Words of Wisdom: Quotations from One of the World's Foremost Spiritual Teachers

by Ram Dass

Overview

Words of Wisdom is a distillation of the last five decades of Ram Dass’s life containing the most powerful quotes from his most resonant core teachings.

Ram Dass always had a knack for heart-to-heart transmission. Far before he had a vocabulary to describe his spiritual experiences, he was Richard Alpert, a Harvard professor and early experimenter with psychedelics. After these early soul-expanding journeys, he spoke and wrote about his transcendent experiences with the innate, intuitive understanding of a true inner-voyager.

Even before Alpert realized that psychedelics weren't the final answer to enlightenment, he was more interested in cultivating a shared heart space with his patients and friends than he was in the clinical, scientific side of psychedelia.

Words of Wisdom is a distillation of hundreds of lectures and many hours of audio and video recordings from the last five decades—his core essential teachings.

This anthology celebrates the spark that helped to ignite the flame of grace and Loving Awareness in so many hearts. By the end of his life, Ram Dass was a true conduit for soul connection. This anthology celebrates the spark that helped to ignite the flame of grace and Loving Awareness in so many hearts. By the end of his life, Ram Dass was a true conduit for soul connection. Through five decades of teaching in both the institutional and public realms, Dass has served as a leader in spirituality, psychology, and psychedelia, fusing these elements to embody a purposeful intention of love and joy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647224875
Publisher:	Mandala Publishing
Publication date:	11/23/2021
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Ram Dass influenced the world by teaching the path of the heart and social consciousness. He became a pivotal influence in our culture with the publication of “Be Here Now” – which has become a meaningful mantra in people’s lives over the last five decades.

Table of Contents

Introduction vi

Chapter 1 Silence as the Doorway 1

Chapter 2 Trusting the Present Moment 13

Chapter 3 Cultivating Intimate Relationships 25

Chapter 4 From Being Somebody to Becoming Nobody 37

Chapter 5 Giving Form to the Formless-On God and Guru 51

Chapter 6 Releasing Our Models of Spiritual Growth 61

Chapter 7 Finding Freedom Through Spiritual Practice 73

Chapter 8 Getting Free from Suffering 89

Chapter 9 Loving Our Dark Thoughts 103

Chapter 10 Serving Others Without Getting Lost in Separateness 111

Chapter 11 Awakening from Clinging and Attachment 123

Chapter 12 Practicing Compassion in Action 133

Chapter 13 Living in Loving Awareness 141

Chapter 14 Approaching Death with Less Fear and More Curiosity 151