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Unifies all religious traditions, brings together numerous useful spiritual practices, & is the most fun to read book ever written. Helps Greatest Amount o People In Shortest Amount o Tim This book, the first 5 years of High Times Magazine, and every issue of Gilbert Shelton's 'Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers' commix would give anyone everything they'd need to know about 'the other people'. This book 'Be Here Now' is the ultimate collection of thoughts from here & beyond. Upon finding the holy man he presented him with a solid gold Patek Philippe wristwatch (worth about $60,000.USD).the Baba Naga held it to his ear to hear the ticking, then placed it upon a rock, took another rock and smashed it as my friend looked on in horror. the fella who told me of him went to become his student. I've heard of this before.'Baba Naga Sufi' was a top-brain professor from Germany who left it all behind to become the holy man of a small remote village. tossed the suit and began wearing a robe. Alpert found himself in a material rat race and blew himself out of it.

Without doubt, this is an essential reference in the enjoyment of human life. With over 150 pages of metaphysical illustrations, practical advice on how to implement a yogic regiment, and a chapter dedicated to quotes and book recommendations, Be Here Now is sure to enrich your emotional, physical, and spiritual life. Be Here Now is a vehicle for sharing the true message, and a guide to self-determination. ' He started upon the path of enlightenment, and has been journeying along it ever since. If he found himself reminiscing or planning, he was reminded to 'Be Here Now. Alpert headed to India where his guru renamed him Baba Ram Dass - 'servant of God.' He was introduced to mindful breathing exercises, hatha yoga, and Eastern philosophy. Fear turned into exaltation upon the realization that at his truest, he was just his inner-self: a luminous being that he could trust indefinitely and love infinitely.

During a period of experimentation, Alpert peeled away each layer of his identity, disassociating from himself as a professor, a social cosmopolite, and lastly, as a physical being. And yet he couldn't escape the feeling that something was missing. By most societal standards, he had achieved great success. He published books, drove a Mercedes and regularly vacationed in the Caribbean.

'We're talking about metamorphosis We're talking about going from a caterpillar to a butterfly We're talking about how to become a butterfly.' In March 1961, Professor Richard Alpert - later renamed Ram Dass - held appointments in four departments at Harvard University.

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