Ram Dass Offers A Love Song Between Form & Formless- Here and Now Podcast Ep. 244

In this deeply meditative recording from 1976, Ram Dass talks about going beyond form and intellect and then is joined by Krishna Das to chant a love song between formless and form.
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In a highly meditative fashion, Ram Dass speaks about the spiritual journey and how it is a journey of the heart. The intellect, while an exquisitely powerful tool, cannot know ultimate truth.
Ram Dass explores the forms we must use to get beyond the intellect, including meditative practices and chanting. He talks about the identities we create with our minds and how we were born into the illusion of separateness. But the way the dance works best is that we keep shifting forms and understand that all these forms will take us to that which has no form.
Ram Dass is joined by Krishna Das to chant “Jai Radha.” Ram Dass explains how it is like a love song between formless and form.
“This is like a love song between formless and form, between Father and Mother, between the cow herdsmen and the Gopi, between Radha and Govinda.” - Ram Dass
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[@evacuate_earth]

I would like to share an analogy which I heard listening to Srila Prabhupada of the Krishna Consciousness movement. First, our souls are all fragments of the Supreme Consciousness, we all come from God. Our formless souls, bored in their formless state, showed desires to God to experience the pleasures of existence with form. With form, we can experience the senses, which once tasted, is a hard addiction to give up, you just want more and more. So... God being like a Great Father, created the material world for our pleasure, but it is analogous to a mud hole which human children like to play in. God, like a good parent says to us, I hear your desire to go play in the mud pit, but I don't recommend it. No matter what, you will get dirty. The mud pit has many nasty things in it, plus you are able to make enemies of your brother souls as you play your violent games. This results in bad karma and may keep you locked into the mud pit for a longer time than you originally desired. It may seem fun for awhile, but in order to encourage you to return from the pits, the mud pit will be designed to include suffering, alot of suffering, so much suffering that eventually you will scream to the heavens for release. God also shows that there is no future in the mud pits, it is all heading for destruction and cleanup, there is no long term glory in building empires in the pits, for in reality, as the Buddhists know, it is all ultimately emptiness. Prabhupada also points out that 90% of all the souls are in heaven, only 10% are down here in the material world. So, the only worthwhile goal for a human is to get out of the mud pit, make peace with your concept of the Supreme Consciousness, and relinquish your form.

[@ginnyrulli2205]

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[@ZCasPlays]

4:56 Ram Dass starts

[@badlaamaurukehu]

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[@johannaguirre250]

Ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram ram

[@JulianK55]

Jai radhe jai radhe govinda radhe govinda radhe❤

[@willowgalan2942]

This is a particularly gentle one i love it

[@SteveTheWinner]

I love the tone of this episode. Acceptance of one’s place in time and the mindfulness to see the beauty of the dance.
Fwiw, chanting is always a great way to end a Ram Dass lecture!

[@jman2353]

I Love hearing your introductions! You have a glare hiding your soul windows!! I'd love to see your eyes! 😊

[@marciestoddard730]

She is really good at intros.

[@princeedmunddukeofedinburg]

Namaste

[@obscurefamous9124]

Impeccable as usual✊✌

[@johnwibbels4678]

I’m home ❤

[@OPTHolisticServices]

💗🍃🙏🏻

[@-miekeb-]

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[@fungdark8270]

Funny, I stir pots for a living.
Last year I found out how do (not) do it more as an act of devotion

[@stevenjambrozy2057]

Darn'cin rat'here, rat'now...
Neeb Karoli Baba said to Krishna Das: Courage, Courage...

[@marciestoddard730]

Good introduction!!! Sometimes I have to skip.past the first bits

[@ricardolopes9563]

❤🙏

[@I_do.not_fearyou]

16:48

[@toriokras1582]

Here he is dragging words and making such long pauses that it's hard to follow.