Being Ram Dass

By: Rameshwar Das, Ram Dass

Narrated by: Rameshwar Das

Ram Dass tells here, for the first time, the full arc of his remarkable life.

Perhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you've ever embraced the phrase “be here now”, practiced meditation or yoga, tried psychedelics, or supported anyone in a hospice, prison, or homeless center - then the story of Ram Dass is also part of your story.

From his birth in 1931 to his luminous later years, Ram Dass saw his life as just one incarnation of many. This memoir puts us in the passenger seat with the one-time Harvard psychologist and lifelong risk-taker Richard Alpert, who loved to take friends on wild rides on his Harley and test nearly every boundary - inner or outer - that came his way.

Here, Ram Dass shares his life’s odyssey in intimate detail: how he struggled with issues of self-identity and sexuality in his youth, pioneered psychedelic research, and opened the doorways to Eastern spiritual practices. In 1967 he trekked to India and met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. He returned with a perspective on spirituality and psychology that changed millions.

Populated by a cast of luminaries ranging from Timothy Leary to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Allen Ginsberg to Sharon Salzberg, Aldous Huxley to Alan Watts - this intimate memoir chronicles the cultural and spiritual transformations Ram Dass experienced that resonate with us to this day, a journey from the mind to the heart, from the ego to the soul.

Before, after, and along these waypoints, listeners will encounter many other adventures and revelations - each ringing with the potential to awaken the universal, loving divine that links us to this beloved teacher and all of us to each other.

©2021 Ram Dass and Rameshwar Das (P)2021 Sounds True

Profound

this touched me I'm any levels. it will stay with me. always. I cannot recommend it enough

Wow. He did it His life is his message

Thankful to have listened to this audiobook. It was funny, sad, illuminating and full of love, typical of the Ram Dass we all know. The narration was excellent, and felt intimate. At some point I could almost picture Ram Dass himself narrating it, Rameshwar Das thanks for your service. By now you can tell I loved it, and if you find inspiration in Ram Dass ‘ teaching you won’t be disappointed when you are through with this audiobook.

Beautiful

Words cannot express the beauty of his life on Earth...
Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram. Ram ✨🙏🏽

So many great lessons

Over the years I've read books by Ram Dass and have always learned from them. Here we get a more complete view view of his life through his own words. Some of the stories have changed a little and some new ones have been added. We get a deep personal look at his life and what it meant to so many. Listening to this book had a profound impact on my life. I finally understood some teachings I received years ago. I wonder what I will learn from it when I read it for the second time.

No words?

Hands down the best book I've ever listened from beginning to the very end. Highly recommend