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092			_aRAM DASS _bR165
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100	0		_aRam Dass, _eauthor. _9147483
245	1	0	_aBeing Ram Dass / _cRam Dass ; with Rameshwar Das.
264		1	_aBoulder, Colorado : _bSounds True, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axiv, 409 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Professor Richard Alpert's star fell fast. To the dismay of his wealthy Boston family, he got fired from Harvard over experimental use of psychedelics with his psychology students. In 1967, he traveled to India to lick his wounds and find himself. And he did, at Neem Karoli Baba's ashram, in a direct encounter with unconditional, unlimited divine love. He returned to America as Baba Ram Dass, countercultural activist for expanded human consciousness. As a spiritual guide, at the bedside of the dying, and as a stroke survivor, he has always been ahead of his time, pulling the world along behind him. The author of over a dozen books, he now shares for the very first time the full story of how his life of service intersected with an era of profound cultural upheaval. From the details of his groundbreaking research in psychedelics to his bumpy path to becoming a spiritual icon, from his struggles with his sexual identity to what it was like to find out in his late 70s that he was a father and grandfather, Ram Dass traces the pivotal points of his life against the backdrop of a mind opened by drugs, and a heart opened by a guru. Ram Dass brought America yoga, the use of psychedelics in psychotherapy, and a revolution in how we relate to death and dying. He has opened the door to the most important and healthiest conversations about the heart and mind in our culture. With this book, he opens his heart and mind to us"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aForeword by Anne Lamott -- Introduction -- Part I: Learning and unlearning. Fired -- and free -- Power and love -- Mind fields -- Working on the railroad -- Harvard Yard -- Becoming no body -- The Harvard Psilocybin Project -- Acidification -- Hotel Nirvana -- Newton commune -- The center does not hold -- Millbrook morphs -- East versus West -- Mother -- Part II: Pilgrim of the heart. Journey to the East -- The mapmaker -- Instant Yogi -- Quick, get in the car -- From Bindu to Ojas -- A world tour -- Power plays -- Be here now -- Part III: Service center. All doing time -- Brooklyn detour -- Dying project -- How can I help? -- It's only love -- Looking inward, reaching out -- Part IV: The wheel turns. The new old age -- Stroked -- Long road back -- Marooned on Maui -- Only son -- Part V: Ocean view. Heart 2 heart -- Maharaj-ji's Lila -- Closer to home -- The next chapter: Ram Dass: Here/not here.
600	0	0	_aRam Dass. _9147483
650		0	_aYogis _zUnited States _vBiography. _9177105
650		0	_aHindus _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aPsychologists _zUnited States _vBiography. _9130659
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700	1		_aDas, Rameshwar, _eauthor. _9174279
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