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Ari Lesser - Live in Boca - Be Here Now
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Yesterday, Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass) the author of Be Here Now passed away at the age of 88. May his neshama have a big aliyah! I was never a follower of Ram Dass, and my spiritual practice is much different than his, but I am a strong believer in the power and importance of being present, and few people shared that message with the world on the scale of Ram Dass. In his memory, let's all make a special effort to stay present throughout our lives, and especially this Hanukkah! Gather you loved ones, linger by the light of your menorahs, and meditate on the great miracles that are happening here and now!
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[Applause]
you know it's funny we really listen
that song you see we yes so much to be
grateful for constantly Shimon showering
brush has on us all the time and I can't
speak for you but I know for myself I
spend like 50 percent of my time
complaining and whining and being grumpy
it's R is really it's crazy right why is
it that we spend so much time being
depressed and being sad and grumpy when
if you really if we really look deeply
and took in accounting we would see that
the vast vast majority of our lives is
just it's just brushes that I've shown
as to bestowing on us and even the
things that don't don't look like
ruffles are just they're just blessings
in disguise so what is it but why why
can't we be grateful why do we have to
spend so much time whining and
complaining and I think the truth is
that the problem is a week we aren't we
aren't being resently
we aren't living in the moment maybe
there was one moment in our past but
that was very painful and so we relive
it constantly we live that trauma and
it's with us always and instead of being
grateful for the breakfast we have which
is warm we're just reliving this past
trauma or on the flip side maybe we have
anxiety we have worry about some futures
management that may not even ever and
and and because we're we're living in
the past and worried
future we can't appreciate the blessings
of Schumann's giving to us all the time
so I wanna I want to try to bring us
here to the moment present get as
president so that we can we can be truly
grateful
so this song's called beat here now you
guys I have to say is beat in half
except beep and you can say it to I just
be here now truly the best thing to do
is just be here not following just be
there's no other place to go or soul
just be here now
completely worryfree let's be in town
there's no better place to be so let's
be here now there's no time to delay
let's enjoy our existence in the place
we are today let's just enjoy our
existence in a place we are today I
don't need a degree in philosophy to see
I exist in this reality who knows what
was or what shall be but I am that I am
and that's just me you are too as I'm
sure you'll agree put us together for we
are me he is him and she is her and they
are them as they always were some say
that way back in the Garden of Eden but
what the original sin we was spiritual
entities with no skin concealing our
holy soul within some day
we'll return again but even if we do
only God knows when so this is no time
or place to begin we're beginning about
what makes it thing to just be here now
you can say it so I just be here now I'm
truly the best thing to do is just be
here now I'm following the blog I just
be here now no other place to go so just
be here now completely worryfree I just
beat and there's no better place to be
so let's begin now there's no time to
play let's enjoy our existence in the
place we are today let's just enjoy our
existence in the place we are today well
here is the place that we always are and
we over there may seem very far but when
we arrive it becomes quite clear what we
thought was there is really right here
wherever you're going a journey for the
to the east or the west or the south of
the north to the sky above the to the
depths below here is the only place you
can go some sailors sail the oceans by
some pioneers across the Great Divide
all of them praying that God would
provide some greener grass on the other
side but escaping here
no man can achieve because once you're
here you can never leave innocence if we
don't have a choice in any case let's
embrace right here as our favorite place
just be here now you can say it so I
just be here now a truly the best thing
to do is just be here now although when
the blow I just be here now there's no
other place to go
so just be and I'm completely worryfree
a little bit here now there's no better
place to be so let's be here now there's
no time to delay and let's enjoy our
existence in the place beyond today
let's just enjoy our existence in the
place we are today I don't need a watch
cuz the time is now I can't live in the
past no way no how
even with the machine that could travel
through time the present is all that
you'll never find this today is the day
of the month of the year of the century
in which we exist here is the past is
over and it's quite clear the future is
empty there's nothing to fear
eventually I may run out of gas and my
body will turn into a rotten mass is
eaten by maggots grown over by grass my
days will be called the ancient past can
I bet my most distant descendants will
call that future time the present so
I'll be long gone but it won't be wrong
for them to say the love when they play
my song saying be in now you can say in
to just be
you know a truly the best thing to do is
just be here now I'll follow in the flow
let's be here now there's no other place
to go so just be here now completely
worryfree let's be here now there's no
better place to be so let's be here now
there's no time to delay let's enjoy our
existence in a place we are today let's
just enjoy our existence and the place
we are today let's just enjoy our
existence in the place we are today
let's just enjoy our existence in the
place we are today
[Music]
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