Ram Dass: How to Be Responsive, Not Reactive - Ep. 246
198,768
Published 2024-03-06
Want to be part of the discussion about this episode of Here and Now? Join us for the SoulPod Meet-Up on March 12 at 8 pm EST. Subscribe to the General Fellowship Group for more information.
This episode is brought to you by Magic Mind, a matcha-based energy shot infused with nootropics and adaptogens designed to crush procrastination, brain fog, & fatigue. Use the code RAMDASS at checkout to get up to 50% off your subscription: www.magicmind.com/ramdass
In this week’s episode:
Using his stepmother’s death as an example, Ram Dass explores how pain and suffering can become a curriculum through which one awakens.
Ram Dass discusses how he has begun to fall in love with everyone, and how his guru opened him up to the possibility of unconditional love. If we’re caught in our separateness, it’s hard to keep our hearts open.
Ram Dass shares classic stories of how other beings, including a dolphin, have helped him escape the trap of his own mind and find the intuitive heart space. He talks about taking care of his aging father and learning how to just be present with him.
Finally, Ram Dass explores the difference between being reactive and being responsive, reading a story from ‘How Can I Help?’ to illustrate his point. He talks about how, when we are quiet enough on the inside, we can begin to hear how to awaken through the journey of the spirit.
“As you quiet your mind just a little bit, you get so that you’re not automatically reacting to everything. You become what’s called responsive rather than reactive. In other words, something happens and there’s a moment when it’s just happening, you’re just with it. As your awareness expands to include more than your separate self, it’s as if you’re part of the gestalt of it all, and you experience the totality of it. And then, out of that quietness comes an act that is appropriate to that moment.” – Ram Dass
================
Ram Dass: How to Be Responsive, Not Reactive - • Ram Dass: How to Be Responsive, Not R...
Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 246 – How to Be Responsive, Not Reactive - beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-here-and-now-ep-246-…
================
Make sure not to miss a single video podcast from Be Here Now Network! Click here to Subscribe:
/ @beherenownetwork
Follow Be Here Now Network:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeHereNowNetwork
Twitter: twitter.com/beherenownet
Instagram: www.instagram.com/beherenownetwork
================
Be Here Now Network
Podcasts, Courses, and Articles to help you live a Life in Balance.
Heart-Centered wisdom from Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das + many more!
Get a Free Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg when you first sign up at:
beherenownetwork.com/
All Comments (21)
-
The wonderful teachings from Ram Dass will endure throughout time. He's a joy-seeker, a sage and just your garden variety soul being in a human spacesuit. I'm so grateful that I discovered him during my formative years. (70's-90's) He's the most gentle sage that lifts the world to this day! I hope the younger GENS find him and love him. May all that are reading this be joyous, loved and free. ❤💫✌
-
I can’t explain, how much these teachings have helped me help myself. Forever grateful. I ruined the relationship with the woman I loved most because I didn’t know the things I know now, when I was a younger man. Even though I miss her so, I’ve learned to still live a good life without her. And I’m a better person now everyday, then I ever was then 🙏
-
This is what I was thinking last night when I went to sleep... awake now, smoked a couple bowls and I'm ready to listen... Namastè
-
9:15, Ram Dass
-
This is my first ,and im looking forward to many more,i am very grateful, thank you so much 🙏. I'm 47 and am at a point in my life where i feel i must become a student, thank you for your intelligent application, and your honesty with just the right amount of humour, awesome, i am from the UK, please don't hold it against me lol
-
First timer here. Although I’ve heard many quotes from Ram Dass but didn’t look him up! I am delighted by this first time exposure of really hearing Ram and I cannot say enough about how spot on his messages are! His humor took me by surprise which was so beneficial & timely. What an incredible human being/Guru… I’m so grateful & I’ve subscribed & cannot wait for more from this beloved Man. I feel Blessed how this popped up ! No accidents! Wonderful. Thank you for this Channel 💚🙏🏻✌️ Buffalo, NY Instant Fan @81 yrs young. 🦋 Notes & saved.
-
during great times of suffering i must remember it is all for the souls growth, much love ❤️
-
I’ve never seen anyone with such lights around their eyes as you do.. SO BEAUTIFUL 🤩
-
Coffee is my reward for getting up. ☕️❤ Not sure why it's trendy to hate on it just because some people react poorly to it. I dont expect everyone to give up gluten just because my body rejects it.
-
I live near Knoxville Tennessee, too bad that I was only 6 years old when he came to speak here lol. Thank you to whoever recorded this so that I may learn from it all these years later.
-
I’m hearing this at exactly the right time. I needed a reminder of unconditionality because I’ve been drifting into more of it lately. I long for one thing but live out another. Thank you for posting this.
-
Thank you so much for making these available. Infinitely grateful.
-
Thank you once again Ram Dass. It's been fifty plus years now. ❤🎉
-
Love this talk! I shared it with many people new to Ram Dass!
-
What if pain is “the awful grace”? A divine gift we all hate and take for granted.
-
Hi with LOVE to all of you who are out there and see this. I found Ram months ago by chance while listening to Trevor Hall music and coincidentally heard Ram speaking about sitting around the fire for eternity...that's another story. What I'm here for now is to admit that for 60 years I have deeply identified with loving WHOLY, (HOLY?..) EVERYTHING I know.. from a tree to a stranger...I feel that love for all, but yet I myself feel worthless, undeserving of love and unlovable. I am humbled to the point of tears by even the slightest kindness and weep daily at my yearning to simply be loved. I feel I have so much love to give away but none for me to give myself or any comfort in living so lonely. I'm 4 in a 60yo body just counting the days to disappear. I have endured loss and abuse and trauma. Neglect, injustices, failure, and broken-hearted pain. I have raised children to become good and kind, lived a creative life of small successes... yet I am nothing. What am I? Enlightened doomed or merely human? I'm very tired. I just want to be held by something who genuinely loves my being. I'm a good person, I think. I try. I am kind and gentle...and always there for those in need of any non-judgemental considerate love. How can I feel so empty and lonely still.? Is this a common place to be? Others out there like this? Help. 🙏
-
❤ loved this episode. Full of laughter and meaningful moments.
-
Wow! This message hit me to the core of what I'm experiencing right now. I'm taking care of my mother as we speak. I definitely can understand the complexities of just life itself. I'm learning how to experience my journey on this earth with no judgment just understanding with compassion. And being open and vulnerable with the acceptance in it Thank you for sharing this beautiful message message of Mastery🥰❤❤❤
-
Hello (sorry did not get your name) 🌸 RamDas is of course RamDas and great, BUT I loooved your intro, your voice sounds sweet and inspired, full of lightness. Oftentimes intros disappoint, but yours is absolutely WONDERFUL and interesting to watch. Thank you 🙏 blessings and keep going 😻🫶🏻 much love to all xxxx
-
For the love of, can we PLEASE normalize what he does with actually taking his time to think before responding? I think that’s so cool. irl I had always felt embarrassed to do that, like people will think I’m slow
