Be Here Now by Ram Dass

I have a copy from the early 70's it's very strange.

 

I saw him at the Cali 04 gathering.

 

THIS BOOK IS GREAT!

Its changed my life SO much, the way i think.. the way i live..

So I ordered a stack of copies from amazon.com (its onlylike 11 bucks with shipping) and gave them away to the right friends, which, whoever did read it while tripping, it blew their mind like it did me.

Reading it sober is one thing, but when i read it on acid.. *WOW*. Started reading the middle brown part on acid for 5 hours (could go through it in 30 minutes sober), didnt even finish because i was too sleepy but it "got me there".

I'm going to scan this and put it online for everyone (I *know* Ram Dass won't mind )

Here's a trip report I wrote (well, tried to!) about it,

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=214766&highlight=yaesutom

 

I just bought it on ebay I cant wait to get it, I watched "Fierce Grace" and am excited about the book

 

I too have read the brown section on psychedelics a few times, it was quite amazing...

 

i have just gotten this book on saturday and have read almost half of it now... i am absolutely in love with this book.. im not much of a reader but i can tell this is a book that i am going to read multiple times for new meanings and answers... last night i made it to the mantras and was reading The Butterfly... and realized how much this mantra explains my recent life.... i have changed my life so much within the past years... not forcefully..
----It's a little more like the image of a caterpillar enclosing itself in a cocoon in order to go through the metamorphosis to emerge as a butterfly. The caterpillar doesn't say: "well, now i'm going to climb into this cocoon and come out a butterfly" It's just an inevitable process. ----

 

I had an afternoon off from the pub, this book, and an eighth of mushrooms.
A book under a tree, a jug of wine and thee!
"Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"

 

love this book.. read it last nite actually! haha everytime i seem to fall from the spiritual point im at.. i pick this book up and it explains exactly where i am and how to get back to where i was!

 

i got to hang out with ram at the cali gathering a couple years ago(green hat sitting near me)
this wasactualy the second time i hung out with him, the 1st was on the great peace march way back when
but this time i really got to spend some time with him, for aweek or 10 days or so, i hung out with him all morning as brothers untill the crowds would gather around him and talking, or even listening became impossible






oops i wasnt even in the 1st pic..lol but yea thats him right by me in the second 1
hes really an amazing person to just chill with

and ram, if for some odd reason u see this..come back this year..we miss ya brother

 

i'm really wanting to get my hands on a copy of the book seed published by anonymous dass and the lama foundation. i can't find it anywhere and i haven't seen it for about 25 years of hunting used/rare books. if anyone has a copy, i would love to be contacted so i can purchase it.
my partner and i have each seen this book in our past and we are wanting to have a copy of our own to nurture and re-enjoy.
peace, love and music to all
namaste
suzyskye

 

Seriously, this book changed my life in a huge way. It made me realize that we truly are one sigular being.

Namaste Ram.

 

This was the first of many books I read that started me on the path I am following now. It was a great read when I was 16. I then jumped into the book 'auto biography of a yogi, Paramanhansa Yogananda'. I might have spelled the name wrong.

 

That book changed my life in about ten seconds at Barnes & Noble one day. I'd always heard about it and been interested in it. I picked it up and was looking through the "ingredients" part of the cook book and saw the "Time and Space" one and flipped to the specified page and read:


Ask yourself: Where am I?
Answer: Here.
Ask yourself: What time is it?
Answer: Now.
Say it until you can hear it.

It's like, there's always rays of sunlight that manage to seep through the cracks in the clouds, but this was like a clean break for the radiance of the whole to shine through all at once, which is what this was. I went to the library, checked it out, and that day.... it was like the first real step on my path. It's hard for me to explain but I know you guys understand what I'm getting at; I'm sure several of you have experienced the exact thing with this book yourselves.

 

Just ordered a copy along with another book of his on meditations. really excited because I've heard so many good things about it. excited to say the least!

 

great book.. i love it!


this is a book that everyone should read.

 

ooh... now this is some nice truth in here ... ooooh eee.
yes. halfway through but it's just resonating some deep stuff.

"Will it ever be the big ice cream cone in the sky? Will it ever be an eternal ice cream cone? Or is it always going to melt?"

*shudders* wow.

 

This book is absolutely amazing, im currently reading it for the first time and its definitely changed the way i see things

 

I have just finished my reading and this book is some very deep stuff, i love it. Definitely gives you a different perspective on life.

 

Someone just leant me this book. I'm starting it today.

 

Agreed.