Saturday, October 8, 2011

Be Here Now


Search for Self?

Ram Dass, born as Dr. Richard Alpert, April 6, 1931, a spiritual leader and the author of the book, Be Here Now.

A transformative and inspiring book, stressed on the importance of spiritual side of human nature. Ram Dass takes the wisdom of the East and express it on the way that ordinary people of the West can understand. Take it as some kind of 'revealed the Truths' book, with open mind, rather than confine to certain religion. It has so many inspiring truths in it and make life better in every way. I only re-discovered it on my bookshelf today, recalled that I bought it through Amazon.com, 11 years ago.

The central message of this book will blow out you mind, has profound effect on your life ....

Ram Dass, as an ex-Professor at Harvard University in the 1960s, for his travels to India, and his deep relationship with his Hindu guru, Neem Karoli Baba (better known as Maharaji), for founding the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. Some quotes from Ram Dass;


“We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.”


“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.”


“Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!”


“The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.”


“The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.”


“In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?”


“Information is just bits of data. Knowledge is putting them together. Wisdom is transcending them.”


“We're all just walking each other home.”


“We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.”


“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”


“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”


“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is.”


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