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Ep. 215 – Here We All Are, Part 2

Ram Dass Here And Now

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A Different Kind of Mind, Different Kinds of Mind

William James said our normal consciousness is but one special type of consciousness. There lie other types of consciousness quite different, each having its own field of application and adaptation. They are so discontinuous with our normal waking state of consciousness that you go through a doorway at that point into another state of consciousness. And it is known in Sanskrit as sat-chit-ananda. It means absolute existence, absolute knowledge and absolute bliss. Now that's a big one, because you may wanna know just what it means to be God. That's one, take me up!

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