Still Here, by Ram Dass

[rachelmanija]

It took me 124 pages to become so annoyed that I decided to live-blog this book. Given that it is written by a hippie named Richard Alpert who changed his name to Ram Dass after becoming the follower of a guru named Maharajji, my annoyance was quite predictable

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[tithenai]

I feel really sheepish saying this -- and I'm sure it's probably pronounced differently -- but I can't help reading his name as one that Bart Simpson would phone up Moe with. "Can I get a Ram Dass? Anyone wanna give me a Ram Dass? ALL I WANT IS RAM DASS, YOU GUYS."

*hides*

[green_knight]

the recognition that some wrongs are unforgivable, and that victims don't need to forgive perpetrators, can also be very healing.

I like your philosophy a whole lot better than his. Victims have a right to their own feelings, have a right to work through the issue at their own pace. They might seek to _understand_ without forgiving, and that, too, is a legitimate choice.. but it's theirs.

[frilled_shark]

Why is it that writers who claim to be all accepting and kindly are so condescending and judgmental?

Also, that bit where he talks about Alzheimer's is icky and victim-blaming, and sounds exactly like when people go on about how depressed people, for example, don't need medication and are just lazy/brainwashed by those eeeevil western doctors.