Ep. 241 – A Place of No Place

Ram Dass Here And Now

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Ram Dass, Religion & Spirituality, Newage, Wisdom, Society & Culture, Ram, Ramdass, Hinduism, Spirituality

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this radio interview from 1977, Ram Dass explores the power of psychedelics and the importance of a guru, plus he leads a guided meditation that connects us to a place of no place.

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This episode of Here and Now is taken from an interview with Ram Dass at the local college radio station in Santa Cruz. The interview is from October of 1977, right after Ram Dass had taken part in a conference that featured Albert Hoffmann, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and other luminaries of the early psychedelics scene:

Ram Dass begins by sharing some of his personal history, especially as it pertains to the university audience and psychedelics
He and the host discuss the profound experiences that can occur with psychedelics versus using them as a recreational vehicle
They explore the importance of having a guru on the spiritual path, but Ram Dass talks about how the process of awakening is ultimately a journey that must be taken alone
Ram Dass leads a beautiful guided meditation that aims to connect us to a place of no place and help us see that the true guru lives within us

“Any thoughts which come to your mind, let them go, breathe them out along with the out-breath. Any feelings, sensations, memories, plans… This is only going to take five minutes, you can set aside five minutes out of your busy life just to connect with a place of no place. To get behind your melodrama. Just keep the focus in the middle of the chest. Breathing in; breathing out.” – Ram Dass

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0:00.0	This show is sponsored by Better Help.
0:04.0	The holiday season is a time of giving to others,
0:07.0	but it's also a great time to define how you give to yourself.
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0:41.0	In the season of giving, give yourself what you need with. That's better help, H E L P.com slash Ram Doss. This is your own true self for who you are
1:05.0	the inner guide.
1:08.0	This is your own true self
1:12.0	for who you are when you finish with all of your clinging to this and that,
1:21.2	you are a being of pure love, pure compassion, pure wisdom, pure consciousness. You are perfectly present.
1:35.0	And any time you need a friend to hang out with,
1:40.0	sitting in your heart the size of a thumb is undoubtedly the groovious friend you could ever have.
1:50.0	Hello, amazing community and welcome to another Ram Doss here and now episode.
1:59.0	This is number 241 and it's from an interview that Ram Das gave to a local radio station in Santa Cruz, California in October of 1977.
2:09.0	And it was just after he had participated in a conference called LSD a generation later,
2:15.0	which featured Albert Hoffman and Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner,
2:18.6	and many other luminaries in the early psychedelic scene.
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