Ep. 264 – Ram Dass and Timothy Leary: The Explorer’s Club
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Nov 11, 2024
In a reflective reunion, Ram Dass reminisces about his psychedelic experiences and their role in connecting with unity consciousness. He shares a powerful trip that brought him peace and explores the relationship between spiritual experiences and social activism. The conversation highlights the importance of joy in driving meaningful actions over fear. Ram Dass also discusses the significance of gratitude and personal reflection in the context of the psychedelic movement, emphasizing growth and compassion.
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Maharaj-ji's LSD Experience
Ram Dass' guru Maharaj-ji ingested a large dose of LSD without apparent effects.
Maharaj-ji later inquired about the medicine, suggesting potential spiritual uses but not true samadhi.
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Salina, Kansas Trip
Ram Dass describes a powerful LSD trip in a Kansas motel room, leading to a profound experience of peace and freedom.
He entered a space between thoughts, realizing he could be anything, free from victimhood.
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Methods as Traps
Ram Dass views methods, including meditation and psychedelics, as traps.
These methods entrap you to eject you into a different state, hopefully self-ejecting.
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In this talk from his 20-year reunion with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in 1983, Ram Dass shares some reflections about psychedelics and being part of the old Explorer’s Club.
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This episode is the first part of the Ram Dass and Timothy Leary reunion event at Harvard University on April 24, 1983. Check back soon for parts two and three. In this recording:
Ram Dass shares some reflections about psychedelics and why he’s still a part of the old Explorer’s Club.
Detailing an extremely powerful trip he took at a hotel in Kansas, Ram Dass talks about how he was able to find peace in the space between the thoughts arising in his mind.
Ram Dass explores psychedelics as a method and how it helped him connect to the place of unity that lies behind the diversity of human beings.
Finally, Ram Dass talks about how using psychedelics has informed his stance on social action. It’s better for our actions to come out of a sense of joy and love rather than fear and hate.
This talk was chosen in celebration of the new book, Dying To Know, which chronicles the epic friendship between Ram Dass and Timothy Leary that shaped generations of seekers. Get your copy today!
“Now, I suspect that I’ve taken LSD once every two years since I first ingested [it] with Timothy. I’ve taken it many, many more times during the first five or six years. But I don’t think I’ve missed a two-year period. I always assume that I’m going to start from a different launching pad because all the things that happened to me in those two years will put me in a different space from which to take off. I’ll explore a new unchanneled kind of plane of reality. And then I also feel like I’m a member of an old Explorer’s Club that has a loyalty to have reunions.” – Ram Dass
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