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- Publisher: Harmony Books (12 Dec 1988)
- ISBN-10: 0517504529
- ISBN-13: 978-0517504529
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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At first glance this book appears to be off the wall, maybe psychotic maybe a hippy trip...designed to lead people out of the workplace and into the poppyfields. I read it while sufferring clinical depression. I thought first part, Ram Dass' biography was unbelievable and the middle part describing the inner journey to God/enlightenment was over the top nonsense. But I liked the cookbook...the very clear "how to" suggestions for spiritual life. Since then I've got out of the asylum (!) and back to work, always gaining strength from mantra meditation...even some joy from it. The crazier sections of this book...I now see them as descriptions of very real spiritual processes which are I hope nascent in my own spirit. What I got from it is that spiritual growth is not a flight of imagination..its a process of grounding oneself in the real...becoming more aware of the here and now until you are ready and open enough to feel the eternity and joy of the spirit in the present moment. The book is very compassionate and I think truthful. I reckon it would be helpful for anyone with an open mind.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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A friend lent me this book years ago. It sat on my shelf for years (I was intrigued enough not to give it back, but not enough to actually read it). Then one day, seeking answers, I picked it up. The first section is interesting, the third section useful, but the middle section changed my life. Midway through it I stepped into the void quite unexpectedly (so surprising it left me in tears) and my life has never been the same. It's terminology may be dated, yes, but it's message is timeless. Look past your prejudices. Read it with an open mind, and you, too, may be reborn
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I read this as a young hippie and the cookbook informed a large part of my subsequent spiritual life...but what goes around comes around eh? Now it is called "Mindfulness"and there are courses/papers/seminars on it! There are also evangalists and the whacked out pushing Mindfulness, so tred carefully!
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Certainly a surprise !!!!!
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The only way to be....
When I first came across this book in the 1970's it became one of my favourite books of the period.The flip page middle section just seemed to cut to the chase and sum "everything"... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2008 by Adrian Sales
Time and place for everything
A fantastic book.
A few words of warning though:
Even though the messege is still true, I found the book a bit old fashioned. FAR OUT! Read more
A few words of warning though:
Even though the messege is still true, I found the book a bit old fashioned. FAR OUT! Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2005 by Jim
It's good - but it was the other times also...!
As an admirer of Ram Dass I was disappointed to open my mail order copy of "Be Here Now" to discover I had heard most of it before - on his "Experiments In... Read more
Published on 3 May 2000
my bible
I'm not religious, but Dass spouts a lot of good common-sense knowledge. Don't let the ethereal, self-helpish, flaky aspect turn you off. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 1999
A basic tool book for the soul.
I have never read this book. I go to it when ever I find myself at some kind of personal impasse, depressed, or stymied any kind of activity in life. Read more
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