Ram Dass explores the awakening of the soul, the importance of embracing highs and lows in life, and the different levels of perception. He discusses the intersection of Eastern mysticism and Western perspectives, the role of suffering in spiritual growth, and supporting the Love Serve Remember Foundation.
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Levels of Perception
Ram Dass describes different levels of perception, or channels, through which we experience reality.
These range from the physical (bodies) to the psychological (personality) to the astral (soul) and beyond, each a complete reality.
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The Trap of Pleasure
We chase pleasure and gratification because they offer glimpses of transcendence, of going beyond our psychology.
We attempt to optimize these "rushes" to achieve fulfillment, but this is a trap.
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Embrace All Experiences
Recognize yourself as a soul having experiences, not just a body or personality.
See every experience, joyful or painful, as valuable for spiritual awakening.
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In this potent talk from 1976, Ram Dass explores the channels of perception of individual differences and how every experience in life is grist for the mill of the awakening of the soul.
Two cultural icons. Two unique perspectives... One understanding of the presence of the way.
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Straight from 1976 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ram Dass explores:
The journey of awakening and the predicament of how we perceive ourselves and others
The different channels of perception of individual differences, from the physical level to the astral planes and beyond
How everything in our lives, including all the joy and all the suffering, can be used for the awakening of the souls
How a truly conscious being experiences all the different channels of perception simultaneously
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“But what we are meeting as are these entities, or souls, or essences, that are passing through a set of experiences. And we are sharing consciousness as to the nature of these experiences and what their significance is to us as souls. And from that point of view, everything in your life is grist for the mill of the awakening of your soul out of its attachments to either the body or the personality or the astrological identity.” – Ram Dass
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