Be Here Now (3rd Printing)
Beloved guru Ram Dass’ counterculture classic which tells the story of his spiritual awakening, providing powerful guidance on yoga, meditation, and finding your true self. When Be Here Now was first published in 1971, it filled a deep spiritual emptiness, launched the ongoing mindfulness revolution, and established Ram Dass as perhaps the preeminent seeker of the twentieth century.
Just ten years earlier, he was known as Professor Richard Alpert. He held appointments in four departments at Harvard University, published books, drove a Mercedes and regularly vacationed in the Caribbean. By most societal standards, he had achieved great success…and yet he couldn’t escape the feeling that something was missing. Psilocybin and LSD changed that, and during a period of experimentation, Alpert peeled away each layer of his identity, disassociating from himself as a professor, a social cosmopolite, and lastly, as a physical being. Fear turned into exaltation upon the realization that at his truest, he was just his inner-self: a luminous being that he could trust indefinitely and love infinitely.
And thus, a spiritual journey commenced. Alpert headed to India where his guru renamed him Baba Ram Dass - “servant of God.” He was introduced to mindful breathing exercises, hatha yoga, and Eastern philosophy. If he found himself reminiscing or planning, he was reminded to “Be Here Now.” He started upon the path of enlightenment.
With over hundreds of pages of metaphysical illustrations, spiritual advice, yoga and meditation instruction, and book recommendations, Be Here Now is comprised of four sections: Journey, From Bindu to Ojas, Cookbook for a Sacred Life, and Painted Cakes (Books to Hang Out With).
An early, third printing of this influential and beloved counterculture bible. The first printing in February of 1971 was 25,000 copies, the second printing in May of 1971 was 31,000 copies, and this third printing in September of 1971 was 31,000 copies. Item #1976.
Condition: Good-, well-loved with rubbing/creasing to covers, edgewear and chips, reader's crease, and bump at lower back cover near spine; name in pen to first page; interior in nice condition with lower right corner crease to the first 40 pages or so and a stain to the Cook Book for a Sacred Life page; now in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Price: $125.00