false 29254 1 It's easy to dismiss Be Here Now as the relic of a whacked-out '60s acid tripper. Paging through the center section of the book, with its inch-high print and psychedelic drawings, you come across lines like: "Magic Theatre--For madmen only. Price of admission, your mind." Then you turn to the first page of the book, and you are suddenly sucked into the story of a Harvard psychiatrist who has reached the pinnacle of success, discovers the mind-expanding powers of acid, and ends up trooping through India with a 23-year-old holy man from Laguna Beach, California. In the story, you see all the trappings of your own life and begin to wonder if India might hold the answers after all. Before booking your ticket, turn to the last section of the Be Here Now, "Cookbook for a Sacred Life." Ram Dass saves you the trouble by proffering a sober introduction to the basics of Hindu religion. Although he still can't resist CAPITAL LETTERS, he has done his homework, presenting a whole range of concepts and practices having to do with yoga postures, meditation, renunciation, dying and sexual energy. So, for the most part, Be Here Now stands the test of time, and if you can entertain the center section in a retro kind of a spirit, it might be just what you're looking for: "The opposite of craving is saying, baby, this is the way it is, yeah, OK, here and now, this is it. I ACCEPT THE HERE & NOW FULLY." --Brian Bruya 29717 12 10 1971 Be Here Now total:1050|5:551|4:294|3:157|2:37|1:11| 1050 4487 1388 158 3 4 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 17:26:13 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 18:13:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 02 08:18:35 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 17:36:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Nov 13 22:40:03 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 11:26:42 -0800 2007
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