Baba Ram Dass -1976, Aspen CO - Some of the oldest known video footage of Baba Ram Dass
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2019
- Here is the oldest (1974) video we know of: • Ram Dass - Here and No...
With the recent passing of Baba Ram Dass (aka Dr. Richard Albert), we are excited to honor his memory with this lecture we just found in our vast video archive. Like so many in our generation, we were deeply inspired by his book BE HERE NOW and the stories of meditating in India with his guru, Maharaj-ji.
We first heard Ram Dass speak in Woodstock, NY where we lived at the time. Then in 1976, we videotaped this lecture while working with Grassroots TV, the Aspen public access television group. Ram Dass is also the reason we started our music label, Soundings of the Planet, in 1979. More on that story later. For now, let’s remember this amazing human, Baba Ram Dass. His wit and wisdom lives on in our hearts. We hope you enjoy watching and please comment on your experience with him and his prolific life's work. May we carry his spiritual legacy in our hearts. Thank you for sharing this video far and wide.
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Ram Dass has a way of making me look at my dramas and traumas much more lightly. Just gotta laugh at myself a little more
I saw him in 1972 at my college, in a packed auditorium. He was great!
Lucky you. Wish I was there. But I was only 3 at the time.
“Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.”
― Terence McKenna
They can lead to people becoming psychotic.
@@kingfillins4117 That is what the current world politics and economic system can do! Psychedelics under psychological supervision are nothing but medicine for the soul!
@@elguero933 They can do that though drugs can be very dangerous. I know people they have killed where they took their own life after being driven insane. They are unnecessary for spiritual true life.
@@kingfillins4117 I get your point, that's why the ideal situation would be a regulated psychedelic market where they can be administered by professional psychologists in a controlled environment after personal evaluation, instead of that we have a black market of criminals and corrupted police! and I know they are not necessary for spiritual exploration for some people, but they really help some other people. Perhaps they are a needed kickstart for this society!
@@elguero933 Perhaps that could work. Its a tricky one. THese days people evaluate people with a purpose to push agendas. So as long as it was actual proper clinical assessment. Tricky ... Pilot programs are a good start.
At age 17 I had cancer. During that time I was fortunate to have a disciple of Baba Ram Das come to me and teach of his wisdom and enlightenment. I forget his Hindi name but his given name at birth was Jerry Killber. I am forever grateful for his teaching.
Wow! Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Ram Das later realised that his teacher had not been honest. A wonderful practice is Falun Dafa.
@@jeffforsythe9514 where can I read about that? I’m really curious in your comment.
@@jeffforsythe9514 Baba Ram Das remained a devotee of Maharaji. He never questioned his honesty. Please do not slander them. Perhaps you were speaking of some other teacher.
@@hcharton5722 Look, each yogi is at a different level of enlightenment, the lower his level dictates how high you can reach. For example, the school of Buddhism that the Dalai Lama is head of, even he has had to be reincarnated many many times while with my practice, my Master partially opened my third eye in a matter of weeks. Most yogis can teach only one pupil while my Master has 100 million disciples, that shows what His level is, the highest. I first listened to Ram Das in the sixties and I do know what I am talking about..................falundafa
Brought me back to when I was 17, 18! Stayed with me all my life, raised 5 kids non-conventionaly always on the outskirts of the world. This video made me feel at home
Very low level stuff, Falun Dafa is infinitely higher.
@@jeffforsythe9514 @jeffforsythe9514 Criticism is the last thing a true yogi will do and you seem to be doing it deliberately multiple times. You are phoney.
It's the humor that tells me the message is authentic.
Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall always be amused. 😄😄😄
It delights me that in many (most?) of Ram Dass satsangs there is a baby. Most of them will be in their 40s now and I wonder if the parents told them about the time they brought them as infants/toddlers to see him.
I avoided him when he came to Berkeley where I was an undergrad - I tired of hippies and despised new age movements but it was my loss.
Had I known then what I know now - how much easier my life would have been.
Shaking off that regret is the last hurdle.
Thanks for sharing
Damn look at him bro. He’s glowing.
*Look at us*
I thought I had heard and seen all there was to see of Ram Dass on video/podcast/etc. This is totally new. New stories I hadn't heard before. What a gem. Thank you
Absolutely! In the months to come we will be releases a lot of videos from this time era, including many more spiritual elders and gurus.
Yes omg. I had so much fun watching
Remarkable 🕉
watch Ug Krishnamurti....
@@SoundingsMindfulMedia and more that talk about his experiences with the woman in Brooklyn?
I have known about Ram Dass since the 70's and have read his books and listened to his talks, but this one is kind of special, in that along with his humor, it is raw. And, I really get what a tough journey he was on. I know that we all have a tough journey, but he was a pioneer in the way that he brought it to a culture at that time steeped in very hardened concepts and fear of what religion, God, spirituality meant.
Theres something about a baby laughing along with the other adults which makes this feel like pure joy and revelation is coming out of RamDas's mouth which fills every living thing in the room
Except there is no baby among audience…
@@RealGemstonesbruh
there is baby@@RealGemstones
Steve Jobs was a huge admirer of Ram Dass. He often told college kids they should read Be Here Now.
Ironic since Jobs created one of the most exploitive and damaging companies in capitalist history.....seems he has learned so little from Dass
@@markfitzpatrick1010 Jobs made it clear that Ram Dass was very fashionable among the college set, many of whom had $ on the brain even as they listened to the great man’s teachings.
@@markfitzpatrick1010 If you're saying this about Steve Jobs's, than you clearly don't know anything about him. He was and still is one of the greatest, most original, visionary entrepreneurs in the world. He's a benchmark. He's the legend. No one can match his standard, no one can come close to him. He revolutionized the Computer, Information Technology, Software, Mobile phones, Music, etc industries! That to for a man with no engineering background, no higher education, no MBA, coming from a poor family! I admire him very dearly. You have no idea about his contribution to humanity.
I'll recommend you to read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson, and listen to its AudioBook, and do watch Documentary "Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine".
@@TheContrariannIf you think that highly of Jobs you should look into Nikola Tesla. At least 100 years ahead of his time. Without his inventions there wouldn't be Jobs.
@@alanzum3077 Yes brother, I will 👍👍👍
8:58 "I am a teaching, not a teacher" - that's golden
Very low level stuff, Falun Dafa is infinitely higher.
@@jeffforsythe9514No, it’s not
O My God. I can't believe I'm hearing this. His moments of silence, remembering, are so beautiful.. That book is in my soul.
This whole talk is just great vibes.
Incredible story. I had not heard this particular talk before. So surreal framed with a great sense of humor. Love you Ram Das.
His humor and wisdom are a true blessing and this vintage video is a timely gift to the world...the you Dean & Dudley!
These videos are so profound in a way that cannot be described with language... and yet he is speaking.. just wow
I just love that baby's laughter in the audience ❤️
That baby was Dean and Dudley's first child, lol. Dean and Dudley are the documentarians there videoing.
@@SoundingsMindfulMedia oh cool!
And that baby is well into their 40s now
These are the people whom we should listen. Not every TED talkers.
Unless Ram Dass is A Ted Talk er
I really loved the Ted Talks by the shrink who talks about happiness, and the one who has the monkeys who fight over the grapes and cucumbers. So don't knock all Ted Talks -- those two stayed with me and are so good I'd rewatch and relisten
Ram Dass, I cannot thank you enough for what you’ve done for my life. Ever since I was made aware of you from your passing last December, I have delved into a deep and complicated journey within my soul, to find my truth. Thank you so very much, from my soul to yours. I love you.
Yes,it is good to thank him..even better is to thank God
for setting it all up where this fine man would be a trusted
vehicle to spread true love,joy and wisdom...wish you the best
Such a brilliant and beautiful Soul. He was a part of my AWAKENING EXPERIENCE! He was so relatable, so Easy to BE HERE NOW with🧘🧘🧘🧘🧘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Don't know how this video popped up but I think it was Ram saying Aloha to me, when I needed it now. Personally met Ram on Maui just months before his body passed, how full of light and peace he was. Thanks for sharing this video. Blessings of Bliss! 🙏
He was fully empty😊
Wonderful to read this as I watch on Big Island
@@PSOLDE Aloha from Maui 🤙🙏😎🤷
The story I have been telling myself is that I am to become a modern day Ram Dass and my time is coming soon. This video is a huge inspiration. I'm glad it was recommended.
Thank you so much for this. I was born in 1976, I'll be 45 in July. Having spent the last week reading- Being Ram Dass , feeling lighter and lighter with each passing chapter, it's beautiful to hear his humourous voice tell this story and see his radiating vibration. Cleansing. So Much love. 🇬🇧🙏🇺🇸
I read Be Here Now in 11/75. I wrote it on the leg of my jeans where I could see it, carried the book with me for awhile (was in Honolulu and had come from NYC)and "if a pickpocket meets the Master on the road, all he sees are his pockets" was a priceless gem I shared with countless others...
Yes. There is a fluid feeling hearing him speak it now. He has left his body. The Guru left his body. Here we are. The embodiment
You have to get the Purple Book.
Be here now
His teachings are at an elementary school level, PHD is Falun Dafa
@@jeffforsythe9514 @jeffforsythe9514 Criticism is the last thing a true yogi will do and you seem to be doing it deliberately multiple times. You are phoney.
This is my first time ever hearing about this guy and as soon as I started the video it was already over and I watched the entire thing. Truly an incredible story.
Read the book written by him "Be Here Now"
. etc had similar exp^
Ram dass is here . He didn’t go anywhere. Hello 👋
He comes to see me in my dreams. It's wonderful.
“Dead shmed, where can he go ?” 💗🙏🏼
Hello😊
He went in a person shaped hole in the cold ground. Dead as a fucking toenail, pal.
@@davethecrow the same as what he was we is Now . The forms always Die my friend the eternal truth love awareness ALWAYS is beautifully perfect and pristine ever here Now ,he’s still here in that aspect which is here and Now love/consciousness. Nothing real is threatened nothing unreal exists - herein lies the peace of God as US.
Had never heard him speak before, but after a few minutes was hooked! Incredible teacher🙏🏾
It's beautiful, I've read only positive comments for this video - this man was lucky enough to live in deep awareness - he really doea radiates Love and has become my own beloved Guru. Man I would have loved to go to one of his retreats - Love you Ram xx
"i even thought if I plant the seed of the mango 🥭, I can get more mangoes & give them out & liberate others! 😂" 🙏🏾
The mango baba😂
“follow the gourd”
He was such a talented story teller. May he rest in peace.
'Story' has a powerful message
Imagine A World “Very”
Whadaya think Jethro's class is allabout!?
@@imagineaworld is ☺️
_Rest in peace is a prayer for the living_
Oh how I love you....you made your humanity divine..you made me laugh when I couldnt
So true !!
My love and heart goes to you Ram Das - What a gift you are/were to us - I relate so much to what you share and love and gratitutde is overwhleming
This was by far the best Ram Dass lecture I've heard so far Having the visuals of him in his younger years, with a some real wit and clever delivery, is so uplifting, particularly as we still feel the impact of his transition.
Thank you so much for this.
Please post more if you have anything.
Namaste (Love your music)
We are so thrilled to get this out into the world
@@SoundingsMindfulMedia exactly, a friend of mine sent me this video, and I was reluctant to watch it, I've read about him a lot, but now after seeing him in his 49's and his vivid expressions and humor impressed me. Love to him and bless you for giving it to the world.
Wonderful material. Thank you for sharing.
❤ Thanks 🙏🏼 for a lovely moment of enlighment shares😊 A lots of love laughter & deeper understanding ❤
This is the best. I realize this is from 1976 but it just feels so modern. I'd only heard of Ram Dass through references made by movies I'd seen, but had no idea how much charisma this guy has ... also the miracles that he's experienced are intoxicating to hear about.
Which movie?
What a treat! I've listened to so many Ram Dass lectures but have never watched a video of him from this time
Japa, again & again we remember our way on this journey called life. Ram Dass holds our hands when we cross the street. Namaste 🙏☀️🌙
what a character, this is priceless!!
Love his light. No arrogance. Happy Godself. Be Here Now meant an awful lot to me.
Still does
#FACTS!!! True definition of timeless!!!!
Me too
Spiritual meat and potatoes.@@craigwinston9042
Woooow!! I can’t believe you have this footage this is amazing and epic sound quality thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
“I am loving awareness.”
Thanks so much for uploading! 🙏
Wow this footage is so incredible to watch! Ram Dass is such a wonderful man,. Love this great and wonderful lecture. This lecture was filmed by Dean Evenson. Ram Dass is the reason Dean & Dudley Evenson started the Soundings of the Planet record label.
🙏🏻🧡💕😌🌲💧☀️☀️☺
Everyone must get rich.
What a beautiful gift!
I found myself in bliss, grinning from ear to ear through the whole video.
Sometimes we never knew how much we needed something until it's there.
Thank you 🙏💞
@@smileawhile3788 Were you without clothing?
@@chrisc1257 everone is rich. ha peace pure I AM. not i. :O
He passed on my birthday this year. I Love RD. Thank you.
Big deal
7:34 he says beautiful laugh, and the baby replied “thank you”
Heard it too
I definitely heard that! I was hoping he was going to acknowledge it.
This is amazing service to all awakened community. Never in hundred years would I ever be able to experience the best guru of our generation if not to you.
Thank you.
For you.
Thank you so much!!!!!!
So beautiful. Looking into my phone and into a different time, I still feel right there with him. So intimate, so pure, and such a blessing. Much love RD. Much love everyone here.
What a rare gem of a video! Ram Dass in his earlier years, so real and relatable, thank you so much for posting this. What incredible presence ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
This the first time I've connected with Ram Dass. Thank you. I have a new appreciation for him. 🙏
Every word you say instills my faith deeper and deeper 🙏
. nod voice does2 -
I could listen to him all day! Thank you ♥️
Me too!
I need this so much right now. So I can be peaceful and be able to serve as chaos gets closer.
We need to play these messages more.
omg he is so cute and so heartwarming and wonderful - thank you Baba Ram Dass that you came here to earth and share - its so beautiful
His smile is contagious.
At around 19:00 Ram Dass says anyone should leave whenever they’ve had enough - you know when you’ve had enough - it just keeps coming, there is no “in conclusion” here, it’s just a constant flow…. This is so perfect. I always subconsciously come to these seeking that point, that aha. But that’s not what it’s about. It’s a stream and each person takes what they need. No pressure on the speaker to meet the needs of the viewer. Beautiful and true.
I got to see him a year or two later in Tucson speak to us in similar fashion, Unforgettable
Thank you both. This is how we remember him only very young. What a lovely sharing. All love for you and your beautiful family.☺☀️🧡 to make you laugh, his father called him rumdumm.☺☀️🧡💕🙏🏼
You folks have been doing this kinda stuff before youtube.Thank you ....for helping wake up the world
Thank you so much!!!
So much wisdom. Thank you Ram Dass - your lectures have gotten me through many a cold night
Edit: a year later and here I am again. Thank you once more for this upload, and to Ram Dass for always guiding me back home.
If you want wisdom...............falun dafa
Very low level stuff, Falun Dafa is infinitely higher.
Just wonderful. Thank you for the upload:)
forever grateful to witness Ram Dass talk. Feels like the greatest gift. Thank you.
I love you Ram Dass.
I love myself.
I love God.
I love the whole Universe.
I love Love.
You just said the same thing four times :)
@@WhosKite you know lol
Do you know why u love the whole universe? It is because the True You, just like the True rest of us, is OLDER than all the Universes. "We were born before the moon, oh so much older thsn the Sun, everybody once was ONE as we sailed into the Mystic." Van Morrison
@@brucearcher9437 i very much agree with this notion. May it appears totally random but i tripped major balls just now. More than i have before within this time line. Ive seen myself be raised within the hour of the passing of death. You are not off track. Thank you for writing.
You’re so full of yourself
thank you both & thank you Creator for placing you both there at this event & to have filmed it all to now share with all of us here on youtube!
What can I say? For me, to much giggling from the audience but still a blessing 🙌 Brother James
I was blessed to have time with Ram Dass at a retreat and some of his talks in '75 and '76 in Gainesville, Fl. Still have some photos I took of him. His amazing book "Be Here Now" was 1 of the 1st spiritual books I read. Good times.
Love this lecture and love Ram Dass! Fantastic, thank you!!
What an amazing experience. Thank you to those responsible for sharing this wonderful gift..grateful ❤
Oh man this was Incredible....jai ho Baba neem karoli Maharaj....jai Baba ram dass
Beautiful!! Somehow I haven't heard this one! What a gorgeous soul, eternally in love. Bless you Ram Dass, I'm sure your reincarnation will be just as witty when it starts teaching in 30 years
I love this dude and he is definitely one of the few that has helped me along my way. It's interesting because he has incredible wisdom and really work to develop that because he is so often an extreme narcissist and everything is me me me I I I . . . Most of us are that way but this guy was extremely all about himself which, in the end, was really good because he put in the time and the work and came from a place as egocentric and challenged as the rest of us. I think that's part of what makes him so beautiful and accessible to so many.
Thank you. I learned a few things about myself here. I had a mystical experience while I was going to AA meetings because of my forgiving this woman in AA whom I thought was not so nice. The Buddhists would call it nirvana, the christians would call it being washed in the blood and there was a few other things that came with it but I didn't know what it was at the time all I knew that it was just "sobriety" because that's the only reference I had for it but I knew it was way more than that. I'm currently studying A Course In Miracles because everything is all gone now and I'm like Ram Dass was, "a crooked egocentric" that wishes no harm to people. I have found a little forgiveness and mercy for myself as the result of watching and listening to this video. Thank you. 🙏🙏
💜
Absolutely riveting, mind-blowing and extraordinary.
Wow awesome I've never seen this. Thank you very much for uploading this!
Was hoping for exactly this⛰ ❤🙏
Certainly more interesting than the speech he gave at the end of dinner one night at the 2000 Rainbow Gathering in Montana. They announce "Ram Dass is here!" Everyone cheers, we wait to hear him speak.... *"There's a lot of good pot here," he says. Several in the crowd make sounds of agreement, as we await his words. *"Let's smoke some of it,"* he said, and that was the end of the speech. I must say I was rather disappointed. But hey, he'd had a stroke, so I mainly chalked it up to that.
This is a hell of a story😇
True!
Zillion of thank you to Dean and Dudley...you have given us such a gift
I love hin so much ... this is so profound and deep ... today so many youngsters called them spiritual coaches/teachers/mentors ... its ridiculous ... you have to go all the way and during these times they was no social media to copy or chatgpt to create ... this is pure as his soul is. This is why I am still stick to this older guides...
Thank you for sharing this footage. Wow ! I thought too that I had heard/seen all of his lectures. This one was very special., what a story teller & teacher he was; ahead of his time for sure.
thank you for posting, this is an intimate gem
I've been listening to this recording for 2 days in some few minutes break. Time is flowing and so is Dharma! 🙏 Thank you Baba Ram Dass!
Ram das you have helped me heal so much from so much trauma I love you rip baba ram das you are truly an inspiration 😌🥰❤️🧠👁
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼 He’s just so darn funny and wise and charming. ♥️
are you currently active in this #thread ?
The ultimate teaching occurred today.Thank you baba Ram Dass .
I remember in '72 I was living in London and I had this book "be here And now" and there was this big meeting with Maharaji, it was a good night but the Grateful dead had more influence than those 2 and to this day I am still and for the rest of my life a Deadhead
Bless everyone
So blessed to watch this as my first full lecture from the formless form aka Ram Dass
Thank you for sharing! I'd love to see more 😊
Wish i couldve experienced him in person, what an experience even watching on film!!!
What a beautiful and captivating talk. So glad it found me at the right time.
Thank you so much for posting this.
Such a beautiful soul! Much thanks for uploading this rare footage.
Absolutely!
I just found this. Never having seen it before it was like a new lecture from my Guru. It's come at a very good time as well. Thank you.
Thank you for this ❤
Thank you for sharing this Gem.
i loved this , it was a total validation of how weird things can get along the path to recognizing .
yum !
Oh this is great, thank you 💛🙏💛 Some of these stories I had not heard before
Thank you Ram Dass and the one that posted this. Thank you Thank you thank you!
This has been such a spell binding talk.
This video is absolutely priceless!
Only proper knowledge can show us why we are here as a human beings 💙🙏🙏💙 thank you for sharing knowledge 💙🙏
Amazing video. Feeling really blessed to have seen this video today. God bless all.
My soul laughed when I heard him say “What the fuck do you want?”
Respect to both of the legends🙏
you know it!
Mine too, because out of the entire 1 hour 6 minute video I read this comment at the exact moment he said it. I'd say that would be odd, but it's not :) 💙