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RAM DASS, a.k.a. Richard Alpert, received his Ph.D. in psychology
from Stanford University and has taught at Harvard, Stanford, and
the University of California. In the 1960’s he was active in
research on consciousness, with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Alan
Watts, and others. In 1967 he continued his study of consciousness
in India, where he was given the name Ram Dass (Servant of God) by
his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. Since that time, through books, tapes,
and lectures, he has contributed to the interrogation of Eastern
spiritual philosophy into Western thought. In 1973 he founded
Hanuman Foundation, which has nurtured projects designed to
increase spiritual consciousness in the West. Among these have been
the Prison-Ashram Project, the Dying Project and Dying Center, and
meditation programs and retreats. In 1985 he became the Chairman of
the Board of the Seva Foundation. His primary “yoga” or vehicle for
realizing liberation is through service.
PAUL GORMAN was educated at Yale and Oxford. He has been a program
producer and talk show host with WBAI-FM. Pacifica Radio, in New
York City, since 1969. He has worked as staff assistant to a group
of Democratic congressmen and as consultant for the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. He served as Eugene McCarthy’s press secretary
and speechwriter in the 1968 presidential campaign, and has been an
adviser to a number of public officials. He has taught at Sarah
Lawrence College, The City University of New York, Adelphi
University, Naropa Institute, and Omega Institute.
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