Learn much more about ram dass journey and hear many more of his. The talk often involves death, which doesnt make it any less involving. Gay is an awardwinning filmmaker and the director of dying to know. In the making for almost 18 years, the feature documentary dying to know. Though sometimes clumsy or nostalgic, the film is an engaging oral history of leary and dasss friendship. Over the course of his life, it would appear that ram dass has led two vastly. The mythic level that timothy and i lived at was that we were adventurers, he said in the 2014 documentary, dying to know. When leary was on his deathbed, ram dass came to visit after leary asked for advice on how best to let go of life. Two conventional harvard professors began probing the edges of consciousness in the 60s. In the early 1960 s, harvard psychology professors timothy leary and richard alpert began probing the edges of consciousness through their experiments with psychedelics. Its less a social history than a commercial for alternative healing. Baba ram dass, spiritual leader and 1960s counterculture. You can now experience over 2 hours of curated extras from our many hours of original interviews recorded between 199520.
Watch timothy leary exclusive videos, interviews, video clips and more at. Are you dying to see the footage we could not fit in the 90 minute feature film. Timothy leary traces and celebrates the lifelong friendship and. As ram dass says, when you see the beloved all around you, everyone is family and everywhere is love. His death sunday at his home in maui, hawaii, was announced by his foundation. The mythical level that timothy and i lived at was that we were adventurers, he said in the 2014 documentary, dying to know. Hopefully dying to know will help to rehabilitate the image of hallucinogens from being just the domain of hippies and burners. Ram dass also known as baba ram dass, was an american spiritual teacher, psychologist. Lets continue the conversations weve all been dying to have in your town, school, chu check out dying to know.
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