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I don't have to renounce my humanity in order to be spiritual....I can be both witness and participant, both eternal spirit and aging body....That's not just a new role, it's a new state of being. p7

From respectable professor to guru freak of the dropout nation;from the intellectual fringe and back, Ram Das has established himself over the decades as a beloved teacher who boldly overturned the barrier between eastern and western mysticism. This makes him an ideal guide for the final trip, with his 'curriculum of conscious aging' for those of us still 'trapped in time and desire'.

It is a paradox of mindful living that without having embraced our past, we cannot let it go. p117

When you've felt enough ecstasy, you're not going to cling to structures....The soul is not located in my body, nor is it limited to my body....Awareness goes on....you are not just material....death is just the rapids at a bend in the river. p161