Getting here from there: as a 27 year old, I set out on an intensely personal quest for self-realization, finding myself - on the same path so many others have traveled before. Ram Dass was very transparent about his own desire system and need for approval. This reflection works well for elevating one’s consciousness. Psychedelic experiences and humorous self-deprivation help with the dissolution of the ego. Higher consciousness is the goal of enlightenment. Change is the only constant. The more...

Too much of a hagiography for my part. Ram Dass, who can perhaps be described as the ultimate hippy, chronicles his original meeting with his guru Mahara-ji in the 60's. The book also describes varies methods of meditations used to arrive at the Maharajis motto: Love everybody. Because I meditate and practice vipassana meditation I often find descriptions of spirituality often miss the mark as one becomes entangled in ideals and concepts. But if one keeps this in mind then one can get inspired b...

Ram Dass is an excellent teacher and gets his message across in a very easy to understand way

Third in Ram Dass's 40-year trilogy in the making...now made. Follows "Be Here Now" and "Still Here" (my personal favorite, along with "How Can I Help?" w/ Paul Gorman). While "Still Here" focused on aging and changing in the 'latter years', a pertinent topic in my own life, "Be Love Now" is mostly a reflection on the guru path to enlightenment. Ram Dass, in his wise way, sees and honors many paths. This happens to be his. A book for those who are intrigued by devotion, with fascinating stories

So during the first half of the book, Be love now really conveyed some powerful messages in a way that I feel is pretty rare once you've read many self-help books. This was also intertwined with some quite uninteresting and quite irrelevant (at least when it comes to your personal development) stories about Ram Dass formative years, making me think of this book as an unpolished gem.But the second half of it was pure nonsense, stories about what miracles some gurus had done, i.e. "one guru asked

Interesting book. Very "far out" but then it was the age of the hippy when Ram Dass made his pilgrimage. I was really interested to find out what I it might be like to spend time in the presence of an eastern guru and this book opened my eyes and changed my view on what a eastern guru really is like. They're not as simple (or as stereo typical) as I had thought they would be. if you are just beginning to get interested in the spiritual side of things this book can be a bit much. It doesn't reall...

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Ram Dass' book Be Here Now was a catalyst for transformation in my life. 13 years since first reading it, he is still my favorite wise man. I listen to his lectures, watch the movies made about him, and read and re-read his words. I have also read Polishing the Mirror, so I've only read 3 of his books, but I plan on soaking them all up.

Every page of this book contains infinite jewels to savor, that touch my heart, that make me want to be a better person. Not try, not do, just be. That is the theme. Have you ever tried to let go and just be? To sit in stillness (meditation, prayer) and not ask for anything? For me, not sure if it is because I am a human, grown up in Gen X with lots of technology and the cult of busy-ness, my personality that always wants to be active and pursuing, but it is very hard. Super hard. But, the snipp...

When I feel myself becoming paranoid or lost in material stuff, Ram Dass always puts me back on the right path. He has been doing this for over 30 years and this time was no different. Since Ram Dass is no longer traveling to teach, I was afraid that was the end of the road so I was very happy to have one more book. And this book does not disappoint. If you’ve read the classic, Be Here Now, you have to read Be Love Now.Although I’ve seen Ram Dass many times I have never seen Maharaj-ji and knew

There comes a point where words exhaust their possibilities. At best language can point towards the Eternal Truth permeating all existence, however because of their limitations as symbols they never fully express IT. Through "Be Here Now", "Grist for the Mill", and hours of recorded lectures, I think Ram Dass has taken his language to its limit. Such as it is, "Be Love Now" did not alter my perspective like his previous mentioned work. But how could it? I had already changed. Also it did not dee...

I admit I never knew much about Ram Dass back in the 60's when he returned from India and was teaching Americans what he learned. But recently I watched an interview he did with Oprah and was fascinated by his philosophy and history. I wanted to know more. "Be Love Now - Be Here Now - The Path of the Heart" was very worthwhile reading for me. Ram Dass describes his India experiences and what he learned there. I gained more understanding of the Hindu philosophy and obtained some fresh aspects of

More Ram Dass. He writes about his experiences within Hinduism, offering the unique perspective of a one-time Harvard professor who dropped out of Western society to become the devotee of a guru in India. As such, he has a sympathy for and connection with Western audiences that is rarely found in the writing of other Eastern spiritual authors. His writing is completely heartfelt, humble, and compassionate.His most famous book, Be Here Now, is much less approachable than this. Here his theme is t...

I love Be Here Now. I love Still Here. I love Fierce Grace. I'm a fan, in other words. I enjoyed the beginning of this book, the review of how Richard Alpert became Baba Ram Dass. I liked parts of the rest, but found it mostly repetitive and not helpful. It was excessively wordy that what's come before while treading much of the same ground. Quite possibly I would have liked the print copy better than the audio.

I so wish Ram Das was as good of a writer as he is a storyteller.

This is not a one read only book. I plan to go back and go through it over and over again.

“Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that seeking the affection of the Beloved becomes an obsession.”Ram Dass ~~ Be Love Now: The Path of the HeartI love Ram Dass. I love BE LOVE NOW. I feel closer to my own Guru, Babaji, than I have felt in years. A more in-depth review will follow, but for now this will do.

I think he says the same thing many many, too many times. But Ram Das tells a great story. I read it for the stories.

The first few pages of the book were really powerful for me. They got me really excited to experience the gifts that Ram Dass had to offer. I started off getting some very wonderful pearls of knowledge from it. But that waned after I got maybe a third of the way into the book. My experience began to become one of meandering and repetition. I think the core ideas of this book are marvelous. But I think they could've been expressed in about a third as many pages. Also the book has a lot of illustr...

Truth be told, those parts of the book where Ram Dass goes into detail expressing his understanding of the reality and Maharaji's teachings as well as his own path did not speak to me very much. Also the intro was quite hard to get through. However, the sole reason I keep this book and recommend it to others is because in the instant Ram Dass starts to tell about Maharaji, I very distinctly feel the presence of the Maharaji himself. It moves me so deeply, as if I actually were in his physical pr...