Be Here Now (1971) by Ram Dass — Overview, Context, and Reception Introduction Be Here Now (also published as Remember, Be Here Now, 1971) is a widely read spiritual book by Ram Dass—born Richard Alpert; also known as “Baba Ram Dass,” from Sanskrit राम दास, “servant of Rāma”—produced with the Lama Foundation community in New […]
In Tibetan Buddhism, Bardo denotes transitional states, especially the postmortem interval up to forty‑nine days. Traditions map phases of dying, reality, and becoming, guided by rituals like the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and relate bardos to dreaming and meditation.
A cross-tradition term for clear recognition of reality marked by reduced selfing, nonduality, and ethical transformation; framed by training and culture and studied via phenomenology, psychometrics, and neuroscience.
Reported experience of awareness seeming to leave the physical body to perceive from another location. Covers phenomenology, traditional subtle-body frameworks, methods of induction, and current neuroscience linking OBEs to multisensory integration at the TPJ.
A New Earth is Eckhart Tolle’s 2005 spiritual book arguing that ego and the “pain‑body” fuel suffering and that presence clarifies purpose. It outlines practices for awareness and a vision of collective change, with notable reception, influence, and criticism.