Bill, I attended one of his lectures many years ago. He was originally one of Timothy Leary's fellow experimenters with LSD. I also met Leary a few times in San Fran back when...
Edgar On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:02 AM, William Rintala wrote: > > I've read, all that I have been able to find, everything written by Ram Dass > (born, Richard Alpert), from "Be Here Now" through "The Only Dance There Is" > to his most recent book "Be Love Now". His work "Be Here Now", 40 years ago, > was my starting point on the journey that has lead me to this forum. His new > book rehashes a lot of stuff that was in his earlier works. What's new is the > last section where he presents the lives of several Hindu Saints. In each > case the Saint displayed behavior that I think would get most of us locked up > in a padded cell or admitted to an ICU and put on heavy doses of medications. > It seems, however, that this crisis was essential for the Saint to become > fully realized. In reading about them I am reminded of the story of Eckhart > Tolle's biography where " For the best part of two years in the early 1980s a > man in his mid-30s would sit on a park bench in Russell Square, central > London, and in a state of deep bliss watch the world go by." Descriptions > sound almost as if he had had a schizophrenic break. > > My question to the Forum is "is madness a precursor to enlightenment?" > > > Bill not Bill! > > > > > Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! > >
