Dope Hits & Modern Samadhi · What Would Ram Dass Say!
⁘ “You know Ram Dass the inventor of "Be Here Now"? Whad'ya think his take is on people locked into their feeds? Like totally present and absorbed? Nothing else matters! Like a meditational trance! Right? · But your attention is magnetized into a stream of scatter. Chasing dopamine hits. Tweaking your brain chemistry. Not really being here now. Becoming all over the place. Chasing the next rush. Obsessed. · So not that. Chill out bro. Be here now. As it is.”
Dude, do you know Ram Dass?
You know the guy who invented "Be Here Now"?
— Well, sure, kind of.
So I've been listening to his live streams
and I kind of totally get it.
When I'm on Instagram or TikTok,
locked into the feed, I'm totally there.
Like, Be Here Now - and nothing else matters!
My girlfriend's saying something,
trying to get my attention,
and I completely don't hear it.
It's like I'm in a meditational trance.
— Well, you know,
that used to happen to me too when I was a kid.
I was famous for having no idea at all
of what's going on in the world.
I was in Donald Duck samadhi.
I was absorbed in one thing.
And we weren't doing it for the dopamine kicks.
We weren't junkies.
What's happening to you with the feed is,
your attention is magnetized into a stream of scatter.
You're chasing quicker and quicker,
shorter and shorter dopamine hits.
Tweaking your brain chemistry.
You're not really being here now.
You're becoming all over the place.
Getting bored, chasing the next rush.
Yes, be here now.
Don't be there now, in that feed.
Don't chase anything.
Just be.
Like chill out, bro.
Be here now.
As it is.