In the soul state. Soul is outside time and space. When the planning of a new incarnation all of the souls that will interact will come together and do the planning for the incarnation to come (reality as the body knows it). The incarnation to come is for many reasons (Karma). To create and fulfillment of karma. even in the soul state the law of Karma is there setting in motion the seeds of new Karma to be fulfilled. Karma is greatly misunderstood by most people.
@MegaMaxemus Yes like the ones that are tainting their's by not leaving me alone. I wish harm on no one. I have friends who can't stop to protect me! I try to live without regrets. Good will always =good! And evil will always =evil. Unless there is a an enlightenment, moment of clarity, whatever they would like to call it! Peace to You and Yours, Rob
@MegaMaxemus I'm on the same wave length. I venture from the path to learn things that cause potential harm to mankind (not just my loved ones), but if you look at my channel closely you will see it is not about obviously some peeps think it is. My You Tube is streaming so slow it is pitiful. But that's okay! I don't believe in coincidences, so this was meant to happen. Probably to keep my away from some evil doers (as Bush used to say!) LOL
@Honker66 Karma = What I create in order to manifest the situations needed in order to learn. could be good Karma or bad Karma. When the Karma is all fulfilled and the soul has no more desire (for lack of a better word) to learn any more one can achieve Para Moksha (The reunification with God). Casting aside the reincarnation cycle.
Ram Dass was not as lucid and interesting as a speaker in his older-age, and after the stroke but as if the depth of wisdom shines through so much more. It's as if the personality, whilst entertaining, was a barrier to this depth.
After a stroke as severe as he suffered, I'm amazed at how he can still communicate so clearly. He does that through patience, incredible discipline. What a fantastic man.
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he talks alot of crap. the dude is bad news. obviously people have had bad relationships or great loss with their parents are attracted to him. i find that he doesn't offer anything more than a pipedream, a dream that anyone can create without his assistance. and this is true, because his teaching is that your consciousness of your life is an illusion. you don't exist so get high, give him your money and whatever else.same of cult trip disassociate the victim from themselves so they are drones.
Maybe, but I think that surely it will be an awakening for the being withing the womb of this universe, and then the universe will crack and out we will go to another possibility of existence. I don't believe in life as a light in between two eternities of darkness , go tell someone else how hard-boiled you are, thats just a game you play.
In my opinion Thich Nhat Hahn is infinitely more valuable a source on this kind of philosophy. He didn't need to take LSD to express the human condition. Having to use drugs to bring about peace and understanding should be an embarrassment to any real philosopher. Also, regardless of the tempo, the content that is here makes no sense. Seriously, listen very well to what he's saying... it has no practical aplication for the common man- something any modern philosopher should take into acount.
You should be more understanding and less quick to judge. There is nothing that says finding God through LSD is any different than finding God sitting under a bodhi or banyan tree. You find oneness wherever it finds you and it's the same oneness. The application is in the transmission itself. Peace.
I agree with you completely- the application is with peace. But when the teacher himself is incapable of reaching an audience with any sort of logical message then he is of no help to the movement, he only confuses his followers. Also LSD, while potentially beneficial, can also be misused by some to the point of insanity and in my opinion should not be recommended by a philosopher for peace. True peace should come about without any use of mind-altering substance, or else it's simply material.
you dont really understand what your talking about. Drugs are food. Food has ALWAYS been the catalyst for conitive evolution and always will be. Lsd IS the human condition, hello. What next, "he didnt need to breath air to express the human condition". This video of Ram Dass is post Sroke. Give the guy a break. All there is is human condition, no big deal.
Hmm... I would agree with your logic there if it weren't for one minor fallacy- Drugs aren't food. They're drugs. That's why they're called drugs, and not food. The human condition was thriving for thousands of years before LSD was invented, so LSD is in no way the human condition. Your argument sounds like someone brainwashed. LSD fires off chemicals in your brain, making you think you're experiencing some revelation. In actuality you're simply fooling yourself.
Again, you dont know what your talking about. Since your some kind of authority on "fooling yourself", please lay it on us, all the mis-conceptions we have, and what in actuality is real. PLEASE. Lsd doesnt fire off anything in your brain, it simply mimics exogenous molocules. EVERY EXPERIENCE IS REAL. The universe is more obsurd then you can imagine friend. Peace will never be achieved until ALL humans can experience there true soul nature as opposed to there everyday EGO existence..DRUGS
Well for one thinking that drugs are food is what's called a misconception. LSD and food are completely different concepts, thus saying they are the same is a MISCONCEPTION. Get it? So there's on misconception that you have (I don't know where you got the "we" from.) Since I didn't comment on what's "real" or not I won't dive too deeply into the topic, but let me explain. Typically what's able to be observed is real and what isn't or is the product of a hallucination is imaginary.
Addressing his tone, tempo, and content in this snapshot of his life - the man had a stroke, give him a break. I can fully understand what hes saying, because I've read his books and listened to lectures from other points in his life - And as far as using psychedelics, Ram Dass said in a lecture that as far as he was concerned, Psychedelics were just another form of Yoga - and as a psychedelic yogi, I would agree. Love of Jah - Om
your little comment was so dumb, i dont even know where to start. were not talking about baseball player's names. Yogi Berra wanted 'yogi' as a nickname. he didnt claim to BE a yogi. you are way out of your element. go somewhere else.
and i have worked for years to become a simple man. so thanks.
Q: How can you successfuly or get close to focusing on someones soul and not there ego? Cause it's very much a habit since birth for everyone to break.
this is similar to the "THE MYTH OF ER" in Socrates Republic. simply stunning. his speech and his mannerism makes him authentic. many people do not believe karma because the fire of the "TRUTH OF OUR OWN ACTIONS" always scorches. but believe me, if we accept it, the fire is soothing, purifying, elevating and motivating!
you who have said negative things here. you should eat some medicine and quiet your ego chatter and listen again. you are fools to disrespect Ram Dass. His lsd experience is not central to his work. Maharaji told him the truth about lsd way back in the 60's.
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Your statement comparing acid to coffee is simply not true. LSD renders you temporarily insane and permanently changes your brain chemistry. It can have a lasting dissociative effect making it hard to focus and due to sensory overload leave you strung out for years.
The question is whether it's the LSD state or the regular waking state that is closer to dissociation and insanity, and there is no science for this. Speaking in terms of toxicity, LSD is, as far as I know, no more toxic than caffeine, it's just a different experience; an experience which many would rather believe is a complete illusion than consider that they've been deceiving themselves all along with their struggles and ego games.
The only thing good you can say about acid, as far as I'm concerned is that you can realize that there is a universal consiousness and that we are all connected but I don't see why you need LSD to realize this. Acid has lasting long term negative effects, It is a sensory overload which inhibits the senses from being interperted correctly by the brain, and it burns you out afterwards. I hope you are intellegent enough to tell the difference between reality and an acid trip. Drink tea instead...
The bizarre cognitive effect of an LSD trip is simply *another* experience. I don't think levels of reality come into it. Closeness to the self and level of peace and understanding determines to what degree an individual perceives reality. LSD's function is to reveal the intangibility of the spacetime matrix and the emptiness of the ego. The lasting effects are arguably negative, as many people consider it a semipermanent liberation from the narrowness of mundane and limited perception of form.
One's interpertetaion of reality certainly comes into play. I find it true that people misinterpert reality somewhat naturally and as a side effect of LSD you might stumble onto certain ideas or truths about reality but ultimatly it takes you further from the truth(reality), at least while you're on it and afterwards leaves your mind tired(burnt out). The user tends toward philosophical thinking, might well find it hard to concentrate and get easily distracted. It permanatly changes your brain.
I see what you're saying, but all forms of sadhana have negative side effects-sitting in cross legged meditation for 30 years will kill your back and knees. If you eat nothing but pine nuts and drink water, you get vitamin deficiency. The bottom line is that there are people who find LSD useful in a yogic context, and overcome the mind noise to find that deeper space within, and people like Ram Dass give this view validity. Even Neem Karoli Baba said it could be a useful experience.
As a side note, I'm not saying that everyone should use it and it's Leary's promised panacea for samsara. It's a path like any other, and people should follow, and have the right to follow, the path that suits them best. LSD gets a horrible rap because people face their own karma on it, and blame the drug and culture for the bad experience, and this ignorance and fear drives the anti-drug movement. There is no scientific study which has ever shown that LSD permanently alters brain chemistry.
Your right, people can do whatever they want. There are a lot of extremities that can be bad for you. LSD is one extremity that I personally don't recommend, you can say that the trip itself is not all good or bad, just like people are not all good or bad but the after effects are bad if you ask me. I don't think that a trip being good or bad trip is based on karma but largly set(also mindset) and setting, there are bad people who have good trips and good people who have bad trips.
The quality and purity of the drug you take also has an influence on the trip. I think it is a bad drug but some people handle it a lot better than others. There have certainly been a lot of people who have dropped acid and not known or been prepared for what they were in for...
but the brain needs blood and oxygen and other things that are cycled through the body to survive. When you stop breathing you heart stops, when your heart stops you do not recieve blood to your brain therefor it stops working. you stop stop ticking. i dont know what happens exactly, but i guess we just fade out, our bodies seperate into different molucules and such and the cycle of life continues evermore, through your children.
very spiritual blog here. i beleive we are awareness also mostly govorned by fear, but thats just instinct. Now all this stems from our brains, its so complex that it will take probably hundreds more years to fully figure out, neuron pathways, impulses, chemicals into all interconnected and thats what you are
yea and like he always said "all wars are civil wars" because basiacally it sthat same idea of the conciousness being something that we are all apart of rather than someting that is apart of us all, and that basiacally means that when we fight wars we re fighting against ourselves.
Ram Dass has an interesting point of view about life and death. These seem to be possibilities. I think that noone really knows the truth and so we make it up. I like being spiritual because I feel happier when I believe in a God. This does not make it true. It is an interesting point of view I have. That is why fighting about religion is so crazy. One religion thinks they are better than the other. Acceptance of others would eliminate a lot of wars.
That's an interesting way to look at it. Are you also saying that the source or thought radiates out into the universe and shows up in different ways that relate to the original source?
Baba you are infinately interesting. Do we the grateful spend too much spiritual energy contemplating our death? Is this not just fear, the agony of a thousand deaths? Does not Love at its radical best rather than fear make death irrelavent. Is this arrogance or consciousness raising?
In the soul state. Soul is outside time and space. When the planning of a new incarnation all of the souls that will interact will come together and do the planning for the incarnation to come (reality as the body knows it). The incarnation to come is for many reasons (Karma). To create and fulfillment of karma. even in the soul state the law of Karma is there setting in motion the seeds of new Karma to be fulfilled. Karma is greatly misunderstood by most people.
MegaMaxemus 10 months ago
@MegaMaxemus Yes like the ones that are tainting their's by not leaving me alone. I wish harm on no one. I have friends who can't stop to protect me! I try to live without regrets. Good will always =good! And evil will always =evil. Unless there is a an enlightenment, moment of clarity, whatever they would like to call it! Peace to You and Yours, Rob
Honker66 10 months ago
@MegaMaxemus I'm on the same wave length. I venture from the path to learn things that cause potential harm to mankind (not just my loved ones), but if you look at my channel closely you will see it is not about obviously some peeps think it is. My You Tube is streaming so slow it is pitiful. But that's okay! I don't believe in coincidences, so this was meant to happen. Probably to keep my away from some evil doers (as Bush used to say!) LOL
Honker66 10 months ago
@Honker66 Karma = What I create in order to manifest the situations needed in order to learn. could be good Karma or bad Karma. When the Karma is all fulfilled and the soul has no more desire (for lack of a better word) to learn any more one can achieve Para Moksha (The reunification with God). Casting aside the reincarnation cycle.
MegaMaxemus 10 months ago
@MegaMaxemus Para Moksha! I had forgotten that! Thank you for reminding me of that. Really! My brain put that in a dust bin somewhere. LOL
Honker66 10 months ago
Yeah, all the people you screwed are waiting for you.
sijohn13 10 months ago
How great a teacher! How blessed we are for him to share himself with the world. Bless You Ram Dass!
Honker66 1 year ago
@Honker66 I see you.
MegaMaxemus 10 months ago
everytime i look into his eyes he shows me happiness i cant even contemplate. This guy is at peace with himself.
HashOwns 1 year ago
Ram Dass was not as lucid and interesting as a speaker in his older-age, and after the stroke but as if the depth of wisdom shines through so much more. It's as if the personality, whilst entertaining, was a barrier to this depth.
cspace1234nz 1 year ago 7
After a stroke as severe as he suffered, I'm amazed at how he can still communicate so clearly. He does that through patience, incredible discipline. What a fantastic man.
ricorreze 1 year ago
amazing soul!!! thank you Ram Dass!!! Blessings!!!!
metaknowledge2010 1 year ago
Incredible the peace he transmits... thank you
YuukoFyeSeishirou 1 year ago
wow, that is deep. It didn't catch me at the beginning but at the end I was like "whoa"
HalTuberman 1 year ago
I Know this to be true!
exspyrd 1 year ago
Ram Dass I love you. You are a beautiful soul. I am so grateful that you are a part of my life.
nijinskihind 2 years ago
Thank you Ram Dass. You are so beautiful. Bless you.
LakeGoddess77 2 years ago
why is everything so dire & miserable. when i get to soulland, there's gonna be a party and you better be ready to get down and kick some ass.
up2space 2 years ago 2
no one's gonna tell me how to enjoy death. 16 virgins and rock n roll circus for eternity.
up2space 2 years ago
he speaks so much fantasy because he is the head of an institution under pressure to make money and save its ass.
sargentpepperoni 2 years ago
A soothing bedtime story... nothing else.
srayon 2 years ago
what a beautiful way to put it - thank you
Lilly0304 2 years ago
soothing
jamesarongray 2 years ago
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he talks alot of crap. the dude is bad news. obviously people have had bad relationships or great loss with their parents are attracted to him. i find that he doesn't offer anything more than a pipedream, a dream that anyone can create without his assistance. and this is true, because his teaching is that your consciousness of your life is an illusion. you don't exist so get high, give him your money and whatever else.same of cult trip disassociate the victim from themselves so they are drones.
up2space 2 years ago
dumb nigger i pity you
stevnricke 2 years ago
don't pity me i know what's ahead. soulland. see you there for a big ass whoopin.
up2space 2 years ago
yes, very profound. this man is speaking love = truth
cveitch 2 years ago 11
There is no life after death!
Lingerfoot 2 years ago
Maybe, but I think that surely it will be an awakening for the being withing the womb of this universe, and then the universe will crack and out we will go to another possibility of existence. I don't believe in life as a light in between two eternities of darkness , go tell someone else how hard-boiled you are, thats just a game you play.
Consciousish 2 years ago 2
"I had been focusing on her as an ego." profound!!
binary132 2 years ago 2
he speaks such truth
MBKDragonfly 2 years ago 3
In my opinion Thich Nhat Hahn is infinitely more valuable a source on this kind of philosophy. He didn't need to take LSD to express the human condition. Having to use drugs to bring about peace and understanding should be an embarrassment to any real philosopher. Also, regardless of the tempo, the content that is here makes no sense. Seriously, listen very well to what he's saying... it has no practical aplication for the common man- something any modern philosopher should take into acount.
wiredclaypool 3 years ago
You should be more understanding and less quick to judge. There is nothing that says finding God through LSD is any different than finding God sitting under a bodhi or banyan tree. You find oneness wherever it finds you and it's the same oneness. The application is in the transmission itself. Peace.
jbrentoniv 3 years ago 2
I agree with you completely- the application is with peace. But when the teacher himself is incapable of reaching an audience with any sort of logical message then he is of no help to the movement, he only confuses his followers. Also LSD, while potentially beneficial, can also be misused by some to the point of insanity and in my opinion should not be recommended by a philosopher for peace. True peace should come about without any use of mind-altering substance, or else it's simply material.
wiredclaypool 3 years ago
you dont really understand what your talking about. Drugs are food. Food has ALWAYS been the catalyst for conitive evolution and always will be. Lsd IS the human condition, hello. What next, "he didnt need to breath air to express the human condition". This video of Ram Dass is post Sroke. Give the guy a break. All there is is human condition, no big deal.
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Hmm... I would agree with your logic there if it weren't for one minor fallacy- Drugs aren't food. They're drugs. That's why they're called drugs, and not food. The human condition was thriving for thousands of years before LSD was invented, so LSD is in no way the human condition. Your argument sounds like someone brainwashed. LSD fires off chemicals in your brain, making you think you're experiencing some revelation. In actuality you're simply fooling yourself.
wiredclaypool 3 years ago
Again, you dont know what your talking about. Since your some kind of authority on "fooling yourself", please lay it on us, all the mis-conceptions we have, and what in actuality is real. PLEASE. Lsd doesnt fire off anything in your brain, it simply mimics exogenous molocules. EVERY EXPERIENCE IS REAL. The universe is more obsurd then you can imagine friend. Peace will never be achieved until ALL humans can experience there true soul nature as opposed to there everyday EGO existence..DRUGS
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Well for one thinking that drugs are food is what's called a misconception. LSD and food are completely different concepts, thus saying they are the same is a MISCONCEPTION. Get it? So there's on misconception that you have (I don't know where you got the "we" from.) Since I didn't comment on what's "real" or not I won't dive too deeply into the topic, but let me explain. Typically what's able to be observed is real and what isn't or is the product of a hallucination is imaginary.
wiredclaypool 3 years ago
Addressing his tone, tempo, and content in this snapshot of his life - the man had a stroke, give him a break. I can fully understand what hes saying, because I've read his books and listened to lectures from other points in his life - And as far as using psychedelics, Ram Dass said in a lecture that as far as he was concerned, Psychedelics were just another form of Yoga - and as a psychedelic yogi, I would agree. Love of Jah - Om
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batmanoberst 2 years ago
calling yourself a yogi makes you not a yogi
batmanoberst 2 years ago
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That's 'bull shit'.
The famous NY Yankee catcher, Larry
Berra, called himself 'yogi' and that was
what he will remain. Yogi Berra! And
what about Yogi Bear?
Batmanoberst, you are a very simple
'lad'.
fntime 2 years ago
your little comment was so dumb, i dont even know where to start. were not talking about baseball player's names. Yogi Berra wanted 'yogi' as a nickname. he didnt claim to BE a yogi. you are way out of your element. go somewhere else.
and i have worked for years to become a simple man. so thanks.
batmanoberst 2 years ago
Because you are an intellectual 'light weight' who loves to hijack, more intelligent peoples, discovery or insight,
you probably hate all who see you
as a 'poser'.
You don't have an orginal idea in your
head, just listen to your latest guru,
or 'leader'. You sir, are an ass, no I'm
sorry, not an ass, a 'fuckin ass'.
"Now go home and get your fuckin' shine
box"
fntime 2 years ago
i believe joe pesci then continues to beat the living shit out of frank vincent.......ouch....
batmanoberst 2 years ago
Are you saying natural DNAcid is really like taking a tab of natural double helix microdot orange sunshine for life's trip?
Just wondering?
televisionsux 2 years ago
this has nothing to do with philosophy.
batmanoberst 2 years ago
Q: How can you successfuly or get close to focusing on someones soul and not there ego? Cause it's very much a habit since birth for everyone to break.
Dourdandepp 3 years ago
Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life
reeceh78 2 years ago
((((Ram Dass))))
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lovin this video!! leave me a comment
energetic fun smart and loves this video lq
AA9483 3 years ago
wonderful man
pookie67 3 years ago
I found the tempo and content refreshing.
Who can judge anyone? The world is so busy doing and wanting mass stimuli, this was a great pause...to be still a moment and be.
HY34HU 3 years ago
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all the acid fucked up his brain.
dontyouwannabecool 3 years ago
dontyouwannabecool, after years of acid he was still all there, acid tends to only cause problems when there is a predisposition for them.
his current condition is the result of a stroke, he's still all there he just has trouble putting out the information.
justhereoutofboredom 3 years ago
I loved reading Be Here Now over 30 years ago and everything is still as alive and fresh now as it was then. I know it always will be.
postcardsoflife 3 years ago
WOW, Jai Ram Dass. We are blessed to have you on this earth. Thank you for being the light and sharing yourself.
monjushri 3 years ago
Great and beautiful comment on finding the "soulness" of ones mother.
dourtan 3 years ago 3
I belive he is a wise beeing,
if you can think outside of the box or had a
spiritual intervention you could understand.
unless thats happned to you guys, where i'd guess 98% of the population havent
You will still be stuck in Earthbound state
neglecting all that hasent got sience proof,
A tip wuld be, open your mind.
Know nothing, Expect everything.
(and perhaps one beutifull day you too will be mindblown about this Awareness that lurks inside us all, waiting to be unlocked)
Siiiiiivola666 3 years ago
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
William Wordsworth (1807)
Ram Dass sees the alternate reality our society misses in its "busy-ness".
brooksbos 3 years ago
this is similar to the "THE MYTH OF ER" in Socrates Republic. simply stunning. his speech and his mannerism makes him authentic. many people do not believe karma because the fire of the "TRUTH OF OUR OWN ACTIONS" always scorches. but believe me, if we accept it, the fire is soothing, purifying, elevating and motivating!
inoidontknow 3 years ago 2
you who have said negative things here. you should eat some medicine and quiet your ego chatter and listen again. you are fools to disrespect Ram Dass. His lsd experience is not central to his work. Maharaji told him the truth about lsd way back in the 60's.
allahjahrastafari 3 years ago 2
Shit. This guys burnt out. I just watched an interview he did in the 60's which was incredible. Shame.
emphaticapathy 3 years ago
Yeah. Strokes have a way of burning people out, as you might learn if and when *your* time comes...
Minero61 3 years ago
oops. I just assumed he had over done the drugs. I apologise for my ignorance.
emphaticapathy 3 years ago 4
No worries...I've had my own "oops" moments too... :)
Minero61 3 years ago
how is that cure for baldness coming along?
polkapete 3 years ago
nothing but a lot of bull!
meme645 3 years ago
hey meme645, u shudnt make judgments b4 u learn about ram das and maharajji for urself
harryberry323 3 years ago 2
check out geoffrey falk's april 13 2008 blog entry on ram dass
resedoton 3 years ago
check out geoffrey falk's april 13 2008 blog entry on ram dass and Neem Karoli Baba:
resedoton 3 years ago
dearest ram dass, thank you for still teaching me no matter where we live. always, cathy
you are so dear to my oneness
cathceil 4 years ago
jai prabhu
KriyaArts 4 years ago
ur a fuckin retard he had a stroke, lsd didnt harm him its one of the safest substances on the planet safer than ur monring cup of coffee
masterj3 4 years ago
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Your statement comparing acid to coffee is simply not true. LSD renders you temporarily insane and permanently changes your brain chemistry. It can have a lasting dissociative effect making it hard to focus and due to sensory overload leave you strung out for years.
mytubenow11 4 years ago
The question is whether it's the LSD state or the regular waking state that is closer to dissociation and insanity, and there is no science for this. Speaking in terms of toxicity, LSD is, as far as I know, no more toxic than caffeine, it's just a different experience; an experience which many would rather believe is a complete illusion than consider that they've been deceiving themselves all along with their struggles and ego games.
earlgrey626 3 years ago
The only thing good you can say about acid, as far as I'm concerned is that you can realize that there is a universal consiousness and that we are all connected but I don't see why you need LSD to realize this. Acid has lasting long term negative effects, It is a sensory overload which inhibits the senses from being interperted correctly by the brain, and it burns you out afterwards. I hope you are intellegent enough to tell the difference between reality and an acid trip. Drink tea instead...
mytubenow11 3 years ago
The bizarre cognitive effect of an LSD trip is simply *another* experience. I don't think levels of reality come into it. Closeness to the self and level of peace and understanding determines to what degree an individual perceives reality. LSD's function is to reveal the intangibility of the spacetime matrix and the emptiness of the ego. The lasting effects are arguably negative, as many people consider it a semipermanent liberation from the narrowness of mundane and limited perception of form.
earlgrey626 3 years ago
One's interpertetaion of reality certainly comes into play. I find it true that people misinterpert reality somewhat naturally and as a side effect of LSD you might stumble onto certain ideas or truths about reality but ultimatly it takes you further from the truth(reality), at least while you're on it and afterwards leaves your mind tired(burnt out). The user tends toward philosophical thinking, might well find it hard to concentrate and get easily distracted. It permanatly changes your brain.
mytubenow11 3 years ago
I see what you're saying, but all forms of sadhana have negative side effects-sitting in cross legged meditation for 30 years will kill your back and knees. If you eat nothing but pine nuts and drink water, you get vitamin deficiency. The bottom line is that there are people who find LSD useful in a yogic context, and overcome the mind noise to find that deeper space within, and people like Ram Dass give this view validity. Even Neem Karoli Baba said it could be a useful experience.
earlgrey626 3 years ago
As a side note, I'm not saying that everyone should use it and it's Leary's promised panacea for samsara. It's a path like any other, and people should follow, and have the right to follow, the path that suits them best. LSD gets a horrible rap because people face their own karma on it, and blame the drug and culture for the bad experience, and this ignorance and fear drives the anti-drug movement. There is no scientific study which has ever shown that LSD permanently alters brain chemistry.
earlgrey626 3 years ago 2
Your right, people can do whatever they want. There are a lot of extremities that can be bad for you. LSD is one extremity that I personally don't recommend, you can say that the trip itself is not all good or bad, just like people are not all good or bad but the after effects are bad if you ask me. I don't think that a trip being good or bad trip is based on karma but largly set(also mindset) and setting, there are bad people who have good trips and good people who have bad trips.
mytubenow11 3 years ago
The quality and purity of the drug you take also has an influence on the trip. I think it is a bad drug but some people handle it a lot better than others. There have certainly been a lot of people who have dropped acid and not known or been prepared for what they were in for...
mytubenow11 3 years ago
its true that its safer than a cup of coffee!
alfst 4 years ago
its not ! u crackhead!
WestCoastIrk 3 years ago
Sorry Richard, It's obvious you have taken a little too much LSD through the years.
gailguinn1953 4 years ago
Vibrationsssssszzzz Dia de el spark...
eskimojones23 4 years ago
but the brain needs blood and oxygen and other things that are cycled through the body to survive. When you stop breathing you heart stops, when your heart stops you do not recieve blood to your brain therefor it stops working. you stop stop ticking. i dont know what happens exactly, but i guess we just fade out, our bodies seperate into different molucules and such and the cycle of life continues evermore, through your children.
kindheartatheist 4 years ago
very spiritual blog here. i beleive we are awareness also mostly govorned by fear, but thats just instinct. Now all this stems from our brains, its so complex that it will take probably hundreds more years to fully figure out, neuron pathways, impulses, chemicals into all interconnected and thats what you are
kindheartatheist 4 years ago
It sounds like some DMT trips I've heard about... almost identical actually.
XiXingTangLang 4 years ago
this is kinky absurd
WRWidg2003 4 years ago
yea and like he always said "all wars are civil wars" because basiacally it sthat same idea of the conciousness being something that we are all apart of rather than someting that is apart of us all, and that basiacally means that when we fight wars we re fighting against ourselves.
laurence51515 4 years ago
Ram Dass has an interesting point of view about life and death. These seem to be possibilities. I think that noone really knows the truth and so we make it up. I like being spiritual because I feel happier when I believe in a God. This does not make it true. It is an interesting point of view I have. That is why fighting about religion is so crazy. One religion thinks they are better than the other. Acceptance of others would eliminate a lot of wars.
Di4545 4 years ago
smaller patterns multiply into larger patterns....
if you die once you will die many more times...an
event cannot occur in isolation only once.......
jpandyaraja 4 years ago 3
That's an interesting way to look at it. Are you also saying that the source or thought radiates out into the universe and shows up in different ways that relate to the original source?
Di4545 4 years ago
thought travels no doubt ..but the universe itself
is a concept i.e thought......hence it is useless
to talk distance infinity minus 100 meters is not
100 meters less of infinty...you cant reach it
hold the source only which is youself
jpandyaraja 4 years ago
Baba you are infinately interesting. Do we the grateful spend too much spiritual energy contemplating our death? Is this not just fear, the agony of a thousand deaths? Does not Love at its radical best rather than fear make death irrelavent. Is this arrogance or consciousness raising?
EricOerinToo 4 years ago
I would love to meet Ram Dass ... he, Wayne Dyer & others helped change my life. I feel a strong connection to him.
TheAlchemist78 5 years ago