I’m paraphrasing here, but I deeply appreciate these words I once heard from Ram Dass on addiction. “Don’t try to overcome your attachment/addiction. Rather, be patient (by remaining in the present moment) and eventually the addiction won’t be so interesting to cling to - and it will fade.” I have come to learn this truth through my direct experience with addiction. Bless you all, and know that it gets better. 🙏🏽❤️
I’m not religious but what really helped me was feeling so desperate to escape it that I was begging god or the universe or anything to come help me. Nothing came but maybe some part of my own being woke up. I had no mystical experience or anything, eventually I fell asleep. The next day I woke up, got rid of everything, and haven’t used since. Maybe god helps those who help themselves as they say. It’s been only 8 weeks now but it’s the longest part of my adult life by about… 8 weeks. It was much easier than I thought to do. I just had to do it and I think clarifying that I wanted the addiction to end and no one coming to save me really did the trick. Either that or the lord does really work in the most mysterious of ways.
@@benkelly7182 well, maybe God heard you, even if that God is yourself. Hope you're doing well. You only fail when you give up trying to go forward. Aloha 🤙
I am at my 5th relapse since I've become aware that recovery is indeed possible for us addicts and I'm driving myself mad trying to understand what it is that I am not doing right that leads me to keep relapsing. It's despair that brings me to this video and I comment today with the hope that future me can come back and look at that comment and see what, if anything, has changed. I wish nothing but the best for future me, I hope we're okay.
As a woman who has been by choice celibate and single for 8 years, Baba Ram Dass speaks to me. I may or may not find an individual willing to journey with me though love without physical intimacy. I spent many years doing quite the opposite, only to find when passion had faded that I was left with a human I barely knew, and often didn't even like. This has been the failure of relationships. The backwards culture that has caused so much grief. I am learning to love myself and accept my aloneness. His teachings on aging are timeless and are helping me so much.
Reading your comment while in the middle of the downfall of my relationship just made me realize what is actually happening. "I may or may not find an individual willing to journey with me though love without physical intimacy. I spent many years doing quite the opposite, only to find when passion had faded that I was left with a human I barely knew, and often didn't even like.: I feel that.
As a man, I found the same though not exclusively. I applaud your decision and celebrate a similar choice. May those who face similar situations grow in their paths of the best decisions for them. Blessings to you.
I commented on this video a year ago but I wanted to update: I’m a peer recovery coach now. I help others with their own battle of addiction now with my own stories of how I got through it. That’s my old karma running off. It does get better. Develop the observer. I often use RD’s words: “you don’t need a bus ticket to Detroit when you’re already in Detroit”. The process ever continues. I love you all. ❤
I had an awakening when overcoming my addiction. During it, I became so high on the divine energy, higher than any drug ever got me. I found out later this is the bliss stage of consciousness. I reminisce on the feeling, the messages. Missing that, but knowing that's okay too, makes me welcome and look forward to without attachment to the possibility. Thank you for this video. I needed the reminder/ perspective. Much love and gratitude always. ❤
Here's how addiction began with me... "I took drugs because of a deep longing for mystical fulfillment. I was starving metaphysically. I was so hungry I couldn't differentiate food from poison."
Thank you. I'm gay and currently going through conversion therapy and learning to let go of my cravings for men has been extremely helpful in my recovery ❤
@@DubyaW111 thanks for the nice words. It spurs out from nowhere, and I try to invite it in for a cup of tea like ram dass says :) I mostly just observe it when it happens and realize that I am just along for the ride. It’s not wrong feelings, but I dismiss it as unrational neuroticism. I’ve come a long way from where I was some years ago, so I’m not unhappy with myself. Love you friend❤️
Wow! I have autism. My ability to communicate with words is limited. When asked about the woman's co-dependent relationship with God I wondered how Ram Dass would form his communication into words to answer her question? He had to think but his ability to explain and communicate so deeply is astounding. Maybe I am not progressed enough because I miss him but he is still around smiling at everyone. I can't put that into words how I know this but I feel it is so. He continues to spread love and joy. His videos are pleasant reminders. Thanks.
Yeah you're right my friend. I'm also on the autism spectrum and I have also felt Ram dass' presence. He's helped me in real practical ways, by helping me think in a spiritual way
"Until you can find the place within yourself to be at peace without having what you want, THEN you are in the optimum position to get what you want." Wow.......
So grateful for this today. Living the first day alone after my ex-partner left me and this has kept me company during the quiet moments. Thank you for the lessons!
I was listening to this and realizing he sounds a lot like Eckhart Tolle or Eckhart sounds like him, and then I reflected on other people that frame the same message differently... And I was thankful for this as I listened, But also for the silence of the audience paying attention - which you could almost hear in the silence; a thing so rare in today's world. Before cell phones. Before social media. A peaceful space. So Ram dass wasn't just himself, but also all of the listening audience in a way. I'm thankful for the recording. For the Love of listening.
43:05 - “Until you can find the place in yourself that could be at peace without having what you want, then you are in the optimum position to get what you want. Because until then, your need for it is creating some thing and everyone you meet, that is reducing the potential of that relationship to be meeting a true being of spirit in the right place.”
you can't stop what happens. you don't decide what happens. You don't exist as a concept. You exist as the observer of all concepts. To think you decide is to be unsure of who you are. To the world, you are a name and a form. But you see name and you see form. Who are you?
I've witnessed this in my own life. If I have a habit that I don't like and I want to change it, I've found the best thing for me to do is to just observe it non-judgmentally for a while. I make small attempts to do other things instead but if I fail sometimes that's fine. And over time I find that my subconscious or whatever gets the job done and the habit just falls away, almost effortlessly. It seems to work for starting positive habits too. Awareness + intention + non-judgement is like a magic trick. Things seem to happen "on their own", no willpower needed - just add a bit of patience and hey presto:)
The opening to this talk really speaks to me. I've been dealing with emotional eating for most of my life. I'm glad he brought that up in the context of addiction because that's what it truly is. And that cycle of indulgence and guilt is so real. I'm still stuck in it currently but I'm trying every day to change my perspective and view it the way he describes here.
Hope you find your way out. I had the same problem in my life. I hate to say this but It took a family member making fun of me to truly change me. My self image changed that day and i beat that addiction that day.
Incredible answer to the woman's question with co dependency... also i gott point out her voice was beautiful I love the way she spoke and articulates ♡
What a brilliant answers to complex questions! I was a member of AA for years but had to take the spiritual part of my recovery much further than anything AA could offer.
I understand you completely. I was getting lost in 12 step recovery...my fault not theirs. I still connected but not to meetings but service and largely literature...conference approved and many others on the psychospiritual path. Recovery is a wide path...I will always be an multi 12 stepper however I found quality not quantity in my path.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Baba Ram Dass. You are still HERE. Thank you 🙏 for this upload. Namaste 🙏 world PEACE!!!!! Please 🙏 Homo sapiens sapiens we are ALL ONE! Stop the wars! Stop the killings. We are one human race. I love you forever ♾️ Kris Edward. Valdez.
I never thought I would detach from thc but I am...it's so odd to desire chasing freedom in my pure form. Thank you Ram dass you came to me at the right time ❤
After I lost my son…. My mom took my daughters… turned them against me… I turned to Buddhism because it was the only thing that gave me relief and control. I fall asleep listening to Ram Dass and I read “We’re all doing time” by bo lozoff.
My mom's toxic unhealed critical n hurtful ..I can say now i feel sorry 4 her..hurt people hurt others..I also have embraced buddhist practices to help me n cope with others
I also have a toxic mom (narcissist & cult member). I found meditation 4 years ago and my buddhist practice 2 years ago, and I know that this is My Path. Both practices have helped me immensely. I am learning in buddhism what I should have learned in christianity--I have positive role models in buddhism and I had garbage role models in christianity. That makes a huge difference.
It is certainly very difficult to be separated from our children, and a relief indeed to release attachment. I read a book of Bo's while in jail. It might have been three same one. It was quite a beautiful read! 🥰🙏🏼🌺
I haven't heard any words as true. I've been starved of affection for a while now. I feel like in this lifetime it just isn't in the cards I've been dealt. So I cling to people whenever I can. Trying to feel something, anything. Even if what I feel isn't reciprocated, I like to live in that fantasy for as long as I can. If anyone out there feels alone, I'm with you in spirit. Don't give up on living because someone might be depending on you to help themselves stay alive.
I loved every segment, the one about releasing your personal history is so resonate right now. Although I don’t have stacks or boxes of photos and a fire to burn but instead thousands of hours worth of videos and tens of thousands of photos stored on my devices, stored on hard drives, and I think, for what? Why do I feel better without it but letting go is so hard, as if it will erase my spirit.. it won’t! “I keep discarding stuff… I don’t know why I had it in the first place”
@@JonasAnandaKristiansson you are correct I'm in bad need of a vacation or trip if you will, do clear some old pollution take out the trash cuz my mind is not a hundred percent right now
Even after all these years, thank you for still helping the world and people like me. This was a piece that could not have come at a better tit was as if by god sent ❤❤❤
I really needed this for the last week omg it’s my life he speaks I have been to one rehab was shit came out with nothing but what knew when I went in I didn’t need a dam conversation about the effects of drugs and alcohol… so funny right 4 years on I watched this last week is it gonna change me ..what it does is fills my heart with acceptance of myself or the beginning of it for once all I ever wanted was to know I’m okay
"Allow yourself the sadness,allow yourself the loss, allow yourself the grieving ,allow yourself the not having what I want & cry & do whatever you need to to do..so you can say ok hear I am"....
Ive stopped drinking 9 months ago without much effort. Was bordering addiction somhow. Looking back, this is the one video that helped most. First 15 minutes will do it once you understand
What are you without your personal history?!? A question out of Aura-surgery actually ❤ 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽#ramdass ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ You calm my mind and make me see my real self in the oneness! I love you from the bottom of my heart 💜 Thank you 🙏🏽 for being with us, you wonderful soul ❤
Like I have said, when you are truly enlightened everything is a meditation. When God asked me, what side of the blade are you on. I answered, on the side of the righteous my words are my sword. There is nothing in the Universe that is not a double edged sword. A cup of water can sate and drown. Your shadow can comfort you or trip you. The singularity created us. I was born March 11th in Bethlehem. Schlama means peace. Malkuth means Heaven. Hubba means love. It's the slang of Hebrew. Yeshua of Nazareth spoke both. God told me to make Israel one. It means to bring peace and reconciliation between Jew, Christian, Muslim; cousins by Abraham. L'chaim. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Sincerely, your local Jewish Sufi Christian Buddhist mystic otherwise known as Hey You.
Wow! RD really lays it out from technical language to common simplicity. Funny I got more in touch with God than I ever did right now. RD is saying things that many other preachers,holy men, and teachers have told me...the difference is I'm listening. Thousands of blues players playing the same song. Recovery for addiction is a wide path with many choices...pick one and run with it...I did...still going.
😂 🤣 thank you for my favorite gag this April 1st! And kudos for an extremely effective demonstration of the common flaws in many AI automatic conversions! From noses, ears, glasses, to reflections, background details, etc... That said, it also probably wouldn't be completely unwatchable!
Take out the colouring on the word lust. Your instincts have developed through evolution to mean that procreation is your number one priority in life. This means that the species continues.
Can we just talk about what a beast Jung was? The daringly honest soul of a professional who will directly tell you “Nothing will help. Go see if you can get suckered into a religion,” could tell everyone what they truly lack. I’m humbled. I’d choke on that sentence til I coughed out a lie.
This is unparalleled. I had the privilege of reading something similar, and it was truly unparalleled. "The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living Guide" by Matthew Cove
I remember Ram Das when he wore a suit and was a guest lecturer at Suny at Buffalo. He spoke of his dying mother who he wanted to give LSD. He was impressive then, he's still relevant.
He's always been brilliant. Maharaji got into his heart and changed everything about him. Maharaji is the real gem, and Ram Dass was lucky enough for him to enter his heart
Brought 2 us by the good guys (LSRFoundation. Thanks guys !) nice, still B4 the stroke(s). Not the early 70s, so a bit more polished. That goldylocks period. I only followed him in early '70s - late, so missed this. Last 1/2 hr, 15 min he burns SO Brightly - really fulfilling his purpose there~
I have been married 21 years to a wonderful man. Got widowed at age 51 on 5-10-2019 my 4 year sobriety. I met a widowed man in AA that wanted to be my friend. He was a narcissist manipulator and I was an empathetic needed woman 👩🏻 yesterday I became homeless and this man continues with his 42 years of sobriety. I AM now 8 years sober and still work in health industry skilled nursing 😊I see these patients in beds surrounded by their stuff and it saddens me to think that humans can experience such lives. I will keep letting go of attachments 😮
"The basic root of suffering is thought, then clinging of the mind to **things which Seperate ONE from ALL OF IT." >> Thoughts/ Feelings/ Action= personality. Clean up thoughts, start here. (Look up Dr. Joe Dispenza, his work is practical, a real game changer) We are consumed by thoughts. It is a wicked conditioning. I've been practicing changing my "beliefs" for almost 20 years. Started in mid 20's when faced with life/ death. Had to surrender as allopathic medicine failed me. I haven't been "sick" since. Had to break away those chains of the mind enslavement. Daily practice is crucial. Stay thirsty my friends. 💝
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I’m paraphrasing here, but I deeply appreciate these words I once heard from Ram Dass on addiction. “Don’t try to overcome your attachment/addiction. Rather, be patient (by remaining in the present moment) and eventually the addiction won’t be so interesting to cling to - and it will fade.” I have come to learn this truth through my direct experience with addiction. Bless you all, and know that it gets better. 🙏🏽❤️
I’m not religious but what really helped me was feeling so desperate to escape it that I was begging god or the universe or anything to come help me. Nothing came but maybe some part of my own being woke up. I had no mystical experience or anything, eventually I fell asleep. The next day I woke up, got rid of everything, and haven’t used since. Maybe god helps those who help themselves as they say. It’s been only 8 weeks now but it’s the longest part of my adult life by about… 8 weeks. It was much easier than I thought to do. I just had to do it and I think clarifying that I wanted the addiction to end and no one coming to save me really did the trick. Either that or the lord does really work in the most mysterious of ways.
Every one of us has this (addiction); it's call wants! Only thru pure awareness can wants ceased!
Same, same. ❤
Well received
@@benkelly7182 well, maybe God heard you, even if that God is yourself. Hope you're doing well. You only fail when you give up trying to go forward. Aloha 🤙
I am at my 5th relapse since I've become aware that recovery is indeed possible for us addicts and I'm driving myself mad trying to understand what it is that I am not doing right that leads me to keep relapsing. It's despair that brings me to this video and I comment today with the hope that future me can come back and look at that comment and see what, if anything, has changed. I wish nothing but the best for future me, I hope we're okay.
Namaskaram, good luck and all the love
What do you do for your recovery? Do you have rituals or some sort of spiritual practice?
I've been sober for a number of years. I'm happy to chat with you if you'd like. Take care!
every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. this could be your last relapse that brings you to greater surrender, service and love.
Yeah just reach out, looks like someone offered help to chat with you. I can do the same, I have some experience
As a woman who has been by choice celibate and single for 8 years, Baba Ram Dass speaks to me. I may or may not find an individual willing to journey with me though love without physical intimacy. I spent many years doing quite the opposite, only to find when passion had faded that I was left with a human I barely knew, and often didn't even like. This has been the failure of relationships. The backwards culture that has caused so much grief. I am learning to love myself and accept my aloneness. His teachings on aging are timeless and are helping me so much.
Well said, and right there with you
Reading your comment while in the middle of the downfall of my relationship just made me realize what is actually happening. "I may or may not find an individual willing to journey with me though love without physical intimacy. I spent many years doing quite the opposite, only to find when passion had faded that I was left with a human I barely knew, and often didn't even like.: I feel that.
As a man, I found the same though not exclusively. I applaud your decision and celebrate a similar choice. May those who face similar situations grow in their paths of the best decisions for them. Blessings to you.
25 years for me. Asexual
Love this comment ❤
The first 13 minutes of this talk is a blueprint to overcoming vice. Thank you Ram Dass. I feel you through the veil.
I agree! 100%! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Thanks 😊
👆👆👆👆 If wanna get any psychedelics product,DMT mushrooms,LSD, candy bar 🍫💯...
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He is Here with Us, right Now
I commented on this video a year ago but I wanted to update: I’m a peer recovery coach now. I help others with their own battle of addiction now with my own stories of how I got through it. That’s my old karma running off. It does get better. Develop the observer. I often use RD’s words: “you don’t need a bus ticket to Detroit when you’re already in Detroit”. The process ever continues. I love you all. ❤
I had an awakening when overcoming my addiction. During it, I became so high on the divine energy, higher than any drug ever got me. I found out later this is the bliss stage of consciousness. I reminisce on the feeling, the messages. Missing that, but knowing that's okay too, makes me welcome and look forward to without attachment to the possibility.
Thank you for this video. I needed the reminder/ perspective.
Much love and gratitude always. ❤
Here's how addiction began with me...
"I took drugs because of a deep longing for mystical fulfillment.
I was starving metaphysically. I was so hungry I couldn't differentiate food from poison."
@allenanderson4911
-"I couldn't differentiate food from poison"
Poison is only one letter away from Potion.
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Alcohol is the gateway
Great way to start the morning. To all who see this, I wish you peace and stillness in your minds.
Thank you. I'm gay and currently going through conversion therapy and learning to let go of my cravings for men has been extremely helpful in my recovery ❤
@@flibflob69 recovery from what? your natural desires?
@@slimeballsake I love men so much
35 seconds in and I'm bawling over his kindness in acknowledging every human in saying "those who have a home" 😭😭😭
I’m really trying to find myself to love everyone and tell the truth. It’s really hard I have to admit. I still have some hate in me
Tears of joy. We are not alone 🥲
Odd
@@suncoasthoast9479 why do you have hate... That's not who your are...we are love 🙏🏻💖🕉️🔱💜
@@DubyaW111 thanks for the nice words. It spurs out from nowhere, and I try to invite it in for a cup of tea like ram dass says :) I mostly just observe it when it happens and realize that I am just along for the ride. It’s not wrong feelings, but I dismiss it as unrational neuroticism. I’ve come a long way from where I was some years ago, so I’m not unhappy with myself. Love you friend❤️
Wow! I have autism. My ability to communicate with words is limited. When asked about the woman's co-dependent relationship with God I wondered how Ram Dass would form his communication into words to answer her question? He had to think but his ability to explain and communicate so deeply is astounding. Maybe I am not progressed enough because I miss him but he is still around smiling at everyone. I can't put that into words how I know this but I feel it is so. He continues to spread love and joy. His videos are pleasant reminders. Thanks.
Yeah you're right my friend. I'm also on the autism spectrum and I have also felt Ram dass' presence. He's helped me in real practical ways, by helping me think in a spiritual way
So true my brother I went through the same thoughts
Love when RD acknowledges the babies in the audience when they chime in.
Always 🩵
👆👆👆👆 If wanna get any psychedelics product,DMT mushrooms,LSD, candy bar 🍫💯,,,
Yes that melts my heart ❤
"Until you can find the place within yourself to be at peace without having what you want, THEN you are in the optimum position to get what you want." Wow.......
So grateful for this today. Living the first day alone after my ex-partner left me and this has kept me company during the quiet moments. Thank you for the lessons!
Ram Dass & Jack Kornfield talks are good for that. I know this from experience, sadly. It definitely gets better though.
No advice to give but sending best wishes to you
Hang in there
You aren't alone in your pain, don't feel alone, trust that things will get better because what else you gonna do? 😂🤌🏼
I know how it feels, no advise, may Allah bless you 🙏
This man, and the wonderful people in these comments… What a soulful spot to hang out. Thank you, each of you, for sharing. 💕
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I was listening to this and realizing he sounds a lot like Eckhart Tolle or Eckhart sounds like him, and then I reflected on other people that frame the same message differently...
And I was thankful for this as I listened,
But also for the silence of the audience paying attention - which you could almost hear in the silence; a thing so rare in today's world. Before cell phones. Before social media.
A peaceful space. So Ram dass wasn't just himself, but also all of the listening audience in a way. I'm thankful for the recording. For the Love of listening.
I love You Ram Dass🤍 and all watching this video! We are One.
43:05 - “Until you can find the place in yourself that could be at peace without having what you want, then you are in the optimum position to get what you want. Because until then, your need for it is creating some thing and everyone you meet, that is reducing the potential of that relationship to be meeting a true being of spirit in the right place.”
That woman with the question about the relationships has the most lovely voice
as corny as it sounds these videos really help me not off myself..
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I hope you continue to listen❤
Bless you. I pray for you to be showered by love ♥️
Totally understand❤
I am very happy about that!!
"Don't worry about the addiction; it'll fall away when it'll fall away."
you can't stop what happens. you don't decide what happens. You don't exist as a concept. You exist as the observer of all concepts. To think you decide is to be unsure of who you are. To the world, you are a name and a form. But you see name and you see form. Who are you?
Not even an observer@@jamesjackson5020
I've witnessed this in my own life. If I have a habit that I don't like and I want to change it, I've found the best thing for me to do is to just observe it non-judgmentally for a while. I make small attempts to do other things instead but if I fail sometimes that's fine. And over time I find that my subconscious or whatever gets the job done and the habit just falls away, almost effortlessly. It seems to work for starting positive habits too.
Awareness + intention + non-judgement is like a magic trick. Things seem to happen "on their own", no willpower needed - just add a bit of patience and hey presto:)
A lot of subtext there…but it’s that strange paradox of trying so hard yet not trying at all.
When I began spiritual practices this is exactly what happened to me and I have been sober ever since. Ram Dass was right.
The opening to this talk really speaks to me. I've been dealing with emotional eating for most of my life. I'm glad he brought that up in the context of addiction because that's what it truly is. And that cycle of indulgence and guilt is so real. I'm still stuck in it currently but I'm trying every day to change my perspective and view it the way he describes here.
Hope you find your way out. I had the same problem in my life. I hate to say this but It took a family member making fun of me to truly change me. My self image changed that day and i beat that addiction that day.
I pray your overcoming your addiction cycle. Peace ☮️ ❤️
Incredible answer to the woman's question with co dependency... also i gott point out her voice was beautiful I love the way she spoke and articulates ♡
Yes!!!!! Her statements really resonates with me as she was able to articulate how I feel!!
yes, beautiful
It sounds like a young Tara Brach 😭
This is the single best and accurate approach to addiction I've ever heard. Thaank you !
What a brilliant answers to complex questions! I was a member of AA for years but had to take the spiritual part of my recovery much further than anything AA could offer.
What do you mean
I understand you completely. I was getting lost in 12 step recovery...my fault not theirs. I still connected but not to meetings but service and largely literature...conference approved and many others on the psychospiritual path. Recovery is a wide path...I will always be an multi 12 stepper however I found quality not quantity in my path.
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Baba Ram Dass. You are still HERE. Thank you 🙏 for this upload. Namaste 🙏 world PEACE!!!!! Please 🙏 Homo sapiens sapiens we are ALL ONE! Stop the wars! Stop the killings. We are one human race. I love you forever ♾️ Kris Edward. Valdez.
I never thought I would detach from thc but I am...it's so odd to desire chasing freedom in my pure form. Thank you Ram dass you came to me at the right time ❤
2:41 “It might be a moment of surfing- When you transcend the dualism between you and nature”
After I lost my son…. My mom took my daughters… turned them against me… I turned to Buddhism because it was the only thing that gave me relief and control. I fall asleep listening to Ram Dass and I read “We’re all doing time” by bo lozoff.
My mom's toxic unhealed critical n hurtful ..I can say now i feel sorry 4 her..hurt people hurt others..I also have embraced buddhist practices to help me n cope with others
I also have a toxic mom (narcissist & cult member). I found meditation 4 years ago and my buddhist practice 2 years ago, and I know that this is My Path. Both practices have helped me immensely. I am learning in buddhism what I should have learned in christianity--I have positive role models in buddhism and I had garbage role models in christianity. That makes a huge difference.
It is certainly very difficult to be separated from our children, and a relief indeed to release attachment. I read a book of Bo's while in jail. It might have been three same one. It was quite a beautiful read! 🥰🙏🏼🌺
I haven't heard any words as true. I've been starved of affection for a while now. I feel like in this lifetime it just isn't in the cards I've been dealt. So I cling to people whenever I can. Trying to feel something, anything. Even if what I feel isn't reciprocated, I like to live in that fantasy for as long as I can.
If anyone out there feels alone, I'm with you in spirit. Don't give up on living because someone might be depending on you to help themselves stay alive.
Omg that's me I have been going through that myself thankyou for sharing
I'm there as well. My husband died a year ago. Lonely Sad snd Alone. Nothing worse from my perspective. How does one move ahead....
❤ was just feeling this yesterday some time thank you for the reminder ❤
Wish I had a partner..still waiting
I loved every segment, the one about releasing your personal history is so resonate right now. Although I don’t have stacks or boxes of photos and a fire to burn but instead thousands of hours worth of videos and tens of thousands of photos stored on my devices, stored on hard drives, and I think, for what? Why do I feel better without it but letting go is so hard, as if it will erase my spirit.. it won’t! “I keep discarding stuff… I don’t know why I had it in the first place”
I love Ram Dass so much ❤
How intelligent Ram Dass is...! What a well thought out answer to that girl's question such an impressive intellect
Yes. When the Heart/Being shines through the mind, the mind is truly beautiful, as it naturally Is
@@JonasAnandaKristiansson you are correct I'm in bad need of a vacation or trip if you will, do clear some old pollution take out the trash cuz my mind is not a hundred percent right now
He's incredible. Why? Because he knows who he really is.
@@jamesjackson5020 💯
Ram Dass was and still is a gift. His teachings have brought such peace, tranquility and love to my life/soul.
Blessed be ❤
RAM DASS IS THE GOAT of all aspects of awareness!
So uplifting and gentle...your message is a balm to my broken soul.
i’ve been listening to you lately baba i just love your teachings. you make being human understandable
I love you Ram Dass, when I’m at the point where I lose myself, I will think of you to bring me back 🙏🏻 God bless
This discussion is so important and amazing! So relevant and deep. Jai Jai Sri Hanuman 🌺🙏🏼
If you only watch one of his videos, let it be this one 🙏
What a brilliant guy, what a wonderful spirit Ram Dass was and will always be. Thank YOU.
So clear, authentic and beautiful. This is Grace, You are that Grace. Thank you my beautiful beautiful friend. You are It!
Even after all these years, thank you for still helping the world and people like me. This was a piece that could not have come at a better tit was as if by god sent ❤❤❤
Ramdas is so intelligent.
All the answers are so amazing. ❤️
Blessings.
That was fantastic. Love his humour, it's a beautiful balance between being childlike and the teacher. 🙏🏻💜🇨🇦
Awesome!! I especially love the piece about AA history near the end of the audio.
I really needed this for the last week omg it’s my life he speaks I have been to one rehab was shit came out with nothing but what knew when I went in I didn’t need a dam conversation about the effects of drugs and alcohol… so funny right 4 years on I watched this last week is it gonna change me ..what it does is fills my heart with acceptance of myself or the beginning of it for once all I ever wanted was to know I’m okay
This man has helped me transform my life , I just wish I could have discovered these teachings as a teenager 😉👌🏻☝🏻❤️
Incredible. Master teacher So grateful for his teachings here
wow. his wisdom is absolutely wild. thank you for sharing
"Allow yourself the sadness,allow yourself the loss, allow yourself the grieving ,allow yourself the not having what I want & cry & do whatever you need to to do..so you can say ok hear I am"....
You can't allow yourself anything because you and yourself are not different.
@@jamesjackson5020 that's why("commas are there " ) ...💓🙂
@jamesjackson5020 clear emotions ( energy in motion).. no resistance & what's left ...BEING...
Ram Dass brings me home ♥️
I'm so grateful for these talks.❤
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Such a beautiful talk. Thank you for the share!
Agree
14:00 We are already part of God so the self trying to have a relationship with God is not necessary. Just be. You already got it.
I think this is my favorite of Ram Dass
Ram Dass is a friend to all who seek Truth. . .yup
Love this guy. Even his voice is so true
Thanks Ram Dass.
Love you
This Q and A group contemplative awareness that Ram Dass immersed within is phenomenal, deeply profound, and valuable. Incredible.
Love you Ram Dass ❤️ thank you
Ive stopped drinking 9 months ago without much effort. Was bordering addiction somhow. Looking back, this is the one video that helped most. First 15 minutes will do it once you understand
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Thank you for uploading this❤
Agree
What are you without your personal history?!? A question out of Aura-surgery actually ❤
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽#ramdass ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You calm my mind and make me see my real self in the oneness! I love you from the bottom of my heart 💜
Thank you 🙏🏽 for being with us, you wonderful soul ❤
Ram Dass and Samaneri Jayasara, my trusty anchors through the storm of life.
bring mindfulness to everything
Like I have said, when you are truly enlightened everything is a meditation.
When God asked me, what side of the blade are you on. I answered, on the side of the righteous my words are my sword.
There is nothing in the Universe that is not a double edged sword. A cup of water can sate and drown. Your shadow can comfort you or trip you. The singularity created us. I was born March 11th in Bethlehem. Schlama means peace. Malkuth means Heaven. Hubba means love. It's the slang of Hebrew. Yeshua of Nazareth spoke both.
God told me to make Israel one. It means to bring peace and reconciliation between Jew, Christian, Muslim; cousins by Abraham. L'chaim. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Sincerely, your local Jewish Sufi Christian Buddhist mystic otherwise known as Hey You.
Deepest Gratitude 🌹💜🌹🙏🏼
Thank You ❤️Baba Ram Dass❤️
I use crocheting as a return to balance and self realization.
Wow! RD really lays it out from technical language to common simplicity. Funny I got more in touch with God than I ever did right now.
RD is saying things that many other preachers,holy men, and teachers have told me...the difference is I'm listening. Thousands of blues players playing the same song. Recovery for addiction is a wide path with many choices...pick one and run with it...I did...still going.
😂 🤣 thank you for my favorite gag this April 1st!
And kudos for an extremely effective demonstration of the common flaws in many AI automatic conversions! From noses, ears, glasses, to reflections, background details, etc...
That said, it also probably wouldn't be completely unwatchable!
38:00 is all sex lust? Can sex be used to transcend without lust? 43:20 he answered it. Be at peace with what you want without having what you want.
Take out the colouring on the word lust. Your instincts have developed through evolution to mean that procreation is your number one priority in life. This means that the species continues.
Wow so wonderful and much needed by me now!
Needed this one today gonna stop at around 15 mins and come back
Real doctors real people. Thanks
Such powerful words. ❤
As always. Ram Dass is a reliable pillar of brilliance
love me some Ram Dass
Thank you❤
Can we just talk about what a beast Jung was? The daringly honest soul of a professional who will directly tell you “Nothing will help. Go see if you can get suckered into a religion,” could tell everyone what they truly lack. I’m humbled. I’d choke on that sentence til I coughed out a lie.
Jung thought Africans were inferior. So yeah he was a beast. A racist.
He said you had to integrate the shadow, essentially, you must not be understanding his work…
@@sabrinaszabo9355what? Did you not listen to this video? What were guys tripping about 😂
@@daysjoursAs a black guy, Iiii don’t care? Wisdom is wisdom wherever it is, and if you shun it you miss it. That’s the real danger of prejudice.
12:06 shre guru chada nasa roe jada john knee jumonu muku du sudihe badano ragu bada beem alajasu joan
So good. Thanks for sharing
RD’s defining intimacy, love as they relate to sex. The wise explanation is so beautifully laid out.
This is unparalleled. I had the privilege of reading something similar, and it was truly unparalleled. "The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Living Guide" by Matthew Cove
Thank you dear Ram Dass.....
I like your wisdom and humor
We at the channel appreciate it immensely too!
My favourite channel on RUclips by far ❤❤
Thanks you Papa Ramdass
“That’s all I am. Your own answer.”
So relevant to what I am dealing! Thank you
What an amazing, wise, humorous man ❤
Beautiful, thoughtful, insightful. It's impressive that there seems to be no end to his wisdom.
I remember Ram Das when he wore a suit and was a guest lecturer at Suny at Buffalo. He spoke of his dying mother who he wanted to give LSD. He was impressive then, he's still relevant.
He's always been brilliant. Maharaji got into his heart and changed everything about him. Maharaji is the real gem, and Ram Dass was lucky enough for him to enter his heart
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nice, still B4 the stroke(s). Not the early 70s, so a bit more polished. That goldylocks period. I only followed him in early '70s - late, so missed this. Last 1/2 hr, 15 min he burns SO Brightly - really fulfilling his purpose there~
I have been married 21 years to a wonderful man. Got widowed at age 51 on 5-10-2019 my 4 year sobriety. I met a widowed man in AA that wanted to be my friend. He was a narcissist manipulator and I was an empathetic needed woman 👩🏻 yesterday I became homeless and this man continues with his 42 years of sobriety. I AM now 8 years sober and still work in health industry skilled nursing 😊I see these patients in beds surrounded by their stuff and it saddens me to think that humans can experience such lives. I will keep letting go of attachments 😮
Keep going! Don't give up❤
"The basic root of suffering is thought, then clinging of the mind to **things which Seperate ONE from ALL OF IT." >> Thoughts/ Feelings/ Action= personality. Clean up thoughts, start here. (Look up Dr. Joe Dispenza, his work is practical, a real game changer) We are consumed by thoughts. It is a wicked conditioning. I've been practicing changing my "beliefs" for almost 20 years. Started in mid 20's when faced with life/ death. Had to surrender as allopathic medicine failed me. I haven't been "sick" since. Had to break away those chains of the mind enslavement. Daily practice is crucial. Stay thirsty my friends. 💝
Wonderful
This one is also on his podcast, it's episode 186 ❤
"when you're in Detroit, you don't have to take the bus to Detroit" -Ram Dass
Thank you!❤
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Thank you
It is better to become Christ than to visit Him. Wow. Just wow.
This is the Way