Ram Dass Listening Party

With news of his passing, we wanted to put together an experience that integrated the wisdom of Ram Dass. He was afterall, one of the original Western "consciousness hackers".

The experience:
We will sit or lay down at the yoga studio and listen to selected talks of Ram Dass. We will break off into small groups and have a lightly lead discussion.

About Ram Dass:
Ram Dass began his explorations of human consciousness at Harvard, in collaboration with Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Aldous Huxley, and Allen Ginsberg.

He pursued intensive research with psilocybin, LSD-25, and other psychedelic chemicals. Out of this research came two books: The Psychedelic Experience (co-authored with Leary and Metzner, and based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, published by University Books); and LSD (with Sidney Cohen and Lawrence Schiller, published by New American Library). Because of the highly controversial nature of their research, Richard Alpert and Timothy Leary became personae non-grata and were dismissed from Harvard in 1963.

Tim Leary and Alpert then went to Mexico, ate mushrooms, and went from being academics to counter-culture icons, legends in their own time, and young at that.

For Ram Dass psychedelic work turned out to be a prelude to the mystical country of the spirit and the source of consciousness itself. Mind expansion via chemical substances became a catalyst for the spiritual seeking. This naturally led him eastward to the traditional headwater of mystical rivers, India. Once there, a series of seeming coincidences led him to Neem Karoli Baba and the transformation from Richard Alpert to Ram Dass.
More at https://www.ramdass.org/

IMPORTANT: we are using Eventbrite for all tickets. The Meetup platform has limited options for ticket types.

Tickets: donation-based
Get them here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ram-dass-listening-party-tickets-87413840149?aff=meetup

Schedule:
1pm: doors open. Come early to mingle, grab a seat, and hangout
1:30pm sharp: listening begins
2:15pm: discussions
3:00: event concludes

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IMPORTANT: limited seating. We try to provide a seat for everyone but you may be standing. We will set a space aside for meditation cushions--please bring your own.