Ram Dass, spiritual teacher and author who shared heart-centered wisdom, reflects on listening inward for your unique manifestation. He explores how money and desire intersect with spiritual growth. He discusses recognizing ego movements, bringing retreat presence into daily life, and how indecision or changing needs can be part of your path.
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Actively Examine The Army Of Your Desires
Examine and slay your 'army of desires' when seeking awakening, including harmless comforts and prestige.
Ram Dass cites the Bhagavad Gita via Vivekananda: give up attachments like family, reputation, and security to awaken.
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Unique Manifestation Is Where Karma Meets Dharma
Unique manifestation arises where your karma (past conditioning) meets your dharma (what brings you home).
Ram Dass says listening in meditation reveals both how your life unfolds and your root calling.
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Follow The Inevitability Of Aligned Calling
Listen inwardly and follow the inevitability you feel when karma and dharma align.
Ram Dass shares Neem Karoli Baba's guidance: feed and serve people as a sign of his own calling.
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Ram Dass answers questions about spirituality and money, being indecisive, ego trips, listening for your unique manifestation in life, and more.
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This episode of Here and Now comes from a Q&A session with the “unique manifestation” group at a retreat in 1989.
The first question is about whether it’s possible to grow spiritually and be financially prosperous. Ram Dass talks about playing with our desires and our attachments to worldly things.
Next up are questions around listening for your unique manifestation in life, how to tell if you’re on an ego trip, and finding your next stage of purpose. Ram Dass tells a story about his “Eight-Fold Bath of the Upper Middle Way”.
The next question is about whether being indecisive can be part of your unique manifestation. We end by revisiting the first question about spirituality and money. In this society, we’re all up to our eyeballs in desire systems.
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“You have to be ready to know that what you hear at one moment about unique manifestation is gonna constantly be changing and changing and changing. And you’ve gotta be listening afresh all the time. You’re listening for a unique manifestation, meaning that form of expression that will be… it’s the confluence between your karma and your dharma.” – Ram Dass
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