Ram Dass discusses going beyond form and intellect while joined by Krishna Das to chant a love song between the formless and form. They explore the spiritual journey of the heart, the power of meditative practices and chanting, and the illusion of separateness. The podcast also touches on the significance of silence, the paradoxical nature of the human journey, and the exploration of identity beyond gender.
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The podcast highlights the interconnectedness and love affair between form and formless in spirituality.
The limitations of the intellect are emphasized, suggesting that experiential knowledge is more important than conceptual understanding.
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In this deeply meditative recording from 1976, Ram Dass talks about going beyond form and intellect and then is joined by Krishna Das to chant a love song between formless and form.
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In a highly meditative fashion, Ram Dass speaks about the spiritual journey and how it is a journey of the heart. The intellect, while an exquisitely powerful tool, cannot know ultimate truth.
Ram Dass explores the forms we must use to get beyond the intellect, including meditative practices and chanting. He talks about the identities we create with our minds and how we were born into the illusion of separateness. But the way the dance works best is that we keep shifting forms and understand that all these forms will take us to that which has no form.
Ram Dass is joined by Krishna Das to chant “Jai Radha.” Ram Dass explains how it is like a love song between formless and form.
“This is like a love song between formless and form, between Father and Mother, between the cow herdsmen and the Gopi, between Radha and Govinda.” – Ram Dass