SADHANA The Realization of Life by R. Tagore

To download the entire book in DOC format (I can’t get
the uploader to insert any other formats),
click on the link at the bottom of this excerpt.
This is one of the top 3 most inspiring and influential
books I have ever read.
This translation is by the author.
This is a public domain work- save a tree and read [...]

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Hogmonaut- Russian Cannon Pig

Before sending the first human Yuri Gagarin to space, Russian scientists made a lot of experiments with animals.
The most well known are two dogs who were sent in Russian rocket just before the first human made his flight.
This launch of the first space pig is less known to public, and in this [...]

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Not my fault

These pictures are not my fault. Just things I’ve picked up here and there over the last week. You may have seen them before, maybe not. I hadn’t seen them before the past week.
Tesla and coil-

Whale playset-

Convergence-

Zen Still Life-

Doing well-

Sponsors-

I’m a Tiger-

Wow-

Hard to believe-

Not again-

What, how, why-

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Some pictures taken recently

First- the big long one that shows our walk around Silver Falls State Park; thumbnail- click for full size:

Now- HiRes (1600X1200) wallpapers:
Oregon rainforest
Deer at Silver Falls Park
A very sexy passionflower on my back porch
All for now- catch you later.
Rick

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Audio, Visual

First the audio portion of our program- Jack Kerouac:

Some problems uploading. Click and play, hopefully:
http://rickpdx.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/audio-visual/deadbelly5/
http://rickpdx.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/audio-visual/readings-from-on-the-road-and-visions-of-cody1/
http://rickpdx.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/audio-visual/the-sounds-of-the-universe-coming-in-my-window/
Read:
Bus
East Poem
written on a bus April 1954
from S. F. to New York

BUS
EAST Society has good intentions Bureaucracy is like a friend
5
years ago – other furies other losses -
America’s
trying to control the uncontrollable Forest fires, Vice
The
essential smile In the essential sleep [...]

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Sunday Soup

Try this Automatic Flatterer, feel better:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html
Give a Listen:
Cat Power-
cat_power-maybe_not
Allen Ginsberg-
07-america
Lewis Black- TV Pilot-
06-tv-pilot
Take a look:

Think about these things (links):
free buddhist audio-
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/
Tao-
http://divinetao.com/
Ron Unger’ssite-
http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/blog/
Tomorrows news today-
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html

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Recovery Roundup- News and Views from the Movement

From MindFreedom:
Human Rights in Mental Health Alert – Please Forward
Calling All Human Rights Activists & Advocates: Support Ann L.!
New York State Citizen to be Forcibly Drugged on Outpatient Basis.
Ann L. says her forced psychiatric drugging makes her “sick and is torture.” But New York State is aggressively pushing for more forced drugging of Ann L. on an [...]

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Mad Radio Tonight!

Mad Liberation
By MoonLight

Tonight! On KBOO Radio 90.7 FM
1- 2 a.m. Late Friday night

(yes, I know that it is technically Saturday morning- relax, it’s just a radio show)

August 15th, 2008

This show is dedicated to Everyone
*who has ever been given a psychiatric label,
*who experiences mental health challenges and of course to
*anybody who has [...]

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Animated gifs and other silliness

I’ll get serious again in a couple days.
If the picture doesn’t animate, click on it. For now:

Non-animated- Mug Shots:

and then there’s this:
Bye for now. I’ll get serious tomorrow. Probably. Maybe.

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Early Warning: Mad Liberation by Moonlight

(you may have to click for animation)

Mad Liberation By MoonLight- this Friday night!
KBOO Radio 90.7 FM
1- 2 a.m. Late Friday night (PST)
(yes, I know that it is technically Saturday morning- relax, it’s just a radio show)
August 15th, 2008
I promise that I will be there!
Dedicated to Everyone
who has ever been given a psychiatric label, to [...]

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