Lilly Greenblatt talks to musician East Forest about his collaborative album with the late spiritual teacher Ram Dass.
One of the core teachings of spiritual teacher Ram Dass is on conscious aging and dying, so even after he passed away, followers of his work turned to him to make sense of their grief. On the internet they would find a vast archive of recorded talks from the past – sometimes clear and sometimes not – as well as a new album of the most recent, and most vivid audio recording of Ram Dass talking about death shortly before his own death. Musician East Forest talks about meeting Ram Dass, recording with him, and making sense of his passing.
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