"Be Here Now" Book by Ram Dass

The modern spiritual classic, by Ram Dass, which inspired a generation into the spiritual life, originally published at Lama Foundation with artwork by Lama residents. The varied pricing options is the closest we can get to a sliding scale. If you can afford to pay more please do.-- ABOUT BE HERE NOW “We’re talking about metamorphosis We’re talking about going from a caterpillar to a butterfly We’re talking about how to become a butterfly.”   In March 1961, Professor Richard Alpert – later renamed Ram Dass – held appointments in four departments at Harvard University. He 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. 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. Fe