In this episode of the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass talks about being socialized out of any recognition of who we were. Everyone wants to believe they are who they think they are. Where your mind is in relation to the game is what creates or relieves suffering, yours and everyone else. When you get to a point where you have control over that relationship, you will be standing on the edge of the mystery and get a better view of things.
“Through the use of psychedelics, we recognized we’d been had.” – Ram Dass
To hear more on the topic of identity and the self from Ram Dass check out, “From Boundaries to the Human Agenda.”
For a Buddhist perspective on the self and clearing away the cultural debris visit Joseph Goldstein’s, “Dukka and Non-self.“
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