Will it ever be the big ice cream cone in the sky?” Be Here Now In the cookbook section this quote is ued as a metaphor to illustrate the futility of craving and spiritual attachment. In the passage, Ram Dass compares life to an ice cream cone that constantly melts. Instead of constantly chasing the next bite or the illusion of an "eternal ice cream cone," he teaches that the antidote to suffering is to fully accept the here and now.