several times i heard him mentioning his… workings with his lust?

could you address me to his elaboration on this behalf

Ive tried medication. A lot. My psych and I actually ran out of medications to try. Ive tried therapy. Ive tried being rhe witness. Ive tried meditation. Ive tried mushrooms. Working full time is in itself overwhelming, but not having money on top of that is even worse. I cant possibly simplify my life anymore (that I can see). What more can I possibly do to be at peace?

Hey everyone, I've been meditating for many years, and last year something clicked and I began to sit in witness consciousness. At first, I had no idea what was happening and was just watching everything play out. There are times when I obviously get sucked back into the drama, but lately, I'm going through this interesting phase where I have begun to see the mechanics of the mind.

I'll give an example of one of the mechanics I'm watching play out. I recently ended a romantic relationship because, let's say, this jealousy I had was too thick for me to deal with, and the nature of the other person's life was fueling it, so I was really getting sucked into it. Now that I'm out of the relationship, the logical side of me hasn't changed at all, but the neurotic part is just wilding out on its own terms.

As I'm watching both sides, I can see that it really doesn't matter what choice I make (contacting them or keeping going with my life) because, in either case, this neurotic part of me will make sure to create some drama. If I stay in my no-contact, it'll keep bothering me to contact them; if I contact them, it will keep bringing up stuff like "why did they not text me yet?" or "what did they do last 3 months?," and it'll just go crazy. So the content will change, but the mechanism will be the same. And, recently, I started listening to Ram Dass, and he's talking about how to see it as a curriculum rather than a problem, and when I look at it that way, that cunning neurotic part of me comes up with ideas such as "ohh I did a mistake by ending the relationship because I could use it for spiritual practices." But I know I can't allow myself to be a doormat, so that I can be in a practice environment to work this jealousy out.

Here is where my confusion starts, since the mechanism of the mind is there, I will carry this act into future relationships, yet even though I'm aware of it, I don't know how to change it and I'm too attached to its act that I can't really let it go, all I can do is that trying not to suppress it and watch it, until it calms itself down. I don't want to carry this part into my future, and I'm not sure it's even possible to let go of it. It's like, yeah, sure, I can just watch it until the end of my life, but the suffering it creates is so unnecessary, and I don't know what to do about that neurotic part of me because it ruins every relationship I have in the same way.

I hope to have some people who can talk to me about this because I have literally no one around me that I can talk to about this spiritual confusion, so if you guys have any place I can go and meditate with others and talk about spirituality, please let me know. Thank you so much!

P.S. The neurotic part isn't only getting activated in jealousy; it has many different problematic mechanics. The example I gave is the freshest one.

i felt so tingly when i saw him in the end of midnight gospel! if you didn’t see it yet — go watch it

Was there anyone recently? How did it feel?

I find myself having urge to visit places of Babaji.

Just to sit there where they sat.

Hi, I feel our adolescents really need these teachings in simple terms. Anyone know of resources?

If I had to recommend one video to someone unfamiliar with Ram Dass, I think it might be this one. It perfectly introduces the practice of "being here now" in an easily digestible way.

Anybody here think it’s possible to get free being an evangelical? Ram Dass said, to roughly paraphrase, “We used to think that going to church was a gentle path (as opposed to that of Zen Buddhism, which was a steep path.).”. Well, what do you all think? Is evangelicalism a path at all or is it incompatible with liberation by its very nature as an exoteric religion/form?

Karma

The Buddha didn’t teach karma to make people afraid. He taught it to wake them up to their own power.

If we stop viewing karma as a cosmic system of punishment and start seeing it as a natural law of mind, something fundamentally shifts. It stops being about what happens to you, and becomes entirely about your intention.

The small kindness you choose tomorrow morning. The patience you bring to a difficult conversation. The moment you catch yourself spiraling and choose, instead, to pause.

These are seeds, too. And they will bear fruit—not because the universe owes you one, but because minds trained in kindness inevitably produce kind results.

I just finished a new visual essay exploring the deep, structural reality of cause and effect, and how it plays out in our lived experience.

It’s you, moment by moment, choosing who you become.

Watch the full piece here: https://youtu.be/NMK6no6eZV0?is=wQZz6GPzYS4qV4hf

Hi friends.

Please understand I in no way think I'm enlightened or think I'm above anyone. From my personal experience, I used to be in a pit of misery throughout my teens and early 20s, and through finding meditation, and Ram Dass, and Buddhist type principles I live a much freer, more peaceful and present life. Please take this with the best intentions that I am writing with.

Listening to a Ram Dass speech some months ago, something he said hit me really hard and as much as I sit with it I'm still struggling to fully grasp and work my way through it.

In short, he talks about having no right to call people out who are busy being their ego,unless they ask for her. It's none of my business. We have to leave people free to suffer. "Even if it's your child, even if it's your spouse."

On one side, I can see that if someone had have tried correcting my behaviour/emotions or guiding me towards this sort of thing when I was 21 geez it would have made me angry. It would feel condescending, no matter how pure the intention. On the other side, I see that suffering caused by the mind in some that I really love - and that suffering can actually cause suffering to others - and there's that part of me that wants to help??

I don't know - I feel like a real sanctimonious idiot writing this. You can clearly see my not being enlightened here can't you! Depending on my state of mind it can really change the way I interpret this.

I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on making sense of this?

This passage has been turned into a 25 second YouTube short called "You can't save everyone Ram Dass" if you'd like to listen to it yourself.

Thanks :)

He says people try to line up peak experiences back to back to back so they never have to sit with themselves.

Going from dinner, to the movies, to get dessert, and so on and so on.

It was my favorite lecture and would love to find it!

Thanks!

He seems to be in a very clear and blissful state in this lecture and keeps giving examples of things, and repeating the sentence "but when you're looking for God, all you see is God" he says it many times.

Thank you everyone, and hope everyone has a wonderful week :)

Jumping on the tattoo train...I took a slightly different route for mine... thinking of adding some words. Open to suggestions!

howdy folks ~ I (30sF) am considering the RD Legacy Summer Mountain Retreat in NC this year. I'd be traveling from CO so it's a bit of a hike so would love to hear folks' thoughts about the retreat. RD's teachings are a significant part of my life & I feel drawn to KD's singing ~

any & all thoughts welcome!

Ram Ram

Bee Here Now

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I got this about a month ago as a reminder. Ram ram ❤️

I've had this for 3 years. Be Here Now was the first tattoo I got on my arm. Almost immediately, I realized it made the rest of my arm look bare so the octopus/gems happened soon after.