How To Keep Your Heart Open In Hell - Ram Dass | After Skool
Summary
Ram Dass explores the tension between human empathy and spiritual detachment, using poetry to illustrate how love transcends boundaries. He argues that true compassion requires holding both the pain of suffering and the acceptance that all is perfect simultaneously. By viewing life’s hardships as the soul’s curriculum, we can remain open-hearted without becoming overwhelmed by the world’s immense suffering.
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Poem: Call Me by My True Names
Poem: Kabir on Love and Unity
The Beauty of Form and Law
The Paradox of Perfection
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The Armor of the Mind
Balancing Humanity and Perfection
Suffering as Soul Curriculum
Clinging and the Nature of Pain
Being Both Happy and Sad
Transcending Polarities
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