{"product_id":"being-ram-dass-ram-dass-9781683646280","title":"Being Ram Dass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps no other teacher has sparked the fires of as many spiritual seekers in the West as Ram Dass. If you've ever embraced the phrase \"be here now,\" practiced meditation or yoga, tried psychedelics, or supported anyone in a hospice, prison, or homeless center--then the story of Ram Dass is also part of your story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his birth in 1931 to his luminous later years, Ram Dass saw his life as just one incarnation of many. This memoir puts us in the passenger seat with the one-time Harvard psychologist and lifelong risk-taker Richard Alpert, who loved to take friends on wild rides on his Harley and test nearly every boundary--inner or outer--that came his way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing Ram Dass\u003c\/i\u003e shares his life's odyssey in intimate detail: how he struggled with issues of self-identity and sexuality in his youth, pioneered psychedelic research, and opened the doorways to Eastern spiritual practices. In 1967 he trekked to India and met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. He returned with a perspective on spirituality and psychology that changed millions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing 64 pages of color photographs, this intimate memoir chronicles the cultural and spiritual transformations Ram Dass experienced that resonate with us to this day, a journey from the mind to the heart, from the ego to the soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore, after, and along these waypoints, readers will encounter many other adventures and revelations--each ringing with the potential to awaken the universal, loving divine that links us to this beloved teacher and all of us to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683646282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683646280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sounds True\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2020","brand":"Ram Dass","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052438221055,"sku":"9781683646280","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d48bdfbb-8f7c-44d8-883f-07a9e7c31748.jpg?v=1685018791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-ram-dass-ram-dass-9781683646280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}