Ep. 243 – The Blueprint for Liberation

Ram Dass Here And Now

Ram Dass / Love Serve Remember

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

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this essential talk, Ram Dass leans on the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, Ramana Maharshi, and Groucho Marx to explore identity, change, and how incarnation is the blueprint for liberation.

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Ram Dass dives into the concept of identity and how we’ve lost the balance between our identity as individuals and our identity as part of the unity of all things. We begin by being too attached to the somebody-ness that’s drilled into us from birth and then, as we awaken spiritually, we go in the other direction and cling too tightly to the unity. The ultimate goal is to be in the world, but not of the world.
Offering the wisdom of Groucho Marx, Ram Dass talks about learning to play with reality and how part of what we’re awakening to is that there are many planes of reality. He references Ramana Maharshi and describes how the spiritual journey is ultimately about extricating yourself from your definitions of yourself.
Part of the predicament of being so attached to these definitions of self is that all things change, including our bodies. Ram Dass addresses the very nature of change and reads from the Tao Te Ching to offer us a clue to the Way. Ultimately, as we awaken, we can begin to see how our unique incarnations are actually the blueprint for our liberation. There are no errors in this game.

“It’s too beautiful. It’s too beautiful that your incarnation turns out to be the blueprint for your liberation. Who would’ve expected that?” – Ram Dass

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0:55.0	And you use your unique entrapment as the vehicle for getting free of entrapment.
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1:14.2	is going to not going to work.
1:15.8	You have to do your own.
1:18.0	You have to, see, the real appreciation
1:20.6	and the fun of it is to realize that just where you are with every one of your neuroses and your fears and all your schtick
1:28.2	You are in exactly the right place at this moment from your evolutionary point of view.
1:35.0	There are no errors in the game.
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