Being Here Now
Host: Ram Dass
"Be Here Now" with Ram Dass and his guests for a soulful exploration of mindfuleness, love, service, living and dying.
[A GreatMystery.org Presentation]
[A GreatMystery.org Presentation]
4 Sessions: Starts February 19 Through March 11
Can you imagine sitting around a campfire with Ram Dass and his friends and enjoying a warm and engaging conversation about things that matter? This is what it will be like when you join RAM DASS and his guests Jack Kornfield, Rameshwar Das, Mirabai Bush, and Dale Borglum as we come together for a soulful exploration of mindfulness, love, service, and living and dying, in this deeply rich online interactive video salon BEING HERE NOW with RAM DASS.
Ram Dass' reflection on the topics that will be explored during these sessions: Wise Heart, Polishing the Mirror of the Mind, Compassion in Action, and Love and Death, have been cultivated from his 45 years of teaching in the West.
If you are not able to join the live sessions, each week will be recorded and archived and you will have access to the video sessions to watch anytime at your convenience and as often as you like.
Ram Dass' reflection on the topics that will be explored during these sessions: Wise Heart, Polishing the Mirror of the Mind, Compassion in Action, and Love and Death, have been cultivated from his 45 years of teaching in the West.
If you are not able to join the live sessions, each week will be recorded and archived and you will have access to the video sessions to watch anytime at your convenience and as often as you like.
FEATURED GUESTS
Jack Kornfield -- Wise Heart
Sunday, 19 February | 11am Honolulu · 1pm Los Angeles · 4pm New York · 9pm London · 10pm Paris
Jack Kornfield is one of the leading Buddhist teachers in America. Trained in the monasteries of Thailand, Burma and India, he is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness and vipassana meditation to the West. His approach emphasizes compassion, lovingkindness and the profound path of mindful presence. A founder of The Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Center his books have been translated into 20 languages and sold over a million copies worldwide.
Rameshwar Das -- Polishing the Mirror of the Mind
Sunday, 26 February | 11am Honolulu · 1pm Los Angeles · 4pm New York · 9pm London · 10pm Paris
Rameshwar Das, Ram Dass’ co-author on BE LOVE NOW, first met Ram Dass while a college student in 1967, studied yoga and meditation with him, and in 1970 traveled to India to see Neem Karoli Baba. He lived there for a year and a half, receiving the name Rameshwar Das. He has returned to India every few years over the interval and has collaborated with Ram Dass on a number of projects prior to BE LOVE NOW. Video clip of Ram Dass with Rameshwar Das - "Ram Dass talks about the moment of transformation with Maharaji"
Mirabai Bush -- Compassion in Action
Sunday, 4 March | 11am Honolulu · 1pm Los Angeles · 4pm New York · 9pm London · 10pm Paris
Mirabai Bush is Senior Fellow and the founding Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage contemplative awareness in American life in order to create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society. She has designed and led contemplative trainings for corporations from Monsanto to Google, led a national survey of contemplative practice, and directed a Contemplative Practice Fellowship awards program with the American Council of Learned Societies to explore such practices in academic courses. contemplativemind.org
Video clip of Mirabai Bush - "Mirabai Bush meets Ram Dass"
Dale Borglum -- Love and Death
Sunday, 11 March | 11am Honolulu · 1pm Los Angeles · 4pm New York · 9pm London · 10pm Paris
Dale Borglum, AKA Ram Dev, founded and directed the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the first residential facility in the United States to support conscious dying. He has been the Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project in Santa Fe and since 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the co-author with Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman and Dwarka Bonner of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook, Bantam Books and has taught meditation since 1974. Dale lectures and gives workshops on the topics of meditation, healing, spiritual support for those with life-threatening illness, and on caregiving as spiritual practice. He has a doctorate degree from Stanford University.www.livingdying.org
ABOUT OUR HOST
Ram Dass, one of America's most beloved spiritual figures, has made his mark on the world by teaching the path of the heart and promoting service in the areas of socially-conscious business practices and care for the dying. Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, an eminent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr.Timothy Leary. In India, he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, affectionately known as Maharajji, who gave Ram Dass his name, which means "servant of God." On his return from India, Ram Dass became a pivotal influence on a culture that has reverberated with the words "Be Here Now" ever since. With Be Love Now (Harper One) Ram Dass completes his trilogy that began with Be Here Now in 1970 and continued with Still Here in 2004. Ram Dass has been a beacon for spiritual seekers worldwide, challenging us to find new sources of meaning and purpose in our lives.
www.ramdass.org
By participating in this online course, you will receive:
- Four 90-minute live video seminars with Ram Dass and her featured guests
- 30 minutes of question and answer time in each seminar
- Participation in a private online community with other like-minded people
- Unlimited online access to archived videos of all seminars
- PDF articles about course topics from Ram Dass and each of the guests
PRICE: $127
Early Bird Price $114 Through January 15th
