i understand they di not und5and do what they do I kno wss hes is correct but i wilk sah its difficult when your husband kidnapped your children btrainwashed them fir 6 years and now sunce he was found my children wete sent wit NH one of his family members because i do not have any and i couldn't get physical custody because i rent a room so i can afford a car and basic things
I live in an area that became gentrified so its crazy experience and i di say ctazy yhzt a town can turn inti this and everyone thats moved in save azad fe was ate ilite upoer class and most froends have moved away as middle class people and even a bit above that
Houses are millions it happened within 15 years
So it can be difficult
Good ol' rum dum
So Emanuel has seen chicken little?
"Immanuel, in Hebrew✡️means, G👁️D with US👣. The need👄 of the💉needle💔of approval🎭is what causes 🥺"Thanxiety" with the Gods. In⚖️reality, if fear is the Teacher then the Teacher of "No Fear" is feared, it's⌛time 2 leave ye Teacher. It's better 2 B Ya Own Teacher. Live Now🎯
This teaching could end multiple shootings here and now, if taught mainstream as the norm,....maybe. ▪︎¿▪︎?
Logos; Be angry and sin not?
Lawn vacuum
So convienent to idolize a dead person. I don't have to worry what he thinks about it and I get to entertain that he exists near me as a spirit.
Haha, you say 'dead', probably more alive than you rn😂Existing in a body isn't the only form that life occupies. It's not Idolizing if you resonate with what he's sharing. Then it becomes a truth that is Lived and experienced Directly.
in you* as spirit
he just goes by a different name, in a different form. he is you, ya silly goose lol 💕
@@amberevol It seems more and more plausible to me lately...
I think accepting duality is a kop out!
It's squealing because it's in pain lol..
There are only TWO BELIEF SYSTEMS:
1. Jesus Christ
or
2. paganism (Mystery Babylon)
In God’s economy, there are only two classifications of people:
1. Saved
or
2. Unsaved.
People DO NOT want to believe in Jesus Christ, because that would immediately make them accountable.
The truth is, they are ALREADY ACCOUNTABLE, they were ALWAYS ACCOUNTABLE.
Ask God the Father for forgiveness.
Claim the Blood of Jesus Christ as a covering over your life and your eternal destination.
Ask Holy Spirit to enter you and seal you unto the day of redemption, and resurrection.
If you are saved you have everything to look forward to.
If you stay unsaved you may be in a fatal accident tonight, guaranteeing you a place in the Eternal Lake of HellFire.
Don’t put this off.
Death is sooner than you think.
Guru, Jesus, and the self are all one. None of us really die my friend. We are all a part of the same oneness. Just as the individual cells of my body may die but the body persists. So the individual beings may die but the body of the universe persists.
@@jessibell-pj8dx so why are you having just a tough time accepting Jesus Christ, and transferring the title deed over your soul away from satan to Jesus? It's because you will stand before Christ and have to explain your gobblygook to His Majesty.
@@Vizor88 I don’t.I accept Jesus as my lord and savior. See? Easy peasy.
@@jessibell-pj8dx Well done, Jessibell, then you're saved if you have accepted the free gift of God, and indeed repented.
- And that was the wisest step you ever took to secure your eternal life in Heaven with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and therefore you have escaped the hour of trial that is to come upon the earth, and the Day of Judgement, a day of reckoning that all mankind will face. Soon.
Christ's GOD-BLOOD was payment enough for the release of everyone who was being held captive on earth, against their will, by the god of this age, lucifer.
@@jessibell-pj8dx Jesus bless you dear Jessibell.
SAME STUFF DIFFERENT TITLE..bUMMER
attachment is suffering. One of these days it will sink it. For now...keep listening as many times as it takes.
Richard Alpert you faker. Baba Ram suuuuure buddy
Trees don’t abuse humans though so I never liked that analogy
too much organized religious connotations????
17:56
I usually love Ram Dass but I can't listen to this one. As soon as he said it's okay to spank children if it's done with love, I lost it. Not cool
your soft
@@novelaego2404 Yes. I am soft. The world needs soft souls.
@@JupiMeow Good response. You know where you're at. Lao Tzu said that power lies in vulnerability. The world tries to make us think this is not the case, and so society has become rigid and cold. Keep your heart open and live your truth ♥
This part did catch my attention as well. Do keep in mind that this was recorded before our time, and during a time where there was less access to information as to the degree in which spanking can be harmful. I also think that things are rarely good or bad in all situations, and that a loving parent with an open heart perhaps could save a child from a much greater pain but spanking them, but that more often than not, spanking is not done to a child by a parent with an open heart, but with scorn and anger. Much of that data we have today of the effects of spanking later in life is likely gained from the latter experience.
@@JupiMeowI'm curious.
Do you have children?
Discriminate mind is NOT WISDOM it’s rather racist😂😂
Likely a bi-product of how language changes through time, or a slip-up on his part. Discernment would be a more accurate word.
When you tap on the video to see how much of it is left, and there’s still 1hr 5min remaining 🥹
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