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Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
Ram Dass, the iconic, countercultural, spiritual seeker, brought the wisdom of the East to those of us in the West through his many books and frequent, charismatic dharma talks. This view of his spiritual journey describes the transformation of Richard Alpert, clinical psychologist and product of the Western milieu’s often-shackling conventional expectations, into Ram Dass, the free, embodied soul who, through explication and example, and with witnessing attention, tries to guide us all to the always present abode of loving awareness. Ram Dass’s idea of self in existence was transformed: first, from a psychological object of clinical study, to a shared experience of co-discovery, and finally, to the witnessing soul who, with full attention, came to recognize the self in, and as continuous, moment to moment spiritual transformation.
Recommended Citation
Hamilton, Charles S., "Tripping in the Moment: The Spiritual Journey of Baba Ram Dass" (2022). International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Advance Publication Archive. 44.
https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/advance-archive/44
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