BE HERE NOW (RAM DASS) (RH USA) (PB)

When Be Here Now was first published in 1971, it filled a deep spiritual emptiness, launched the ongoing mindfulness revolution, and established Ram Dass as perhaps the preeminent seeker of the twentieth century. A successful Harvard professor, Richard Alpert. societal standards, he couldn't escape the feeling that something was missing and began experimenting with psilocybin and LSD which led him to undertake a spiritual journey in India. His guru renamed him Baba Ram Dass, "servant of God" and he was introduced to mindful breathing exercises, hatha yoga, and Eastern philosophy. If he found himself reminiscing or planning, he was reminded to "Be Here Now which started him upon the path of enlightenment.