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Ep. 226 – Escaping the Prison of Separateness

Ram Dass Here And Now

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The Importance of Metaphors in Life

When Aldous was young in the 20s, when he wrote Brave New World, 1931, the year I was born. The criticism at that time was he had become a kind of a fuzzy minded proselytizer that kept saying the same thing over and over. In a way this is our story over and over again. We come into form, we get lost into the form, and then there is an awakening to see our predicament that we are lost in the form. And if you would free another, you've got to be free. Takes one to touch one. But the result is you can't wait till you're enlightened to help people. So you caught in the dilemma because

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