🌹Be Here Now! 🌹RIP Ram Dass🌹❤️🕉

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Hello Kind Mindful Steemians!

As many of us might have heard on the news today that Ram Dass passed away yesterday, 22nd Dec, at the age of 88. Also called, Baba Ram Dass, his quote on death (see above) is just as profound as his quotes on life.

Ram Dass said:
Ask yourself “Where am I?”
Answer: HERE
Ask yourself “What time is it?”
Answer: NOW.
Say it until you can HEAR it.

But our mind is too often running after future or ruminating in the past. Ram Dass said “BE HERE NOW.” And quite often the difficulty people have is how to be here now. Attending to breath can be the simplest way. Breath does not happen in the past nor in the future. Breath happens here and in the now. So when you are with breath you are being HERE NOW.

As psychology professor with distinct academic achievement and sometime referred to as psychedelics experimenter or promoter, Ram Dass is a spiritual teacher and author of Be Here Now. And his inspirational and insightful quotes will guide ‘000 of seekers. Here are some to celebrate his enlightened “atman” as he often call it (Source)

“When you know how to listen everybody is the guru.”

“We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.”

“Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.”

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”

“As you quiet your mind, you begin to see the nature of your own resistance more clearly, struggles, inner dialogues, the way in which you procrastinate and develop passive resistance against life. As you cultivate the witness, things change. You don’t have to change them. Things just change.”

If you would like to take a short break from day to day "DOING" things, want to stop the chattering mind for a while or just want to unwind, chill and relax or continue insightful regular meditation why not join us in the Meditation Hall. Wonderful, kind and mindful steemians will be waiting to make you feel at home.

Interested in SGM (Steemit Group Meditation)?
We cordially invite you to Mindful Life community, which resides in the @naturalmedicine server HERE. Our #SGM (#SteemitGroupMeditation) in our virtual Meditation Hall are on:

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Join us – we love to share our Happy Place - the Meditation Hall.

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Let’s grow together in wisdom through #meditation 🧘🏼‍♂️🧘🏼‍♀️

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Wonderful tribute to Ram Dass!
Love the quotes and the reminder of his book "Be Here Now"
I see it is on Audible narrated in his own voice! A real treasure!

Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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I am SO happy I came across your account. Ram Dass is one of my favorite spiritual teachers of all-time, and deserves all the recognition in the world. Your posts are all fantastic (looking through them now, guided meditations are great!) Thanks for being an asset to the community.

Thank you🙏🏼. Are you into meditation? If so, would love to see you at www.tinyurl.com/bewithbreath - we meditate there every evening 8:30pm UK time🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏼‍♂️.

I am, but in a strange way. I've practiced yoga for years so have had a good amount of exposure by now, but for me the best meditation I can find is running. Just moving through nature with only my thoughts to focus on. Someday though, I may try and mix it up!

Hey @bewithbreath, I'm from Norfolk too (but now in Bulgaria)

Namaste
Atma

What a lovely tribute. I feel peace and presence reading his words that you thoughtfully curated. Thank you 🌱

His quotes are truly revealing.

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That's very sad news. I didn't know that. I really love some of his quotes and philosophy!

Indeed, his quotes are very insightful.

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Great teacher left his rich legacy behind for us to live better life and find a way out of egoic self. Now he is in a better place we call heaven.

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Didn't know he passed away but his words and lessons will always stay with us :>)