Here’s more from Baba Ram Dass, whose observations about the energy crisis appear elsewhere in this issue. Ram Dass was in Durham last month, on his way from nowhere to nowhere:
EGO — People who make the greatest spiritual progress start with the greatest ego strength . . . You start with the energy to be somebody, then use it to become nobody . . . There’s nothing bad about ego. It’s functional for survival. It’s attachment to ego. . . .
PSYCHEDELICS — Mahariji (Ram Dass’ guru) said if you’re alone, feeling much peace, with your mind turned towards God, and in a cool place, psychedelics can be useful. It’s a way of visiting with the saints. But you can only stay for a couple of hours. It’s better to become a saint than to visit him. Still, it’s useful to visit. It strengthens the will.
