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So on we went. A media frenzy ensued, and the band's management made the decision to move to a studio less readily accessible to paparazzi. Sun showbiz editor Dominic Mohan recalled: "We had quite a few Oasis contacts on the payroll. I don't know whether any were drug dealers, but there was always a few dodgy characters about. Oasis's official photographer Jill Furmanovsky felt the media's focus, and was preyed upon by tabloid journalists living in the flat upstairs from her: "They thought I had the band hiding in my flat. According to Johnny Hopkins, the publicist of Oasis's label Creation Records , "People were being edged out of the circle around Oasis. People who knew them before they were famous rather than because they were famous. Though they reconvened with more energy, the early recordings were compromised by the drug intake of all involved. Morris recalled that "in the first week, someone tried to score an ounce of weed, but instead got an ounce of cocaine. Which kind of summed it up. Morris thought that the new material was weak, but when he voiced his opinion to Noel he was cut down: "[So] I just carried on shovelling drugs up my nose. Noel, wanting to make the album as dense and "colossal" feeling as possible, layered multiple guitar tracks on several songs. In many instances he dubbed ten channels with identical guitar parts, in an effort to create a sonic volume. Owen was out of control, and he was the one in charge of it. The music was just fucking loud. Obviously, the one not in control was the head of the record company. As with Oasis' previous two albums, the songs on Be Here Now are generally anthemic. The structures are traditional, [16] and largely follow the typical verse — chorus — verse — chorus — middle eight — chorus format of guitar-based rock music. Reviewing for Nude as the News , Jonathan Cohen noted that the album is "virtually interchangeable with 's Definitely Maybe or its blockbuster sequel, What's the Story Morning Glory? A 's " Straight Outta Compton ", [21] while "Magic Pie" features psychedelically arranged vocal harmonies and a mellotron. According to Noel, "All I did was run my elbows across the keys and this mad jazz came out and everyone laughed. The vocal melodies continue Noel's preference for "massed-rank sing-alongs", although Paul Du Noyer concedes that not all are of the "pub- trashing idiot kind" of previous releases. The lyrics were elsewhere described as "[running] the gamut from insightful to insipid", [17] although Du Noyer admitted that Noel is "[to go by his lyrics] something of a closet philosopher Du Noyer praised Liam's vocal contributions and described his "Northern punk whine" as "the most distinctive individual style of our time. One Creation employee recalled "a lot of nodding of heads, a lot of slapping of backs. I thought it was too confrontational. McGee's hyperbole alarmed both Oasis and their management company Ignition, and both immediately excluded him from involvement in the release campaign. Ignition's strategy from that point on centred on an effort to suppress all publicity, and withheld access to both music and information from anybody not directly involved with the album's release. Fearful of the dangers of over-hype and bootlegging, their aim was to present the record as a "regular, everyday collection of tunes. According to Greengrass "We want to keep it low key. We want to keep control of the whole mad thing. However, the extent that Ignition were willing to go to control access to the album generated more hype than could normally have been expected, and served to alienate members of both the print and broadcast media, as well as most Creation staff members. However, three stations broke the embargo, and Ignition panicked. According to Greengrass: "we'd been in these bloody bunker meetings for six months or something, and our plot was blown. The day after Lamacq previewed the album on his show, he received a phone call from Ignition informing him that he would not be able to preview further tracks because he didn't speak enough over the songs. Lamacq said, "I had to go on the air the next night and say, 'Sorry, but we're not getting any more tracks. You had this Oasis camp that was like 'I'm sorry, you're not allowed come into the office between the following hours. You're not allowed mention the word Oasis. When Hopkins began to circulate cassette copies of the album to the music press a few weeks later, he required that each journalist sign a contract containing a clause requiring that the cassette recipient, according to Select journalist Mark Perry, "not discuss the album with anyone—including your partner at home. It basically said don't talk to your girlfriend about it when you're at home in bed. We sit in [Oasis] meetings today and we're like 'It's on the Internet. It's in Camden Market. I think we've learned our lesson. I remember listening to " All Around the World " and laughing—actually quite pleasurably—because it seemed so ridiculous. You just thought: Christ, there is so much coke being done here. It shows the band standing outside the hotel surrounded by various props; in the centre is a Rolls Royce floating in a swimming pool. Photographer Michael Spencer Johns said the original concept involved shooting each band member in various locations around the world, but when the cost proved prohibitive, the shoot was relocated to Stocks House. It was Alice in Wonderland meets Apocalypse Now. Two props considered were an inflatable globe intended as a homage to the sleeve of Definitely Maybe and the Rolls Royce, suggested by Arthurs. The release date had been brought forward out of Ignition's fear that import copies of the album from the United States would arrive in Britain before the street date. It was not until lunch time that sales picked up. By the end of the first day of release, Be Here Now sold over , units and by the end of business on Saturday that week sales had reached ,, making it based on first seven days sales, the fastest-selling album in British history. Contemporaneous reviews of Be Here Now were, in John Harris 's words, unanimous with "truly amazing praise". According to Harris, "To find an album that had attracted gushing notices in such profusion, one had to go back thirty years, to the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. When it went on to become, in the words of Select editor Alexis Petridis , "this huge kind of Zeitgeist defining record" the music press was "baffled". By the end of , Be Here Now had sold eight million units worldwide. However, most sales came from the first two weeks of release, and once the album was released to UK radio stations the turnover tapered off. Buyers realised that the album was not another What's the Story Morning Glory? Savage said that while the album "isn't the great disaster that everybody says", he noted that "[i]t was supposed to be the big, big triumphal record" of the period. The third Oasis album is a loud, lumbering noise signifying nothing. The Gallagher brothers hold differing opinions about the album. In July , Noel was describing the production as "bland" and some tracks as "fucking shit". Look at Phil Collins. In the same documentary, Liam defended the record, and said that "at that time we thought it was fucking great, and I still think it's great. It just wasn't Morning Glory. I don't know what's up with him but it's a top record, man, and I'm proud of it—it's just a little bit long. All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher. As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun, the album was re-released on 14 October The three-disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and seven B-sides from the album's three UK singles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Owen Morris Noel Gallagher. So I very sadly admit that I mucked up royally there. Noel Gallagher later said that he had expected to be asked to reduce the length of the song by two minutes. However, nobody had the courage to ask him. There's no bass to it at all; I don't know what happened to that And all the songs are really long and all the lyrics are shit and for every millisecond Liam is not saying a word, there's a fuckin' guitar riff in there in a Wayne's World stylie". Oasis Liam Gallagher — lead vocals , tambourine Noel Gallagher — electric guitar , acoustic guitar , backing vocals , string arrangements , production , lead vocals and mellotron on "Magic Pie" Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs — electric guitar, acoustic guitar Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan — bass Alan "Whitey" White — drums , percussion Additional musicians and production Mike Rowe — keyboards Mark Coyle — backwards guitar track 1 Johnny Depp — slide guitar track 7 Mark Feltham — harmonica track 10 Richard Ashcroft — backing vocals track 10 Nick Ingman — string and brass arrangements Owen Morris — production Mike Marsh — mastering Brian Cannon — art direction , design Martin Catherall — design assistance Matthew Sankey — design assistance Michael Spencer Jones — photography Jill Furmanovsky — photography collage. 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Podcasts are easily downloaded audio files that you can access via the Internet or on your phone or computer. With the difference that you know where it all ends. Literally in this case. I can't imagine anyone just accidentally clicking on this and watching it. Even I knew what this was about and I don't read synopsis of movies or documentaries. Andy Whitfield best known for his role in and as Spartacus. You get to see him how he was in real life, how his relationship with his family was and what made him more than human. You do wonder how much fight is in yourself and you may never know. Or you will know because circumstances do not give you any other way than fight for your life. At times therefor this may feel depressing, but in the end it did achieve what it was set out to do. It is re-affirming and it is successful in spreading a positive message. And that is not a small feet to achieve. 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Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. As though life is imitating art, actor and sex-symbol, Andy Whitfield, had just become a star as the lead in the hit television series,'Spartacus,' when he is faced with his biggest Director: Lilibet Foster. Added to Watchlist. All time Favourites. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Credited cast: Jai Courtney Self Andy Whitfield I wasn't prepared to be in the band if people were being like that to each other. With an album's worth of songs already demoed, the Gallaghers felt that they should record as soon as possible. Their manager, Marcus Russell, said in that "in retrospect, we went in the studio too quickly. The smart move would have been to take the rest of the year off. But at the time it seemed like the right thing to do. If you're a band and you've got a dozen songs you think are great, why not go and do it. In , Noel agreed that the band should have separated for a year or two instead of going into the studio. It would have been a much different album: happy probably. So on we went. A media frenzy ensued, and the band's management made the decision to move to a studio less readily accessible to paparazzi. Sun showbiz editor Dominic Mohan recalled: "We had quite a few Oasis contacts on the payroll. I don't know whether any were drug dealers, but there was always a few dodgy characters about. Oasis's official photographer Jill Furmanovsky felt the media's focus, and was preyed upon by tabloid journalists living in the flat upstairs from her: "They thought I had the band hiding in my flat. According to Johnny Hopkins, the publicist of Oasis's label Creation Records , "People were being edged out of the circle around Oasis. People who knew them before they were famous rather than because they were famous. Though they reconvened with more energy, the early recordings were compromised by the drug intake of all involved. Morris recalled that "in the first week, someone tried to score an ounce of weed, but instead got an ounce of cocaine. Which kind of summed it up. Morris thought that the new material was weak, but when he voiced his opinion to Noel he was cut down: "[So] I just carried on shovelling drugs up my nose. Noel, wanting to make the album as dense and "colossal" feeling as possible, layered multiple guitar tracks on several songs. In many instances he dubbed ten channels with identical guitar parts, in an effort to create a sonic volume. Owen was out of control, and he was the one in charge of it. The music was just fucking loud. Obviously, the one not in control was the head of the record company. As with Oasis' previous two albums, the songs on Be Here Now are generally anthemic. The structures are traditional, [16] and largely follow the typical verse — chorus — verse — chorus — middle eight — chorus format of guitar-based rock music. Reviewing for Nude as the News , Jonathan Cohen noted that the album is "virtually interchangeable with 's Definitely Maybe or its blockbuster sequel, What's the Story Morning Glory? A 's " Straight Outta Compton ", [21] while "Magic Pie" features psychedelically arranged vocal harmonies and a mellotron. According to Noel, "All I did was run my elbows across the keys and this mad jazz came out and everyone laughed. The vocal melodies continue Noel's preference for "massed-rank sing-alongs", although Paul Du Noyer concedes that not all are of the "pub-trashing idiot kind" of previous releases. The lyrics were elsewhere described as "[running] the gamut from insightful to insipid", [17] although Du Noyer admitted that Noel is "[to go by his lyrics] something of a closet philosopher Du Noyer praised Liam's vocal contributions and described his "Northern punk whine" as "the most distinctive individual style of our time. One Creation employee recalled "a lot of nodding of heads, a lot of slapping of backs. I thought it was too confrontational. McGee's hyperbole alarmed both Oasis and their management company Ignition, and both immediately excluded him from involvement in the release campaign. Ignition's strategy from that point on centred on an effort to suppress all publicity, and withheld access to both music and information from anybody not directly involved with the album's release. Fearful of the dangers of over-hype and bootlegging, their aim was to present the record as a "regular, everyday collection of tunes. According to Greengrass "We want to keep it low key. We want to keep control of the whole mad thing. However, the extent that Ignition were willing to go to control access to the album generated more hype than could normally have been expected, and served to alienate members of both the print and broadcast media, as well as most Creation staff members. However, three stations broke the embargo, and Ignition panicked. According to Greengrass: "we'd been in these bloody bunker meetings for six months or something, and our plot was blown. The day after Lamacq previewed the album on his show, he received a phone call from Ignition informing him that he would not be able to preview further tracks because he didn't speak enough over the songs. Lamacq said, "I had to go on the air the next night and say, 'Sorry, but we're not getting any more tracks. You had this Oasis camp that was like 'I'm sorry, you're not allowed come into the office between the following hours. You're not allowed mention the word Oasis. When Hopkins began to circulate cassette copies of the album to the music press a few weeks later, he required that each journalist sign a contract containing a clause requiring that the cassette recipient, according to Select journalist Mark Perry, "not discuss the album with anyone—including your partner at home. It basically said don't talk to your girlfriend about it when you're at home in bed. We sit in [Oasis] meetings today and we're like 'It's on the Internet. It's in Camden Market. I think we've learned our lesson. I remember listening to " All Around the World " and laughing—actually quite pleasurably—because it seemed so ridiculous. You just thought: Christ, there is so much coke being done here. It shows the band standing outside the hotel surrounded by various props; in the centre is a Rolls Royce floating in a swimming pool. Photographer Michael Spencer Johns said the original concept involved shooting each band member in various locations around the world, but when the cost proved prohibitive, the shoot was relocated to Stocks House. It was Alice in Wonderland meets Apocalypse Now. Two props considered were an inflatable globe intended as a homage to the sleeve of Definitely Maybe and the Rolls Royce, suggested by Arthurs. The release date had been brought forward out of Ignition's fear that import copies of the album from the United States would arrive in Britain before the street date. It was not until lunch time that sales picked up. By the end of the first day of release, Be Here Now sold over , units and by the end of business on Saturday that week sales had reached ,, making it based on first seven days sales, the fastest-selling album in British history. Contemporaneous reviews of Be Here Now were, in John Harris 's words, unanimous with "truly amazing praise". According to Harris, "To find an album that had attracted gushing notices in such profusion, one had to go back thirty years, to the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. When it went on to become, in the words of Select editor Alexis Petridis , "this huge kind of Zeitgeist defining record" the music press was "baffled". By the end of , Be Here Now had sold eight million units worldwide. However, most sales came from the first two weeks of release, and once the album was released to UK radio stations the turnover tapered off. Buyers realised that the album was not another What's the Story Morning Glory? Savage said that while the album "isn't the great disaster that everybody says", he noted that "[i]t was supposed to be the big, big triumphal record" of the period. The third Oasis album is a loud, lumbering noise signifying nothing. The Gallagher brothers hold differing opinions about the album. In July , Noel was describing the production as "bland" and some tracks as "fucking shit". Look at Phil Collins. In the same documentary, Liam defended the record, and said that "at that time we thought it was fucking great, and I still think it's great. It just wasn't Morning Glory. I don't know what's up with him but it's a top record, man, and I'm proud of it—it's just a little bit long. All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher. As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun, the album was re-released on 14 October The three-disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and seven B-sides from the album's three UK singles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Owen Morris Noel Gallagher. So I very sadly admit that I mucked up royally there. Be Here Now - Ram Dass (Complete Book)

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I've been looking for it for a loong time but I only can find online editions! Please, if you know, send me the link, thanks! Jake I bought mine from Amazon. Is this his biography? He has a bunch of books so I assume one of them must be a bio?? Omar Beretta It is partly biographical, but the purpose of making references to his own life experience is to share his knowledge. Very much worth reading. See all 11 questions about Be Here Now…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Be Here Now. This book helped me a lot. It was one of many that my husband brought home from work and left around the house so someone would find it at just the right time. I'd flipped through it and thought it was just a collection of philosophical sayings in the form of trippy graphics which it is, mostly. I noticed a copy at Ashanti's house, which impressed me, but not enough to actually start reading it. One night I was tripping for the last time with my best friend who was about to move to another stat This book helped me a lot. One night I was tripping for the last time with my best friend who was about to move to another state. I was sitting in my messy room thinking of all kinds of creative ideas and then getting frustrated because I'd already thought of those ideas, years ago, and hadn't really acted on them because I was too busy smoking pot and hiding from the world. My friend was reading "Be Here Now" and kept saying "This is amazing, you have to read this! I was fascinated by the sixties as a kid, and now I was realizing I had gotten to live out a lot of the same dreams and fallen into some of the same traps. About a week later a therapist was trying to convince me that I could get from meditation and Yoga whatever it was I got from drugs. She mentioned something about Ram Dass. A strange coincidence, I thought. I went home and read half the book in one night. Ram Dass claims to have witnessed a lot of miracles, and seems awfully sure about a lot of things, and it can be hard to swallow at first if you spent your whole life in blind loyalty to your rational mind. But he makes the point quite eloquently that we choose to believe in the supremacy of the rational mind, just as anyone else chooses a belief system, and we suffer from its limitations. A lot of people teach this, but I needed to hear it from seventies spiritual icon Ram Dass, aka sixties psychedelic pioneer Dr. Richard Alpert and former neurotic hyper-intellectual over-achiever. Since then I've been taking every chance I can to learn about spiritual practice. The first time I tripped with that friend was years ago under the apple tree at Firefly. I heard a chickadee, which reminded me of many sunny mornings before, and I realized that we had everything we needed from the sun and the air, as beautiful beings in a beautiful world. Now I realize I am still there, and there is here, and here is now. View all 10 comments. I first read this book at 20 years old when I was just barely beginning to realize that my beliefs might be different from those of my parents. So, alas, my review of this book is purely personal in nature. However, I believe this is how Ram Dass would expect his book to be reviewed. Reading "Be Here Now" could only be likened to having the top of my heart ripped out of my chest and shown to me. I felt as though it contained all the beliefs, fears, and questions that I had kept secret for so long I first read this book at 20 years old when I was just barely beginning to realize that my beliefs might be different from those of my parents. I felt as though it contained all the beliefs, fears, and questions that I had kept secret for so long out of fear that I was the only person who could possibly view the world in such a way. It is true that the format of the writing is non-traditional and can be difficult to read at times. I think, though, that this was intentional. This book is not intented to be an easy read. It is the reflection of one man's spiritual journey and we as the reader are supposed to witness this journey through his meditations. In the decade that has past since I first read "Be Here Now" I have purchased and given this book several times over, each time intending to keep the copy for myself only to meet someone who so clearly needs it more than I. I suspect that this book doesn't want to be held on to - it would much rather be let go. I feel that it is a book to be shared, a book that wants to travel, just as it's author did, to all the dark places only so it can discover how to let in the light. View all 6 comments. A classic exploration of spirituality and consciousness by the former Harvard professor turned drug-fueled, then clean, spiritual seeker, Ram Dass. What a strange book. The first part is Ram Dass' life story. He has trouble relating exactly how his guru changed his life. He also has trouble expressing his life changing spiritual insights. This could perhaps be because of all the LSD he experimented with, but no judgement here. I think Dass could have added another couple hundred pages to the first pa A classic exploration of spirituality and consciousness by the former Harvard professor turned drug-fueled, then clean, spiritual seeker, Ram Dass. I think Dass could have added another couple hundred pages to the first part and still probably not fully described his experience. The next section of the book is block text printed on, what seems to be, brown paper bags. Monty Python-esque photos are drawn in, and sometimes behind, the text. It reads like a stream-of-consciousness, path to enlightenment, how-to lecture. Some of it is worthwhile, but I can't sugarcoat it: It's pretty far out there. My description doesn't really do it justice. Perhaps Be Here Now is one of those books that needs to be "experienced" rather than read. The last section was a "cook book" on how to live an enlightened lifestyle. If you have a question about how an enlightened person lives, it's probably included in there. Dass elucidates how he believes you should eat, sleep, breathe, interact with others, think, meditate, raise a family, form a commune and so on. I didn't like it because it felt too brain-washy, cult-ish. Dass attempts to put the reader's mind at ease to all of the strictures. He mentions that one needn't be concerned about family or social responsibilities because, once you reach the ultimate level, you'll realize that none of those things are real anyway. Looking back on my review, it seems as if I don't like Ram Dass, but I do. I too have had life experiences that have led me to the belief that human kind is here to "be high" and not just to "get high. And, perhaps because I haven't personally had the experience yet, I don't get the whole guru relationship thing. I know it's my western background speaking, but there you have it. Recommended for spiritual seekers, but don't forget to trust your own inner guidance. View all 5 comments. Ram Dass takes the wisdom of the East, and wraps it in a package a Westerner can open. This book had a profound effect on me at a time when I was at a spiritual crossroads I was an atheist until about Then I had my gnosis, or series of events that brought me into a direct experience with something larger than me. Call it what you want, the divine plan, the ground of being, the true self, insanity, a hallucination Be Here Now, came into my life shortly thereafter, and it was as if I discovered the Rosetta Stone for my experiences. Be Here Now is part of my fundamental understanding of the self and world. It is a brilliant and beautiful work, which I highly recommend to all seekers. Ultimately, I found my path in the Western, rather than Eastern traditions, but truth, is truth, is truth, and I've found that the West leans heavily on the East, as does my paradigm. Thank you Ram Dass, Namaste View 1 comment. I love this book. So get over the stigma and read this book for what it has to say, not the movement you think it represents. The central message of this book resonates powerfully with me. How many of us spend inordinate amounts of time in the past or the future? How much of our day is spent wishing we were somewhere else, doing something else? How many of us live with the ass I love this book. How many of us live with the assumption or hope that one day in the future, everything will be hunky dory, even if we're not satisfied now? Don't read this book if you can't handle in-your-face challenges to your entire way of life and mode of thinking. I try to read this book at least once a year and every time I do, it forces me to change my brain this is a very good thing! Besides its message, I like how it challenges the notion of what an adult book is. Just open it up and you'll see what I mean. A Roadmap to Where You Are. I'd left college, manned the barricades for a while, then built a cabin on a commune. Filled with anxiety about my place in the scary world of the day, I just didn't know what I should do, until a very kind yogi mentioned I should read this book. I read it. I spent weeks thinking about it, and it changed my life. Be Here Now is the erstwhile story of Drs. Timothy Leary and Richard Alperrt's struggle to take meaning from their research into psychotropic drugs and disciplines. In easy to absorb words and concepts, it illustrates one of the most significant truths about our lives. Time is a construct. Now is all there is. Learning to adopt the principles of Dr. Alpert, who took the name Baba Ram Dass and became a perpetual seeker felt so comfortable, despite my Protestant upbringing, that I experienced frissons of release and joy throughout my time with the book. It released me from many of my stresses, released me from the past and from my anxiety over the future, and freed me to make the leap to travel to New York, where I unexpectedly found my true soulmate, my life and my home. If the Hindu overtones make you wonder if this might apply to you, forget about it and buy this book anyway. For anyone who needs to figure out where they are headed, or why, it will teach you lessons you'll never forget and make your journey more graceful. I'm not comfortable rating this. From somewhere behind that all-too-familiar burnt-out hippie lingo shines moments of verisimilitude, and as much as I'd like to curl a rational upper lip and scoff, a deeply irrational part of me would be disappointed if I did so. I'll say this: it is at times compelling, and at others tedious. But as far as how many "stars" I can give it? That would be missing the point altogether. Shelves: biography. With drugs, particularly pharmaceuticals, being so regularly abused in our culture, it is a salutary exercise to reconsider the sixties, when some psychoactive drugs, used considerately and independently of profit-driven corporations, turned millions towards the serious study of psychology, philosophy and religion. Richard Alpert and Timothy Leary were two prominent examples of this existential turn. Of the two erstwhile Harvard academics, Alpert's is the happier story, Alpert the wiser man. It's in Camden Market. I think we've learned our lesson. I remember listening to " All Around the World " and laughing—actually quite pleasurably—because it seemed so ridiculous. You just thought: Christ, there is so much coke being done here. It shows the band standing outside the hotel surrounded by various props; in the centre is a Rolls Royce floating in a swimming pool. Photographer Michael Spencer Johns said the original concept involved shooting each band member in various locations around the world, but when the cost proved prohibitive, the shoot was relocated to Stocks House. It was Alice in Wonderland meets Apocalypse Now. Two props considered were an inflatable globe intended as a homage to the sleeve of Definitely Maybe and the Rolls Royce, suggested by Arthurs. The release date had been brought forward out of Ignition's fear that import copies of the album from the United States would arrive in Britain before the street date. It was not until lunch time that sales picked up. By the end of the first day of release, Be Here Now sold over , units and by the end of business on Saturday that week sales had reached ,, making it based on first seven days sales, the fastest-selling album in British history. Contemporaneous reviews of Be Here Now were, in John Harris 's words, unanimous with "truly amazing praise". According to Harris, "To find an album that had attracted gushing notices in such profusion, one had to go back thirty years, to the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. When it went on to become, in the words of Select editor Alexis Petridis , "this huge kind of Zeitgeist defining record" the music press was "baffled". By the end of , Be Here Now had sold eight million units worldwide. However, most sales came from the first two weeks of release, and once the album was released to UK radio stations the turnover tapered off. Buyers realised that the album was not another What's the Story Morning Glory? Savage said that while the album "isn't the great disaster that everybody says", he noted that "[i]t was supposed to be the big, big triumphal record" of the period. The third Oasis album is a loud, lumbering noise signifying nothing. 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For spiritual seekers and mindfulness advocates, our consciousness podcasts are a leading source for insightful information. We believe that we can change the world by changing our own hearts and radiate that presence out to the world, one heart at a time. Even with that, this isn't a book. This is a collection of platitudes and mindless drivel that appeals only to the mindless and the stoned. Do not for one second look for an original idea in this piece of trash that is merely This book is the worst of everything wrong with the "new age" movement and its adherents. Do not for one second look for an original idea in this piece of trash that is merely a recycled amalgamation of religious and philosophical ideas. I cannot impress enough upon you how this book will only appeal to someone with a serious impediment to adult thought. View all 4 comments. I bought this book in at age 11 to read in secret, then return to the bookstore some days later, for fear of discovery by my fundamentalist Christian father. I was seduced by the woodblock print on grocery-bag colored paper middle section. It left an indelible impression on me--one that would germinate 30 years later in my face-to-face encounter with Bhagavan Das, a much younger version of whom I first encountered in its pages. No other book has done more to support the healthy cross-polle I bought this book in at age 11 to read in secret, then return to the bookstore some days later, for fear of discovery by my fundamentalist Christian father. No other book has done more to support the healthy cross- pollenation of East and West. It is the classic text of this genre. This book, like some others I shall review, possess not only the opinions, thought and methodology of one man, but takes the tradition of many religions and 'revealed truths' and quotes them here. I think it is perhaps necessary to the western mind to see that the perceived contradictions and esoteric leanings of 'eastern' thought can be understood by the connectedness and similarities to other ideas and words from other religions and philosophies and thinkers. This book, like many of the books of eastern thought of its kind, can be taken in small sips. For me, this is my preferred mode of mental ingestion. Such truths, deep and profound as the essence of the human experience itself, must be held on the tongue for a while to taste its fullness. The middle of the book, with drawings by Ram Das, are full of imagination and humor. Sometimes the humor makes me want to cry from happiness, and some makes me giggle like a kid. Any book that can balance profoundity and humor has achieved a rare and beautiful harmony. When you are ready to expand your mind, pick this up The truth is that while the introductory biographical stuff is interesting, and the extensive and somewhat dull guidance at the end is probably useful to people who are less inclined to eye-rolling at some of the content, the real meat of the thing, what people still come to this book for, the fancy-design-groovy-as-hell heart of the book, which I assume is the original pamphlet, is actually worth checking out. Man, it's fun to flip through. And stare at. And it contains some real wisdom that no The truth is that while the introductory biographical stuff is interesting, and the extensive and somewhat dull guidance at the end is probably useful to people who are less inclined to eye-rolling at some of the content, the real meat of the thing, what people still come to this book for, the fancy-design-groovy-as-hell heart of the book, which I assume is the original pamphlet, is actually worth checking out. And it contains some real wisdom that no amount of eye-rolly irony can simply dismiss. I am not inclined to agree with everything here, or even most of what is here, but the thing is just way too interesting a document to just ignore. This is from before alternative religious thought in the West became all pastel and insane; it's when Western self-proclaimed saddhus used to just give it to you straight, all the shit about having to die to this world to be reborn into enlightenment, when they'd talk about death and the darkness and light of the universe without sugarcoating it. If you haven't read this, and for some reason are interested in reading what the first man in the 20th century to get fired from a tenure-track position at Harvard for feeding psilocybin mushrooms to undergrads then devote to a guru in India has to offer as an introduction to a particularly psychologically-driven version of Eastern religious thought, married with some Perennialist tendencies and even stuff about how Christ is plenty groovy and the Bible's a real trip, too man , but all in the context of a very 60s outlook, then you should probably read this. All that said, you could probably dismiss a lot of this with just a line or two from Blake. Goodbye Dr. Richard Alpert, Harvard Psychology professor. Not only were the ideas within this page softcover book made of recycled materials a shock to the religious nervous system o Goodbye Dr. Not only were the ideas within this page softcover book made of recycled materials a shock to the religious nervous system of the American mainstream, but the very format was a mystery all its own. Part autobiography, part Occidental psychology, part hippie philosophy, part Indian mysticism, part comic book, one was left to wonder if the text was meant to be read in the conventional manner, or somehow absorbed by simply chanting the contents out loud. Truly a piece of 20th century American spiritual history that should be experienced by all. I decided to read this book after seeing that Steve Jobs had cited it as a profound book that transformed him and many of friends. Within a few pages, I realized that it was definitely not for me. The book dives deep into spirituality, but was too extreme for my tastes. It is entertaining and thought provoking in parts, but far too often I would read statements that were off-putting, like "one is capable of living on light alone" and "you should be able to remember your zip code even as you drif I decided to read this book after seeing that Steve Jobs had cited it as a profound book that transformed him and many of friends. It is entertaining and thought provoking in parts, but far too often I would read statements that were off-putting, like "one is capable of living on light alone" and "you should be able to remember your zip code even as you drift in intergalactic ecstasy". This book may resonate more with people who are deep on the spiritual path. Maybe one day I'll come back to it. For now though, I was better off not reading it. I really appreciate the concept of living in the now. I truely believe that if we can find happiness now, our life will not be filled with regret. I did feel like the book was very disjointed, and that the message would have probablly have been better portrayed if the author had not done quite so much LSD on the path to spiritual enlightenment, but nonethelass, the message is a good one. The illustrations are beautiful in a very trippy way. Overall, I am glad to have read the book. View all 3 comments. Mar 10, Sitanshu Kumar rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , spirituality. I came to know that people like me are called hippies. Going spiritual. You can't finish this book because it meant to be read bit by bit for a lifetime. I am speechless after receiving this manifestation. Truly Life-changing for me. I can't believe it took me this long to read this book, especially considering its similarity with the majority of books I read. I was completely blown away by how mind-bending and honest the book appears to me. The autobiographical section did not impress me as much as I had originally hoped, but that was mainly because I was looking forward to reading the middle passage, with its inspiring artwork and psychedelic calligraphy. I zoomed through the introduction, but I consider it to be a very important section of the book because it really sets the tone and helps the reader to understand how Ram Dass became the person who he was when he wrote the book. The middle section blew my mind. I don't know what else to say about it. It reminds me of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" in some way - full of wisdom and a unique way at looking at reality. I couldn't help feeling like the words printed on the page were the truest things I had ever set my eyes upon. Honest in some way that I don't yet understand, but hope to one day. The third section, with its descriptions of various spiritual practice was at once both a great overview of things I have read about in the past and also an introduction to some new approaches that I may choose to incorporate on my own spiritual journey. This section in particular was really motivating for me and reinvigorates my desire to continue on the path I have already begun. The glossary of terms does an effective job at explaining the foreign words and concepts that are found throughout the book. It would be extremely beneficial to anyone including myself that is not familiar with Sanskrit or traditionally Eastern religious ideas and ways of expressing them. By far the best part of this book is the section of three lists of other books to read. They are: 1. Books To Hang Out With 2. Books It's Useful To Have Met I plan on building a larger portion of my To-Read list out of the books that are contained on these lists, and have great faith that they will be eye-opening and helpful on my journey. Although I found myself confused while reading the majority of the book, I do believe that in time I will come to understand more and more. I would easily recommend this book to everyone I know, and everyone you know too. I didn't know what I was in for when I read it. Essentially, it is one of the best-written guides to the world of genuine spiritual questing I have ever read. Even one who fancies himself to have been walking the path to enlightenment for a long time will get something from this book because everyone needs a helpful reminder and everyone needs to affirm what they believe in. If I wanted to get someone who I saw possessed the potential to embark on the quest "Be Here Now" is a crazy, crazy ride. If I wanted to get someone who I saw possessed the potential to embark on the quest for enlightenment, this book and "Turning the Mind into an Ally", and "Autobiography of a Yogi" are what I would get them to read. The first part of the book is a short autobiography of Ram Dass. In his lifetime he learns, as all people must one day, that prestige, wealth, and pleasure which he possessed in abundance are not enough to satisfy the human soul. He goes to India, meets a guru, and learns that all the answers to the deepest questions of our minds and all the wants of our souls can only be answered and satisfied through Sadhana spiritual seeking and practice. The next part, the real meat of the book, is a very intense journey through a handful of important concepts meant to arouse a sense of wonder and spiritual seeking in the reader. This approach seriously, seriously works. Ram Dass could have written an essay about the kinds of things he talks about, but by going about in this way he gets around the Rational Mind a big obstacle to genuinely new information for the westerner and gets straight to the heart, which is what he is trying to communicate with. It is well done. The third part of the book is a more thorough guide to spiritual practices, covering everything from the paramount importance of transmuting sexual energy to bhakti-yoga and all in-between. All throughout there are quotes and practices to do meant to help the aspirant. As I said before, even the seasoned seeker will find this information useful. The fourth part of the book is a list of books that Ram Dass recommends. The title of this section is "Painted Cakes Do Not Satifsy" - his fancy way of saying that one does not progress spiritually by merely reading books, though it can be helpful. Spiritual progress does not equal mere book-learning. All in all, this is a superb book. I'm going to go meditate now. Harvard University professor turns yogi after taking multiple doses of LSD and mushrooms. This book, supposedly, determined Steve Jobs go to Asia. The first part of the book tells us about his journey. The second part is full of hand-written aphorisms and sketches. The final part presents a step- by-step guide to enlightenment. The book raises multiple questions: 1 the issue of drugs and psychedelics, 2 professors are not always skeptical and purely rational 3 one can radically change his life Harvard University professor turns yogi after taking multiple doses of LSD and mushrooms. The book raises multiple questions: 1 the issue of drugs and psychedelics, 2 professors are not always skeptical and purely rational 3 one can radically change his life, and there is a method to it. Both LSD and meditation seem to show glimpses of higher reality, but one path is faster and has more adverse effects. When you take shortcuts you get issues, as you carry the luggage of the lower reality where it does not belong. On the other hand, if you follow the proper but longer way, based on meditation and living a correct life, you could get there clean. Ouspensky and Gurdjieff that are mentioned rather often in this book seem to confirm that in the 'In Search for the Miraculous'; some esoteric schools used drugs to show their students the final destination, but then students had to walk the way. LSD seems to have changed their mind. They stand in sharp contrast to the world of academia as I know it, which is rather conservative, even if most of my professors claim to be liberal. That one gets into details of how to smoke. Otherwise, nothing eccentric, until now. The concrete prescriptions, however, gear towards Bhakti yoga. Regardless of that, it is a good read to get a glimpse into how a path can look like. Becoming Nobody, a documentary about the life and teaching of Ram Dass, came out this year. It took archival footage of his talks and more recent interviews with the present-day Ram Dass and separated them into themed sections. I loved the documentary so much I purchased Be Here Now. On December 22, , Ram Dass passed away. I was very sad, but his legacy will live on. Be Here Now is an iconic book and one of Ram Dass' more well-known works. There are very memorable and profound parts, and on a Becoming Nobody, a documentary about the life and teaching of Ram Dass, came out this year. There are very memorable and profound parts, and on a whole, it makes plain what is esoteric. Keep in mind Ram Dass is influenced by Buddhist thought in addition to yoga, so there is a bit of swirling of the two traditions, in addition, of course to comparisons to Christianity, which also abound, if only to show the underlying similarities of what we are all trying to get at. We want to practice non-attachment, we want to get to a point of presence - to be here now, to detach from our ego. To work on ourselves and better the community, the world we live in. The first section is an autobiographical sketch that shows Ram Dass in the role of Richard Alpert.

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