"Ram Dass appears for our interview right on scheduleand without entourage. No fanfare. No pretense. No teacherly airs. The physical form has changed over the years, and the dark, tired eyes, incipient potbelly, and silvery hair (what's left of it) indicate that at 55 Ram Dass is no stranger to the wear and tear that come with age. (I don't have that act together, really, he replies later to a question about maintaining his own physical health.)"
"As we exchange pleasantries and then settle down to address deeper issues, I'm impressed by his sincerity, his no-nonsense willingness to air all, even the most embarrassing personal insights and anecdotes. This man, I marvel to myself, has been pioneer, spokesperson, fellow traveler, and teacher to a generation of spiritual seekers. His ground-breaking experiments with LSD set the stage for the psychedelic '60s,"
"In the influential books that followed, Ram Dass chronicled with remarkable candor the triumphs and travails of his own journey of awakening. And throughout, far from becoming a guru himself, he has remained the perpetual student, the perpetual researcher of the realms of the spirit, still experimenting, still exploring a variety of methodsand still reporting his findings to a world-wid"
Ram Dass arrives punctually without entourage, displaying no fanfare, pretense, or teacherly airs. Physical signs of aging—dark, tired eyes, incipient potbelly, and silvery hair—mark his 55 years, and he admits to imperfect self-care. He appears casually elegant, beardless except for a moustache, relaxed in a spartan Berkeley office. He speaks with sincerity and a willingness to reveal embarrassing personal insights. He pioneered LSD experimentation, influenced the psychedelic '60s, and authored Be Here Now after discipleship with Neem Karoli Baba. He chronicled his awakening candidly and remained a perpetual student and researcher of spiritual methods.
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