Hysterical

"When we first understand there’s a “journey,” a “path,” we tend to get somewhat hysterical.
We want to sell it to everybody, change everybody, and whichever path we buy first, we try to convert everybody to it. The zeal is based on our lack of faith, 'cause we’re not sure of what we’re doing, so we figure if we convince everybody else...


But we’re all kind of moving into a new space; we’re sort of finished with the first wild hysteria, and we’re settling down into the humdru...m process of living out our incarnation as consciously as we know how to do. If in the course it turns out this is your last round to get enlightened, fine. If not, that’s the way it is. Nothing you can do about it.

You can’t bulldoze anybody to beat the system – you are the system. The desire to beat the system is part of it."

— Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, a prominent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr. Timothy Leary.


He continued his psychedelic research until that fateful Eastern trip in 1967, when he traveled to India. In India, he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, affectionately known as Maharajji, who gave Ram Dass his name, which means “servant of God.” Everything changed then – his intense dharmic life started, and he became a pivotal influence on a culture that has reverberated with the words “Be Here Now” ever since. Ram Dass’ spirit has been a guiding light for three generations, carrying along millions on the journey, helping to free them from their bonds as he works through his own.







Quote, courtesy of Rick Fortenberry


Photos ~ Recent photo of Ram Dass after his stroke
~ Timothy Leary & Richard Alpert 1964?
~ Alpert aka Ram Dass meeting Neem Karoli Baba in India