Ram Dass Here And Now

Ep. 226 – Escaping the Prison of Separateness

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May 22, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Feeling at Home Anywhere

  • Ram Dass shared a story of feeling separate and waiting to go home at a Ramada Inn, then deciding to start living as if he was already home.
  • This marked a shift from feeling estranged to embracing presence in the moment despite external conditions.
INSIGHT

The Predicament of Separateness

  • We are shared awareness incarnated into forms and trained to identify as separate beings.
  • This separation creates hunger, fear, and drives survival-based power struggles.
ANECDOTE

Mushrooms Revealed Oneness

  • Ram Dass recounted his 1961 psychedelic experience with mushrooms, revealing the illusion of being a separate identity.
  • This realization shifted his life agenda from separation to recognizing oneness.
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