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In this classic talk from 1987, Ram Dass explores working with suffering, keeping our hearts open, finding the intuitive heart space, and being responsive rather than reactive. This episode is a continuation of the talk started in Here and Now Ep. 245 – Taking Off Our Spacesuit.
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In this week’s episode:
Using his stepmother’s death as an example, Ram Dass explores how pain and suffering can become a curriculum through which one awakens.
Ram Dass discusses how he has begun to fall in love with everyone, and how his guru opened him up to the possibility of unconditional love. If we’re caught in our separateness, it’s hard to keep our hearts open.
Ram Dass shares classic stories of how other beings, including a dolphin, have helped him escape the trap of his own mind and find the intuitive heart space. He talks about taking care of his aging father and learning how to just be present with him.
Finally, Ram Dass explores the difference between being reactive and being responsive, reading a story from ‘How Can I Help?’ to illustrate his point. He talks about how, when we are quiet enough on the inside, we can begin to hear how to awaken through the journey of the spirit.
“As you quiet your mind just a little bit, you get so that you’re not automatically reacting to everything. You become what’s called responsive rather than reactive. In other words, something happens and there’s a moment when it’s just happening, you’re just with it. As your awareness expands to include more than your separate self, it’s as if you’re part of the gestalt of it all, and you experience the totality of it. And then, out of that quietness comes an act that is appropriate to that moment.” – Ram Dass
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Ram Dass: How to Be Responsive, Not Reactive – https://youtu.be/MvfPI1t9Rck
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 246 – How to Be Responsive, Not Reactive – https://beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-here-and-now-ep-246-how-to-be-responsive-not-reactive
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Not me. I just don't get it because I long for death. I want this life over with.
Unfolded rather well🙂⚡️
Teaching these skills, is so beneficial to not lower, your most authentic self. Too bad, our government leaders, and those we look up to don’t come from this place. But we’re just as responsible for putting our hopes and failures on them.
So many of us sit around and complain, but never do anything to set the example. Regressing, becoming rigid and angry.
Free yourself and believe what is best for you will happen if you go with the flow .
Beautiful… inspiring and wise ❤
Start 9:06
Thank you for that it was very enjoyable listening to you💯💞❤️🔥
First timer here. Although I’ve heard many quotes from Ram Dass but didn’t look him up! I am delighted by this first time exposure of really hearing Ram and I cannot say enough about how spot on his messages are! His humor took me by surprise which was so beneficial & timely. What an incredible human being/Guru… I’m so grateful & I’ve subscribed & cannot wait for more from this beloved Man. I feel Blessed how this popped up !
No accidents! Wonderful. Thank you for this Channel 💚🙏🏻✌️ Buffalo, NY Instant Fan @81 yrs young. 🦋
Notes & saved.
I enjoyed this experience 😊
I’ve never seen anyone with such lights around their eyes as you do.. SO BEAUTIFUL 🤩
Thank you once again Ram Dass. It's been fifty plus years now. ❤🎉
I grew up in Asheville and never heard of the center of conscious living and dying. I looked it up and it’s located in Swannanoa, North Carolina.
Wow! This message hit me to the core of what I'm experiencing right now. I'm taking care of my mother as we speak. I definitely can understand the complexities of just life itself. I'm learning how to experience my journey on this earth with no judgment just understanding with compassion. And being open and vulnerable with the acceptance in it Thank you for sharing this beautiful message message of Mastery🥰❤❤❤
I love magic mind. First time I have watched this channel. What a coincidence
😅I wish you would put a shorter intro that doesn’t prime our minds for any of the information coming. If you could leave the monologue to the end with your thoughts on the lecture, that, I think, would go well.
Having said that, I listened to maybe 3 or 4 minutes before skipping ahead.
I like to know when and where, or nothing really. I’ll listen to you at the end though, for sure.
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❤ loved this episode. Full of laughter and meaningful moments.
I wish this lady would get out of here and stop adding her two cents
That was beautiful thank you 😊
❤🙏🏽
Mouth slurps ruined it for me.. He is talking like he has sugar in his mouth.. oh well..
9:28 to skip past the drawn-out intro. (No offense, life is too short)