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The Psychology of Conformity

By Ralph Waldo Emerson — 2017

This video, building on the ideas of Ernest Becker, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Emerson, examines why we are so susceptible to conformity and looks at why nonconformity, or the cultivation of one’s uniqueness, is such an important ingredient in a life well-lived.

10:57 min

01:43

Sitting with Our Fears - Ram Dass

Ram Dass invites us to move toward our fears, sitting with them and slowly softening until we can embrace the things that scare us. Our resistance only exacerbates the fear and through observation we begin to understand its roots. (LA, CA - 1/31/1987)

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03:41

Ram Dass: Discovering Your Soulness

Ram Dass, one of America's most beloved spiritual teachers, describes what happens when we think of each other as souls rather than egos.

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03:38

Ram Dass Shares the Antidote to Fear

How can we balance fear with equanimity? Ram Dass shares the antidote to fear, and the ways that we can allow our own humanity in order to extricate ourselves from the web of thought forms that create our own suffering.

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11:30

Growing with Suffering | Ram Dass Lecture 1980S

1980's. Ram Dass gives lecture on internal and external suffering. He says that resisting our suffering creates more suffering for ourselves and for other people. We need to practice listening, and to observe the way the mind responds to somebody's story.

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Self-Expression