One of the books I’ve most
recently read is Be Love Now: The Path of
the Heart by Ram Dass.
I’ve read Ram Dass before,
but I was not a fan of his prior to this book. However, in Be Love Now, as he nears the inevitable end of his lengthy
spiritual journey, he appears now to be a
more humbled and reflective traveler of life’s winding path, than I have
read in his previous works.
Because I’ve long been
fascinated by the yogic traditions—especially hearing of the amazing siddhas—the perfected beings—the yogic
saints—the realized ones, I like the
book because it recounts his personal stories of siddha interaction,
particularly with his own guru (spiritual teacher) Maharaj-ji.
There are many books out on
those perfected beings with whom we,
in the West, are most familiar: Paramahansa Yogananda, Anandamayi Ma, Swami
Muktananda, Sri Yukteshwar, Sri
Ramakrishna, to name a few, and to me, reading or hearing about them is
fascinating.
Those “incarnational labels”
(names) listed above are examples of the truly “Enlightened Ones” that have
been known to many over this last century. Through personal and witnessed
accounts of their lives and teachings, these highly advanced beings have shared
their experiences of connecting into the ONE and becoming that “always open”
connection for the rest of us who might never know of it any other way, other
than through them or by hearing of their descriptions. They bring
“bliss-consciousness” to our awareness level.
In Be Love Now, I think Ram Dass has nearly reached what he has so
long sought—to simply BE—to BE that love—to BE that transcendent awareness.
As he said in the book, you
don’t have to go to India to find this ONENESS connection. You simply have to
open your heart wide enough to allow that all-encompassing LOVE to flow into
you and to allow LOVE to become your life.
When all you know is love,
and all you give is love, then all you need to do in life is simply BE love, and you will have reached that desired
unity with the Great Beloved.
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