State of the Refrigerator Door
Sunday Afternoon Walkabout (H Street, N.E.)
On the Refrigerator Door
Where Ram Das First Met Neem Karoli Baba (or So I Was Told)
Having been brought to yoga by the Beats and the Beatles and having discovered Be Here Now not long after it was published (Quaker youth camp in New York in the 1970s—of course we did), this was a bit of… (READ MORE)
Neem Karoli Baba Meets Baby Krishna
I’m not quite sure how I ended up in this spot, but oh my was this baby charming.
Found Exhortation
At first glance, th e exhortation to love all and serve all (Ram Das has said Neem Karoli Baba gave him advice like that) may seem unreasonable and perhaps impossible. But the exhortation to love doesn’t require liking all or… (READ MORE)
Satgurus and Upagurus, Teachers and Teachings
In Paths to God, Ram Dass speaks of satgurus and upagurus. A satguru is the true teacher. The upaguru is anyone who teaches us something, which, when we are truly open to recognizing the good in all, is literally every… (READ MORE)
Some Books About Gurus
As I have discussed with a few of you, I have been contemplating deeply and for a long time the questions of what is a guru and who is a guru. In the context of this contemplation, I read to… (READ MORE)