Browsing the archives for the sadhana and dharma category

Head Hair, Body Hair, Skin, Nails, Teeth

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Share Theravada Buddhism Is The Shit My Brush With Vipassana I went to a ten day Theravada Buddhist retreat back in the mid ’90′s, in Western Massachusetts. 16 hours a day of intense meditation. It was amazing. It was wild. No guru, no mantra, nothing but focus on the sensation of the air entering, and [...]

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The Most Badass, Manly, Coolest Obituary Ever

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ShareCount Robert de La Rochefoucauld His Life Was Amazing I saw this on the Daily Grail. It’s the most interesting man in the world, for real. Read the man’s obituary in the Telegraph. Here’s a tease: Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who has died aged 88, escaped from Occupied France to join the Special Operations [...]

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Change Ahead – Expect Delays

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ShareI am going to move my site to another host, sometime this week. There will likely be downtime, so don’t go bonkers if Youdopia isn’t around, or it isn’t being updated as much. I’m moving it to greener pastures, with a nice older couple upstate. They have a farm and Youdopia will get to run [...]

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I Love These Guys. The Lulz Boat Is The Coolest Thing Ever.

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ShareIf the bad guys speak like the good guys are supposed to, and the good guys act like bad guys… and the good guys imprison, torture, lie, extort, exploit, and exhaust the country, and the people whom they are sworn to serve (remember… public servants), then I believe the time has come for a reevaluation [...]

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I Live In Paradise. Portland Uber Alles

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ShareI can see this anytime I want. I could see it now, if I got on the roof. I would be able to see it from my window, but there are too many beautiful trees. Me gusto mucho. I’m so glad we moved back, and so happy we were able to. Life is good.

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Watch “In Search Of The Great Beast 666″ For Free Online. Sponsored By Goldman Sachs.

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Share  This movie In Search Of The Great Beast 666 was apparently made by a quasi-sentient fungus with no sense of humor, or it was made by my grandmother. By this I mean it is a tad biased against Frater Perderabo. Aleister Crowley (seen here as a kitty cat) is a polarizing, yet deeply significant, [...]

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Courage In Action: Kindergarten Teacher Sings To Kids, During Gun Fight, To Keep Them Calm

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ShareNo ha ha’s here, I’m afraid. Teacher Martha Rivera Alanis was teaching her class in Monterrrey, Mexico, when a shoot out broke out, outside. She makes the kids lay on the floor, and then she sings songs with them (as people outside are being killed) to keep them calm. Incredible courage, and compassion is shown [...]

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Youdopia Is Open For Business Again.

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ShareAfter six weeks of darkness, Youdopia lives again.  My ISP went under, and all their hosted sites (including mine) were frozen. Until my (old) ISP paid their overdue balance, I was powerless to get my site back (with lawyers and money and even then… jesus). After weeks of furious fist pounding and binge drinking, I [...]

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Notes From Brainstorm Session #1

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Share  The faithful believe Everything happens for a reason. The nonbelievers say Everything happens for no reason. They’re both wrong. Everything happens. That’s all. Everything happens all the time all through time. For every instant there are infinite sets of circumstance by which reality manifests. It’s like: Omnidirectional roulette wheel. Sea Foam Net of jewels [...]

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Opera Star Patricia Racette (My former neighbor) And Her “It Gets Better” Video

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Share I grew up around the corner from Patricia Racette, in Bedford, New Hampshire. I never really got to know her, as I was a few years younger, and a little too far away to play in the same circles, but I remember her and her brother Peter, as really nice people. Anyway, Patricia went [...]

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Help If You Can The People Of Japan.

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Sharetxt REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to Japan  and Pacific tsunami relief. PASS IT ON

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Aleister Crowley For President in 2012. Funniest Campaign Commercial Ever!

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ShareFront porch pundits Jackie and Dunlap, from Red State Update, have created a commercial for Aleister Crowley for president in 2012.  It’s hilarious, mainly because there is a real knowledge of Crowley and Thelema shown in their hijinks.  I was surprised at how funny this is. I’ve written of Crowley before. The Aleister Crowley for [...]

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A Sort of Homecoming

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ShareI’m home. In Portland. Super Awesome Hipster Gen-X haven. It’s loads better than where I used to live.

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I am out of sorts.

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ShareI want to beat someone to death with a hammer. Not anyone specifically, but just “someone”. I get grumpy when I get tired, and my turkey popper popped, and I’m fried. And what the fuck happened to the Walking Dead? It’s like a goddamn Lifetime movie. More zombies please, or move it to Telemundo with [...]

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Nice Pic From My Phone

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ShareThis is a pic I took somewhere north of Jackson, Mississippi. 10/10

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Which One Is The Gay One?

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Prop 8 And The Latest Distraction From The Carnage – The Wheel Rolls On

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Share I rarely talk politics, Youdopia, mainly because this blog doesn’t really overlap with politics. Nazis and demons can like Led Zeppelin as much as Saints and Samaritans.  The whole prop 8 thing is ridiculous to me. Gay marriage seems to be an issue that keeps politically active people, on both sides, from expending energy [...]

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A Sunday Homily From The Gnostic Church By Most Rev. Stephan Hoeller: A Little Alternative Christianity

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Share Given that it’s Sunday, Youdopia, I thought I would share a little light with you. This man is Stephan Hoeller, and he is a bishop of the gnostic church. Not the one that is associated with Crowley and the OTO, but just the plain old gnostic christian church. Gnostic Christianity has a provenance as [...]

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STFU: Killing In The Name Of Religion Is Fucking Retarded.

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Share We’ve gone to the fucking moon. We have the Internet, insulin pumps, penis pills, and ps3s. Knock it off with the conceit of perfect understanding. Killing I understand. I want to kill people all the time. Compared to what goes through my mind when I can’t find my wallet, Vlad the Impaler was Mr [...]

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Coolest Shit Ever: Ikaros Space Probe To Test Solar Sail Propulsion

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Share Since we, as a country, decided to pussy out of big time space exploration, we have to look to other countries for cool space news. Japan has developed a probe which will use a solar sail to push it through space. Photons have mass, which is why light can be trapped by the gravitational [...]

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