Beware... Sitting in the Lotus position leads to TRICK KNEE Troubles... and Pain while Walking... In Fact, That Entire Eastern Religion Fad was a Bunch of British Hogwash...

 LOOK AT THEIR COUNTRIES and their Quality of Life... If there was any Wisdom in India... Why is their Country so Screwed UP?  That Entire Thing of The Beatles Going to India and Meeting a Guru is A BRITISH ADVENTURE for Young Men... In a Previous Generation The Crown would assign 20 Something men to go to Calcutta and Serve in the Army... or The Crown would assign the Task of Building a Railroad in Africa... WhatEVER... Totally Bogus for Americans... We Never HAD Colonies in India... and Chanting Mantras written in Sanskrit... ABSURD! We Have Prayers in English that anyone can Chant in order to Get Close to God... "God, Grant me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change, The Courage to Change the Things I Can and the Wisdom to Know the Difference." Much More Meaningful Than "OH WAH TOFU LIAM. OH WAH TOFU LIAM. OH WAH TOFU LIAM. OH WAH TOFU LIAM. Oh, What a Fool I Am. Oh, What a Fool I Am. Oh, What a Fool I Am. Oh, What a Fool I Am."

Rainbow Spiralism Visual Mantra

I went and Got My Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Shot Today. 1/11/2021. I Live in  an Old Folks Home and an Employee drove Two of Us over to Another Home owned by the Same Man. There were Two Nurses and about 20 Patients. I filled out a short form Waiving Liability and documenting the fact that I'm Not Currently Sick. Then Got my ALMOST Painless shot. Then we Ordered Pizza on the Phone and Drove Home. I feel Tired Now. More Tired than a Normal Massive Pizza Feast would Make Me Feel. However, I don't have enough of a Headache to warrant asking for aspirin... Overall... a Great Adventure. We got to see the Sights driving Past on the Freeway from Orangevale to Davis, California. Everyone Wore Masks... We drove past the Tower Bridge, The Tower Movie Theater (where the Tower Records Store was Born) and the Sacramento State University Aquatic Center on a Small Lake on the American River... and the YOLO Causeway... It was filled with Shallow Lakes... to preventing Flooding of the City during High Water Days...  

https://www.sacstateaquaticcenter.com/

You’ll Enjoy the Experience!

Located on the beautiful Lake Natoma in Gold River, the Sacramento State University Aquatic Center is a National Boating Instruction Safety Center where we offer classes, camps, facility reservations, team building, youth groups and equipment rentals. We are open to the general public.

LINK TO A GOOGLE MAP:

https://goo.gl/maps/EXYyd1udXLwHPs927

Great Book: "Be Here Now" by Ram Dass AKA Dr. Richard Alpert... Autobiography and Illustrated Eastern Religion... with amazing art created using rubber stamps for letters and symbols...

At the Rainbow Gathering in California, I spent an afternoon at Ram Dass' Tent... Just relaxing with other people and enjoying some marijuana... There was a long line of people that wanted a personal meeting with Ram Dass and I declined to wait in that line... This tent was at an intersection of two main trails at the Gathering and so there was a lot of interesting looking people walking by... and the Rangers were providing free car rides for disabled people. Right next to us there were a group of Teenagers that were begging for Candy... Well, why not? They used the Slang word DZUZU... Once I found out what that word meant, I threw small bags of M&M Candy at them... and they cheered... Chocolate falling out of the sky! Later I met a DOG and had a long Conversation because I fed him some Summer Sausage... That got the dog's attention... free meat! and he refused to leave me alone until I Hid the Sausage in my Backpack... Then, since he could not see the meat, he believed it was all gone and walked away... 

The next day, there was Live Music at the Ram Dass Tent... and they played the most CONSONANT music I have ever heard... Very similar to Christian Music... where they play Major Chords and never stray into Minor Chords or 7ths... I wandered away because I wanted to be part of the July 4th OM at Main Circle... I took this Photo and then Put the Camera in my Pocket, Held Hands and Chanted... Sometimes it's best to ACTUALLY LIVE LIFE instead of DOCUMENTING LIFE... and then Years later someone on the Internet wrote the slogan... and Potatoshopped it into this Photo... THANKS! I was just surfing the web when Surprise! I saw My Photo with words written on it! 

https://www.amazon.com/Be-Here-Now-Ram-Dass/dp/0517543052

AND...

https://www.amazon.com/Still-Here-Embracing-Aging-Changing/dp/1573228710/

Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying

“We’re talking about metamorphosis
We’re talking about going from a caterpillar to a butterfly
We’re talking about how to become a butterfly.”

In March 1961, Professor Richard Alpert – later renamed Ram Dass – held appointments in four departments at Harvard University. He published books, drove a Mercedes and regularly vacationed in the Caribbean. By most societal standards, he had achieved great success... And yet he couldn’t escape the feeling that something was missing. 

Psilocybin and LSD changed that. During a period of experimentation, Alpert peeled away each layer of his identity, disassociating from himself as a professor, a social cosmopolite, and lastly, as a physical being. Fear turned into exaltation upon the realization that at his truest, he was just his inner-self: a luminous being that he could trust indefinitely and love infinitely.

And thus, a spiritual journey commenced. Alpert headed to India where his guru renamed him Baba Ram Dass – “servant of God.” He was introduced to mindful breathing exercises, hatha yoga, and Eastern philosophy. If he found himself reminiscing or planning, he was reminded to “Be Here Now.” He started upon the path of enlightenment, and has been journeying along it ever since. 

Be Here Now is a vehicle for sharing the true message, and a guide to self-determination. 

With over 150 pages of metaphysical illustrations, practical advice on how to implement a yogic regiment, and a chapter dedicated to quotes and book recommendations, Be Here Now is sure to enrich your emotional, physical, and spiritual life.