There comes a point where words exhaust their possibilities. At best language can point towards the Eternal Truth permeating all existence, however because of their limitations as symbols they never fully express IT. Through "Be Here Now", "Grist for the Mill", and hours of recorded lectures, I think Ram Dass has taken his language to its limit. Such as it is, "Be Love Now" did not alter my perspective like his previous mentioned work. But how could it? I had already changed. Also it did not deepen my relationship with the divine...but this is because words have taken me as far as they can on my spiritual journey. All that is left is direct experience through meditation, intense experience leading to sudden insight, and the long narrative-arch of life experience and circumstance. Learning by living.



None of this is meant to diminish "Be Love Now". In fact Ram Dass breaks down the whole trip to its essential, which is LOVE. The whole journey is awakening to the LOVE inside yourself, which in its purist form is GOD, and as we awaken we begin to discover how to express it in our lives. This is how we grow.



"Be Love Now" is a love letter to Ram Dass's guru, Neem Karoli Baba Maharaji and all divine infinitely loving saints. It's a poignant bookend to Ram Dass's life---his journey, his message, and his heart. This is what I have always loved about Ram Dass. His heart! Joy and love beam from his pours, and this I have always recognized as the kernel of authentic spirituality.