The Love of the Guru: Reflections on a Ram Dass Retreat - Episode 3

Have you ever been curious about the concept of the guru?  I explore my initial reservations about the concept and revise my definition. 

This episode also discusses the question of whether we need teachers, therapists, or gurus to transform.  I share some of my personal experiences learning about and reflecting on Ram Dass’s guru, Neem Karoli Baba.  Let’s consider how experiencing unconditional love can help to purify us from our egos to more fully embody the love that we are. 

Please consider learning more about Ram Dass and his teachings by checking out https://www.ramdass.org or this list of selected books by Ram Dass and collaborators: 

•  Be Here Now or Remember, Be Here Now (1971) ISBN 0-517-54305-2

•  The Only Dance There Is (1974) ISBN 0-385-08413-7

•  Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook (1978) ISBN 0-553-28572-6

•  Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba (1978) ISBN 0-525-47611-3

•  How Can I Help? Stories and Reflections on Service (with Paul Gorman) (1985) ISBN 0-394-72947-1

•  Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service (with Mirabai Bush) (1991) ISBN 0-517-57635-X

•  Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying (2000) ISBN 1-57322-871-0

•  Be Love Now (with Rameshwar Das) (2010) ISBN 1-84604-291-7

•  Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart (with Rameshwar Das) (2013) ISBN 1-60407-967-3

Take Action:  Loving Awareness Meditation

Here is a link to an article  by Ram Dass about the meditation and to a YouTube video where he directs you through the process. 

Love is not something that you need to become.  It is something that you already are.  It’s not about thinking or even about doing, it is about being.  This meditation practice can help you learn to be the loving awareness that you are.