I was a seventeen year old kid who grew up in North Cambridge for three years i lived night and day in Harvard Sq. A guy i met from Harvard invited me to a dinner party. About twenty people. RamDass sitting at the head of a long dining room table. I was lost. I had zero idea what he was talking about the thing was - he was so nice they were all really nice. Years later i got invited to the Llama Foundation in Northern New Mexico where he partially wrote Be Here Now. I told them my Ram Dass story. It has since burned to the ground but i will never forget it. They gave me a Be Here Now prayer flag i treasured for years so fast forward to 2005 my dream of moving to New Mexico was realized it was great until my son i got clean for twenty one years prior comes out to New Mexico and picks up heroin and is dead in less than a month. two years later i was seriously planning on driving up to the mountain and check out permanently. i turned on the tv and there he was - Ram Dass - i can't even remember exactly what he said i was so fucking happy to see him - it saved my life in that moment. God bless him - right here right now
Sending love and light from Central Square, Cambridge. Your loss is tremendous. We are all connected here, even when we don't see each others' TH-cam comments. Hope you are feeling the resonance, even in hard times.
Wow instant tears reading this. God knew you needed to see Ram Dass in that moment. He has been such a special and healing presence in so many lives, it never ceases to amaze me. I’m sure your son loves you. Sending you hugs.
I recall reading Be Here Now back in '71/'72 and it led me eventually to discover all sorts of stuff: karma, yoga, meditation, contemplation, wisdom, self-discovery and eventually to discover Buddhism. I love Ram Dass, always have done, always will do . . . a blessed man . . .
Ram Dass was once upon a time an eminent Harvard scholar called Richard Alpert, Ph.D. and the first scholar to be dismissed from this bastion of 'learning', due to his experimental use of LSD with Timothy Leary; also dist. I am the same age as Ram Dass and have been following him in a sort of on and off way for most of my life and had the pleasure many years ago in Amsterdam of meeting him and asking questions about his prison reform philosophy; a prison can be a monastic experience. He introduced meditation to some prisons in Oregon, and of those who participated in his workshops the recidivist rate was drastically reduced. But what I like most about the people who have commented here is is that you are young, aware and working on your consciousness. Your transmission from 'this ' to 'that'. In 1971 Ram Dass published 'Remember, Be Here Now', which describes his transition from Richard Alpert to Babba Ram Dass. Your own transition from this to that: Richard Alpert to Ram Dass, might well be served by sourcing this classic explanation of the process of transformation, despite the difficulties that this might entail. Peace
+paul valentine For a man with so many acomplishments, he seems to haveordinary ego attachment. I'd have respected him more if he remained RichardAlpert with a changed mind. I think his political activism gives his Egoaway. He's a very smart man, who also is very 'taken' with himself.Was not familar with his prison work, seems kind of interesting & makestotal sense.
Ha Ha. There is no such a thing as a Ram Dass. You focus on what you call an ego but the ego does not exist. Only God exists. You are Him who sent you. I and the Father are one. No one is separate from God. Not even a sparrow falls but the father knows it. What you do to the least, you do to me. What do you think these things mean ? Only God exists. Nothing exists outside because there is NO outside.
Echos of 'A Course in Miracles' Steven? Of course there is only One, but the One has many names, including Ram Dass and Steven Austin, oh, and God too. If you are into the One then you accept the apparent divisions as simply illustrations of the universal, all encompassing aspects ot the One.
I’ve seen a lot of videos. This composition with Ram Dass speaking has to be up there as one of the greats. I was in tears most of the way through. Much needed. I have felt also death is the most important transition and if we live in ignorance and avoidance we are doing ourselves and others harm. It’s best to contemplate and talk about it. Not shut people down. Wouldn’t be lovely if people would spend time asking each other how they feel about death and just listening and being with each other. Most people live in the quiet isolation of denial of death. My mum did. And she was terrified. It needn’t be this way. Be open to conversations about death and dying. You don’t have to be an expert or have resolved feelings yourself about it. Just be honest and allow the other the space to be honest. This is the greatest service you can do anyone. ❤️
Thank you thank you thank you. As I listened, with eyes closed, I felt my body relax here in my chair. My breathing slowed, my heart beat calmed. I will turn to this again and again.
The music is so lovely.. and such exquisite cinematography.. love the seamless edit.. where the music, the voice, the exceptionally stunning visuals are brought together so beautifully, in such a flawless sync.. stunning edit, cinematography and music. I feel like after a long time i watched something that's edited so beautifully...Poetry in motion... Thankyou Wisdom Films. 🙏🏻✨ And love how the Wisdom Films title comes in too in this video. :))) ✨✨✨
thank you so much for uploading this video. whenever i feel lost, sad or whatever negative or need to concentrate i go to this video n listen and then i relieve. the background music is so beautiful n calming also. thank you.
Bless this Gift you have given to so many of us ~ I bought the CD & absorbed its beauty. But to see this video? Transcendent. Thank you ~ for such peace
Thank you for your guidance. It is very helpful on my path to find that stillness. Not to ponder, but to be, for the moment, so that I may do so always.
+Indira , Ram Dass was used to enlighten many of us to the truth that God does exist and he is available Now. He entered the hippy scene and helped spread the Word. Be here now. God is in the now. Thank you Ram Dass.
I really enjoyed it. I also enjoy Ram Dass. For my spiritual awakening I have also liked watching lots of Sri Avinash Do myself lately. #SriAvinashDo 🙏 His talks have benefited me immensely.
These films should have closed captioning for people with hearing loss. I hear the beautiful music, but am unable to decipher much of the spoken words . I am certain there are many with this challenge who would also enjoy the benefit of the spoken words. Thank you for your consideration.
A resolution: watch more videos like this one and far fewer ones dealing directly or indirectly with the Chaos of this world and the agents of chaos (the worst human beings) whose presence on TH-cam brings us the most discouraging outlook. We must go beyond the worlds of politics, mindless consumerism and time-wasting escape entertainment.
Hi...this is beautiful in so many ways...now, about the music. Is there anyone out there who can find sheet music for Gay Malkin's piano work for this video? I haven't played the piano in years and would love to play this one...thank-you
Yes they did. In one of these Ram Dass videos (Nowhere To Stand, perhaps?) Ram Dass recounts one such meeting: "I remember a night I spent drunk with Alan Watts in a monastery. He said to me , 'Dick (Ram Dass' given name was Richard Alpert) you're too attached to non-attachment.'"
Sorry...i agree ..this is important ...to make things universal access enabled and disability enabled. You must write to the makers, i am sure they can send you an accessible version or upload another accessible version..or include universal embeded coding and reload this video... My best wishes to you and thankyou for bringing this up. I appreciate it.
Maybe you could write in the moment, for your partner or share with her in sign language as the video plays if you are able to do that.. :) ...that may be a loving gesture...and an activity to do together for your partner, :) until a version is uploaded with subtitles or one that's universal access enabled. :)
@@lynnehenry my entire life is spent interpreting in social situations, family situations, thank you for the thoughts anyway but my partner wouldn't put that burden on me to interpret every tv programme or you tube programme that is not subtitled additionally there are plenty of loving gestures that go back and forth between us but thanks anyway my comment really is to bring some awareness to the youtube space that when you make one have a thought for people with hearing loss that is all and think about subtitling. As Ram Dass would say 'we are all just walking each other home' RIP Ram
*be here now video starts out with plenty of footage far away from where you are. Talks about how we're gonna have some dope ass afterlife to /look forward to/* Fuck this, back to big T dawg McKenna and Macdaddy Watts. Laytuhhh
You are. What you are you always are. Raise up your consciousness and know thyself. You are him. Deep, Deep inside behind the fear and tears. Go there and you will remember.
most of that was speculation; just a bunch of words that have no meaning. nice visuals tho. Thought's last escape plan from reality is an afterlife. Die to what thought has put together and divided ie the self , self image you have and last but not least die to thought. it represents the past. Reality is , thought dominates your life. Only thought breaks the silence and brings with it ''time''. by the clock. And thought is a control freak , it wants your attention and becomes a bully when ignored.
I was a seventeen year old kid who grew up in North Cambridge for three years i lived night and day in Harvard Sq. A guy i met from Harvard invited me to a dinner party. About twenty people. RamDass sitting at the head of a long dining room table. I was lost. I had zero idea what he was talking about the thing was - he was so nice they were all really nice. Years later i got invited to the Llama Foundation in Northern New Mexico where he partially wrote Be Here Now. I told them my Ram Dass story. It has since burned to the ground but i will never forget it. They gave me a Be Here Now prayer flag i treasured for years so fast forward to 2005 my dream of moving to New Mexico was realized it was great until my son i got clean for twenty one years prior comes out to New Mexico and picks up heroin and is dead in less than a month. two years later i was seriously planning on driving up to the mountain and check out permanently. i turned on the tv and there he was - Ram Dass - i can't even remember exactly what he said i was so fucking happy to see him - it saved my life in that moment. God bless him - right here right now
Sending love and light from Central Square, Cambridge. Your loss is tremendous. We are all connected here, even when we don't see each others' TH-cam comments. Hope you are feeling the resonance, even in hard times.
God bless you, I hope your heart is healing, sending you love ...
..& here he is once again, telling you to "be here now".
Wow instant tears reading this. God knew you needed to see Ram Dass in that moment. He has been such a special and healing presence in so many lives, it never ceases to amaze me. I’m sure your son loves you. Sending you hugs.
Wow
be here now with gratitude
YOU ARE A PRECIOUS GIFT ON THIS EARTH..
Rest in eternal love, my beloved teacher, Ram Dass. ❤
I recall reading Be Here Now back in '71/'72 and it led me eventually to discover all sorts of stuff: karma, yoga, meditation, contemplation, wisdom, self-discovery and eventually to discover Buddhism. I love Ram Dass, always have done, always will do . . . a blessed man . . .
Thanks for sharing your experiences
Listening on Christmas Day when feeling lonely. This is brilliant. Thank you Ram Das .
Merry Christmas
You are loved
I'm about there
Come to kainchi,India....
A junkies Christmas by William s Burroughs is great for those christmases
Stay with maharaj jee love you.my nameste to maharaj jee and all saints..
Needs to be more Ram Dass shorts with music on TH-cam in my opinion. :)
Bradley Smith couldnt agree more. the alan watts ones are fantastic
Bradley Smith agree😊
Yes thank you
It's fine but really i'd prefer just Ram Dass. Music is creepy lol.
Couldn’t agree more
💜so much loves to share here my friend
Thank you so much...
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Why don't we love each other in remembrance of our dear friend? Rest in peace beautiful soul.❤
💚
Ram Dass was once upon a time an eminent Harvard scholar called Richard Alpert, Ph.D. and the first scholar to be dismissed from this bastion of 'learning', due to his experimental use of LSD with Timothy Leary; also dist.
I am the same age as Ram Dass and have been following him in a sort of on and off way for most of my life and had the pleasure many years ago in Amsterdam of meeting him and asking questions about his prison reform philosophy; a prison can be a monastic experience. He introduced meditation to some prisons in Oregon, and of those who participated in his workshops the recidivist rate was drastically reduced.
But what I like most about the people who have commented here is is that you are young, aware and working on your consciousness.
Your transmission from 'this ' to 'that'.
In 1971 Ram Dass published 'Remember, Be Here Now', which describes his transition from Richard Alpert to Babba Ram Dass.
Your own transition from this to that: Richard Alpert to Ram Dass, might well be served by sourcing this classic explanation of the process of transformation, despite the difficulties that this might entail.
Peace
paul valentine :)
+paul valentine For a man with so many acomplishments, he seems to haveordinary ego attachment. I'd have respected him more if he remained RichardAlpert with a changed mind. I think his political activism gives his Egoaway. He's a very smart man, who also is very 'taken' with himself.Was not familar with his prison work, seems kind of interesting & makestotal sense.
Thanks for sharing this info-Interesting bits I did not know
Ha Ha. There is no such a thing as a Ram Dass. You focus on what you call an ego but the ego does not exist. Only God exists. You are Him who sent you. I and the Father are one. No one is separate from God. Not even a sparrow falls but the father knows it. What you do to the least, you do to me. What do you think these things mean ? Only God exists. Nothing exists outside because there is NO outside.
Echos of 'A Course in Miracles' Steven? Of course there is only One, but the One has many names, including Ram Dass and Steven Austin, oh, and God too. If you are into the One then you accept the apparent divisions as simply illustrations of the universal, all encompassing aspects ot the One.
Rest In Peace Ram Das I read your book in the 1960s and it changed my life
Thank you for your gift, Ram Dass ❤️
I want this played at my funeral. 💗💗💗
God bless ram dass!!!
prepping for my 1st shroom trip in a couple of years
How was your trip? 🙃✨
@@JessicaDarling2 it was magical....🔥🔥🔥⭐⭐⛅⛅⛅⚡⚡⚡
Stunning. Thank you, Ram Dass. Gone to the Light.
RIP. Free to travel unencumbered by your Earth suit.
This is sooooo beautiful & soooo peaceful! Thank you thank you 🙏♥️
Sooooooo beautiful... I pay this over and over again..... many blessings!
So do I.. love him
I do feel you are free from your physical form and having fun, continuing to evolve. Thank you. I love you.
And now he is there. A great soul.
So wonderful... thank you...LOVE for everybody
This is precious! thank you!!!
Beautiful and surreal!🙏🙏🙏
I’ve seen a lot of videos. This composition with Ram Dass speaking has to be up there as one of the greats. I was in tears most of the way through. Much needed. I have felt also death is the most important transition and if we live in ignorance and avoidance we are doing ourselves and others harm. It’s best to contemplate and talk about it. Not shut people down. Wouldn’t be lovely if people would spend time asking each other how they feel about death and just listening and being with each other. Most people live in the quiet isolation of denial of death. My mum did. And she was terrified. It needn’t be this way. Be open to conversations about death and dying. You don’t have to be an expert or have resolved feelings yourself about it. Just be honest and allow the other the space to be honest. This is the greatest service you can do anyone. ❤️
thank you xo
Thank you thank you thank you. As I listened, with eyes closed, I felt my body relax here in my chair. My breathing slowed, my heart beat calmed. I will turn to this again and again.
Thank you for doing this. It is a gift
Can we get some more of this please and thank you 💜
Beautiful Thank you
Beautiful-No other words to use-Out of this world-Thanks Ram-Shame I will never meet you
One Love!
First time for me here. I have no words to express how beautiful this is. Thank you for your wisdom, I will be back. Peace to all.
The music is so lovely.. and such exquisite cinematography..
love the seamless edit.. where the music, the voice, the exceptionally stunning visuals are brought together so beautifully, in such a flawless sync..
stunning edit, cinematography and music.
I feel like after a long time i watched something that's edited so beautifully...Poetry in motion... Thankyou Wisdom Films. 🙏🏻✨
And love how the Wisdom Films title comes in too in this video. :))) ✨✨✨
Thank you Gary and a special "Thank You" to Ram Dass.........................
Thank you.So blessed.
Beautiful truth!
thank you so much for uploading this video. whenever i feel lost, sad or whatever negative or need to concentrate i go to this video n listen and then i relieve. the background music is so beautiful n calming also. thank you.
Thank you , thank you , thank you.
Bless this Gift you have given to so many of us ~ I bought the CD & absorbed its beauty. But to see this video? Transcendent. Thank you ~ for such peace
Namaste True wisdom !! Love love love , Thank you thank you thank you soo much for sharing this video thank you ! With much love from Denmark .
Come to kainchi,india
thank-you for "being here now" >|
Prachtig🙏❣
Thank you , very perceptively , beautiful ♥ !!
Beautiful.
Beautiful
I had an amazing experience with this video, almost cinematographic
Thank you, teacher.
I wish you had more like this. It was amazing with the music
Thank you for your guidance. It is very helpful on my path to find that stillness. Not to ponder, but to be, for the moment, so that I may do so always.
Love!
R.I.P dear teacher!
Thank you ! This is so welcoming into my life right now ! Tweeking my senses in life abundance! To welcome 🙏🏽 me into the grace and over achieving.
Thank you. 🙏💝
RIP Ram Dass x
राम राम Baba Ram Dass 🙏
Ram Dass isn't saying anything that I haven't heard from any other guru. But the cinemetography of this video is absolutely mesmerizing.
+Indira , Ram Dass was used to enlighten many of us to the truth that God does exist and he is available Now. He entered the hippy scene and helped spread the Word. Be here now. God is in the now. Thank you Ram Dass.
Can anything else be said.......
the truth cannot be told it can only be realized. These teachers are merely pointing the way it is up to us to walk that direction.
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Great spiritual Saint...a yogi..wanna meet him..godbless.
Well made ,great job. ❤️🙏 love from Arkansas
I really enjoyed it. I also enjoy Ram Dass.
For my spiritual awakening I have also liked watching lots of Sri Avinash Do myself lately. #SriAvinashDo 🙏
His talks have benefited me immensely.
Thank you, this is beautiful
This was a great episode
thank you
These films should have closed captioning for people with hearing loss. I hear the beautiful music, but am unable to decipher much of the spoken words . I am certain there are many with this challenge who would also enjoy the benefit of the spoken words. Thank you for your consideration.
this is incredible
I first heard the expression Be Here Now at my EST training in 1981
Great.
Very Good!!!
One with God now.
Midnight gospel brought me here.
LINDO como é a VIDA
The Midnight Gospel lead me here.
A resolution: watch more videos like this one and far fewer ones dealing directly or indirectly with the Chaos of this world and the agents of chaos (the worst human beings) whose presence on TH-cam brings us the most discouraging outlook. We must go beyond the worlds of politics, mindless consumerism and time-wasting escape entertainment.
💚
Hi...this is beautiful in so many ways...now, about the music. Is there anyone out there who can find sheet music for Gay Malkin's piano work for this video? I haven't played the piano in years and would love to play this one...thank-you
my friend. 🕉️
satsang
indeed
Wonderful clip, thank you.
I'm curious if Ram Dass ever met or spoken about Alan Watts.
@nedthetoothpik
Thank you in advance.
Yes they did. In one of these Ram Dass videos (Nowhere To Stand, perhaps?) Ram Dass recounts one such meeting: "I remember a night I spent drunk with Alan Watts in a monastery. He said to me , 'Dick (Ram Dass' given name was Richard Alpert) you're too attached to non-attachment.'"
That's awesome that they met. Bless y'all
No Subtitles to share with my Deaf partner :( so frustrating not everyone can hear
agree
Very frustrating! I cannot share with my Deaf daughter and her friends
Sorry...i agree ..this is important ...to make things universal access enabled and disability enabled. You must write to the makers, i am sure they can send you an accessible version or upload another accessible version..or include universal embeded coding and reload this video... My best wishes to you and thankyou for bringing this up. I appreciate it.
Maybe you could write in the moment, for your partner or share with her in sign language as the video plays if you are able to do that.. :) ...that may be a loving gesture...and an activity to do together for your partner, :) until a version is uploaded with subtitles or one that's universal access enabled. :)
@@lynnehenry my entire life is spent interpreting in social situations, family situations, thank you for the thoughts anyway but my partner wouldn't put that burden on me to interpret every tv programme or you tube programme that is not subtitled additionally there are plenty of loving gestures that go back and forth between us but thanks anyway my comment really is to bring some awareness to the youtube space that when you make one have a thought for people with hearing loss that is all and think about subtitling. As Ram Dass would say 'we are all just walking each other home' RIP Ram
is the music by mars lasar?
Anyone knows 08:53 author or song title?
does this come directly from the book?
Gone home
Does anybody know: where can i listen to the music alone? Is it available somewhere?
check end talk in video.. says who composed it and other..
I’m in such a dark place right now having nothing to do with quarantine. I fucking just want to........please help.
Why is this intro so long... Or is Ram Dass playing the piano XD
*be here now video starts out with plenty of footage far away from where you are. Talks about how we're gonna have some dope ass afterlife to /look forward to/*
Fuck this, back to big T dawg McKenna and Macdaddy Watts. Laytuhhh
What is the soul ?
You are. What you are you always are. Raise up your consciousness and know thyself. You are him. Deep, Deep inside behind the fear and tears. Go there and you will remember.
Thank you
Ths real you
Death is Always Destined
ich möchte so gerne alle deine Worte verstehen - bitte mache Untertitel in Deutsch! Ist sehr wichtig. Bitte Alaje
S2
most of that was speculation; just a bunch of words that have no meaning. nice visuals tho.
Thought's last escape plan from reality is an afterlife.
Die to what thought has put together and divided
ie the self , self image you have and last but not least die to thought. it represents the past.
Reality is , thought dominates your life. Only thought breaks the silence and brings with it ''time''. by the clock.
And thought is a control freak , it wants your attention and becomes a bully when ignored.
Get rid of that god awful music!
????
❤️