Ep. 227 – Awareness Without Identification

Ep. 227 – Awareness Without Identification

Author: Ram Dass / Love Serve Remember June 5, 2023 Duration: 45:18
In this Q&A session from 1993, Ram Dass explores an array of topics, including psychedelics as a method, assisted suicide, dealing with suffering, and awareness without identification. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/ramdass In this episode, Ram Dass answers questions about: - Psychedelics as a method - Assisted suicide - Emptiness and form - Dealing with suffering - The relationship between the One and the many - Liberation and service - Awareness without identification and attachment - The concept of criticism - Pushing against form and separateness This podcast is also sponsored by Apollo Neuro. Developed by neuroscientists and physicians, the Apollo™ wearable uses touch therapy to rebalance your nervous system and support your circadian rhythm, allowing you to sleep better, focus more efficiently, and even meditate with ease. Get $40 off your purchase today using code BEHERENOW and tap into a calmer, better rested, more focused version of you. “The term attachment has to do with where the awareness is, what it’s identified with. Like, at this moment, your heart is beating, but you’re not beating your heart; your awareness isn’t connected with your heart beating, it’s just going on. And as your awareness draws back, and you find a way to start to remain in awareness without identification, then the phenomena of the universe continue to happen, but the awareness is no longer identified with the act. It’s what the Gita calls breaking the identification with being the actor. It doesn’t mean that the actions aren’t happening.” – Ram Dass See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep. 210 - A Love Invulnerable to the Winds of Change [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:01
In the Q&A session from the 1990s, Ram Dass takes on questions about eating animals and inner work, psychedelics, burnout in service, and dealing with the death of a child. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Cli…
Ep. 209 – Your Vehicle to Liberation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:49
In this talk from 1987, Ram Dass explores the cusp between form and formless, how he learned to love all the faces of the Beloved, and how our work on ourselves is a vehicle to liberation. Today's podcast is sponsored by…
Ep. 208 – Where Impeccability Lies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:43
In this Q&A session from 1990, Ram Dass responds to questions about suicide, immortality, abortion, how to deal with evil, population growth, and how to play the game impeccably. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHel…
Ep. 207 – Getting Free with Karma Yoga [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:44
In this dharma talk from the 1990s, Ram Dass explores the nature of the spiritual journey, getting free with the practice of karma yoga, and formulas for liberation. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to r…
Ep. 206 – Shifting Contexts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:29
In this dharma talk from the 1990s, Ram Dass speaks about shifting contexts to shift consciousness, cultivating the Witness to curb our reactivity and entering the state known as choiceless awareness. Today's podcast is…
Ep. 204 – Components of Meditation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:22
In this recording from 1991, Ram Dass explores the components of meditation and how the thinking mind keeps trapping awareness, plus leads a guided meditation focused on the breath. Today's podcast is sponsored by Better…
Ep. 203 – How We Live: Community, Inner Action, and Technology [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:34
Sending out good vibes on the radio waves once again, Ram Dass takes calls from a live radio audience and answers questions about how he keeps his head straight, the dharmic potential of virtual reality and telecommunica…
Ep. 202 – When Acid Meets Beer [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:09
In this recording from 1994, Ram Dass joins Duncan Campell on the radio show “Connections” for a conversation about truth, cultural change, and what happens when acid meets beer. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHel…
Ep. 201 – Don’t Forget the Breath [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:09
In this talk from 1993, Ram Dass explores how spiritual practice helps us escape the prison of our egos, then leads a 20-minute practice with the breath as the primary object of meditation. “Any model of whether this is…