Being Ram Dass

Foreword / by Anne Lamott

Introduction

Part I. Learning and unlearning. 1. Fired

and free ; 2. Power and love ; 3. Mind fields ; 4. Working on the railroad ; 5. Harvard yard ; 6. Becoming no body ; 7. The Harvard Psilocybin Project ; 8. Acidification ; 9. Hotel Nirvana ; 10. Newton Commune ; 11. The center does not hold ; 12. Millbrook morphs ; 13. East versus West ; 14. Mother

Part II. Pilgrim of the heart. 15. Journey to the East ; 16. The mapmaker ; 17. Instant Yogi ; 18. Quick, get in the car ; 19. From Bindu to Ojas ; 20. A world tour ; 21. Power plays ; 22. Be here now

Part III. Service center. 23. All doing time ; 24. Brooklyn detour ; 25. Dying project ; 26. How can I help you? ; 27. It's only love ; 28. Looking inward, reaching out

Part IV. The wheel turns. 29. The new old age ; 30. Stoked ; 31. Long road back ; 32. Marooned on Maui ; 33. Only son

Part V. Ocean view. 34. Heart 2 heart ; 35. Maharaj-ji's Lila ; 36. Closer to home

The next chapter. Ram Dass: here/not here.