I looked out at these realms of consciousness, which were in me and out there, and I trusted myself. I don’t feel any loyalty to any teacher I’ve had other than to become as conscious as I possibly can in order to alleviate human suffering and bring all beings to Maya, because there’s nothing else to do. Faith and Grace (30:20) Ram Dass talks about finding the faith to move beyond his rigid beliefs as a scientist and open himself to the offerings of intuition, imagination and other realms. Take what teachings you’re able to get and you need and go on. What about all these things like joining ashrams, or going into systems or joining temples or clubs, spiritual clubs, or going on retreats?Īll of it has it’s function, but the only way you know that it’s what you need is because your heart tells you. This isn’t for that, this is it – this is what it’s about. Everything you’ve ever done in your life and all your incarnations are for this moment. Like, at this moment, if you’re thinking about the future or the past, if you’re planning, if you’re collecting this for later, what about right here? Now. In Zen, they say, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” Your work on yourself starts exactly where you are at this moment.
It’s naive to think that any one route will bring you faster than any other route, other than what is supposed to be your route. But they are useful because they keep strengthening your faith.įaith can touch that place inside, which is called the Atman. Miracles and gatherings of Satsang, reading or hanging out with holy books, chemicals, they’re all traps. Now if you look, you can see the many ways people seek or find ways to strengthen their faith. He said that becoming spirit will always have more to it because love is a much stronger motive, but that the chemical, the “medicine,” will strengthen faith because visiting a saint definitely strengthens your faith.
It would be much better to become the spirit, than to just visit it.” It would allow you to come in and have an experience with the spirit, darshan, but you could only stay two hours, and then you have to leave it. He said, “If you were in a cool place, and you were feeling much peace, and you were alone, and your mind has turned toward God, you could use it. Not the true Samadhi, but it’s useful.” Later, people asked him if they should use it. Some of you have read or heard “Be Here Now,” and know that the last time I was in India, my guru took 900 micrograms and swallowed it. One time in India was very interesting with my guru and LSD. For some of us, drugs and chemicals have played a key role. Many of us have experiences that strengthen our faith with possibility. If you’re a psychologist, instead of losing faith in psychology, regain it by hanging out with other psychologists. What is traditionally suggested is that you seek out the company of other beings who are on the journey, which is true for anything. You may lack the faith to strengthen yourself. So you have to find ways to explore your doubts. At certain stages of the journey your faith is strong, but then sometimes it quivers a little bit.
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