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Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying is Ram Dass’ reflection on the joys, pains and opportunities that appear as we age.
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"I read this book several years ago and recently read it again. Ram Dass, formerly Richard Alpert, a psychologist/author and friend of Timothy Leary, similarly turfed from Harvard due to LSD experiments in the 1960's, is a lifelong spiritual thinker and healer. His serious stroke in 1999 caused him to come to terms with personal suffering and the reality of dependence onpon others in day to day life due to his incapacity. And yet, he is mostly happy. This is an excellent read that addressed the issue of change, aging, dying and death not as the enemy, but as aspects of the normal cadence of nature that we can learn from and embrace despite the undeniable challenges these also present."
— Malcolm (4 out of 5 stars)
Still Here Listener Reviews
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" horrible! horrible! horrible! occasionally he would say something good and then it would bounce again into the horrible.... "
— Theodora, 2/19/2014 -
" Best I ever read. About no matter how sick we become we are still the same person inside "
— Lynne, 12/11/2013 -
" I read my brother's copy of "Be Here Now" when I was a kid. For anyone who has dealt with aging, illness, and death (oh, wait, I guess that's all of us!)especially as we get older, this one is truly inspirational. "
— Vicki, 12/7/2013 -
" For those of us whom Ram Dass' early book on 'Be Here Now' had a great influence on our lives, this is a wonderful companion piece, made all the more poignant because he had his stroke while working on this book, which caused him to truly reasses what matters in life "
— Hollis, 5/11/2013 -
" Ram Dass speaks frankly about Aging, Changing and Dying. I read this book in bed, when I was very ill and thinking that I might die. It was a comfort to read from someone a bit farther on the aging path but still thinking about life and death and the meaning or non-meaning of it all. "
— Kate, 11/23/2012 -
" I like Ram Dass, but I wasn't in the mood once I brought this book home from the library. "
— Mary, 11/21/2012 -
" This may possibly be the best book I have ever read "
— Robert, 8/7/2012 -
" Everything is an opportunity for growth. Growth is God. Growth is Life. We are God. "
— Peacelubber, 5/25/2012 -
" great for the ober 50 crowd, like me. gives me some things to think about as I mature. This book is like the advance scout for aging. "
— Zafirah, 2/1/2012 -
" I learned to think to accept change and to enjoy the journey "
— Alicia, 1/6/2012 -
" Reading this is like sitting in front of a wise and funny teacher, listening and learning from his personal stories, observations, experiences. While about aging and dying - especially in a culture that fears wrinkles - it's also encouragement to "be here now" in every moment and every situation. "
— Carol, 9/12/2011 -
" We are working through this with a reading group I belong to. It has a lot to offer in opening up our willingness to embrace aging. "
— Debby, 9/6/2011 -
" It was kind of interesting, a lot of words but didn't say that much. "
— Darlene, 6/17/2011 -
" I like Ram Dass, but I wasn't in the mood once I brought this book home from the library. "
— Mary, 3/17/2011 -
" It was kind of interesting, a lot of words but didn't say that much. "
— Darlene, 11/20/2008 -
" For those of us whom Ram Dass' early book on 'Be Here Now' had a great influence on our lives, this is a wonderful companion piece, made all the more poignant because he had his stroke while working on this book, which caused him to truly reasses what matters in life "
— Hollis, 8/18/2008 -
" I read my brother's copy of "Be Here Now" when I was a kid. For anyone who has dealt with aging, illness, and death (oh, wait, I guess that's all of us!)especially as we get older, this one is truly inspirational. "
— Vicki, 7/26/2008 -
" Ram Dass speaks frankly about Aging, Changing and Dying. I read this book in bed, when I was very ill and thinking that I might die. It was a comfort to read from someone a bit farther on the aging path but still thinking about life and death and the meaning or non-meaning of it all. <br/> <br/> "
— Kate, 5/3/2008 -
" Everything is an opportunity for growth. Growth is God. Growth is Life. We are God. "
— Peacelubber, 3/9/2008 -
" I learned to think to accept change and to enjoy the journey "
— Alicia, 2/16/2008
About Ram Dass
Ram Dass is the author of the landmark classic Be Here Now and the acclaimed Still Here. After meeting his guru in India in 1967, Ram Dass became a pivotal spiritual influence on American culture. He currently resides in Maui.