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RICHARD ALPERTBiographical Notes:
Richard Alpert was born 6 April in 1928, 1931, or 1933, (depending on whom you believe) in Boston, Massachusetts. First takes psilocybin in 1961 with Timothy Leary. Becomes an integral part in the Harvard Psilocybin Project. Works with Leary and Ralph Metzner to rewrite the Tibetan Book of the Dead as The Psychedelic Experience. The intention is to provide a manual which will serve to establish an appropriate "setting" for the experience of such drugs as LSD, psilocybin, mescaline and DMT. Dismissed from Harvard with Leary in 1963. Involved with the Zihuatanejo Project, the IFIF ( The International Foundation for Internal Freedom ) and the Castalia Organization at Millbrook, all of which were attempts to realize a psychedelic utopia as presented in Island by Aldous Huxley, and Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse. Disillusioned with the failure of these utopist projects, he travels to India in 1967 and encounters his spiritual teacher, Neem Karoli Baba. Alpert receives the name Ram Dass, or "servant of God". Returns to the United States to pursue his sadhana, or "spiritual journey". In 1974, Ram Dass creates the Hanuman Foundation. Co-founds the Seva Foundation ("service," in Sanskrit) in 1978, an international organization dedicated to relieving suffering in the world. On 19 February 1997, Ram Dass suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed of the right side of his body and limited his ability to speak. He is still said to have his memory intact and is able to understand what is said to him. For more information, see the link below. From the Updates on Ram Dass's condition after the stroke:
Please see: www.openmindopenheart.org/UnityArden/RamDass.html for current updates. Quotes
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