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Ben Jammin

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About Me



My Interests

"if I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: 'The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.'"
Kurt Vonnegut

"May I become at all times, both now and forever
A protector for those without protection
A guide for those who have lost their way
A ship for those with oceans to cross
A bridge for those with rivers to cross
A sanctuary for those in danger
A lamp for those without light
A place of refuge for those who lack shelter
And a servant to all in need."
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

I'd like to meet:

The Light within everyone.

Namaste!

Music:

is Holy

Movies:

Fierce Grace (So extremely Humbling, click here!)
Waking Life
The Secret
What the #$*! Do We Know?
The Doors movie
The Yellow Submarine
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Baraka (a movie that is entirely too real)
2001: A space odyssey
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Style Wars
Requiem for a dream
9/11 Loose Change
Zeitgeist (watch it and be prepared, it's powerful)

Television:

is the leading cause of "ADD" and other related "sicknesses"

Books:

A few of the many I love...
Be Here Now - Ram Dass
It's Here Now (Are You?) - Bhagavan Das
Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba - Ram Dass
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tsu
The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley
The Gnostic Bible
The Bhagavad Gita
The Way of the Pilgrim
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
True Hallucinations - Terrence McKenna
Breaking Open The Head - Daniel Pinchbeck
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Light On Yoga - B. K. S. Iyengar
Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead - Phil Lesh

I'm always looking for new books to read, so if you have any suggestions feel free to let me know.

Heroes:

"The search for truth is neither new nor old... Nobody is a founder in it, nobody is a leader in it. It is such a vast phenomenon that many enlightened people have appeared, helped and disappeared."-Osho.

"All religions are the same. They all lead to God. God is everybody... the same blood flows through us all, the arms, the legs, the heart, all are the same. See no difference, see all the same." - Neem Karoli Baba

People who take less, so that everyone may have some.

My Blog

Apple Scruffs

Now Ive watched you sitting thereSeen the passers-by all stareLike you have no place to goBut theres so much they dont know about apple scruffsYouve been stood around for yearsSeen my smiles...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:30:00 PST

Making It Sacred

Remember, Now, Be Here NowMAKING IT SACREDTHIS (CHOPPING WOOD AND CARRYING WATER)IS KARMA YOGA . . . THE YOGA OF DAILY LIFE.THE WAY TO DO IT IS : DO WHAT YOU DOBUT DEDICATE THE FRUITS OF THE WORKTO ...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:30:00 PST

Shiva’s Dance of Life

Remember, Now, Be Here NowSHIVA'S DANCE OF LIFE......SINGINGAND DANCINGAND INSURANCEDO YOU DO IT FROMUUNNNKKK..........AND $AVINGS ACCOUNTS& JOB& RESPONSABILITYOR DO YOUDO IT FROMAAAAHHHH !!........DO...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:27:00 PST

Nothing To Do

Remeber, Now, Be Here NowNOTHING TO DOTHERE IS NOWHERE TO GO& THERE IS NOTHING TO DO& WE'RE GOING YO KEEP COMINGTO KNOW ONE ANOTHERMORE AND MORE FREE OF BEING IDENTIFIEDWITH ANY VEILWE'RE GOING TO SEE...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:24:00 PST

Shamanic ecstasy is the real "Old Time Religion"

Ecstasy - Literally: the withdrawal of the soul from the body; mystical or prophetic exaltation or rapture characteristic of shamanism and visionary states, originally and naturally catalyzed by enthe...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:17:00 PST

Illegal Search for Self Awareness

I am completely convinced that there is a wealth of information built into us, with miles of intuitive knowledge tucked away in the genetic material of every one of our cells. Something akin to a libr...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:33:00 PST

The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism

by Hakim Bey =)CHAOS: THE BROADSHEETS OF ONTOLOGICAL ANARCHISM(Dedicated to Ustad Mahmud Ali Abd al-Khabir)ChaosCHAOS NEVER DIED. Primordial uncarved block, sole worshipful monster, inert & spontaneou...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:37:00 PST

Welcome to the secret world

There is a Secret World Concealed Within this One.The lives we lead, and the lives we wish we led.This world, the so-called "real world," is just a front. Pull back the curtain and you'll see the libr...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST

Join the Resistance: Fall in Love

Join the Resistance: Fall in LoveFalling in love is the ultimate act of revolution, of resistance to today's tedious, socially restrictive, culturally constrictive, humanly meaningless world.Love tran...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:24:00 PST

We can be stronger than bombs, if you're singing along

I wanna be better than oxygenSo you can breathe when you're drowning and weak in the kneesI wanna speak louder than RitalinFor all the children who think that they've got a diseaseI...
Posted by Ben Jammin on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:33:00 PST