Ram Dass: We live in the world we choose

Ram Dass: We live in the world we choose | 1980s | [full lecture | restored archive]

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(Baba Ram Dass) June 8, 2026: Ram Dass' full lecture interview from "The Congress of Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1983.

• Who is "God," Ram Dass? The Monad (Gnosticism), Brahman (Vedas), Maha Brahma (Buddhism), Brahma (Hinduism)? We need to make a distinction between the lesser personality many call "God" (the Demiurge or "Fabricator") and that all-encompassing reality behind the illusion (Brahman), which in the West may be called the Monad (One).

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In this interview, Ram Dass (formerly Harvard's Dr. Richard Alpert) presents his viewpoints regarding the state of the world and what we can do. He skillfully weaves his way through his perspectives on personal responsibility, American media, and spiritual practice.

• 0:00 Welcome Every1
• 0:11 What is "initiative"? Initiation?
• 2:22 Form and Formless paradox
• 5:55 Special vs. Unique
• 7:20 Intellect and Intuition
• 12:00 "I crochet" story [method]
• 15:25 We are all interconnected
• 18:08 Ram Dass Transmission!
• 21:00 Transmitting being
• 24:04 Ram Dass' TV show idea
• 26:10 Ram Dass and the Banker
• 28:01 The City of the Dead
• 29:50 Peace Family!

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