The Era of HATE is Over... Every Day We Travel Farther Away From The Curse of Trumpism... Towards a Wonderful Future...

Have You Noticed that the GOP is Dividing in Half... Some are Mind Control Slaves of Their Glorious Leader... and Others are Patriots to the United States of America... 

The Final Effect of This Splitting is That Democrats Will Continue To Win Elections... In General, Majority Rules... and Most Voters Are Young, Minority Groups, Women or College Graduates. All of those Groups Overwhelmingly Vote Democratic. Instead of Hannity, Try Sanity!

rainbowQuest420
Relax and Focus Your Attention on this
Mandala and Feel Bliss Now

Remember to #RUNAWAY from People That Make Their Living Selling Hate... Don't Be A Sucker, Unplug Tucker... 

We Have the Technology To GATHER ONLINE with Positive People... For Example: Saturday Night Alive for The Global Peace Tribe... They Broadcast a Positive Uplifting Internet Show at 6PM California Time... 

LINK TO JOIN! https://harmonyconnects.com/Events/14144

https://www.facebook.com/groups/theglobalpeacetribe/

I use Facebook and I Have BLOCKED All CrazyTalk® Hate Speech... It's Much More FUN Without Insane TrumpNiks... 

There is NO VALID POINT to Interacting With Them... In 2022 I'll Start Campaigning Against All Republicans Everywhere But THIS YEAR... I'm Going to Ignore Them All. 

I Refuse to Watch Shows That Make Me Angry About Events That I Can't Do Anything About... I Did Not Watch The Trump Impeachment Trial because... Everybody Knew In Advance That the End Result Would Be... I Used MY TIME to Watch Interesting Free Documentary Movies and FUN SHOWS... 

I Chose the Cirque du Soleil "Worlds Away" Movie. Acrobats, Clowns, Synchronized Swimming and BEATLE MUSIC! 

https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/other-activities/motion-picture

Here is a Pleasant Image to Observe
and Cleanse Your Mind...
Take a Deep Breath
and Contact God... 

How To Wake Up and Notice Reality. It's Easy, Just Follow these Simple Steps!

Look Around You. Find 5 Things You Can See. 4 Things You Can Touch. 3 Things You Can Hear. 2 Things You Can Smell. 1 Thing You Can Taste.

Remember: None of These are Located in Your TV Screen, Laptop or Phone... UNPLUG AND NOTICE REALITY!

Take a Walk in Nature... BIG FUN!

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. - William Blake

Here is a Music Video of Mine: 

"We Are Coming Into Alignment"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7FQGtr-GOE

As a Nation, We Need to Forgive Each Other and Work Together to Build a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow... Red and Blue People Coming Together to Make #Purple64ets.

On a Different Subject... In The Restaurant at the Trinidad, CA Pier... They Have ART Prints Made by Painting a Fish With Watercolors and Then Pushing that Painted Fish onto a Piece of Paper. Making a 100% Accurate Painting of That Fish... That Blew My Mind.

Here is an Article About How it's Done... https://www.dca.org.uk/stories/article/print-studio-a-z-f-is-for-fish-printing

Geese in the field next to the creek...
Springtime Came Early This Year! 2/14/2021

The Path Forward: Personal Growth and The Pursuit of Happiness. Neuro-Chemical Bliss CAUSED by My Own Actions... Fun, Safe, Helps Me Live Longer with More Pleasure.

Instead of Reading Books in Order to Find God... WRITE ONE! It's a Much More Meaningful Experience! Take a Blank Piece of Paper and a Pencil... AND THINK FOR YOURSELF!

I Remember Being at a Carlos Santana Concert When I Had the Realization: "Oh, I Get It. I Ought to Dance Myself into A Trance!" We Were Outdoors near Yuba City, CA on a Beautiful Summer Night... The Other Band Was THE WHO... and As I Looked at the Audience I Could See Hispanic People and White People All Having a Wonderful Time Together... 

Remember: The Fundamental Message of THE TOWER OF POWER Band is... We Can All Join Together and Have FUN!

I'm Going to Take a Break from Typing and Dance to The Jeff Pershing Band... Chico, California's Finest... Totally Positive Worldbeat Music Designed to CAUSE Happiness...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6EotzN45s

I Read a Newspaper Article About Finding Happiness by DOING THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY... Serotonin, Oxytocin, Endorphins... The Human Body Rewards Good Behavior... Evolution... Survival of The Fittest... It ALL MAKES SENSE!  

One Suggestion Is to Find a Hobby that is Endlessly Rewarding... I Do Art and Sell My Designs online. My Zazzle Webstore is a Place Where I Can Spend Hours Creating Art and Then Get That Endorphin HIT When Someone Actually Buys Something... 

Rainbow Spiral Cube Ornament. 

for sale on my zazzle/gregvan Webstore

https://www.zazzle.com/rainbow_spiral_cube_ceramic_ornament-175867520363622887 

Set Daily Goals That I Can Achieve and The Bask in the Glow of Success... For Example: Take a Walk in Nature... I Do This Every Day. About Five Years Ago I Was in Bad Health and Had to Use a Walker to Get Around... Thru Endless Daily Exercise (just a little bit each day) I am Now Able to Walk a Half a Mile... That's Not Very Much BUT... It's Success... and It's Interesting! Photographing Flowers and Birds and Trees and Clouds... 

Here is a Photo of a Praying Mantis on a Rose... I Got the Reward of Seeing this Interesting Insect Because I Was Outdoors Experiencing Nature... BIG FUN!

Another Secret Trick to Life is to NOTICE REALITY: You Can do this Anywhere, Anytime... First, Unplug the TV and the Internet... That's Not Reality... That's Just Swirling Colors on a Screen... and The People That Design Those Programs are DOING IT TO FURTHER THEIR OWN GOALS. Not Yours... Ever Notice That TV News is a Hate for Profit Machine? They Keep on Screaming "Danger-Danger" in order to Keep People Watching... Because a Million Years of Evolution Proved that People Who Paid Attention When a Scout Alerted the Tribe to Danger Survived... and Those that Did Not Pay Attention Died... 

Five Simple Steps to Increase Awareness:

Look Around You, 

Find Five Things You Can See.

Four Things You Can Hear.

Three Things You Can Touch.

Two Things You Can Smell.

and One Thing You Can Taste.

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Another Secret Trick To Life is EAT GOOD FOOD. I Have Started Eating Fruits and Vegetables In Every Meal. I Saw President Bill Clinton on TV Recently and He Looks Great! Very Healthy. He Said That He Had a Heart Attack and then Changed His Diet to Become a Vegan... Well, I've Decided to Learn From Him and NOT Have a Heart Attack Myself... Just Listen to HIS WISDOM and Change My Own Life... I Have No Become a Vegan or a Vegetarian but... I'm Moving Forward in a Positive Direction... While Retaining My Right to BACON and Hamburgers!

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Recently I've Been Participation is Positive Zoom Meetings. Happy, Healthy People Sharing Wisdom Online. For Example:

The World Tapping Circle Hosted by Sonya Sophia. 

https://www.worldtappingcircle.com/ She Leads a Self Help Healing Seminar using Saying Positive Statements Out Loud and Accupressure... I Always Feel Better After a One Hour Session... and... I Write Down Ideas That I Think Up While in an Altered State of Consciousness! For Example: This Blog Post!

Here is a Video of a Healing Ceremony She Lead at a Rainbow Gathering... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2r0I8VoxJY

Sonya Sophia at the Goddess Temple Chico California

I Also Like The Show - Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe. https://harmonyconnects.com/Events/14144 

Music • Wisdom • Prayer • Meditation • Comedy • Community Connection... and They Introduced me to The Singer: Larisa Stow - "We Shall Be The PeaceMakers"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kf8sM83n2c

The Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco: They Broadcast a Worthy Sermon Every Sunday. It makes Me Think and Be Grateful... 

https://www.uusf.org/livestream

and Remember FARMVILLE - a Positive Video Game on Facebook... I Used it as a Stress Reliever After Work instead of Having a Drink... It's a Way to Visit an Ideal World... This Game Reminds Me of the "Perky Pat Layouts" Game in the Science Fiction Novel "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" - In That Book, Ore Miners on Mars Escape their Horrible Life by Eating Psychedelics and Playing a Video Game that Simulates Life in Los Angeles for Teenagers in the 1960's - It Uses "Barbie and Ken" Dolls, Cars and Houses to Complete the Illusion...

I also Participated in The Harmonic Convergence 2020. A Global Meditation Designed to Invite Extra Terrestrials to Visit us On Planet Earth...  "ET COME HOME." 

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Headline: 

The Neurochemicals of Happiness.

Seven Brain Molecules That Make You Feel Great.

"Life in the human body is designed to be a blissful experience. Our evolutionary biology ensures that everything necessary for our survival makes us feel good. All animals seek pleasure and avoid pain. Therefore, our brain has a wellspring of self-produced neurochemicals that turn the pursuits and struggles of life into pleasure and make us feel happy when we achieve them." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201211/the-neurochemicals-happiness

"Make America Groovy Again" 

Embroidered Baseball Cap for sale. 

You May Color This White Hat With a Rainbow of Permanent Markers... Draw a Paisley Design, Peace Signs or a Landscape - Mountains, Trees, Rivers, Puffy White Clouds... WhatEVER makes You BEATIFIC.

https://www.zazzle.com/make_america_groovy_again_embroidered_baseball_cap-233127261589788104

Top Ten ART Gifts on My Zazzle Webstore - The People Have Spoken! With Their Wallets - All Royalties Donated to Charity - Psychedelic Art - Slogans - Jokes - Hats - Buttons - Stickers

 LINK TO MY STORE:

 https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?pg=1&st=Orders

Remember: All My Royalties Donated to Charity. Scroll Down to Find Out More... 

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Roses at Home - in California's Central Valley - I Watch These Bud, Blossom and then Fade Away... It Takes About a Week for the Complete Cycle... A Great Alternative to Watching TV News... Here are Some Links to Positive People Online.... Remember: Healthy Happy People Make a Healthy Happy Planet...

 

While I Spend My Time Walking in the Garden, Seeking Beauty... Others Pay Attention to the Madness of Politics... Occasionally, I Tune the TV To The News BUT... Only Briefly... Because Those People Far Away From Here are Behaving Crazy... a Whole Lot of Hatred... 

Right Now, I'm Listening to an All New-Age Music Channel... "Music Choice: SOUNDSCAPES" Endless Outer Space Whoosh Whoosh Music, Celtic Harp, Piano Improvisations and Synthesizer Jazz... Little Tinkling Bells... Very Relaxing...  Especially Since I'm Playing With Paint Dot Net Photo Processing Program... Cropping My Photographs of The Flowers in the Garden... and They Also Publish Words of Wisdom Quotes on the TV... Alan Watts, The Dali Lama, Ram Dass, Edgar Allen Poe... 

I Naturally Face the Windows of My Home Whenever I'm Using My Computer... Therefore, I See Each Rose Through The Entire Life Cycle... First, It's a Green Bud, Then Tomorrow It Will be a Tightly Wound Rose, The Next Day It Will Be in Full Glory and Then the Day After That It Will Start to Fade... and Then The Petals Will Drop off...   

It's Like Watching a Time Lapse Film but in Reality! Takes About a Week... 

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I Just Got Back from a Long Hike In The Neighborhood...

I Went Farther Than I've Ever Gone Before...

Exploring... FUN!

This is a Big Deal Because, Years Ago

I Needed a WALKER to Get Around...

BUT...

Thru Seemingly Endless Exercise...

I Put It In The Closet... NOT NEEDED!

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Doing Inner Work is Valuable to Myself, 

My Family, My Neighborhood 

and The World In General. 

Find and Spread Peace and Love. FUN!

I'm spending a Lot More Time Associating With Positive People Online and Ignoring Politics. I Have Already Made Up My Mind about Who to Vote For... and SEEING CRAZY Stuff on TV or the Internet Just Makes Me Angry with No Actual Benefit... 

SO... I Have Joined a Bunch of "New Age" Philosopher Groups... Seeking Wisdom, Enlightenment and Extraterrestrial Contact... My Favorite is Sonya Sophia's World Tapping Circle. A Once a Week She Leads a Guided Meditation that always make me feel Optimistic... I Also Think Up New Ideas and Plans for Action While in That Trance... I Love and Accept Myself. 

https://www.worldtappingcircle.com/ 

What IF This Was Easier Than I Thought 

and More Fun Than I Imagined?

another Group is Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe. A Video Conference featuring Happy Healthy People Interested in Moving the Whole World a Few Steps Forward. Using Music, Comedy, Magic Tricks and Conversation... It's a Great Place to Get Introduced to Wonderful People...

https://harmonyconnects.com/Events/14144

and... Mark Sims... Leader of The Harmonic Convergence... a Group Meditation Designed to Actively Invite Contact With Extraterrestrials... Hello Space Brothers! Are You Listening? We Would Like to Chat... https://marksims.com/thc2020/ 

Why Not TRY To Contact Aliens?

and... There is an Active RAM DASS Tribe online... Many People Have Found Wisdom in His Books and Lectures... and They Are Re Broadcasting His Work... Forever...

https://www.ramdass.org/

Remember: Be Here Now

and... The San Francisco Unitarian Church Posts a Sermon Every Sunday... Interesting Topics WORTHY of Further Thought... https://www.uusf.org/

Here is a Link to A Greta Thunberg Facebook Group...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/389416715074257

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On The Other Hand...

It Is Fun To WRITE

Blog Posts Campaigning

Against Mad King Donald

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I remember Going to West Valley Junior College in Saratoga, CA and Learning Electronics Drafting. After Studying for One Year I Was Able to Get a Job at System Industries...

I have always loved to Draw and EARNING A LIVING doing something you love to do is BLISS... I Remember occasions when the Sun was Shining in the Window and I was Designing a Printed Circuit Board and AT THAT MOMENT I Attained True Enlightenment (or Something)... What the Buddhists Call Right Livelihood... 

However, "They" invented Computer Assisted Design and The Companies I worked for could hire people for HALF MY RATE OF PAY... and so I switched to SALES... But It Was Fun While It Lasted... 

NOW, as a Retired Person I spend a Lot of Time drawing my FREE COLORING BOOK... Black and White drawing that people May Print out and Color using Felt Pens, Pencils or Crayons... You can find more art at Google Image Search Keywords "gvan42 Free Coloring Book"

Click On This Link to See More ART!
https://tinyurl.com/gvan42

Rainbow Gathering Idaho 2001: I went to the gathering with a goal in mind. I wanted to play my guitar and sing in public. Yes, mission accomplished. Part of My Autobiography...

I was Living in Chico, California and working at the plastics factory when there was a layoff, my wife suggested that I borrow the car and drive over to the gathering. My friend Mike Jensen wanted to go and so we checked the oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid and water and set out on a classic American road trip. We made it as far as Reno the first day and slept by the side of the road.
Normally I'm creepy about just pulling off and sleeping because there is the possibility of being hassled by the police but Mike soothed my fears and we spent an uneventful night there. Then on thru Nevada to Winnemucca and a turn North to get to Boise traveling thru the High Desert. Boise is a very beautiful town in a fertile valley. The directions printed from the website recommended going an extra 50 miles out of the way thru Sun Valley instead of taking the shortest route because the
road was supposed to be difficult to travel. We drove thru the Sawtooth Mountain Range (stunning beauty) and finally saw the tiny sign directing us to the Gathering.

About a mile down the dirt road, the car stopped running. All it needed was 15 minutes rest and it started right up. We had been traveling fast for hours and it was over whelmed by the demands i was putting on it. Many people drove by offering help. I was upset but Mike calmed my fears and sure enough it was fine.

Another 5 miles down the dirt road there was a fork with a sheriff... he directed us to the left and gave us a piece of paper telling us that it was an illegal gathering. Mike wanted to ask him a bunch of questions but I just wanted to go and avoid police contact... We found parking and walked in with our few belongings and set up camp. Went to sleep.

Mike was interested in finding "Serenity Ridge" (a 12 step AA/NA meeting-we met at Mom's AA in Chico and were both interested in the program at that time) ... and so the next day we started our search...

On a side meadow there was a sculpture made out of branches that formed two interlocking three sided pyramids. One with the pointy end up and one with the pointy end down. It formed a three dimensional star... Like the "Star of David"... On the path we saw "Dun Dun Village". They were doing drumming and synchronized dancing.

I ran out of water and was getting really thirsty. Mike suggested that I ask the nearest people for help and "Just bliss out"... It so happened that the people not only had fresh clean drinking water and a glass, but the had herbal tea... I was very grateful... not only for the physical help I got but for the knowledge that my needs were going to be taken care of for the rest of the event... I gave myself permission to "just bliss out"...
Then we went to the main campfire and danced to the drums for hours... actually all night long... It was cold up there in the mountains of Idaho and we only had sleeping bags, no tent... If we left the campfire, it was uncomfortable, so, why NOT stay and enjoy the unique experience of 30
drummers...

The next day I went over to the "Relaxation Station" near the entrance and sat there all day long. I played my guitar and sang for all the newcomers to the gathering. A man wearing a silly "Dr. Seuss" hat sat down with his guitar and I taught him how to play "Uncle John's Band" by the Grateful Dead. We played it for a very long time... It seemed to him to have an odd chord sequence but after repeated instruction, we got it down. Fortunately, I had brought my hand written songbooks and the lyrics/chords to hundreds of classic rock/folks songs were in them... We had a fine time at "Relaxation Station" a place where newcomers were encouraged to stop and rest after their long journey... A lady was telling fortunes with Tarot Cards... we had beverages, food and anything else that a weary traveler could want... Grass, music and shade...

There was a fellow that was playing a trick on passers-by... he had a piece of foam that looked like a concrete block. he would ask the stranger to help him lift it because it was so heavy, then he would "accidentally" drop the block on their toe... They thought it was going to hurt them because it appeared to be a very heavy object, but it actually was very light... The "OH NO!' experience turned into silly laughter when the passers-by realized the joke... He did this to about 15 people during the afternoon I spent there... ahh, simple minds easily amused by cosmic theatre...

The next day was July 3rd and I walked over to the main campfire... Playing my 12 string guitar and singing loudly to the assembled thousands of people. Mostly "Iko Iko"...

ONE DAY WE ALL NOTICED A GIANT RAINBOW IN THE SKY. IT WAS CAUSED BY ICE CRYSTALS IN THE CLOUDS BEING DIFFRACTED... My wife calls this phenomenon a "Sun Dog"... It stretched for over half of the visible sky and stayed there for hours. You could tell something was happening because the people in the meadow all of a sudden started pointing at the sky... In our campsite under the trees I could see the main meadow and saw hundreds of people spread out for a mile stop what they were doing and point...

The people camped next to us were 20 something years old and they had long involved conversations about their careers in computer businesses in the Midwest... they also talked about their body piercing and the trouble with infections/who to go do the piercing that had clean tools
etc. I sat with them for and afternoon and sang them songs. One of the fine things about having my handwritten songbooks is that the people I play for can select which songs to sing from the index. Often they would exclaim "That's my favorite song!" and so we would sing it... It helps because they often don not know the words and can read them while we are singing...

I had to leave the gathering before the big July 4th celebration because my wife had bought tickets to a concert in Clear Lake, California. I took the shortcut road home and it was fine. The directions to the gathering recommended going the long way because of high winds... IF YOU ARE DRIVING A BUS WITH A VOLKSWAGON VAN WELDED ON TOP... But my little Honda car went smoothly.

I drove home alone and Mike stayed there at the gathering and found his own way home... as it turned out he stayed there for a month and got a terrible ride home in an old bus with bad brakes...

On the way home I experienced a light rain shower in the High Desert of Nevada. I stopped the car and walked around the in rain... It is so very rare to have rain in the desert so it was a happy time. I also watched fireworks as I was approaching Reno from the east.

Back at home we packed the car and camped out at a state park near Konocti Resort. Saw Dan Fogelburg and danced it the bar to a local band... Overall, a fine trip that was an unexpected blessing... I was so fortunate to get laid off at the Factory (for a week)...

Read More of My AutoBiography at:
 http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html  

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"A Spiral of Deadheads." OOBE... (FICTION: NOT ONE WORD IS TRUE) We didn't really do this... Is it Possible to write a Story that Induces a Trance? Here is My Attempt...

Imagine that you are floating in a tub of warm water... every muscle in your body is completely relaxed...

your mind drifts and contentment blooms like a time lapse film of a rose... blossoming...

you leave your body and rise up to the ceiling... look back and see it resting there... 

with a cup of tea in it's hand... ahh... mint... 

as you observe your body, your mind seeps thru the ceiling... and you see the world... 

there is a forest... it is for... rest... 

On the shore of a lake a spiral of deadheads dance around a fire... 

the flickering light appears to be perfectly synchronized to the rhythm of the drums... 

alas...the reversal of entropy is merely an illusion...

a dancer reaches into the shadows and lifts a five gallon can of gasoline...

it is tightly sealed... he places it on the fire... and they all move back...

it will take time for the gas to expand enough to burst the can... 

Meanwhile, a slender woman with strawberry blond hair raises a conch shell to her lips and draws a deep breath. 

She blows a long note signaling the beginning of a new era of mankind... 

Everything is dripping with meaning... Significance saturates every leaf of every tree ... 

then a tiny hole appears in the gas can and a cone of fire reaches for the sky... 

you contemplate metallurgy, welding and strength of materials... 

then the gas can resigns itself to fate and the plasma finds oxygen... 

the spiral of deadheads emit a massive yeah! and you drift on...

your body transmogrifies itself into a bear and goes fishing in a creek...

your paw slaps a salmon onto the bank and you eat the fish... somehow, you have never understood the world so well... 

alas, the oneness is merely an illusion... and tomorrow it's back to reality... deep sigh... 

but for one shimmering moment, bliss... it does exist, the door has been opened... at least once... 

but... shuts again... Plato's "The Cave" is so very personal... We all go back inside to watch the Shadows on the Wall... 

Knowing... WHAT? Cooperation is better than Competition? Gaia is Real and I'm the Brother of a Tree? Cat? Spider? Rock? Ocean?

We are a Beautiful Family... Life... and NON life... Do We MATTER? What IS Matter? Waveform or Particle?

or Both at the same time... Food for Thought... and you drift on...

TRUMP FAILS AGAIN: Wages are Down, Prices are Up. Quality of Life has Declined for Most Americans in the Last Two Years. His Trade War has Backfired Causing Increase in Farmer Foreclosures, Suicide, Opioid Overdoses and Alcoholism. However, THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE! Vote Democratic...

Let's Take Over the Senate, House and White House and Bring About the Dawning of a New Age of Prosperity and Ecological BLISS!