Baba Ram Dass, psychedelic research pioneer, best-selling author and New Age guru who extolled the virtues of mindfulness and grace, has died. He was 88.
Dass' official Instagram confirmed his death Monday.Born Richard Alpert, the future spiritual teacher met experimental psychologist Timothy Leary while the two taught at Harvard University. They founded the Harvard Psilocybin Project and shared psychedelic drugs with volunteer graduate students to explore their mind-altering effects. View this post on Instagram With tender hearts we share that Ram Dass died peacefully at home in Maui on December 22, 2019 surrounded by loved ones.
Read MoreThe spiritual enlightenment he experienced there prompted him in 1971 to write"Be Here Now," a best-seller his website describes as a"Western articulation of Eastern philosophy." The book became a New Age treatise on mindfulness and positivity. He never feared deathA severe stroke in 1997 left Dass unable to speak or move part of his body. He relearned to speak and continued to teach online and host retreats from Maui, Hawaii.
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