Showing posts with label brother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brother. Show all posts

Origin of the saying "Welcome Home" at The Rainbow Gathering. It was told to returning Vietnam Veterans in 1971 who were not feeling welcome at home...

Some were feeling like a Stranger in a Strange Land. Welcome Home, Brother... We LOVE you... I believe this is true because it was told to me by Mike Jensen while we were busy gathering rainbows.

Read More at: http://www.welcomehome.org/

the best modern website is at: https://2024rainbowgathering.blogspot.com/2024/07/updates-on-gathering-july-1st.html

for decades, the welcome home website was the place to go for information about upcoming gatherings... It's been abandoned for years and taking over by Facebook groups... But the most reliable source of information is the telephone hotline... 530-ITS-INFO / 530-487-4636. The more things change the more things stay the same... In the 1980s, the telephone hotline was the only place to go for instructions on how to get to the Gathering... Location: driving directions...

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My Experience Using the Ram Dass Artificial Intelligence Program - IT WAS WORTHY! They Had the AI Machine Read All of His Books and Transcripts of Lectures in Order to Learn What He Thought...

https://ramdass.ai/
For Example: I Asked:
Does God Exist?
The question of whether God exists is one that has been explored and contemplated by many throughout history. In my journey, what I've come to understand is that God is not something separate from us, but rather the essence of all that is. God is the One, the pure presence that permeates everything.
In the Indian spiritual tradition, there's a concept called "advait vad," which suggests that there is only God, and that each of us is an expression of that divine essence. This perspective leads us to see God not as an entity to be found or proven, but as the very fabric of existence itself. The universe is consciousness, and within this consciousness, we find the interconnectedness of all things.
It's not about believing in a God out there, but rather recognizing the divine within ourselves and in everything around us. This awareness doesn't necessarily come through intellectual understanding but through a deeper experience of being. As we let go of our attachments and surrender into the flow of life, we may find that what we call God is simply the love and presence that exists at the core of our being.
So, whether or not God exists in the way we traditionally conceive it, the divine presence is there in the love, in the compassion, and in the connection between all living things. It's about being here now and experiencing the oneness that is God. - RAM DASS AI

For Example: I Asked:
What should I do with my Life?

Answer: Ah, the question of what to do with one's life. It's a question that has been asked by many, and the answer is as unique as each individual who asks it.

You see, life is not a series of tasks to be completed, but rather a journey to be experienced. It's not about reaching a destination, but about the journey itself. It's about the process of becoming, of growing, of evolving.

Imagine that you have died and your life is about to be reviewed. What would you want to see? What would you want to have accomplished? What would you want to have experienced? This is your chance to do what others have failed to do. Look at the unloved one, the miserable one. This is your chance to do an act of love toward one who has had no love. This is your chance to do justice where intentional or unintentional injustice has been committed. This is your chance to give warmth and courage to one who feels only coldness, loneliness and death.

Now gently come back to your living body. With this feeling of respect and love, come back to your living body, and let this feeling remain with you, inside of you. Let it spread to each nerve, to each muscle, along every vein and artery. Let this feeling of respect and love spread inside you, throughout your entire organism, and then let it spread out into the world.

So, what should you do with your life? You should live it. You should experience it. You should love it. You should respect it. You should honor it. And most importantly, you should be true to yourself.

In the words of the Indian greeting, Namasta, "I honor the light within you." So, honor the light within yourself, and let it guide you on your journey through life.


SO... I Guess there was Some Wisdom in the Answer... But Will I go Back and ask more Questions? Not Today... but Maybe Later!




Remember Be Here Now... Except that the rent is due at the beginning of next month (the future) and you better get a job now and make some money so you don't become homeless... in that way time is very real...

Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote) Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion. Real Name: Dr. Richard Alpert... Read More at:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/05/ram-dass-was-psychedelics-researcher.html



A clown, a guru, and a doctor walk into a cabin. The clown says, “What I have in mind is eye care for 400,000.” The guru says “See here now.” The doctor says, “Brilliant. We can do that.” What actually transpired in 1978 was the start of Seva led by Dr. Brilliant with an eclectic group including Ram Dass, Wavy Gravy, Dr. "V", and Dr. Nicole Grasset. What came next was the landmark Nepal Blindness Survey using an Apple 2+ computer donated by Steve Jobs and a helicopter funded by a Grateful Dead concert. The story of Seva’s beginning is colorful and quirky, but the results are miraculous. Science, art, and spirituality are a potent blend that can transform lives! Witness for yourself the promise of ending avoidable blindness in Nepal and around the world.
https://www.facebook.com/seva.foundation



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...

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Gimme an 'F'- and the Crowd Shouts 'F' - Gimme a 'U' - and they Shout 'U' - Gimme an 'N' - and they Shout 'N' --- What's That Spell? 'FUN' - What's That Spell? 'FUN' - What's That Spell? 'FUN' - Quotation of Wavy Gravy at the Ram Dass Funeral...

Of Course, To Understand This Chant It Would Be Handy To Know Who Ram Dass Was and To Have Seen the Country Joe and the Fish Performance of Fixing to Die Rag at Woodstock...








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What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.
As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
"In 1984", Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure."

In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us. ~Neil Postman





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Me Singing This Song...

Yuba City by U Utah Phillips
(A Farming Town between Chico and Sacramento on Highway 99 in California...) 
Based on a True Story...

 A                 E
I came into Yuba as soon as I read
   D                        A
Of all of those twenty-five hobos found dead
  A                       D
I came in to find out if one of the slain
            A           E           A
Could have answered to my brother's name
   A                        E
It might be your brother, I just couldn't say
   D                         A
We hire lots of floaters who work by the day;
    A                    D
Now I see his photo they might be the same
      A         E           A
But I never did ask him his name

           A                   E
Chorus: If I had a list and if I only knew
    E                          A
I'd write down their names and sing them to you
    A                    D
And when I got done, I'd sing them again
         A             E         A
So you'd all know each one had a name
 A                    E
He had a room and ran out on the rent
 D                       A
Hired on a crew, I don't know where he went
   A                  D
If I knew his boss, I might make a claim
      A          E             A
But I never did write down his name

   A                         E
He stopped for a drink every now and again
 D                             A
Didn't look no different than hundreds of men;
    A                          D
You know these old winos, they all look the same
   A         E           A
No reason to ask him his name
   A                         E
It might have been Shorty, a feller I knew
   D                              A
We bunked in the empties when the season was through
    A                         D
You know, I been thinking, it sure is a shame
  A         E           A
I never did ask him his name

   A                  E
We always abandon the old for the new
    D                      A
And second-hand people get thrown away, too;
  A                       D
I know it won't help, but still it explains
    A         E            A
Why no one remembers their names

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Utah Singing the Song...

Behind the Music: 


Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter CountyCalifornia in 1971. At the time, his crimes were among the most notorious in U.S. history. Until the discovery of Dean Corll's victims in 1973, he was the deadliest known American serial killer.

Victims[edit]

All of Corona's victims were middle-aged Caucasian male drifters between the ages of 47 and 64 (except 3), most of them had criminal records and all but one were stabbed or slashed with a knife or machete.

Victims (charged)
NumberNameAgeDeath DateMethod of Killing
1John Joseph Haluka52February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
2Sigurd E. "Pete" Beierman62February 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
3John Doe (4th victim found)UnknownFebruary 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
4John Doe (7th victim found)UnknownFebruary 25, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
5William Emery Kamp62February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Shot in the head w/ a 9 mm.
6Clarence Hocking53February 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
7John Doe (10th victim found)UnknownFebruary 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
8John Doe (12th victim found)UnknownFebruary 26, 1971 – May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
9Albert Leon "Scratchy" Hayes58February 27, 1971 – May 13, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
10Warren Jerome Kelley62On or around March 30, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
11John Henry Jackson64May 3, 1971 - May 14, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
12Joseph J. Maczak54April 26, 1971 – May 21, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
13Mark Beverly Shields56On or around April 28, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
14Donald Dale "Red" Smith60April 30, 1971 – May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
15James Wylie Howard64May 1, 1971 – May 13, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
16Sam Bonafiede (a.k.a. Joe Carriveau)55On or around May 6, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
17Edward Martin Cupp43May 9, 1971 – May 13, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
18Charles Levy Fleming67On or around May 11, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
19Jonah Raggio Smallwood56On or around May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
20Elbert J.T. Riley45On or around May 12, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
21Lloyd Wallace Wenztel60May 14, 1971 – May 22, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
22Paul Buel Allen59On or around May 15, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
23Raymond Reand Muchache47On or around May 18, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
24Kenneth Edward Whitacre40On or around May 19, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.
25Melford Everett Sample59On or around May 21, 1971Stabbed/slashed w/ a knife or machete.


Martin, Patti and Vanessa moved to this new home in San Francisco in early 2004. They are quite close to Mount Sutro and can see Golden Gate Park off the back balcony.

 It is a 4 story home and there are balconies on three of the stories. There is a garage which is quite a blessing due to impossible parking in the city. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
The picture above shows Martin and Nicole sitting on the balcony with the park in the background. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
This is the view that they see... It is absolutely stunning in person. The financial district is seen to the right, Transamerica Pyramid... You may have to scroll right to see the entire picture... This photo does NOT show the ocean and Golden Gate bridge that are off to the left... Nor does it show the Mount Sutro which is off to the right. The view is a little bit scary due to being so high off the ground. I think that is called vertigo. After a few minutes, I felt safe there... It is possible to climb up a ladder and get on the roof... It was too much effort for me to climb it when I visited, but the view should be astonishing. One time Martin and Vanessa had to go up on the roof to use brooms to sweep the water from a rainstorm off the FLAT Roof... and Prevent Leaking indoors. 

Martin's San Francisco House 2004
Here are Nicole and Vanessa in the kitchen. I am standing on the floor above and peeking out of an inside window... Originally, this area was a courtyard but a previous owner roofed it in. 

Sutro Tower San Francisco
This is the front of the home with Sutro Tower. It broadcasts television signals and is visible from my dad's house in Los Gatos... 50 miles away... We had a The Biggest Radio Shack TV Antenna installed on the roof of Dad's Home and We Were able to get all the TV Stations from San Francisco... In Fact, Broadcast TV Signals require "line of sight" to be received... 
We Had a Rotator installed as well and Dad Could get Sacramento Stations as well... 

Kitchen at Martin's house
Here is Dad, Patti, Vanessa and Bonita. The photo above with the checkerboard floor was looking down on this scene. This house seems to go on and on and on. Vanessa showed me all the rooms and some are quite different. There is a bathroom that is entirely covered with mirrors on all the walls. You can see hundreds of reflections of yourself. I have never seen anything like this except at the Smithsonian Modern Art Gallery... There is a walk in closet/crawlspace that is large enough to house another entire family. Since this place is built on the side of a steep hill, there are odd shaped nooks and crannies underneath. There is a piano room that has walls that are intentionally made NOT-PARALLEL so that the sound waves will echo in an acoustically pleasing manner. It also has movable sound dampening sections... Like a classical music concert hall...

Grandpa Vanderlaan's House in San Francisco.
Grandpa Vanderlaan's house in San Francisco

Grandpa Vanderlaan's House in San Francisco.

I remember this house from my childhood. Especially the very high quality grand piano. It is on a hill near the University of San Francisco medical center between Sutro Tower and The Panhandle section of Golden Gate Park.

more pictures of Martin's new house...

Nicole and Martin on a Balcony
Martin and Nicole on the balcony. 

Dad's car out front of Martin's House.
The front of the house with a view into the blessed garage. Parking on the street is often difficult and a constant source of frustration. Generally, it is illegal to park in the space that you find... That is dad's white car...

Vanessa and Dad
dad and Vanessa near the kitchen... 
Since this is a tall and thin house 
they get lots of staircases... 

a fireplace in a totally empty room... before...
 Martin and the fireplace in the living room...


Say Their Name and They Live Again. Try This: Speak Out Loud The Names of Your Ancestors... From Memory... It Exercises Your Mind... Like Playing Jeopardy! on TV...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzbljIKw1_4

and... It Floods Your Mind With Pleasant Memories... Or Unpleasant Memories... and It Gives You an Opportunity to Forgive Them and Forgive Yourself... Do Not Take Resentments With You to Your Grave... Let Them Go... and Focus Attention on the Positive Experiences...

Everybody Sing!
"You got to accentuate the positive, 
Eliminate the negative,
Latch on to the Affirmative,
Don't Mess With Mister In Between." - Bing Crosby


Painting of a Flying Heart on my little white truck by Gregory Vanderlaan - gvan42 - purple64ets
Painting of a Flying Heart 
on My Little White Truck
 by Gregory Vanderlaan
and here is the next step... GOOGLE THEIR NAMES... and read their story,  look at their pictures... and all the related stories/pictures of people with the same name... "OH! I didn't Know That!" - Especially interesting are the Obituaries... "Really? Uncle Marc Did That!" - It is Common to Have A-HA Moments Googling Family Names. It's Like Reading Haiku Poetry on Acid... Eureka! I Have Found IT! 


Vanderlaan Family Chart
Vanderlaan Family Chart


Here is My Family: Say it Out Loud.
Marguerite Malek Vanderlaan,
Justin Duff Vanderlaan, 
Martin Vanderlaan,
Mae Malek,
Albert Malek, 
Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan,
Mable Alice Duff, 
Alberta Malek Grey,
Gary Lea,
Nicole Vanderlaan Smith,
Brodie Smith, 
Vanessa Vanderlaan,
Cadence Smith, 
Reese Smith,
Patti Post, 
Marcus Vanderlaan, 
Margret Vanderlaan,
Robin Vanderlaan, 
Karen (Jill) Vanderlaan,
Jo Ann Humphrey Vanderlaan,
Joe Humphrey,
Crystal Humphrey,
Gail Humphrey Chapin
Gary Chapin,
Janet Humphrey Chapin, 
Ray (Sandy) Chapin, 
Helen Mussat,
George Mussat,
Harry Meeks,
Roberta Meeks, 
Coral Meeks,
Victoria Davis Vanderlaan,
Ed Davis,
Jean Davis,
Beth Davis Deahl,
Gary Deahl...


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This is a Mantra That Has Meaning... Instead of Chanting the Hairy KRSNA... OM... AUM... or Mother Mary... Why Not Focus on the Family... and Chant While Doing that Deep Breathing We Were All Taught in the Movie Woodstock. 

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Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read More at:

Click Here to Help Defend Democracy! Post Your Own Memes, Videos and Rants! or Like and Share Mine...
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On a different subject: SE Said: I've always been fascinated by people who get married young. I find it really admirable that a person can know at a young age that they've met the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. I had several long-term relationships when I was in my late teens and 20's, but I was not at all ready to make a lifetime commitment at such a young age. I wanted to get married, but not until I was older and more mature. I worried that if I married too young, I'd end up getting divorced...and to me, it never made sense to take a chance on ending up divorced when I could just wait until I was older before getting married. I became more mature as I got older, and my emotions evened out tremendously. I cringe when I think of some of the ridiculous things I argued with my partners about when I was young, and I can't imagine arguing about such petty things now. I always assumed I'd marry around age 40 or so. By the time I turned 40, I felt more than ready to make a lifetime commitment to someone.
But what I never anticipated was the fact that the majority of people DON'T want to wait until they're older before getting married. The majority of people marry young. So when you wait until you're 40, there aren't very many single men left who are interested in marriage. The men who are still single after 40 are often single by choice, and they don't want to get married at all. Or, they're divorced, and now they're soured on the whole idea of marriage - which is exactly what I wanted to avoid by waiting until I was older before getting married. I didn't want to end up divorced and bitter, I wanted to stay single when I was young and then marry when I was a little more mature.
It's still hard for me to relate to people who were ready to marry young, and they got married young and stayed married. I really do admire that. My strategy of waiting until I was older didn't quite pan out the way I thought it would. If I could do it over again, I'd marry young and hope for the best.

and I replied: I got married at 21 and divorced 5 years later... then got married again at 45 and divorced 12 years later... Remember that there is a Financial commingling... During my second marriage she was applying for Food Stamps and CMSP (a medical insurance program paid for by the County of Humboldt) and IN THAT APPLICATION they wanted a copy of Her Bank Statement AND her Husbands Bank Statement... SO... We Got Divorced because I didn't want to provide MY Bank Statement... We Continued to live together as roommates...

SE SAID: I've also been hit on by married men on a couple of occasions, which proves to me that maybe it IS smarter to wait until you're older before getting married, otherwise you might find yourself feeling bored 30 years later, so you look to have a fling. But I find that to be pretty gross, and it's also insulting to me that any married man would think I'd even consider having a fling with him while he's married to someone else. I can't help feeling like they think that just because I've never been married, it automatically must mean that I'd be up for a meaningless fling. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Part of the reason I never married is because I have a lot of respect for marriage, and I would never dream of having a fling with a married man. Maybe if these guys hadn't gotten married so young, if they'd waited until they were older before getting married, maybe they wouldn't be bored and looking for a fling 30 years later.


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