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Polishing the Mirror

By: Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das
Narrated by: Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das
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Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass experienced, in a cosmic moment of the heart opening. More commonly, it happens when we remove the dust from the mirror of our spiritual heart with daily practice - to see beyond the illusion of our transient thoughts and emotions to the vast and luminous landscape of our true nature.

For five decades, Ram Dass has explored the depths of consciousness and love, and brought back insights as his service to others. With Polishing the Mirror, he gathers together his essential teachings for being and loving, here and now, in the eternal present. For those just starting on the path, this is a primer for living from the spiritual heart. For those already practicing it, is a reference point for daily life in the spirit.

In this audiobook, read by co-author Rameshwar Das, listeners will discover perennial wisdom, humor, teaching stories, and guidance into Ram Dass’s own spiritual practices, including:

  • Bhakti Yoga - devotion, opening our hearts to unconditional love
  • Practices for living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow of life
  • Karma Yoga - transformation through selfless service
  • Working with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedom
  • Step-by-step guidance in devotional chant, meditation, mantra, and more

Polishing the Mirror is Ram Dass’s invitation to experience who we are and why we are here, and how to become beacons of unconditional love.

This unabridged audiobook includes four bonus tracks:

  • Pure Awareness - a guided meditation with Ram Dass
  • I Am Loving Awareness - a guided meditation with Ram Dass
  • An Introduction to Vipassana Meditation with Ram Dass
  • Sita Ram - kirtan chant music with Jai Uttal
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a re-real

If you have already gone through books by Ram Dass, you will find that's this is basically a collection of all the Ram Dass stories read by someone else. the guy reading it starts of by saying that copying this book is bad karma, something Ram Dass would never say. nothing is bad karma, it's just karma. sporadic sound bites with baba in order to out his name as a co-narrator. this shows off as being for the money = not Ram Dass way AT all.

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Great Content, Terrible Production

When this audiobook was being put together, someone clearly did not listen to it before they hit "publish." The end of Chapter Three cuts off in the middle of a story. Then, further in, we hear the whole thing again...finally hearing the end... but about a half an hour or more of other repeated material too. It's frankly a mess. And so sad, because Ram Dass' words are so good, and the narration is done well. My other beef with this is the meditations. There are L-O-N-G stretches of silence in the recorded meditations which, I understand, are appropriate for meditation but maybe not for an audiobook. Certainly, it makes driving and listening tough. It would have been smart to give the meditations their own chapters so that a driver could skip over them and return when at home. I really think that the publisher ruined some great material. Still, it is worth toughing out to get the good information.

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Loved this book!

Would you listen to Polishing the Mirror again? Why?

Yes - there's so much wisdom. The words, the meditations and music are wonderful!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Ram Dass

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Wow!

What an illuminating and profound experience listening to someone who speaks about unconditional love and being here now.

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Sabiduría simple y amorosa

Ram Dass describe de manera sencilla y amorosa su manera de entender el camino espiritual, a sus más de 80 años tiene una manera clara de como es el camino a Dios

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A shared spiritual journey

This is a mine of spiritual guidance. Ram Das is a teacher who speaks from his experience and has has the ability to draw you into spheres of thought that open up the possibility of glimpsing beyond thought.

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a terrific very helpful book

I liked all of it very much. it does need, however, a decent table of contents (no titles, chapter numbers don't line up with book chapters). but narration is terrific.

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A great teacher never will be out of touch!

Ram Dass has shown me in 60th., as he is communicating with me in my 70th. I will listen to this book a few more times, I am sure of that!

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The clarity, the flow, the insights, the inspiration 🤎

I would highly recommend this book at any point of your journey to enlightenment. To begin with, make reference to every so often or to meditate on. We are all, loving awareness 🤎

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Beautiful

I recommend this book to anyone that is looking to learn ways to bring a loving awareness to their lives and a mindset of inclusion, oneness and peace.

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