Donovan's Mountain Song: What Does It Mean? First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is…. The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach Record.

At the heart of Buddhist teachings we are told that all things are impermanent and subject to change and flux. Simply stated, nothing in the world around us or our self is fixed or solid. There are no things, just process and flux.

OR... Maybe it's describing the Motion of an Inchworm... 

Donovan in Concert... 1972 BBC TV... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLp9d7HKuA 

Allman Brothers Mountain Jam - Eat a Peach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuNz2idDtY 

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

Butch Trucks suggested they name the album Eat a Peach for Peace, after a quote from Duane Allman. When the writer Ellen Mandel asked him what he was doing to help the revolution, he replied:

I'm hitting a lick for peace—and every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace. But you can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution. I understand the need for a lot of changes in the country, but I believe that as soon as everybody can just see a little bit better, and get a little hipper to what's going on, they're going to change it. Everybody will—not just the young people. Everybody is going to say, 'Man, this stinks. I cannot tolerate the smell of this thing anymore. Let's eliminate it and get straight with ourselves.' I believe if everybody does it for themselves, it'll take care of itself.^[23][22]

Drummer Butch Trucks considered Allman's comment a sly reference to the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot, one of Allman's favorite poets.^[22]

Eight Sided GO Sign - 

Similar to a STOP Sign but 

with a Positive Message.

The chorus of this song: "First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is," may sound incomprehensible or silly, but the lines are a Zen saying Donovan borrowed and which have a meaning. The lines are intended to succinctly describe three stages of Zen. Pre-enlightenment, one's aware of the Universe as physical (there is a mountain). Then through meditation one may experience a visionary state where the physical Universe seems to disappear (no mountain) where the "Buddha Mind"/Tao [Zen first developed in China as a blend of Indian Buddhism & Chinese Taoism] root of reality behind physical appearances is experienced as non-physical. After that vision, the mountain reappears, except in ones new enlightened state one is simultaneously aware of the physical mountain & the Void/Tao non-physical reality behind it & at its root... And now you know the rest of the story!

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Convert Human Fat into Electricity - Generate Power with a Stationary Bicycle - Pollution Free! Buy an Already Assembled Machine or Get Parts & Plans...

CAN I BUY AN ELECTRICITY GENERATING BIKE?

Most people understand the concept of a power generating exercise bike; they just don't realise its potential. It's because microgeneration sounds...well, too small-scale to be useful in the modern world. Of course, that's the point. Microgeneration means small-scale energy production. It's the kind used in homes and small businesses: solar panels on a roof or small-scale wind turbines, for example.

But one of the biggest advantages of this type of clean energy generation is that generally it's less conspicuous and affordable; it's also relatively easy to install and maintain. https://energym.io/blogs/news/can-i-buy-an-electricity-generating-bike

The Pedal-A-Watt Stationary Bike Power Generator: create energy and get fit...

https://newatlas.com/the-pedal-a-watt-stationary-bike-power-generator-create-energy-and-get-fit/13433/

Pedaling a bike at a reasonable pace generates about 100 watts of power. That's the same energy-per-time used by a 100-watt lightbulb.

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/12/08/504790589/could-you-power-your-home-with-a-bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbUxt2x4InE&t=1s

RUBBER ROLLER DC GENERATOR DYNAMO FOR EXERCISE BIKE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUr-ACN3ZJ8&t=2s

CAN YOU REALLY POWER YOUR HOME WITH A BICYCLE GENERATOR?

https://www.ecohome.net/guides/1192/60-minutes-on-this-bicycle-can-power-your-home-for-24-hours-or-maybe-not/

Talk about a way to ease any device-time guilt - power your TV and devices by cycling! As a parent that struggles with device time and kids too, I quite like the idea of teaching kids about climate change and energy efficiency by making them pedal-charge their devices. The effort expended puts energy use into perspective and may just encourage them not to take their device time for granted.

The truth on how to use less energy? Build more efficient homes

For more info on how to build an energy efficient home, or perhaps build an off-grid home, or even how to build an off-grid Tiny Home, check out our building guide pages, or use our Edelweiss House as an example of what is possible when you design for optimum energy efficiency from the beginning, as it only consumes about $600 a year in total energy - that includes all the electricity for lighting, heating, cooking, bathing, and even charging an electric car for an extended daily commute. 

http://www.gulland.ca/homenergy/lindabike.htm

Our neighbor Linda needed a way to boost her house's small solar electric system during cloudy periods. She wondered if a bicycle could be adapted to make enough electrical power for her water pump, which is her minimum electrical need. I was planning to build a wind turbine, including it's low-speed alternator. The turbine alternator I had in mind functions at less than 400 rpm and so does a bicycle wheel. That got me thinking . . . 

https://pedalpowergenerator.com/shop-pedal-power/belt-drive-bicycle-generator-systems/

There are two types of bicycle generator stands.   Belt drive and roller.   There are pros and cons for using each type of stand.  Here is the summary:  

https://pedalpowergenerator.com/

HPG-75 HUMAN POWER GENERATOR  INSTALLED AT DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM    Rockford, IL

This interactive display provides children with the unique experience  of generating electricity and then selecting which appliances in the home to power up.   The hair drier and blender are  the most difficult item giving the children  a very high resistance to work against.

https://windstreampower.com/ Welcome to Windstream Power LLC.  We are an OEM manufacturer located in Vermont, USA.

We have been supplying Permanent Magnet DC Generators, Voltage Regulators and our Human Power Generator to exhibit fabrication companies, small wind and microhydro manufacturers, as well to hundreds of other industrial applications, all over the world, for 47 years!  

https://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/pedal-powered-generators-zmaz08onzgoe

Make Electricity While You Exercise... 

While you probably won’t produce enough electricity to power your entire house, pedal-powered generators can play a small but useful role in some homes.