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Be Aware When Going to Whole Foods



This morning I stopped by Whole Foods in Chapel Hill for breakfast. I don’t stop there often anymore but this morning I was there…again. As I sat down I remembered being at that same spot on September 11, 2001 and hearing about the 9/11 attacks for the first time. 

Today it was another surprise. I was reading the news on my iPad and came across an article announcing the death of Ram Dass. I was not shocked by the news but really shocked by my response. I felt a deep sense of loss, as if I had lost a close friend. Fortunately, I was alone and could allow myself a few moments to feel the emotion. I found the Ram Dass Facebook page where thousands of people were commenting. I added mine, hoping this simple act might matter to someone. I wrote:

After hearing Ram Dass speak in 1971 my life was never the same. I sense his Being...here…Now.


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Steven Silverleaf said…
For me there is my Taoist way of loss and gain......when "Be Here Now" came out I was in my brash and obnoxious way having none of it. It was a square paperback with pictures.......I can remember sneeringly dismissing it after reading a few pages and looking at the drawn images.......really had no idea who the author was and at the time did not care........

I should look at it again because I am not so knee "Jerk" dismissive these days.....do not need to tell "my" whole story here......but will say am a lot more appreciative of people who give there lives, being moral compasses for others, devoting themselves to showing all of us how to be better humans.

Thanks Michael
December 24, 2019 at 4:38 AM
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