I managed to get hold of an electronic copy of "Be Here Now" by Ram Dass. The e-book is actually a compilation of over 200 images, each corresponding to a page of the book. The images have been gathered together in a single PDF file. Each page has the same brown background and large, uppercase text. Most of the pages feature drawings as shown above which is part of page 87 of the book's 221 pages. He wrote it in 1971 when he was thirty years old, after his return from India. He augments his spiritual reflections with quotes from Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, The Buddha, Jesus, Meher Baba and others. The book is very retro but timeless nonetheless.
I feel guilty not paying for it, given that he's living in a rented house in Maui and his friends are currently collecting money in order to buy him a house. However, I promise to buy a physical copy the next time I'm in Australia or Singapore. It' s not likely to be available here in Jakarta. It's the sort of book that is probably more useful in physical form anyway. If you just had it sitting on your bedside table, you could just pick it up, choose any page at random and gain a little spiritual boost.
I feel guilty not paying for it, given that he's living in a rented house in Maui and his friends are currently collecting money in order to buy him a house. However, I promise to buy a physical copy the next time I'm in Australia or Singapore. It' s not likely to be available here in Jakarta. It's the sort of book that is probably more useful in physical form anyway. If you just had it sitting on your bedside table, you could just pick it up, choose any page at random and gain a little spiritual boost.
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