Ram Dass Here And Now Ep. 128 - Become Impeccable
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May 17, 2018 Explore the journey towards becoming impeccable with life's challenges through mindfulness and meditation. Reflect on rejecting traditional rituals for Eastern traditions, cultivating a witness mindset, and balancing external and inner freedoms. Discover spiritual transformation through meditation, inner reflection, and embracing awakening with compassion and service.
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Build Daily Reminders
- Create daily reminders (books, an altar, tapes, a dedicated space) to keep your spiritual perspective alive.
- Use small practices like reading one paragraph and 15–20 minutes of quiet reflection to cultivate witness and equanimity.
Returning From India To A Cabin
- Ram Dass describes returning from India and isolating in a cabin to preserve his high state, which eventually faded.
- He learned that genuine transformation is slow, irreversible, and distinct from ephemeral spiritual highs.
Space Between Stimulus And Response
- Reactivity dominates most people's lives because habit and desire hijack attention.
- Cultivating an inner witness creates a space between stimulus and response, shifting reactivity into responsiveness.