More from Ram Dass

Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, an already eminent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr.Timothy Leary. He had continued his psychedelic research until that fateful Eastern trip in 1967, when he traveled to India. In India, he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, affectionately known as Maharajji, who gave Ram Dass his name, which means "servant of God." Everything changed then - his intense dharmic life started, and he became a pivotal influence on a culture that has reverberated with the words “Be Here Now” ever since. Ram Dass’s spirit has been a guiding light for three generations, carrying along millions on the journey, helping free them from their bonds as he has worked his way through his own.
(excerpt from biography at ramdass.org)

Be patient.
You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize
that in our own being, we are enough.

Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing
that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.

My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.

The heart surrenders everything to the moment.
The mind judges and holds back.

Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation.
It does its work of shaping us.

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience,

including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

I’m not interested in being a “lover.” I’m interested in only being love.



The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all.
As long as you want power, you can't have it.
The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.



Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.



Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.



Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time
knowing you are more than your drama.



The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated.
It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.



If you think you're enlightened go spend a week with your family.



In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time
reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight



Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.



If you want to be surrounded by Souls, become identified with your Soul.
It takes one to know one!