Ep. 262 – Between Chaos and Cosmos

Ep. 262 – Between Chaos and Cosmos

Author: Ram Dass / Love Serve Remember October 14, 2024 Duration: 50:08

Ram Dass shares stories of miracles and talks about truth, relationships, and how some dualistic methods can help us straddle the thin line between chaos and cosmos.

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This episode of Here and Now is from a 1980s talk in Sydney, Australia. 

  • Sharing stories from Miracle of Love about Dr. Larry Brilliant’s experiences with Maharajji, Ram Dass takes on the subject of miracles. He says the value of these mind-boggling stories is in helping us break the attachment to our thinking minds.
  • Ram Dass tells the story of Maharajji demanding changes to Be Here Now and keys in on the statement, “Money and truth have nothing to do with one another.” He talks about truth, secrets, and how hard it is to be truthful around other human beings. 
  • Ram Dass explores the power and trials of relationships based on truth. “The truth is scary,” he says. “Truth keeps shattering your models of how you think it ought to be.” He explains how dualistic methods such as relationships and devotional yoga can help bring us into non-dualism and straddle the thin line between chaos and cosmos.

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“Well, the problem with truth is that we are all these kinds of animal/human/unconscious – we all have all this kind of stuff going back and forth. You might look at your partner and suddenly they look like a skeleton. ‘Good morning dear, you look absolutely ghastly.’ Can you handle that in a relationship? A relationship based on truth follows the very fine line between chaos and cosmos.” – Ram Dass

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Duration: 41:57
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Ep. 124 - Restoring Harmony [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:53
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Ep. 123 - Fear and the Journey of Awakening [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:25
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Ep. 122 - Altered Traits: Science and Meditation w/ Danny Goleman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:34
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Duration: 1:11:30
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Ep. 120 - Dharmic Effort and Faith [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:32
Ram Dass has a discussion with Raghu Markus about the fine line between efforts driven by ego and the dharmic efforts that, with faith, bring us closer towards merging into the spacious love that exists beyond duality. S…
Ep. 119 – A Sense of Change: Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:50
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Ep. 118 - A Sense of Change: Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:06
On this episode of Here and Now, Ram Dass explores how our spiritual practice affects our sense of change and how we respond to an impermanent reality. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva…
Ep. 117 – Being Mindful Now [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:09
On this episode of Here and Now, Ram Dass reflects on the fundamentals of spiritual practice and being mindful. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d…