Tagged with Ram Dass

In 1969, Jeff Kagel had a daunting decision to make: join a newly signed band, Soft White Underbelly, or move to New Hampshire to be with his spiritual teacher. Jeff made his choice and changed his name to Krishna Das. The band changed its name to Blue Öyster Cult.  (more)

I vividly remember the intensity and significance of our first meeting.  He would often do an exercise with new students that involved sitting across from one another, eyeball to eyeball, with the instruction, "Anything that comes into your mind that you don't want to share with me, share with me."  (more)

As we begin to awaken, experiences lead to reflection and contemplation. Then as we become more aware, experiences become a fire of purification, a burning ground of the ego, grist for the mill of developing consciousness, food enabling the emerging soul to break free of its bonds. (more)

Two great directions in human thought and activity have recently been coming into sharper focus. Interest in Buddhism has not been greater since it was first introduced to China where it proceeded to grow steadily for 500 years, and the serious and thoughtful use of psychedelics is making a resurgence, perhaps more profoundly than in the Sixties. (more)

Reports have appeared of people who see Avatar and fall into depression at their inability to access a world as beautiful and spiritual as Pandora, the mythical planet depicted in the film. But before you join a PADS support group, consider the lessons of LSD. (more)