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Raghu Markus talks about the promises and the pitfalls of the spiritual path, and the shift of reality that happened in the sixties that was predicated by psychedelics. This shift blew apart the traditional religious systems that were in place at the time, and the psychedelics gave people a connection that they had never experienced before: a feeling that they were interconnected with the universe. When we see how much of our behavior is a defense mechanism to alleviate the pain of separateness, we begin to realize the importance of healthy intuitive and compassionate hearts.

2 - Promises & Pitfalls: Psychedelics & A Shift In Reality

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Ram Dass- Beyond Success: Finding Balance in business,' presented LA, Jan 30, 1987

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The process is realizing that you and I exist on more than one plane of awareness simultaneously and on one plane suffering stinks, and on another plane suffering is grace.

And the question is, “Can you balance those two things in your consciousness?”

Soul Identity

The Edge Of The Mystery

Ego, Body & Soul

Ram Dass on What Happens After Death

As you quiet your mind down and trust yourself, you know the answer because everyone is a Goddess in drag. If you don't know, you have to really look at it and find out who you truly are. 

We are so busy not being awakened, it's a real addiction, we are abused and closed down - but by being mindful of it, it all dissolves before our very eyes. 

Whatever fears or anxieties you are dealing with, don't deny them, don't get lost in them, just allow them to be Grist for the Mill of your awakening. 

Grist For The Mill

Krishna Das & Ram Dass sing "Let Your Light Shine on Me" by Blind Willie Johnson in the mid 1970's. 

Krishna Das & Ram Dass sing "Let Your Light Shine on Me"

Ram Dass continues his talk on Who You Are

11. The Process for Awakening

Sample clips from Books for Better Living Live.

Gabrielle Bernstein

1. Using Emotions Positively

2. How To Deal With Hurt From Others

3. Dealing With Anger

4. Dharmic Anger

5. Anger & Judgment

10. Fear As Tightness

12. How To Judge Yourself Less & Appreciate More

Ram Dass on Opening To Love

19. Interpreting Happiness

Ram Dass on How To Remain Loving In The Face of Danger

Ram Dass and Zen Roshi, Roshi Joan Halifax join the DTFH and discuss death, dying,psychedelics, and the nature of the soul.

6. The Heart & Meditation

8. Ram Dass Meets Duncan

16. Practicing What Is

The Chord of Love: Readings by Ram Dass & Devotional Songs by Amazing Grace 

In the 60s and 70s many of us journeyed to the East in search of 'something'. In the foothills of the Himalayas, some of us were graced to touch the living spirit through our guru, Neem Karoli Baba. Being with the devotees surrounding him, we were opened to "bhakti yoga" the path of the heart. Through song, poetry, myth and prayer, we were reminded that ultimately there is only the Beloved. Now, many years later, when even a few of us gather, we share, as you will hear on this recording, extemporaneously, the words and songs that remind us of the Beloved yet again. Join us in the Ocean of Love. 


14 - Jai Bhagavan by Diana Rogers and Jai Uttal

The Chord of Love: Readings by Ram Dass & Devotional Songs by Amazing Grace 

In the 60s and 70s many of us journeyed to the East in search of 'something'. In the foothills of the Himalayas, some of us were graced to touch the living spirit through our guru, Neem Karoli Baba. Being with the devotees surrounding him, we were opened to "bhakti yoga" the path of the heart. Through song, poetry, myth and prayer, we were reminded that ultimately there is only the Beloved. Now, many years later, when even a few of us gather, we share, as you will hear on this recording, extemporaneously, the words and songs that remind us of the Beloved yet again. Join us in the Ocean of Love. 

15 - Meditation with Ram Dass

Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, a prominent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr. Timothy Leary. He continued his psychedelic research until that fateful Eastern trip in 1967, when he traveled to India. In India, he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, affectionately known as Maharajji, who gave Ram Dass his name, which means “servant of God.” Everything changed then – his intense dharmic life started, and he became a pivotal influence on a culture that has reverberated with the words “Be Here Now” ever since. Ram Dass’ spirit has been a guiding light for three generations, carrying along millions on the journey, helping to free them from their bonds as he works through his own.

12. How To Judge Yourself Less & Appreciate More

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