First, this plea from Wayne Dyer to assist one of America's great spiritual beings, Ram Dass:
BE HERE for him, NOW
One of the truly great men of our time needs our help. I write these words to encourage your generosity and support. Back in the 1960's a Harvard professor named Richard Alpert left behind the hectic world of academia and traveled to India - there he was to meet his spiritual teacher who gave him a new purpose to fulfill along with a new name. He of course is Ram Dass.
His guru told him love everyone, feed people and see God everywhere. Ram Dass became a person who lived out this mandate - he did what so many of us could only dream. He connected to his spirit and devoted his life to serving others.
In 1969 he wrote and published the signature book on spirituality and applied higher awareness, Be Here Now. In keeping with his commitment to love everyone and feed people, he donated all of the royalties and profits to foundations that did just that. With millions of dollars at stake, Ram Dass simply chose to live his life as a man of service to God.
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In 1997 Ram Dass was struck by a semi-paralyzing stroke and became wheelchair bound. Still he wrote of his adventure in a powerful book titled, Still Here. He continued to travel, though he could no longer walk and continued to speak to audiences, though he spoke from a slowed down body, but still he did it to serve others.
Now it is our turn... Ram Dass' body can no longer endure the rigors of travel. He has come to Maui, where I live and write. I speak with him frequently and I am often humbled by the tears in his beautiful 73-year-old eyes as he apologizes for not having prepared for his own elderly health care - for what he now perceives as burdensome to others. He still intends to write and teach; however without the travel - we can now come to him. Maui is healing - Maui is where Ram Dass wishes to stay for now!
He is currently living in a home on Maui, which he doesn't own and is currently in jeopardy of losing. I am asking all of you to help purchase this home and to set up a financial foundation to take care of this man who has raised so much money to ensure the futures of so many others. To live out what Ram Dass has practiced with his actions. Please be generous and prompt - no one is more deserving of our love and financial support. In the end these donations will help ensure that Ram Dass and his work will reach another generation or remind a current generation that it is in giving that we receive.
If there has ever been a great spirit who lived in our lifetime, literally devoting his life to the highest principles of spirit, it has been Ram Dass. I love this man; he has been my inspiration and the inspiration for millions of us. It is now time to show him how we feel by doing what he has taught all of us to do - Just , BE HERE for him, NOW.
Please send your donations to:
Ram Dass
c/o Hay House
P.O. Box 5100
Carlsbad, CA 92018
Over on our links column (below the Progressive Blogger Alliance list), we have linked to the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram website. The ashram is in Taos, NM, and it was built by Ram Dass in answer to Baba's deathbed wishes. Baba asked Ram to bring a magnificent marble Hanuman statue from India to be the ashram's centerpiece, and this, too, was done. Ram Dass has done nothing but serve others for the past 35 years. There can be no sweeter presence imaginable, anywhere, anytime, and we really must do something to ensure that his last years are made as comfortable and secure as possible. Please help if you can.
Second, we refer you to the All Spin Zone, which is on the verge of joining the blogging Big Boys and is in need of funding to expand, both technologically and in its ability to commit maximum human resources to the Good Fight. Richard Cranium gives his pitch thus:
ASZ needs your support. While this whole endeavor is a labor of love for all of the primary contributors, it's evolved to something a little bit more ambitious than I think you (as a reader) or I (as the blogmaster) had originally envisioned when it was cranked up a little over a year ago. So over the next 5 days, ASZ is running a blog-a-thon. Your participation (or lack thereof) will, quite frankly, determine the future direction of All Spin Zone.
Everyone's suffered through the Great Blogger Meltdown of 2005, and it's way past time to move into our own domain and onto a blogging platform that's more stable and reliable, if for no other reason than my own sanity. I'd also like to start development of an easy way to allow more community collaboration on topics such as the bankruptcy bill fight. And these are just two examples of infrastructure changes that are needed in advance of what I anticipate to be a really busy and crazy political time in the next few months, and certainly with midterm elections next year.
The easiest way in the world to contribute to the cause is simply to click on the Amazon.com tip bucket icon on the right of your screen. I won't do PayPal, so please don't even ask. Our suggested contribution level is $10, but you're certainly free (and we'd thank you) for even greater support. And if you donate at the $100,000 level, I'll even take a cue from Maximum Leader and make you an ASZ Ranger.
Please consider helping out with one or both of these campaigns, if for no other reason than to know that you'd be adding your energy to the effort toward a better world.
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