Ep. 151 – No Self, No Problem w/ Ram Dass
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Be Here Now Network
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In this unique offering from the Love Serve Remember Foundation archives, Joseph Goldstein joins Ram Dass for a conversation around love, emptiness, soul, the notion of self, and much more.
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“And let’s not forget joy. In you is joy. In you is compassion. Peace. Emptiness. And love. Those are all in you. In you. Now, manifest them in your behaviors. And your thoughts.” – Ram Dass
In this episode:
- Joseph and Ram Dass reminisce about the early days of their friendship and how their relationship has evolved over the years
- They respond to a question about whether there’s a relationship between love and Tao, exploring the concepts of self (and no self), emptiness, and soul
- Ram Dass asks Joseph about the concept of dharma and they discuss the way of nature
- The conversation veers into karma, free will, and whether or not everything is predetermined
- They touch the mysterious forces at work in the universe and the power of imagination
- Joseph and Ram Dass respond to a question about developing compassion amidst intense polarization
- Ram Dass ends with a brief guided meditation
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| 0:00.0 | I like the word conditioned rather than determined because if everything is |
| 0:10.4 | pre-determined then it just feels like everything is predetermined. |
| 0:13.0 | Then it just feels like there's really no possibility of awakening in that. |
| 0:21.0 | You know, because we're just bound by past causes. |
| 0:27.0 | So I think it's possible to understand that things are conditioned |
| 0:31.2 | by various forces. |
| 0:36.6 | And that different conditioning leads to different results. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour. |
| 0:56.0 | This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery. |
| 1:02.0 | Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness. |
| 1:07.0 | If you are interested in supporting this podcast, |
| 1:11.0 | please go to Be Here now network.com slash Joseph. |
| 1:17.0 | It's great being together again here on Maui. |
| 1:25.0 | We don't see one another that often, but I hear of you often from all our friends. |
| 1:33.5 | Of course brings back a lot of memories |
| 1:36.3 | of when we first met in Dogaya in India. |
| 1:41.2 | People were saying Ram Doss was coming. I had no idea who Ram Doss was coming. |
| 1:43.0 | I had no idea who Ram Doss was. |
| 1:45.0 | I had been in India, you know, for a few years then in Boagaya. |
| 1:51.0 | And I think you first came there in 1970. |
| 1:55.3 | Yes, and with the hordes. |
| 1:59.5 | So I had been in this what do we call? |
| 2:05.0 | We had places here, what do we call? |
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