Re: Ram Dass

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 http://www.juno.com/~margaretch wrote:

> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:44:26 -0400
> From: http://www.juno.com/~margaretch
> To: http://www.yahoogroups.com/~snh-sangha
> Cc: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert, http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg, http://www.attbi.com/~pyogini,
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> Subject: Ram Dass
>
>  Namaste'-
>
> Richard & I went to see Ram Dass in Cambridge last night to a packed
> house sponsored by Spauding Rehabilitation Hospital.  The room held 350
> people and the event was sold out. It was rather amusing when RAM - an
> acronym for Rent A Mouth, said that he didn't like George W. Bush- there
> was a sudden burst of laughter and applause- he then went on to say that
> he really thought it was unfortunate
> that he (George) had to come into this incarnation and face the karma he
> was
> dealt with-- I'm paraphrasing.

so how is he facing the karma he was dealt with?And what does it mean to the
rest of the world?
When he was 7 his sister died of leukemia and they did not talk about her after
that.

>
> He began his talk by just entertaining questions. Each question took at
> least 15 minutes to answer- for instance a question on 'why are we here'
> was answered by stating that there are three levels, or perceptions of
> consciousness. We are three plane beings. The first is ego ONE, the
> second is the soul TWO and the third is THREE saying we'll just call that
> Number Three...it's the way we know the Universe subjectively, rather
> than objectively. They all share the same plane, and it is possible to be
> conscious of all three at the same time. Ego is the software for the
> administration of the plane, and the soul is the witness of the plane.
> The word spiritual means having two planes going at one time, but you can
> surf all three at the same time if you practice detachment."
>
> In the here and now,
>  Bhavani