"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."
Today's quote comes from the prominent spiritual teacher Baba Ram Dass. I enjoy this quote for its succinct wisdom and undeniable truth. On a purely physical level, if one does really become more quiet, the inevitable result will be the freeing up of perceptive sensations. Perhaps you, dear reader, have noticed the "deafening" quality of being immersed deep in the woods or somewhere far from the typical onslaught of stimuli and calamitous noises that society tends to produce. In essence, this sensation is caused by detaching oneself from the previously mentioned everyday aural phenomena. Thus, one metaphorically becomes more quiet and can potentially absorb something that may have otherwise slipped passed the radar of self awareness.
Baba Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert 1931) is a leading teacher of spirituality and the author of the influential book Be Here Now. Ram Dass is well known for his association with Timothy Leary during the psychedelic movement of the 1960's as well as his extensive spirit-seeking travels in India. Ram Dass is also a co-founder of the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation. He still teaches via his website ramdass.org.
As I have missed the past three days of this blog I am going to add a bonus quote today from Baba Ram Dass that gives me quite a tickle:
"I didn't have one whiff of God until I took psychedelics."
-Baba Ram Dass
I won't get into this one, so take it as you will...
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