Ram Dass

{"id":47727752,"title":"Relationships with Ram Dass","handle":"relationships-with-ram-dass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded in 1980 in San Francisco, Ram Dass gives a glimpse into one of his more challenging experiences as a teacher.  His humanity and humor come through in this transcribed excerpt from his workshop on \u003cem\u003eRelationships\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I found myself a couple of years ago in Hawaii, on an island in Hawaii, where I had been invited to a meditation group. I thought, “Gee. Wonderful, They will fly me to this island.” I had never seen this island. 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I thought, “Gee. Wonderful, They will fly me to this island.” I had never seen this island. I was met and taken up into the mountains into a plantation way in the back woods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe whole thing started to feel a little weird to me, and it turned out that they were an intensive group encounter group and there were about thirty of them. 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{"id":26951362,"title":"From Bindu To Ojas Sampler with Ram Dass","handle":"copy-of-from-bindhu-to-ojas-free-download-sample-with-ram-dass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 71 minute recording is an extended preview, and sampler of the Ram Dass audio program \"From Bindu To Ojas\". 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(Note- the entire program \"From Bindu To Ojas\" runs more than 10 hours.) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffered at a summer retreat over several days in August and September of 1969 on a farm in New Hampshire, this discussion led by Ram Dass delves deeply into topics that are now generally accepted in many forms of spiritual practice but were life and mind changing at the time, and continue to be profound teachings for all of us.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRam Dass covers a wide variety of topics – including how to feed the inner world, vulnerability and humility, choice as an illusion, Kundalini energy, the chakras, concepts in Buddhism and Christianity, deep acceptance, fear of the unknown, surrender, helping others – and presents them using metaphor and real life examples, helping make even the most profound concepts accessible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Following is a transcribed excerpt from these exciting talks:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Everything up to there describes the western culture and 99.9% or whatever absurd number of the people of the world never have energy available to them at any center higher than those three, except in just moments, rare moments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Everybody’s got rare moments. It’s like for almost everybody, it’s all available in the first, second, and third chakra. So you meet somebody who is primarily a first chakra person and what you’re doing is you’re really helping them come into the second chakra. And when they are in the second you are helping them get into the third. You are helping a lustful being develop an ego. And that in a sense is what western religions have become about, the super ego, the super third chakra...\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/2010\/11\/excerpt-1-from-from-bindhu-to-ojas-with-ram-dass.html#more\"\u003eContinue reading the excerpt of \"From Bindu to Ojas\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/author-profile-ram-dass.html\"\u003eAuthor Bio and Links\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRunning Time: 71 Minutes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cobject id=\"audioplayer1\" data=\"\/\/static.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/player.swf?1247772665\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"\u003e\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/Bindu_To_Ojas_Sample_1.mp3?1285962445\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1\u0026amp;soundFile=http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/Bindu_To_Ojas_Sample_1.mp3?1285962456\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\u003e\r\n \u003c\/object\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cobject id=\"audioplayer1\" data=\"\/\/static.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/player.swf?1247772665\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"\u003e\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/player.swf?1247772665\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1\u0026amp;soundFile=http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/Bindu_To_Ohas_Sampl_2_Ram_Dass.mp3?1285962446\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\u003e\r\n \u003c\/object\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cobject id=\"audioplayer1\" data=\"\/\/static.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/player.swf?1247772665\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"\u003e\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/player.swf?1247772665\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1\u0026amp;soundFile=http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/files\/Bindu_To_Ojas_Sample_3.mp3?1285962456\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\u003e\r\n \u003c\/object\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":47728112,"title":"Consciousness, Aging and the New Millennium with Ram Dass","handle":"conscious-aging-with-ram-dass-from-creative-seminars","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this fascinating transcribed excerpt from \u003cem\u003eConsciousness, Aging and the New Millenium, \u003c\/em\u003eRam Dass -- beloved teacher and author of the seminal work \u003cem\u003eBe Here Now -- \u003c\/em\u003eexplains to workshop attendees how absolutely any experience, even driving a car, can be used to expand awareness and awaken spiritually.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, what I’m talking about is taking something for which you have certain cultural stereotypic responses to. About golf, for example. Now you may… I’m not saying its negative or anything. You just have them. You have some. You know the way the culture views golf. Then I’m showing you the way I’m taking that experience and I’m using it in a certain way in my consciousness to transform my consciousness. 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{"id":8305352,"title":"An Evening with Ram Dass","handle":"an-evening-with-ram-dass","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable as mp3 download or streaming video.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperience Ram Dass, one of the most inspirational and accessible teachers of our time, give a full length talk on compassion, suffering, and the nature of reality. \u003c\/span\u003eThis full length video program is a wonderful opportunity to be with Ram Dass at this Seva Foundation benefit taped in 1985 at Julia Richmond High School in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe following is a transcribed excerpt from the wonderful recording of “An Evening with Ram Dass”:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"I have a friend -- his name is Larry Brilliant and Larry is a doctor.  He used to be known as Dr. America as part of the Hog Farm, which was a hippie commune in Berkeley. 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What Larry heard him saying was “you are no doctor”, which is what his mother had been saying to him for years because he wasn’t earning a living.  But the guru kept repeating “U N O doctor, U N O doctor” ‘till finally it sunk into Larry’s mind that what he was saying was United Nations Organization Doctor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomfeed.com\/evening-ram-dass\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link to transcribed excerpt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContinue reading the excerpt from \"An Evening with Ram Dass\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/author-profile-ram-dass.html\"\u003eAuthor Bio and Links\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunning Time: 90 minutes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e: Digital Download 978-1-61544-018-4 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O17sv_hg1yI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","published_at":"2009-08-12T21:08:00-04:00","created_at":"2009-08-12T08:08:43-04:00","vendor":"Ram Dass LSR","type":"video","tags":["Audio Program","dvd","free offering","Inspiration","meditation","mindfulness","motivation","mp3","relationships","religion","wellness"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2495,"compare_at_price_min":2495,"compare_at_price_max":2495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":57653732,"title":"Evening With Ram Dass Video and MP3 Download","option1":"Evening With Ram Dass Video and MP3 Download","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"1-61544-139-5","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"An Evening with Ram Dass - Evening With Ram Dass Video and MP3 Download","public_title":"Evening With Ram Dass Video and MP3 Download","options":["Evening With Ram Dass Video and MP3 Download"],"price":995,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":2495,"inventory_quantity":-162,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/ramdassdvdpetermaxcvr.jpg?v=1609279837"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/ramdassdvdpetermaxcvr.jpg?v=1609279837","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"An Evening with Ram Dass video Ram Dass LSR - BetterListen!","id":539918451,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.71,"height":601,"width":427,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/ramdassdvdpetermaxcvr.jpg?v=1609279837"},"aspect_ratio":0.71,"height":601,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/ramdassdvdpetermaxcvr.jpg?v=1609279837","width":427}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable as mp3 download or streaming video.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperience Ram Dass, one of the most inspirational and accessible teachers of our time, give a full length talk on compassion, suffering, and the nature of reality. \u003c\/span\u003eThis full length video program is a wonderful opportunity to be with Ram Dass at this Seva Foundation benefit taped in 1985 at Julia Richmond High School in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe following is a transcribed excerpt from the wonderful recording of “An Evening with Ram Dass”:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"I have a friend -- his name is Larry Brilliant and Larry is a doctor.  He used to be known as Dr. America as part of the Hog Farm, which was a hippie commune in Berkeley. 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What Larry heard him saying was “you are no doctor”, which is what his mother had been saying to him for years because he wasn’t earning a living.  But the guru kept repeating “U N O doctor, U N O doctor” ‘till finally it sunk into Larry’s mind that what he was saying was United Nations Organization Doctor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomfeed.com\/evening-ram-dass\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link to transcribed excerpt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContinue reading the excerpt from \"An Evening with Ram Dass\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/author-profile-ram-dass.html\"\u003eAuthor Bio and Links\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunning Time: 90 minutes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e: Digital Download 978-1-61544-018-4 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O17sv_hg1yI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e"}

{"id":455873872,"title":"The Blessing of Mortality","handle":"the-blessing-of-mortality","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Blessing of Mortality workshop with Ram Dass, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Frank Ostaseski\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow do we overcome the fear of death? What techniques can we use to bring ourselves into boundlessness, to come into the realization of the truth of impermanence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunday, March 8, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/author-profile-ram-dass.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAuthor Bio and Links\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunning Time: 152 minutes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-61544-694-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigital Download\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/199711219\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/199711251\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","published_at":"2015-04-08T14:00:00-04:00","created_at":"2015-04-03T17:55:56-04:00","vendor":"Ram Dass LSR","type":"Audio Program","tags":["Audio Program","Inspiration","meditation","mindfulness","motivation","mp3","myth \u0026 story","relationships","religion","wellness","yoga"],"price":1100,"price_min":1100,"price_max":1100,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1399,"compare_at_price_min":1399,"compare_at_price_max":1399,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":1292004268,"title":"Digital Download","option1":"Digital Download","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"694DD","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Blessing of Mortality - Digital Download","public_title":"Digital Download","options":["Digital Download"],"price":1100,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1399,"inventory_quantity":-319,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"858964004172","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/blessing.jpg?v=1609280511"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/blessing.jpg?v=1609280511","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Blessing of Mortality Audio Program Ram Dass LSR - BetterListen!","id":7501119603,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1600,"width":1600,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/blessing.jpg?v=1609280511"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1600,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/blessing.jpg?v=1609280511","width":1600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Blessing of Mortality workshop with Ram Dass, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Frank Ostaseski\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow do we overcome the fear of death? What techniques can we use to bring ourselves into boundlessness, to come into the realization of the truth of impermanence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunday, March 8, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/author-profile-ram-dass.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAuthor Bio and Links\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunning Time: 152 minutes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-61544-694-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigital Download\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/199711219\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/199711251\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e"}

{"id":183657669,"title":"Beyond Success: Finding Balance in Business with Ram Dass","handle":"beyond-success-finding-balance-in-business","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew from the RAM DASS Archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this amazing program, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Success: Finding Balance in Business, \u003c\/em\u003einternationally acclaimed spiritual teacher Ram Dass reflects on the basic questions of how to do business in a conscious, more mindful and balanced way. He explores the idea that commercial and conventional success can be self-limiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearn how to gain balance in your life, learn effective strategies for happiness, in order to reach your full potential, both personally and professionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow digitally available for the first time! 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{"id":24088422,"title":"From Bindu to Ojas with Ram Dass","handle":"from-bindhu-to-ojas-with-ram-dass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOffered at a summer retreat over several days in August and September of 1969 on a farm in New Hampshire, this discussion led by Ram Dass delves deeply into topics that are now generally accepted in many forms of spiritual practice but were life and mind changing at the time, and continue to be profound teachings for all of us.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRam Dass covers a wide variety of topics – including how to feed the inner world, vulnerability and humility, choice as an illusion, Kundalini energy, the chakras, concepts in Buddhism and Christianity, deep acceptance, fear of the unknown, surrender, helping others – and presents them using metaphor and real life examples, helping make even the most profound concepts accessible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Following is a transcribed excerpt from these exciting talks:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Everything up to there describes the western culture and 99.9% or whatever absurd number of the people of the world never have energy available to them at any center higher than those three, except in just moments, rare moments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Everybody’s got rare moments. It’s like for almost everybody, it’s all available in the first, second, and third chakra. So you meet somebody who is primarily a first chakra person and what you’re doing is you’re really helping them come into the second chakra. And when they are in the second you are helping them get into the third. You are helping a lustful being develop an ego. 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{"id":343137057,"title":"Stages of the Journey with Ram Dass","handle":"stages-of-the-journey-with-ram-dass","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew from the RAM DASS Archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this lecture from 1975 \"Stages of a Journey,\" Ram Dass discusses our Journey through plains of consciousness and degrees of fate towards simplicity and quietness – to a kind of joy that is beyond time – a journey where we leave behind all our models of who we are.  It is a journey that involves the transformation of our beings such that our thinking mind becomes our servant rather than master. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"yarpp-related\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.betterlisten.com\/author-profile-ram-dass.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAuthor Bio and Links\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRunning Time:  1hrs 48 mins\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e: Digital Download \u003cspan\u003e978-1-61544-618-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/158309962\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/158309968\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","published_at":"2014-07-11T14:48:00-04:00","created_at":"2014-07-11T14:48:18-04:00","vendor":"BetterListen!","type":"Audio Program","tags":["Audio Program","Inspiration","meditation","mindfulness","motivation","mp3","myth \u0026 story","relationships","religion","wellness","yoga"],"price":1095,"price_min":1095,"price_max":1095,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":0,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":840233085,"title":"Digital Download","option1":"Digital Download","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"618DD","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Stages of the Journey with Ram Dass - Digital Download","public_title":"Digital Download","options":["Digital Download"],"price":1095,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":0,"inventory_quantity":-63,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"858964004172","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/ramdass-stagesofthejourney-1.jpg?v=1609280461"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0033\/0602\/products\/ramdass-stagesofthejourney-1.jpg?v=1609280461","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Stages of the Journey with Ram Dass Audio Program BetterListen! 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