... and ram dass gave maharaji all his hits of acid. one hit would of been a sufficient trip, ram dass watched maharaji very closely, but nothing happend, nothing at all. its inside he said, its inside all of us! no drug is needed to let it be seen. but of course we already knew that acid doesn't exist anyway, hahah.
I've never believed that story simply because LSD produces certain side effects, regardless of your philosophical/mental/transcendental position. It's a strict medical interaction of lysergic acid diethylamide with homo sapiens physical body.
but maharaji is always tripping, he never came up, and he never went down. he controls his mind, he is the master. nothing can break his control.
Later on, long after Ram Dass had given Maharaji the doses he seemed to forget if he, maharaji, had taken them or not. He speculates whether or not he actually took him because he showed no side effects of someone under the influence. The next day maharaji asks ram dass "did you give me some medecine(LSD) a while ago? I can't remember". Ram dass revealed that he was unsure(of course Maharaji knows his thoughts, but this is just his style). So maharaji agrees to take more medecine(LSD) and just to make sure that Ram Dass was certain he had taken the hits maharaji takes each one and very slowly places them under his tongue. After he ingests them he asks Ram Dass, "so will these make me go crazy?" Ram Dass replies something along the lines of "maybe" Ram Dass sat with him the whole day and literally no action for some time. Then while hanging around maharaji is under his blanket and starts freaking out and moving around frantically. After a very short time of this he takes down his blanket and just looks at Ram Dass and smiles.
Yeah, I think the point is not that no chemical reactions took place, it's simply that he had such control over his mind that it didn't matter what conditions or drugs he was exposed to.
Nah, who really knows. I have the book "The Only Dance there is" and I personally, dont have an opinion on the story with Maharaji.
If you're completely detatched, it isn't "oh this thing is happening to me, and I'm having an emotional interaction with it". It's just consciousness observing what is. If monks can light themselves on fire, this story can be true. I believe it.
Are you referring to the "detached" state as some form of enlightenment? Would you explain further, please?
I guess so. Not identifying with the body or it's sensations. Just Being an awareness that simultaneously contains and is inside of those things, which are more ideas than reality. I never spell detach correctly. I always tell myself to and never think of it. Oh well.
Ah, I get it now. I thought it wasn't working because he was so 'enlightened', as though being 'enlightened' automatically bestows immunity from these things (can he drink rat poison?) now i get it, he is affected, but the parts of him that are affected he has long since put in their place, even the deepest recesses of his mind.
Are you sure of that? I just got a glimpse of what the idea of unsuredness is. Is there a differance between telling and thinking.. really? I just saw this movie called Sita sings the blues, she was Rama's wife and its a story of their love. Who is Ram dass? I think that story signifies a comfort and understanding in ones self and of time. You can feel quite normal on lsd and shrooms too if you are still and don't forget that you too can imagine all types of visions dosed or not, its all a matter of do you love to do that or do you do it only when interacting with lsd.
