Ravi Dass
- The pioneering author's travels and work have included everything from the Beat Generation to Indian spirituality to Silicon Valley capitalism. Few, if any, have lived such a rollicking life, on land or frolicking with the whales in Maui, much less offer such rare insights from so many perspectives. Ravi Dass' candid account of his half-century long search for elusive self-realization and finding his guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji), the guru made famous in Be Here Now by Ram Dass is an extraordinary tale.
Ram Dass says, 'Ravi Dass is a very nice guy'. Dave Logan, former Grey Advertising Manager and VP ABC Radio remarks, 'Mad Man Ron Zimardi ... is a genius - maybe what they'll someday call the archetypal 20th century man suited and corporate by day to earn a living for his family and Zen quest master by night in order to save his soul'.
What started out as a simple letter for his son Dan and his progeny leaving the story of his life when he no longer can be that living voice has become a unique inspirational memoir of hope and salvation. This book interweaves the odyssey of a long time seeker with the mysterious hand of Maharaji that guided him for the next forty years from householder and now to Maui. It is the new-age sequel to On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Neem Karoli Baba considered Ravi Dass the actual incarnation of the 15th century Indian Saint Raidas, the guru of the renowned singer Mirabai. He is also highly revered by the Sikhs.
Ravi Dass starts out on the road right after college in 1964 at the urging of Allen Ginsberg, his poetry mentor, to go to India for spiritual awakening. It will take you on an exceptional journey from living with the great and not-so-great gurus of India to working for the largest and most influential companies in the world like IBM, HP, Grey Advertising and Young & Rubicam managing multimillion-dollar budgets during the PC and Internet revolutions. How Ravi Dass, known as Ron Zimardi then, inexplicably managed to get jobs in and survive in corporate America for thirty years is a story in itself. All of this time Ravi Dass was struggling with incurable Hepatitis C as well.
Ravi Dass encountered Baba Ram Dass when he was a monk at the unidentified Indian ashram of the controversial guru Swami Muktananda of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love in 1970. From that moment on, this is an actual story of true renunciation, the struggle to downsize worldly life while attaining a higher consciousness. Wandering for many years in search of truth and the Self, Ravi Dass finally realized that everything and everyone was sacred. Other notable devotees of Maharaji include Daniel Goleman, Larry Brilliant and Krishna Das.
Ravi Dass resides on Maui, Hawaii. He was the editor of 'Inside Out, a Spiritual Manual for Prison Life', published by Ram Dass, which brought meditation into prisons for the first time in the 1970's. Sacred Wanderer Productions based in Maui produces the 'Mystical Maui' TV series on public access as well as films on spiritual and new-age topics.
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‘The Sacred Wanderer’, a New Memoir Ranging from the Himalayas to Silicon Valley
From beatnik to hippie to IBM, an amazing story of drugs, money and God
KIHEI, Hawaii – May 10, 2010 – The pioneering author’s travels and work have included everything from the Beat Generation to Indian spirituality to Silicon Valley capitalism. Few, if any, have lived such a rollicking life, on land or frolicking with the whales in Maui, much less offer such rare insights from so many perspectives. Ravi Dass’ candid account of his half-century long search for elusive self-realization and finding his guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji), the guru made famous in Be Here Now by Ram Dass is an extraordinary tale. The book is available through www.amazon.com.
Ram Dass says, ‘Ravi Dass is a very nice guy’. Dave Logan, former Grey Advertising Manager and VP ABC Radio remarks, ‘Mad Man Ron Zimardi … is a genius – maybe what they'll someday call the archetypal 20th century man suited and corporate by day to earn a living for his family and Zen quest master by night in order to save his soul’.
What started out as a simple letter for his son Dan and his progeny leaving the story of his life when he no longer can be that living voice has become a unique inspirational memoir of hope and salvation. This book interweaves the odyssey of a long time seeker with the mysterious hand of Maharaji that guided him for the next forty years from householder and now to Maui. It is the new-age sequel to On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Neem Karoli Baba considered Ravi Dass the actual incarnation of the 15th century Indian Saint Raidas, the guru of the renowned singer Mirabai. He is also highly revered by the Sikhs.
Ravi Dass starts out on the road right after college in 1964 at the urging of Allen Ginsberg, his poetry mentor, to go to India for spiritual awakening. It will take you on an exceptional journey from living with the great and not-so-great gurus of India to working for the largest and most influential companies in the world like IBM, HP, Grey Advertising and Young & Rubicam managing multimillion-dollar budgets during the PC and Internet revolutions. How Ravi Dass, known as Ron Zimardi then, inexplicably managed to get jobs in and survive in corporate America for thirty years is a story in itself. All of this time Ravi Dass was struggling with incurable Hepatitis C as well.
Ravi Dass encountered Baba Ram Dass when he was a monk at the unidentified Indian ashram of the controversial guru Swami Muktananda of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love in 1970. From that moment on, this is an actual story of true renunciation, the struggle to downsize worldly life while attaining a higher consciousness. Wandering for many years in search of truth and the Self, Ravi Dass finally realized that everything and everyone was sacred. Other notable devotees of Maharaji include Daniel Goleman, Larry Brilliant and Krishna Das.
Ravi Dass resides in Thailand since 5 years. He was the editor of ‘Inside Out, a Spiritual Manual for Prison Life’, published by Ram Dass, which brought meditation into prisons for the first time in the 1970’s. Sacred Wanderer Productions was previously based in Maui produced the ‘Mystical Maui’ TV series on public access as well as films on spiritual and new-age topics.
