It feels important to emphasise that Ram Dass is not a guru by his own definition:<p><i>Unity of God, guru, and Self is the higher truth, and if your veil of attachment is very thin, you may be able, like Ramana, to penetrate directly to that essence in the heart.</i><p><i>But most of us, to get through our busy human incarnation and the profusion of forms we find in our lives, need guidance and help. Seeing the guru as separate from oneself is a way to approach it in steps of lesser truths. It’s a first step toward becoming the One. The reality of the guru or guide as separate from oneself is a method or vehicle for coming to God. It’s using a relationship with a separate entity, dualism, to get to the One, to the reality that the guru is identical with your inmost being.</i><p>i.e. God=Guru=Self, see: <a href="https://www.ramdass.org/god-guru-self/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ramdass.org/god-guru-self/</a><p>However, of all the things Ram Dass has said and done, the mantra (from the article) is all we really need to remember:<p><i>“So I accomplish the move from head to heart, in part with mantra: I am loving awareness. I am loving awareness. I am loving awareness.” With each repetition of the mantra, Ram Dass slowly begins charting the daily process of moving his consciousness out of his thinking mind and toward his open, present, compassionate heart—from ego land to soul land.</i><p><i>“All the universe is love,” he continues. “And I'm loving all of the universe.… Everything—everything—has love in it.”</i><p><3