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Fire Tending Meditation: A Way to Focus Attention. When at the Rainbow Gathering in Utah 2014 I was given the opportunity. Here is what happened... READ MORE:

While at the Welcome Home Kitchen, the Fire Tender wanted to go to another kitchen and trade a cooler filled with coffee for pizza. He asked if someone would watch the fire while he was gone. SOMEONE had to be there... I volunteered. I Said "I'll be here. I'll be the responsible adult. I can do that, I have done that."

he said "Great" and Left with the cooler filled with coffee.

So I took over and made sure we didn't burn down the forest. I also collected wood, placed it carefully on the fire arranging the logs so that they would burn without causing a lot of smoke AND I invited arriving people to help themselves to a cup of coffee or clean drinking water... and to take a break and relax around the fire.

This is a classic way to focus attention as the placement of logs on the fire is very similar to Zen Gardening with sand...

So, during this time... I asked for a Really Big Idea... I had attended Rainbow Gatherings before and I wanted each visit to be different. It's pointless and boring to keep on repeating experiences... so, this time I wanted to get a really big Idea...

and here it is: A Solar Fire powered Desalinization Machine. Use a driftwood fire to power a steam engine. Use the force from the steam engine to drive a water pump. Pump seawater thru a pipe in the fire and into a long black pipe with a reflector that focuses sunlight on the pipe. When the water boils, it expands in volume... at the end of the pipe, steam will be billowing out with a great deal of force. Use that force to drive an electricity generating turbine. Collect the steam and let it turn back into a liquid... The result is Pure H20, NaCl and Electricity... all valuable and sell able.

Clean safe drinking water is a big problem. We could use the collected steam for drinking, bathing, livestock, gardens... AND making Ice for a really great Scotch on the Rocks.

To make this practical, the location of the machine would need to be near a big pile of driftwood. On Agate Beach in California, I have seen a pile of driftwood that covers the entire beach for about a half a mile... In other locations, use whatever resource is available. For Example: In Saudi Arabia it would make more sense to burn oil or gas...

So, during my meditation I Got my really big idea... Or So I Thought... However... Just By Magical Action of the Universe... It Turns Out The THIS WAS NOT THE REALLY BIG IDEA... It Just So Happened that I MET A WOMAN who was teaching a Spiritual Healing Guided Meditation Class... and I Did It... and I Liked It... and I Took Her Business Card... and I've Been Attending Her Online Seminars For Years! Sonya Sophia... https://www.worldtappingcircle.com/

Later, the fire tender returned and his mission to get pizza was successful.

Much later I was sitting by the fire and another Rainbow Gatherer approached... He said mockingly: "Have you been sitting in that same spot for two days?" Which was true, I did spend a couple of days at the Welcome Home Tent.

I replied: "No, I also worked as the fire tender... That gave me an opportunity to Focus My Attention... [said slowly] Focus... My... Attention... "

The fire tender was listening and he nodded with understanding... Later we ended up hanging out together and he was a fine fellow... He was also very interested in being in the Cleanup Crew... I assume he got paid a lot in valuable stuff left behind.

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Long ago I was playing the drums with some Buddhists at an anti-war protest march... I asked them why we were playing such an odd rhythm... They said that it requires that you Focus Your Attention... It's true... That experience was quite different than bang out a 4/4 on the big bass drum... I also did that at the same protest, our goal was to get George Bush the Father to remember that we didn't LIKE his war... and there were people playing the drums 24 hours a day in Lafayette Park to remind him... His only choices were to listen or flee...

July 4th OM Chant at California
Rainbow Gathering in Modoc County 2004
Near the Town of Likely...

Marimba Tent at The California Rainbow Gathering in Modoc County 2004 Near the Town of Likely...

Alternative Healing EFT-Rainbow 2010 Sonya Sophia Illig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2r0I8VoxJY&t=145s

Alternative Healing EFT-2-Rainbow 2010 Sonya Sophia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkzErLQfHLI&t=148s

How to: !sretteL sdrawkcaB gnisU eciloP niarB koobecaF eht looF

How To: Fool the Facebook Brain Police Using Backwards Letters!

Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Program Looks for Forbidden Keywords... And Refuses to Post Your Words of Wisdom!

The Trick is to Post What You Want to Say Using BACKWARDS LETTERS... and Include a Link to the Free Online Tool That Performs The Reversal... LINK: https://www.browserling.com/tools/text-reverse

ANYONE CAN USE THE TOOL TO READ WHAT YOU SAID BUT... THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY FLAGS FACEBOOK POSTS FOR CENSORSHIP ---> DOES NOT DO THAT! <--- SO FAR!

Freedom of the Press No Longer Exists if You Consider CORPORATE CENSORSHIP. Both Google and Facebook Censor my Words on Occasion... "Forbidden Words" or "Forbidden Pictures" -and- Youtube (a Google Corporation) made me Take Down Some Songs... The Corporate Freaks That Represent The Eagles Threatened to Erase my Entire Youtube Chanel if I Didn't Remove Videos of Me Singing "Hotel California" and "Witchy Woman" - I Said in the Notes That THE EAGLES Wrote Those Songs BUT... Singing Their Songs? THAT'S FORBIDDEN!

Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Visual Echo - Cosmic Patterns - Gregory Vanderlaan

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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

Coral Blush Rose and Two Buds Not Yet Open - gvan42

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 SUN and the MOON appear to be the same size... Visually... and The SHADOW of the Earth on the Moon is ALSO Exactly the same size... That's pretty Damn COINCIDENTAL... as if the Universe was trying to get OUR Attention... The Three Main Objects in our Universe all appear to be the same size...

Rather Celestine...

https://www.amazon.com/Celestine-Prophecy-Adventure-James-Redfield/dp/0446671002

Another Thing that Freaks Me Out is... No One Has any Explanation for How Life Started on Earth...

If You Take Organic Chemicals, Lightning and Water... After Billions of Years... It's Likely That You will Have... Organic Chemicals, Lightning and Water... It's Astonishing that Life Exists... A Miracle... and we have no evidence that this has happened anywhere else in the universe... SO FAR... However, The President of the United States Verified That UFOs Are Real... and We Have Video Tapes of Them... And... THERE WAS NO MASS PANIC BY THE CITIZENS OF THE USA... The Entire Basis for the Roswell Coverup Has Been Proven to Be NOT NEEDED...

and the Christians Don't Have a Great Explanation for the Beginning of Life Either... "God Made It." WELL... Who Made God? an Even More Godlike God? and Who Made That Even More Godlike God? an Even MORE Godlike God?

That's Like Saying... "It's Turtles all the way down!"

The following anecdote is told of William James. [...] After a lecture on cosmology and the structure of the solar system, James was accosted by a little old lady.

"Your theory that the sun is the centre of the solar system, and the earth is a ball which rotates around it has a very convincing ring to it, Mr. James, but it's wrong. I've got a better theory," said the little old lady.

"And what is that, madam?" inquired James politely.

"That we live on a crust of earth which is on the back of a giant turtle."

Not wishing to demolish this absurd little theory by bringing to bear the masses of scientific evidence he had at his command, James decided to gently dissuade his opponent by making her see some of the inadequacies of her position.

"If your theory is correct, madam," he asked, "what does this turtle stand on?"

"You're a very clever man, Mr. James, and that's a very good question," replied the little old lady, "but I have an answer to it. And it's this: The first turtle stands on the back of a second, far larger, turtle, who stands directly under him."

"But what does this second turtle stand on?" persisted James patiently.

To this, the little old lady crowed triumphantly,

"It's no use, Mr. James—it's turtles all the way down."

"WAKE UP & NOTICE REALITY" EMBROIDERED BASEBALL CAP
by gregvan

How I meditate. I Lie down in a quiet room and close my eyes. I Look at what I see and pay attention to the patterns behind my closed eyelids.

I Focus on my breathing. Breathe very deeply and constantly.
This causes a great deal of oxygen in the body. Including my brain.
I feel tingling on my extremities, my nose and cheeks.
If they itch, I take a moment to scratch instead of paying attention to the itching...
If I'm breathing thru my mouth, I pay attention to the wind on my tongue and lips.
If I'm breathing thru my nose I can feel wind inside my nostrils and on my moustache.
This technique requires that I pay attention to many things at once.
My Eye-Closed Visuals, My Breathing, The Mantras and The Thoughts flowing thru My Imagination.
In "Real Life", Multitasking does not work. Here it's a technique I use to free my mind...
and visit altered states of consciousness...
Silently say these mantras... changing them at will... Make up new ones as they appear...
When I notice thoughts, I either pay attention to them if they are worthy and try to control their flow...
OR...
I ignore them, send them away and return my attention to my visuals, my mantras and my breathing.
This technique is part of an Idea Mining Practice... Hoping to Harvest New Concepts for Art, Lyrics and Tales...

[Inhale]...My Mind...[Exhale][Inhale]...is completely Relaxed...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...My Body...[Exhale][Inhale]...is completely Relaxed...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I'm going deeper...[Exhale][Inhale]...and deeper...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I'm going deeper...[Exhale][Inhale]...and deeper...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...Into a Hypnotic...[Exhale][Inhale]...Trance...[Exhale]{REPEAT}

[Inhale]...I can fly... [Exhale][Inhale]...I can fly... [Exhale]
[Inhale]...I leave my body [Exhale][Inhale]...and reach for the sky [Exhale]{REPEAT}

[Inhale]...OOBE...[Exhale][Inhale]...Doobie...[Exhale]{REPEAT}

[Inhale]...BE... [Exhale] [Inhale]... HERE... [Exhale] [Inhale]...NOW... [Exhale]
[Inhale]...BE... [Exhale] [Inhale]... HERE... [Exhale] [Inhale]...NOW... [Exhale]{REPEAT}

When thinking the words "Be Here Now" focus on the meaning of each words and experience them...
For example: When focusing on them experience the experience of existing...
Realize that I am Here, right Now.

[Inhale]...When I Sleep...[Exhale][Inhale]...I will Dream...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Visit...[Exhale][Inhale]...An Art Gallery...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Remember...[Exhale][Inhale]...The Images...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...and Use Them...[Exhale][Inhale]...In My Own Work...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Read...[Exhale][Inhale]...An Imaginary Book...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...I Will Remember...[Exhale][Inhale]...The Words...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...and Use Them...[Exhale][Inhale]...In My Own Work...[Exhale]{REPEAT}

Hare KRSNA, Hare KRSNA, KRSNA KRSNA, Hare Hare, Hare RAMA,
Hare RAMA, RAMA RAMA, Hare Hare,
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Christmas Christmas, Merry Merry,
Marijuana, Marijuana, Juana Juana, Merry Merry {REPEAT}

The Doors of Perception are Opening to Reveal Enlightenment.
Not Peppermint, Not Spearmint but Enlightenment...
Zoom... Zoom... Zoom... in my four cornered room.
Outer Space Whoosh Whoosh Music is the best.
Why Not? What IF? Where can we go? What Exactly is Possible?

[Inhale]...OM...[Exhale][Inhale]...OM...[Exhale][Inhale]...OM...[Exhale][Inhale]...OM...[Exhale]
[Inhale]...HOME...[Exhale][Inhale]...HOME...[Exhale][Inhale]...HOME...[Exhale]

[Inhale]...My Body...[Exhale][Inhale]...Will Feel No Pain...[Exhale]

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