Ram Dass always had a knack for heart-to-heart transmission. Far before he had a vocabulary to describe his spiritual experiences, he lived the role of Richard Alpert, a Harvard professor experimenting with psychedelics. After these first soul-expanding journeys, he spoke and wrote about his transcendent experiences with the innate, intuitive understanding of a true inner-voyager. Even before Richard realized that psychedelics weren't the final answer to enlightenment, he was more interested in cultivating a shared heart space with his patients and friends than he was in the clinical, scientific side of psychedelia. "Words of Wisdom" is a distillation of hundreds of lectures and many hours of audio and video recordings from the last five decades-his core essential teachings.This anthology celebrates the spark that helped to ignite the flame of grace and Loving Awareness in so many hearts. By the end of his life, Ram Dass was a true conduit for soul connection. He wished for these five decades of teachings to find a home in an evolving world, and to serve as a beacon for the unconditional love and joy that he came to embody so deeply. May these teachings help to walk you home.