Description
Remember
Harmony (1971)
ISBN-13: 978-0517543054
416 pages
”We’re talking about metamorphosis, We’re talking about going from a caterpillar to a butterfly, We’re talking about how to become a butterfly.”
In March 1961, Professor Richard Alpert – later renamed Ram Dass – held appointments in four departments at Harvard University. He published books, drove a Mercedes and regular vacationed in the Caribbean. By most societal standards, he had achieved great success… and yet, he couldn’t escape the feeling that something was missing.
Psilocybin and LSD changed that. During a period of experimentation, Albert peeled away each layer of his identity, disassociating from himself as a professor, a social cosmopolite, and lastly, as a physical being. Fear turned into exaltation upon the realization that at his truest, he was just his inner-self: a luminous being that he could trust indefinitely and love infinitely.
An thus, a spiritual journey commenced. Alpert headed to India where his guru renamed him Baba Ram Dass – “servant of God.” He was introduced to mindful breathing exercises, hatha yoga, and Eastern Philosophy. If he found himself reminiscing or planning, he was reminded to “Be Here Now”. He started upon the path of enlightenment, and has been journeying along it ever since.
With over 150 pages of metaphysical illustrations, practical advice on how to implement a yogic regimen, and a chapter dedicated to quotes and book recommendations, Be Here Now is sure to enrich your emotional, physical and spiritual life.
Ram Dass served on the faculty at Stanford and Harvard Universities. In the 1960s, he traveled to India, where he met his guru, and over the course of his life pursued a variety of spiritual practices, including guru kripa, devotional yoga, karma yoga, many forms of meditation, and Sufi and Jewish studies. Many of his books, including Be Here Now, are international bestsellers and classics of their kind. He died in December 2019.
