The Only Dance There Is
by Ram Dass
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New Age. Religion & Spirituality. Nonfiction. HTML:This book is based on talks by Ram Dass at the Menninger Foundation in 1970 and at the Spring Grove Hospital in Maryland in 1972. The text grew out of the interaction between Ram Dass and the spiritual seekers in attendance at these talks.The result of this unique exchange is a useful guide for understanding the nature of consciousness—useful both to other spiritual seekers and to formally trained psychologists. It is also a celebration show more of the Dance of Life—which, in the words of Ram Dass, is the "only dance there is.". show less
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"I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people... To me, that's what the emerging game is all about." IRam Dass' philosophy: be here now (also the title of another book by Ram Dass/Richard Alpert) and be compassionate. I also like his take on sexual labels (said elsewhere): [...who we are] "isn't gay, and it's not not-gay, and it's not anything — it's just awareness."
his book is based on talks by Ram Dass (Richard Aplert) at the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, in 1970; and at the Spring Grove Hospital in Maryland, in 1972. The text grew out of interaction between Ram Dass and the spiritual seekers in attendance at these talks. The result of this unique exchange is a useful guide for understanding the nature of consciousness. It is also a celebration of the Dance of Life - which in the words of Ram Dass, is the "only dance there is".
his book is based on talks by Ram Dass (Richard Aplert) at the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, in 1970; and at the Spring Grove Hospital in Maryland, in 1972. The text grew out of interaction between Ram Dass and the spiritual seekers in attendance at these talks. The result of this unique exchange is a useful guide for understanding the nature of consciousness. It is also a celebration of the Dance of Life - which in the words of Ram Dass, is the "only dance there is".
I wrote a review of his film Fierce Grace in which the review mentions these books. You can find the review posted here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/In-Favor-of-His-Savagery
http://hubpages.com/hub/In-Favor-of-His-Savagery
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Baba Ram Dass was born Richard Albert in 1931 in the U.S. In 1967 he went to India and returned as a bushy-bearded, barefoot, white-robed guru, Ram Dass, who became a peripatetic lecturer on New Age possibilities and a popular author of more than a dozen inspirational books. His first title, Be Here Now (1971), was originally issued by the Lama show more Foundation as loose pages in a box, but its published version went on to sell more than two million copies. By the 1980s, Ram Dass had shaved off his beard but left a neatly trimmed mustache. He continued to turn out books and recordings. He started or helped start foundations to promote his charities, to help prisoners and to spread his message of spiritual equanimity. He made sure his books and tapes were reasonably priced. His other books include Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying (2000); Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita (2004); Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart (2010) and Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart (2013), both with Rameshwar Das; Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service (1991) and Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying (2018), both with Mirabai Bush. Baba Ram Dass passed away on December 22, 2019 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Only Dance There Is
- Original title
- The Only Dance There Is - 1970 Menninger Foundation Talks
- Original publication date
- 1974
- First words
- Last evening, here in Topeka, as one of the journeyers on a path - a very very old path - of consciousness, I, in a sense, met with the Explorers Club to tell about the geography I had been mapping.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then you leave it in the hands of God whether or not you are going to live or die, or serve or not serve, and you don't decide for yourself what is best.
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