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When They Know the Message is True but They Don't Like It, They Attack the Messenger... In a Way, it's a Validation that the Mesage is Accurate!

meme - When They Know the Message is True but they don't like it, They Attack the Messenger...

When debating an issue, people that have NO GOOD STATEMENTS resort to Name Calling... I Notice this tactic A LOT in the Republican Party... Epecially tRUMP!

Ad Hominem (Attacking the person): This fallacy occurs when, instead of addressing someone's argument or position, you irrelevantly attack the person or some aspect of the person who is making the argument. The fallacious attack can also be direct to membership in a group or institution.

Ad Hominem (Attacking the person): This fallacy occurs when, instead of addressing someone's argument or position, you irrelevantly attack the person




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I was Raised an Atheist. My Grandfather was a Minister but during the 1930s he had a Crisis of Faith and Concluded that God Did Not Exist. No One was Putting any money in the Collection Plate. So, in order to feed his Family he Quit and Became a Math Teacher.

My Dad was Enthusiastic about Atheism. His Entire Life... I Was Not Real Excited one way or another. However, When I Took LSD I Had a Religious Experience. I Experienced True Enlightenment... For a Few Hours. That Experience made Traditional Religion Seem BOGUS... 

Moses Talking to A Burning Bush that Explained All the Secrets of Life? Been there, Done That, Got the Tie-Dye T-Shirt...

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Portrait of God by gvan42
Portrait of God by gvan42

And then My Facebook Friends Commented...

PD: True enlightenment on LSD? OK

Gregory Laan Yes, That's What it Does... For a few Hours... and It DID Awaken an Interest in Attaining True Enlightenment Permanently...

MB: Beware! Drugs and Alcohol can bring forth the subconscious mind ,which is the dark side of man.

Gregory Laan Somehow, I Have Noticed that Corporate Greed Freaks are Generally People That Have NOT Had The LSD Experience...

TL:  Dr Andrew Weill wrote a book on the subconscious mind. called 'the Marriage of the Sun and the Moon' wherein he writes about his efforts, by way of experiencing varous methods of reaching and 'altered state', as practiced by indigenous people in South and Central America. The social and communal methods of what we might call 'getting high' were used to bring about social harmony in different cultures, and were part of their religion too. Dr Weill went to those places, experienced the affects of the local 'altered states' with the goal to achieve a subconscious awareness whenever you wanted to, in order to reach those parts of the mind that drive the creative side (dream like) part of the brain for the benefits of thinking, outside the box, so to speak. I can only say this is my interpretation of his efforts. Judge for yourself. Buy the book. Also research all you can on Dr Joseph Campbell, who was also interviewed by Bill Moyers and I believe available on Youtube. Learn about he development/evolvement of the human mindset from early man until present.

Gregory Laan I Ate Peyote and Mescalita Taught Me MY SONG and then We Sang it for the Whole Tribe. At The Rainbow Gathering in 1987 in Pennsylvania... Glad I Did That!

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So Many Different Gods... and So Many Believers Loudly Proclaim that THEIR God is the One True God. That's Absurd! I, like 100% of the people on Earth HAVE NO CLUE if God is real or not.

Some people state that they know... but they are just deluding themselves... I don't mind them deluding themselves, but if they Kill people that are of different Religions... They are Crazy and Dangerous.  

Welcome to The Clergy Project https://clergyproject.org/

Are you a religious professional who no longer believes in the supernatural? Have you remained in vocational ministry, secretly hiding away your non-belief? Are you struggling over where to go from here with your life and career?

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So far no response to my doing AA Step Eleven... I did my part but God did nothing... Deep Sigh... Silly me, I expected to receive knowledge... or Hints... or Clues... But I got Nothing...

Step Eleven: "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."

If I read this step carefully I see that there is action required on my part [I pray for Knowledge] but nowhere in this step is there any action required on Gods part [No hint as to what his will for us is...] and I have been listening...

Silly me, I expected to receive knowledge... or Hints... or Clues... But I got Nothing...




I assume that the reason for a total lack of answers is that God does not exist. OR... maybe God does exist but always remains silent.  Either way, I am given total freedom of choice when it comes to my own behavior. God never takes any action no matter what I do or believe...  Whoo-hoo! I am free. So I choose to keep on doing what I was doing before... No new Ideas have wandered into my mind since I started practicing Step Eleven actively.

This makes me wonder why many different cultures invented the concept of God or Gods.
Indians in India have over a thousand different Gods... I guess that it is comforting to believe in a power greater than yourself... I really like the Aztec Gods... They have some really psychedelic paintings of what they look like. The main one is a feathered serpent that came down from the stars. It sounds like an Alien on a spaceship... They really liked building Pyramids. I wonder what the
goal was... In both Egypt and Mexico people built pyramids and yet, there is no clear use...


So, while I wait for God to do something, I'll continue to go to meetings and write blog posts... God, if you are reading this... wake up!

I read a book called "Journey to Awakening" by Ram Dass which gives simple instructions on How To Meditate but following his instructions revealed nothing. Oh well...

I suppose that the real reason that I'm having no progress on step eleven is that I should do the steps in NUMERICAL ORDER. I never really finished step one. That step requires that I believe that a higher power can restore myself to sanity. Nope, no higher power exists and so this imaginary higher power cannot do anything.

I do believe that the AA organization and having meetings does help me quit drinking. The power of peer pressure is valid. I chose to associate with other people that voluntarily select to not drink. We have meetings and tell each other that our lives are better without booze. This is a valid technique for me.

Bill Wilson created the Idea of AA during a 5 day long belladonna and henbane "cure". Both of those drugs are powerful hallucinogens. During his experience he saw a white light and met God personally. While I have never eaten belladonna or henbane I have eaten LSD and that does give the illusion of direct contact with God. Mr. Wilson's idea of forming a club where fellow alcoholics can meet and talk to each other is a great idea.  After AA was running for about 30 years Bill Wilson tried LSD. He was very enthusiastic about it initially as it would allow other members to have a religious experience. However he decided to not make any changes at all to the structure of AA. His belief was that the organization was working well and any change could make it stop functioning. Especially having millions of members taking the powerful hallucinogenic drug LSD.

Inca Sun God - drawing by gvan42
Inca Sun God - drawing by gvan42


and Then After Listening to The Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe Show...

I Had a Dream: 

We were walking towards the Entrance of the Los Gatos Library and there was a Thin Old Man dressed in a Small Bathing Suit ahead of Us. He pulled on the entrance to the Children's room and It was Locked... Disappointed, he turned around and I asked: "Are You Looking for the Man Who Works There?" He Said: "NO" and I Motioned towards the Main Entrance. We all Entered. He seemed lost so I asked: "Do you Need Help?" as I would ask any Lost Old Man... He Said: "NO" and then I asked again: "Can I Help You?" He said: "No. I'm Fine." and then we went on Our Own Ways. By That time it was Obvious to Me That he was Ram Dass and That it was a Rather "Heavy" encounter to Ask Ram Dass If I Could Help Him... a Meaningful Event... and I was Shaking... So we went downstairs and I went searching for a Book that I Has Started reading before (about Philosophy) - and on the same shelf was a large picture book of the Grateful Dead's Fare Ye Well Tour with four CDs (that were missing) and My friend asked me why I would want to check out that book and I said: "Too Look for Pictures of Myself." and then I woke up and Typed this Document... It's Best to Type it Up before I forget it... For Certain, I would have tried to help any Lost Old Man but It seems Important that I Offered Ram Dass Help in my dream. That's One Of His Main Teachings...

Visual Mantra - Just Looking at this will cause inner peace - Psychedelic Art by gvan42
Pentagon or Pentagram? Visual Mantra -
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Green Eight way Mandala - Like a Stop Sign but... The Exact Opposite... Like a "GO" Sign Instead - art by gvan42
Green Eight way Mandala - Like a Stop Sign but...
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Book: Tongue in Chico


Book: Tongue in Chico - I went there in 1973 and 1974 before I flunked Out... 
https://www.amazon.com/Tongue-Chico-Decade-Merriment-Mayhem/dp/1735613207 Who knew college could be this funny? In his quest to show what campus life was really like for the pioneering undergrads of Chico State University's Golden Age, our courageous author takes us on a trip to that crazy age between the 60s and 80s -- the rollicking 1970s. You remember those days, don't you? Not quite free love, lots of rock 'n' roll, drugs of the innocent and not-so-innocent kind and the absolute feeling that all was right with the world. This book captivates its readers with astute, amusing and downright hilarious moments in the day in the life of a Chico State Wildcat. Where else can you party with your profs, skinny-dip between class and coast through stop signs on your bike with only a nominal risk of winding up on somebody's windshield? Based on a compilation of past columns from several Northern California weeklies including a stint as ace cub reporter for his college newspaper, C L Smith invites us along on his migration from Southern California to the quaint college town of Chico, California. After college, he finally ditches his shorts, tee-shirts and flip-flops and assumes the identity of a bona fide bon vivant as the editor of the Santa Cruz Good Times. Later, C L Smith was the marketing wizard who introduced several iconic advertising campaigns of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. And, if you think Smith's college years were funny, wait till you join him for a walk on the wild side of American business in the advertising and wireless worlds.
 

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I remember The Bodega Bar where the Band Played their Big Hit Song "The Bicentennial Boogie" - the Singer said... I wrote this before a Hundred other people did... it's so obvious... and That allowed us to travel all over the USA... Big Fun... Thanks! 1976...

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We should ban fracking.
Banning fracking is key to ensuring 
livable future for all of us.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson

Part of the aware journey is having the courage to forgive. No one is perfect, and everyone makes mistakes, especially while you figure things out on University Earth. It’s just part of the journey to fail, learn, forgive and level up.

The healing of the world starts in your heart. There is a radiant and beautiful soul ready to shine every time you tap into your own well of compassion. When you dive into that well, you are increasing your capacity for love, empathy and grace. To truly forgive, you must be able to speak from that space. Oftentimes, the act of forgiveness, to yourself, or to others, is the vulnerable gesture that allows you to see yourself in a whole new and brilliant light. When you are illuminated in this light, you will be able to express your authentic story so clearly that your life, and the lives around you, will change. When you step into compassion and forgiveness for yourself, you begin to heal the world.

Let's try something out today. Call up to your mind a time when you might have held back out of fear of "not being good enough". Maybe it was a romantic date or maybe it was a promotion? Remember the sensations of being curious and excited about that opportunity.

What did it feel like in your body?
What was sparking your curiosity?

Next, I want you to do the hard work of feeling into the part of you that told you to avoid that date or deny that promotion. Did you feel a heaviness, a restriction, did you breathing get shallow? What were your thoughts? Was that voice aggressive or sly?

Get to know this voice. Once you're settled in knowing what you wanted and hearing what diverted you from trying, I want you to get centered and take one of those big deep aware breaths with me right now.

Deep breath in, hold for a beat, and let go completely.

Now call that dissenting voice up in your mind and speak directly to it, saying:

"I forgive you for holding me back. I know you were trying to protect me. What I wanted was to experience (insert your original desire here). I am whole enough and ready now to follow my spark."

Take another deep breath and just notice your body and how you are feeling. Feel free to repeat, adjust and personalize this affirmation even more! It helps to be very specific about what it really was you were going for originally. And it helps to repeat this process as needed.

You will know it's working when you feel confident to withstand the uncertainty that comes with following your dreams and sharing your story with the world!

In love & gratitude,


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Bigfoot - The True Story - Son Speaks Out about the Patterson/Gimlin Film - Police Sketch Artist Interviews Witnesses and All the Drawings Looked the Same...

There was a large man who ran away from his job at the California Conservation Corps near Eureka, CA. He lived in the woods fishing the Trinity River and took a Hoopa Lady as a wife. Her father made up the story of Bigfoot to explain the abduction of his daughter. It's a better story than "the white man stole her". Real Man, Exaggerated story.


Bigfoot Mural in Willow Creek, CA on a Whitewater Rafting Company Warehouse


Famous Bigfoot Film by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin.

At the man's funeral, his son said that the movie was a fake. The other people who lived in Willow Creek objected strongly to his stating the truth in public. So he retracted his statement. There are many tourist business that depend on the Bigfoot Legend to bring customers to remote Humboldt County.


The Legend of Bigfoot Redwood Chainsaw Carving Store on Highway 101


I read a book about Bigfoot where the author interviewed many Hoopa Indians. He brought a Police Sketch Artist along with him and the Indians described what Bigfoot looked like... ALL THE PICTURES LOOKED THE SAME... None of the People Interviewed Knew What their Neighbor's Sketches Looked Like... a Totally Honest Experiment... 
 https://harveypratt.com/bigfoot/


Harvey Pratt Bigfoot art

Bigfoot Sketch by Harvey Pratt

bigfoot-museum Willow Creek



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Great Backpacking Trips in Northern California

Hetch Hetchy: A level path goes around the lake. A good place to camp about 5 miles in. We used it as a base camp for "free climbing" granite. Be careful of accidentally slipping into the river... I did upstream of Wapama Falls.

Link to Google Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hetch+Hetchy+Valley,+California+95321/@37.9429661,-119.765467,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80971f8a91c736fd:0x423983ee122b8b47

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapama_Falls


Canoe Creek Trail - Avenue of the Giants - Humboldt County.
A hidden footbridge over the Eel River lets a person explore in a virtually human free zone. Walk from the Garden Club of America Grove to the river, walk upstream about a quarter of a mile and That's where the footbridge is...  The Roads and civilization are all on the other side of the river... I Don't Know if that Bridge is Still There... However, One Day I Was Feeling Stressed and When I Got to The Other Side of The EEL... I Felt Relaxed... 

Link to Google Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Garden+Club+of+America+Grove/@40.2932599,-123.898538,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x49a50404452ac4ab?hl=en


In 1972 we went backpacking in the Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness. Liz Dunbar, myself and two brothers. The brothers were hang gliders. I wonder what ever happened to them. We had a great time. The brothers taught us an acapella singing technique. One person would act as a conductor and whenever he pointed at you, you sang your short bit. A percussive scat singing... like "dink ka dink ka do wah", "badda badda shoop shoop" or "diddy wah diddy"... Then the conductor would sing an improvised melody.

Link to the map on Google:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yolla+Bolly-Middle+Eel+Wilderness/@40.1630015,-124.3261205,8z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x54d4a7fe0bdc6501:0x2ead91827000bd48?hl=en

Another great place to backpack is Hobo Gulch in the Trinity Alps off #299. Joe Franck showed me where is was... Granite, Cold Crystal Clear Lakes... melted snow.... Above timber line we navigated using topo maps and just walked where there were no trails...

Link to the map on Google:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hobo+Gulch+Campground/@40.9289597,-123.1555172,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x54d23113a261e7af:0x942df68dd1f5e5d5?hl=en

Big Sur: Sykes Camp Hot Springs. 12 mile hike in at Pfeiffer State Park on the Pine Ridge Trail up the Big Sur River. Very Hot dry difficult hike. Take two days... Stay at Barlow Flats to rest... Ranger maintained and totally natural hot spring seats 4 comfortably. There is a Parking Lot at the Big Sur Trailhead... 

Link to the map on Google:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/big+sur+sykes+camp+hot+spring+pfeiffer/@36.2448162,-121.7780059,16z?hl=en



What Has Killed More Americans Than World War One, Vietnam, 9/11 and Charles Manson Combined? - tRUMPs Coronavirus - DO THE MATH!

What Has Killed More Americans Than World War One, Vietnam, 9/11 and Charles Manson Combined? - tRUMPs Coronavirus - DO THE MATH!
DO THE MATH!

I Remember Sitting Around The Campfire While a Friend Read Haiku Poetry Out Loud and We All Experienced Overwhelming "A-HA!" Moments as the Meaning Was Revealed...

We Were High on LSD in Butano State Park 
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The US Military Stopped Killing  American Soldiers Right After The Sixties... Dramatic Reduction of Casualties... I Guess That Everyone GOT A CLUE! and Refused to Die for Corporate Profit...


LSD Certainly Amplifies The Significance of Every Experience... "Eureka! I Have Found IT!" Is Common... and Yet...

Rarely Do Those Cosmic Realizations Seem Important the Next Day. However, Some Great Lyrics Were Written on LSD... Mystic Crystal Revelations and the Minds True Liberation... It Truly WAS the Dawning of the AGE of Aquarius... 

Consider This... What IF Everyone Stood on the Top of Mount Sinai and Talked to a Burning Bush... and it Gave You Guidance for How To Live a Good Life... Pretty Likely You Wouldn't Want To Go Halfway Around the World and Kill People You Don't Even Know For No Reason.


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psychedelic art by gvan42 This is your brain of photoshop- any questions?
This is your Brain on Photoshop- Any Questions?
What If There Really IS Medicinal Value 
to Psychedelic Drugs?


Will CRAZYLAWS Prevent Real People From Getting Medicine That Could Benefit Them?

Why NOT Let Doctors Make Decisions About Medicine?

Do Politicians Have ANY CLUE AT ALL ABOUT PSYCHEDELICS?  




Mouse Over The Drawing To Get a Surprise. More Psychedelic Art by gvan42 is available at Google Image Search Keywords: "gvan42 Art"

Mouse Over The Drawing To Get a Surprise. More Psychedelic Art by gvan42 is available at Google Image Search Keywords: "gvan42 Art"
Awww... Cute Little Chubb Chubb

Free Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Feel free to Copy and Paste into Your Own Blog or Social Media Posts... Print 'em if you want to! Gregory Vanderlaan

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