Born into, in his words, an upwardly-mobile, middle class Jewish family, his drive and intelligence lead him to quickly become successful in academia in the field of psychiatry. Ram begins the book with his story, his transition from Harvard professor Richard Alpert to sort of go-anywhere spiritual guy Baba Ram Dass. Third section contains a bunch of guidelines for living a better life, with very practical advice on how to meditate, use mantras, do yoga etc. The second part is the part that features drawings and quotes about life and enlightenment that you don’t really read so much as wander through I suggest really taking your time and letting everything sink in. The first section is an easy read since it just tells his story.
But that makes the book sound much longer than it is, as over half of the book features artistic pages that rarely have more than a few sentences on the entire page. I usually like to mention the page count here, which Amazon tells me is 416. This includes an autobiographical account of his early psychedelic years and his time spent with his Guru in India, pages of random enlightened sayings and artwork, and a guidebook for implementing spiritual practices in your life. Former Harvard psychiatry professor Richard Alpert describes his spiritual transformation into Baba Ram Dass.
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