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    Who Am I? - ramdass.org/
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    Our concepts of who we are help us to navigate our world, but they are often overvalued and have the potential to trap us in form. These traits create an image with which we identify, and subsequently struggle to maintain as we are presented with life's inevitable changes. In this talk, given at the University of Vermont, Ram Dass begins by asking the question, 'Who am I?'. Are we the vast array of personality traits that arise in our day to day lives? Can we pinpoint exactly who or what we are within our body, mind or spirit? These questions, as Ram Dass explains, continuously led him back into the void, as every answer he had was ultimately untrue. He eventually learned to identify with the creator, rather than the creation, and his sense of separateness began to dissolve.
    We often fail to recognize that we too are a part of the lawful unfolding of nature. From a higher perspective we can sometimes see that it's all perfect, but that attitude is difficult to maintain in the presence of real suffering. If we attempt to live in either of these extremes, then we're standing, 'somewhere', and there's nowhere to stand. Our incarnation isn't an error, and where we are is exactly where we are supposed to be, in this moment. We can't push away our humanity, as freedom comes through form, not in spite of it.
    (University of Vermont - Burlington, VT - 10/30/1986)

ความคิดเห็น • 157

  • @matthewhunter1285
    @matthewhunter1285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    "just assume I'm totally insane"
    One of my Favorite Ram Dass quote.

  • @gazzyhook7784
    @gazzyhook7784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    You can have him talking in the background and still catch the things that matter. His voice just flows like a stream.

    • @preetjheeta743
      @preetjheeta743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      exactly that's what I do at work play him at the background and it's different environment at work. everything goes with flow. amazing soul

    • @brianlund7862
      @brianlund7862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My "guided meditations" tend to be his lectures lol

    • @kateybereny
      @kateybereny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too!!

    • @bobobake1232
      @bobobake1232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn't it remarkable? Namaste to all of you, me, brothers and sisters... peace!

    • @ehudsonification3811
      @ehudsonification3811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His stream of words feed my soul with clean water, quenching a thirst I didn’t know I had.

  • @Melissa-nd8qc
    @Melissa-nd8qc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Ram Dass brought me here from the Otherside, beyond the SUIT we just said goodbye to. He just knew that I needed this one. He always did. He knew we miss him. He is us. He is loving awareness. And he told us once, Anyone can be your guru, as long as you know how to listen. He is truly infinite now. Thank you for loving servitude Ram Dass, and showing us the mirror within our souls. A true teacher and lover you are. Always. Infinite.

  • @brandonhatton1680
    @brandonhatton1680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Miss you today Baba. My heart is heavy & full of pain. Ram ram🙏🙏❤

    • @brianlund7862
      @brianlund7862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love you brother. Listen to his teachings closely. He is not gone

    • @MichaelOfRohan
      @MichaelOfRohan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love you

    • @brianswelding
      @brianswelding 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love and blessings ❤🙏

    • @IResonateWithU
      @IResonateWithU 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel this 💛

  • @bryantbrooks2390
    @bryantbrooks2390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’m glad to know you are me, Ram Dass.

    • @michaelvlastelica813
      @michaelvlastelica813 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm glad to know that we are ram dass lol

  • @bensilverstein5883
    @bensilverstein5883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    its like hearing your soul and knowing all is well, a state of being, like a child before the others interfere,

  • @IWouldChange
    @IWouldChange 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Ram Dass is such a rascal! A brilliant one 🙏 I say this because I love how he calls people a ‘rascal’ in such a beautiful affectionat way ✌️

    • @lawrencetawiah
      @lawrencetawiah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      #shivashambho 🧘🏾‍♂️🇬🇭😊🧼👋🏾🧻🛎

    • @brianswelding
      @brianswelding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's exactly what his guru called him and the other western devotees... rascals. ❤🙏

  • @misterchristopher8857
    @misterchristopher8857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He's the best spokesman for the monkey mind of human beings. Thank you for sharing this short talk.

  • @Hot_since97
    @Hot_since97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    This helped me soo much. Once I thought I 've became englightened through ecstasy, I started mind clinging. So when I came down last time from it I was feeling really confused. Is this high awareness which comes from ecstasy real, or is this ordinary life more real ?! This cleared and calmed my mind so much... It's all real, because they are all forms. And now I can embrace the human condition which implicates being trapped in a linear thinking and materialism, but to be part of the divine also. It's very contrary, but it's true.

    • @djp9832
      @djp9832 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      so many layers of reality, lsd,dmt,mdma.sleeping,awake,astral

    • @slangsd
      @slangsd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's all real, but what makes it divine is our ability to integrate these different forms. This holistic connection brings forth our ability to experience freedom and peace. We feel warfare within ourselves because these different forms compete with one another. Everything is interconnected.

    • @Melissa-nd8qc
      @Melissa-nd8qc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slangsd yessss

  • @DreamHouseSubliminals
    @DreamHouseSubliminals 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who am I? I am. Everything else after that is only a concept.
    Thank you, Teacher

  • @willywagtail4182
    @willywagtail4182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love this guy everytime i listen to him.I new of him but only started listening to him over the lasy year always entertaining & what he says just speaks to me🙏💓🦉

  • @chefjonsf
    @chefjonsf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So fitting , I had the exact same question after going against my word in relation to someone and regretting it. Who am I? The universe answered today. Thank you Baba Ram Dass.
    Whats my work?
    You’re in a school, why dont you try the curriculum? Try being human?
    I hadn’t thought of that. I was too busy being high and spiritual, pushing my humanity away.
    It began to dawn on me -
    Freedom was gonna come through form, not in spite of it.

  • @garrettkittel304
    @garrettkittel304 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for having this here, I really appreciate it.

  • @JoaoPedro-dn9nb
    @JoaoPedro-dn9nb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am without form, without limit,
    Beyond space, beyond time,
    I am in everything, everything is in me.
    I am the bliss of the universe,
    Everywhere am I.
    I am existence Absolute, knowledge Absolute, bliss Absolute,
    I am That, I am That

  • @VishalTheK
    @VishalTheK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And at last you reached everyone in a very touching way with the truth

  • @airheads1012
    @airheads1012 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite talks by far from ram dass

  • @susieking8257
    @susieking8257 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @josephpotter2844
    @josephpotter2844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love you Babba Ram Das

  • @heatherkozak2987
    @heatherkozak2987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for all you do for us. I found you when I needed it the most. Love and light Ram Dass.

  • @haarhoffjan
    @haarhoffjan ปีที่แล้ว

    Cant thank you enough for opening my eyes and realising the ultimate truth …❤️

  • @bobobake1232
    @bobobake1232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Isn't it remarkable? Namaste to all of you, me, brothers and sisters... peace!

  • @rssrolo
    @rssrolo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ahhhh, such fun, 22:00 - 25, oh my Ram Dass, so fun, 24:42, forget it! and then right at 25:00, "is this too heavy?" - our identity has no free will, but when we let go of any form that an identity can cling to, then we are free will - yes, Baba, we can hear you!

  • @anthonynewton7435
    @anthonynewton7435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent lecture. As good as any ive listened to.
    Logic and truth

  • @dnbjedi
    @dnbjedi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aww he has notes.

  • @lukasoc1518
    @lukasoc1518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    1986. Vermont. University.

  • @adityaanand4439
    @adityaanand4439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    His absence is felt deeply by all the spiritual seekers. 🙌

    • @ryanmullins9546
      @ryanmullins9546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🙏🙏🙏 sure is

    • @kirkthedayman
      @kirkthedayman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He would laugh at such a statement...no offense

    • @caterinaalbanj777
      @caterinaalbanj777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And yet his presence is felt deeply by all the spiritual seekers.✨

    • @ryanmullins9546
      @ryanmullins9546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have been trying to reach him in meditation, nothing yet but I’ll keep trying .❤️❤️

    • @adityaanand4439
      @adityaanand4439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ryanmullins9546 He surely will show himself to you. A Guru never denies the fruits of a wholehearted attempt... : ))

  • @rsher_digital-art
    @rsher_digital-art 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful

  • @roxinante8345
    @roxinante8345 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely one of the greats.

  • @mw1429
    @mw1429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    spreading love is never wrong

  • @richardhughes2429
    @richardhughes2429 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @maclivesimply4400
    @maclivesimply4400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hear you Ram Dass

  • @902Steeler
    @902Steeler 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Words keep our minds quiet that's a good way to look at it

  • @luhgubrious
    @luhgubrious 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Very deep Mr. Lahey

    • @blainerupp
      @blainerupp 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ☹️🎂🍩🍩🍠🍠🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🍕🍕🍞

    • @stringbing97
      @stringbing97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂 oh my god

    • @VitruvianAlgo
      @VitruvianAlgo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ahahahahahah! very few will get the reference

    • @donfortier8569
      @donfortier8569 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up Randy!!

    • @allinthemind2006
      @allinthemind2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you here that Rand? The winds of shit they are a blowin

  • @psychologicalsuccess3476
    @psychologicalsuccess3476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can understand around the time he's saying "both... both... both" why silence holds the truth absolutely

  • @TrinityUnofficial
    @TrinityUnofficial 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    listen, cosmos, it's too much to talk to you like this. This type of echo rings my ears and biwilders my mind. My god this must be some sort of mirror where I realized I was the universe and then the universe said "fuck it" and let me in on this whole game of formation. But even though these words come from grace no matter which way I think of it, it seems that their only purpose is to tell someone else "hey, it's me the cosmos, just checking in and seeing how things are, just gotta knock that domino down.. alright have a nice eternity and I'll be back again."

  • @Majnun74
    @Majnun74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing!

  • @blackpearl1t
    @blackpearl1t 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this so much thank u u r the possibility the infinite ways

  • @jugganaut26
    @jugganaut26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THIS IS IT. Wow, wow. I am shuddering with the realization that our constant grasping for something else, if only this, if only that, going there, going over there, doing that, and then doing that... It is always here and now, and that is it.

  • @consciousawareness6020
    @consciousawareness6020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you 🙏

  • @nickpreetic4670
    @nickpreetic4670 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you sir

  • @WilliamJReick
    @WilliamJReick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was so entertaining!

  • @user-lu2wu4kz2l
    @user-lu2wu4kz2l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Childhood abuse blocks spirituality until the abuse is processed.

    • @wouldntyouliketoknow230
      @wouldntyouliketoknow230 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I may ask, how do you mean by block?

    • @user-lu2wu4kz2l
      @user-lu2wu4kz2l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wouldntyouliketoknow230 any attempt isn't successful. I want to add. It will be of imagination they are getting to themselves.

    • @mitkabz
      @mitkabz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wouldntyouliketoknow230 i think he means if u are emotionaly traumatized and u think constantly about it and caught up in loppy thoughts about the pain qnd suffering of your trauma than it stops u from seeing, from being here and now. It stops u and BLOCKS u from being free of blame and of suffering. It blocks your spirituality

  • @tanase1
    @tanase1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Did anyone notice that at his every lecture there is a baby crying? :-)

  • @danielrodrigues2041
    @danielrodrigues2041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Words from others don't keep our minds quiet. And words don't make our hearts hear each other. The only thing that can keep our mind quiet, and our heart hear others is from within ourselves.

  • @lawrencetawiah
    @lawrencetawiah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    #shivashambho 🧘🏾‍♂️🇬🇭😊🧼👋🏾🧻🛎

  • @peterphelps4111
    @peterphelps4111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just as his presence is known by the aware being... thanks to the form known as utube .... this message will self destruct in 10 seconds Jim

  • @highwayranger4878
    @highwayranger4878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am!!
    I am life!!
    I am dying!!
    I am all I am!!
    I am, I am.
    Nice to me you I am!!

  • @MissLisaAdams
    @MissLisaAdams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "You can eat as much wheatgrass as you want, and you will still decay and die" 😂🤣 Love you Ram Dass❤

  • @saurabhrajmane5889
    @saurabhrajmane5889 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love u

  • @Vishal0106-m4p
    @Vishal0106-m4p 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolute truth..!

  • @ellisonc152
    @ellisonc152 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nice video name, no joke, ram ram

  • @kishorram9112
    @kishorram9112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neeb karoli baba ki jai🙏🙏🙏

  • @dennispetzold869
    @dennispetzold869 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Classic Ram Dass.

  • @radicalhonesty3628
    @radicalhonesty3628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I try
    and watch this video
    but my mind
    is so distracted,
    I'm in sheer
    paralyzed panic.
    I've got no money.
    what the fuck
    am I going to do?
    I'm in paralyzed terror.
    I'm desperate for a miracle...

  • @fungdark8270
    @fungdark8270 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Realising that we elected Trump again, I came right back down and my heart was ripped open
    It was really hard to accept that as law, but it is what it is
    This is our karmic predicament, it’s certainly an awesome time to be alive

  • @alfreddifeo9642
    @alfreddifeo9642 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙏

  • @HeatherKMB
    @HeatherKMB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    💕💕💕

  • @Lou-C
    @Lou-C 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    💛🕉

  • @frankcwte
    @frankcwte 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love you

  • @bdancepants5003
    @bdancepants5003 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “You can eat as much wheatgrass as you want… you’ll still die”
    😂🫀🧠👁

  • @Alonzoshootingbear
    @Alonzoshootingbear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    R.i.p

  • @josephpotter2844
    @josephpotter2844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He is psychadelic ,life is psychadelic, our minds are psychadelic, Shanti Shanti Shanti.

  • @dirdee_hippie
    @dirdee_hippie ปีที่แล้ว

    Ram Dass makes my drives so much easier

  • @aydenfimbres9406
    @aydenfimbres9406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when you ask him inn person you die and in the afterlife you have to watch this.

  • @djoe-tf8hn
    @djoe-tf8hn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did he said there is so many I. We don't feel that way. We fee I is the same doing many things

  • @SantiagoyRuna
    @SantiagoyRuna 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Tao, the way of things

  • @ohmnitrix4209
    @ohmnitrix4209 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guess I finally know who I am lol

    • @erikl1003
      @erikl1003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      FreshLambKebab who are you this time? (:

    • @zephaudi
      @zephaudi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@erikl1003 Hhahahahahahhahahahhahahaha who are you now?

  • @archarmony9851
    @archarmony9851 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    not my volvo!

    • @ultracalicokittycat
      @ultracalicokittycat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was like, wait, did he say "Volvo", or "vulva"??? LOL (I still don't know!!!)

  • @goodvibesonly2015
    @goodvibesonly2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Audiance laughing at everything really irritates me..am I the only one?? I guess this is a Me problem and maybe thats what I need to work on!
    I am so angry and uptight all the time!!!!

    • @fazzalozzagabooza
      @fazzalozzagabooza 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re not the only one. I was looking for a reply of someone who felt the same as
      me.

  • @jonathananderson9606
    @jonathananderson9606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just listen with your heart it's OK the words are completely confusing,just assume I'm totally insane

  • @19Marc79
    @19Marc79 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:59 => 😇

  • @jonathananderson9606
    @jonathananderson9606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just listen with your heart the words are completely confusing,just assume I'm totally insane

  • @petersanmiguel1164
    @petersanmiguel1164 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    John 3:16

  • @DuncanHarrist
    @DuncanHarrist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If I dial the number will God answer?

    • @mehendi1251
      @mehendi1251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      if you'll walk 1 step towards god he will walk 100 steps towards you

    • @DMBfan36
      @DMBfan36 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@appearance8932 silent bliss, that is a good way to put it.

  • @bryguy8716
    @bryguy8716 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He only dropped his body he's still here now

    • @BabaRamDassChannel
      @BabaRamDassChannel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We at the channel feel this to be very true - if anything he expanded!

  • @itsallgravityfitness7580
    @itsallgravityfitness7580 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    #itsallgravityfitness
    #DUMMYSWOLE
    #stepsquad
    #mrgravity

  • @brittanymyers7552
    @brittanymyers7552 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really relate to Ram Dass 's thoughts but I wish he'd had children so he could have seen things from that point of view.

    • @jita14
      @jita14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he has a son

    • @sarahgourley5675
      @sarahgourley5675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But he didn’t raise him.

  • @petersanmiguel1164
    @petersanmiguel1164 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a lost sinner in need of the salvation only the Messiah Jesus can provide. See the gospel of John.

  • @Nominay
    @Nominay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm sick of how much this audience laughs. Almost constantly. It's distracting.

    • @josephpotter2844
      @josephpotter2844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nominay yes it is you ,

    • @scottash351
      @scottash351 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many of them are pretty high and Ram Dass goes for laughs too. I almost feel he's a little dependent on it. I think he's still a little stuck in praise and blame but I could be wrong.

    • @TheJcfclark
      @TheJcfclark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottash351 It's his comedian self image..

    • @baptm727
      @baptm727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottash351 In my opinion he's just used to be seen as a crazy guy from "down to earth" people so he comes along with jokes, so the pill is easier to swallow.

  • @fazzalozzagabooza
    @fazzalozzagabooza 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who and why are so many giggling? It’s like they want everyone to know they get it. “ This is who I am. This is who I am. This is who I am. “Yes! You’re someone who is a distraction and annoying.

  • @dylanalan2890
    @dylanalan2890 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is wrong with this man. Sounds like he is confused and in trouble. What a time wasting.

    • @bgockel
      @bgockel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He wants you to assume he is insane. Listen with your heart, not to the words.

    • @IIEthanGamingII
      @IIEthanGamingII 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao what are you confused about specifically?

    • @michaelgarofono9535
      @michaelgarofono9535 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're time must be precious 🤣

    • @michaelgarofono9535
      @michaelgarofono9535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're comment I love the most. It validates the entire lecture. You are so beautiful . Thank you

    • @tannersmith0530
      @tannersmith0530 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelgarofono9535 yes.

  • @bobbulgi880
    @bobbulgi880 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's egotistical