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October 01, 2007 |
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Hallelujah!
FOUND by Wes Gorton
in Portland, Oregon
Found this on the sidewalk near my house. If you look close you will notice that the central figure is actually sitting cross-legged on a raised platform. You can just barely see his/her toes poking out from under the white robe.
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to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
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i love displays of ecstasy in all forms
glad to get in before the god botherers start up
Thats two religious finds in a row. Hmmm...(wondering to self)... have the found guys found god?
Is it Ammachi?
"Send me $5000 and I can save your soul!"
Yeah, I so don't do the religion thing.
perhaps he just ate a really good piece of pizza.
i agree with the pizza comment. yummmm... i could go for a slice that good right about now.
I don't think it's a Christian thing. If you look in the background the tops of the columns and the little curtain thingy are a little too Eastern to be your run-of-the-mill Christian dude. But that's just me.
Ya'll know what they say about pizza and sex... pizza is like sex: even when it's bad it's good. Don't know how much I agree with that, but that's what they say. (I've had some pretty bad pizza and some pretty bad sex...)
God was on the next page...
This IS the next page...
I think this is Stevie Wonder (in a submarine).
god botherers aren't limited to christianity
hahaha, i love how this connects to yesterday's find.
jonathan- i do believe that this is the next page!
Note to self: shred all bad photos.
So this is what God looks like. Not what I expected at all, but that's cool. I wonder what kind of pizza it was?
It's a traveling seance for the psychic friends network.
Oh, recommend you to the spirit in the sky
That's where you're gonna go when you die - when you die
When you die and they lay you to rest
You're gonna go to the place that's the
best.
(I just gotta have the last word, Cotton.)
..."Can I get an Amen ? ?"
Oh, okay, I'll say it:
This creeps me out a little.
Thanks Night!
Guess my ADD kicked in before I finished typing...
...either that, ot the devil made me do it!
Love it! I do think it is an Eastern thing, too.
Even so, Teresa, I know what you mean, and I am not a Christian either, but I do suggest going once in your life to a Southern, black, (and some white) get-happy church and you will see some real, honest ecstasy! And feel it yourself! Believe it!
I wish I could sit like that. My legs don't do it for some reason.
My first thought was Amma, too, mimi. More here for the curious:
http://www.ammachi.org/amma/index.html
Or see the movie Darshan, The Embrace.
Except most of the time Amma's totally surrounded by people - I can't see her speaking from a pedestal.
It's a wiccan ceremony.
This reminds me of the "mystic" that said he could levitate because he was able to hop off the floor while sitting lotus-style. I don't know about the levitate part but there was no denying the guy had extremely powerful thigh musles to be able to clear the floor while tied in a pretzel shape.
There are too many microphones and wires for this to be spiritual. I just can't into churches where technology is used to bring god to the people. Especially those multimedia displays at some of the most popular churches. Big screens and sound systems seem more like a Super Bowl halftime show to me. Anything said in that environment sounds like a commercial, a lie or entertainment.
Little Episcopalian, Multimedia is the new God.
I don't know about this being religious or not. But there is definately an experience being had here. mayhaps the person has just said something along the lines of "Free Pizza in the Cafeteria" and is now basking in the applause they are receiving....
Or because it does have a Western feel they said "Free Curry in the Caf"
Where do you live in Portland? I know there are a bunch of Muslim equivalents of churches or temples near the Hillsboro area.
Not religious at all. That dude is singing I think. Indian music concert. Everybody sits cross-legged at those things, especially the sitar player. I suspect that there's a tabla player on the left side and maybe a harmonium player on the right. Of course, they also generally don't use sheet music and there's clearly paper up there, so I'm probably wrong.
wow, i wonder how many "benny hinn's" there really are in this world!
hope this one pulled in a lot of cash. it's a crazy industry, this spiritual guru thing...
(why do so many people look outside their own wisdom in the (often) crazy assumption that other people's answers are better.......)
I love it when people aren't afraid to show true joy at something. Perhaps, he has just turned the page, and found God there :-)
I knew there was a reason to destroy all my mediocre shots. Now I'm going to have to go to an increased level of security.
This had to have been a talent show... or else it was one of those weird presentations that the counselors do at summer camp.
If he had a sitar, this picure might have been taken by someone had front row seats to Ravi Shankar!!
http://www.ravishankar.org/index.html
Awesome find.
say "Wes Gorton in Portland Oregon" ten times fast.
I'm going with Buddhist on this one - the posture and the raised platform are giveaways. If he's a Buddhist, he's most likely not asking for money...
(Yes, I am most likely a Buddhist too)
And for the record... I LOVE that the spam protection question I got with my post was "spell dog backwards!"
Surely you know the joke...
What does a dyslexic agnostic insomniac do at night?
Oh Alison, it's driving me mad.
What DOES a dyslexic agnostic insomniac do at night?
I won't sleep till you tell me!
Jon, that's the second time you made me laugh today and you don't even have the punchline!
By the by, that Sophia link was outta this world! I wanna be just like her when I grow up! Sweet dreams....
are the God Botherers people who bother God, people who are bothered by God, people who are bothered by people who don't beleive in God, or people who are bothered by people who DO believe in God?
I just don't know if I bother god or not. He usually doesn't bother with me.
I'm more interested in the boy with the red cap. I hope the white robe guy used deodorant, for his sake. :(
What do Dyslexic agnostic insomniacs do all night?
They stay up wondering if there really is a dog!
It's ok, Jonathan, you can sleep well now.
good one beth.
Thnaks Beth! zzzz...
Phew. Glad it wasn't something about throwing her a didlod.
(oh, I meant 'Thanks'. THat's a typo, not dyslexia.)
I was once backstage in a theatre and there was a sign that said 'NO DOGS'. The friend I was with said 'Oh look, they can't spell EXIT'. That still does my head in.
HAHAHAHAHA
That's 3, Jon!
seriously, Jonathan? was this person drunk? high? or just illiterate? trying to make a joke?
that dyslexic insomniac joke is one of my favourites, by the way. I just always have to be careful who i tell it to. If the person doesn't know the definitions, its so tedious to explain it.
Not as good, but tangentially related:
"What do you get when you cross an atheist with a Jehova's Witness?"
"Someone who knocks on your door on Saturday morning for no reason."
Oooops: "Jehovah" not "Jehova."
A very cryptic joke I think, Mona (yes, even weirder sense of humo(u)r than mine).
Thanks Midlife -- good one!
Holly, I'll look forward to encountering the suspenders under the short pleated skirt (or am I thinking of www.secondhandparochialgirlsschooluniforms.wah? Or St Trinian's?? ) ;-)
"Gird your armour on / Grab the nearest weapon."
Too bad we can't paste photos into our comments. We'll just have to settle for a link to the inner workings of Jonathan's mind: http://www.oldschoolyard.co.uk/st_strinians_song.ht
"Oh look, they can't spell EXIT." Hahahahaha! I think I know that woman: a mezzo who lives in Tucson now and works pretty much full time trying to think of reasons not to kill herself. I saw her do a brilliant performance of The Medium. She once offered me a Krugerrand for my thoughts, saying, "Inflation, you know."
What are you doing, sitting backstage? I'm waiting for da goat. Or was it a donkey?
"Let our motto be broadcast
"Get your blow in first",
She who draws the sword last
Always comes off worst."
JonJon, suspenders go over one's shoulders, dahling. The last time I attempted to attach those damn things to my stockings, I quite nearly hanged myself. (Or is that hung, Crisis?) No matter, I've dispensed with the whole bloody rigamarole, and switched to gym knickers and knee socks:
http://www.oldschoolyard.co.uk/gym%20knickers.
The dyslexic backstage was waiting "on God."
Phooff -- hot in here this morning! Or is it me?
Them things over your shoulders are called 'braces' (as in 'belt and braces'). But now you're going to tell me that braces are things that go on your teeth? I'm confused.
(So what DO you call what I call suspenders?)
Was that the goat in Porgy and Bess? I wasn't on that tour (and anyway the goat was cut: Simon Rattle said 'Either that goat goes or I do'. Instead, Willard White threw away his crutches and walked to Noo York -- 'Oh Lord, I'm on my way' -- one of the most moving theatrical moments ever. But I digress).
Waiting On God -- brilliant! Heehee!
Stride towards your fortune,
Boldly on your way.
Never once forgetting
There's one born every day.
(Garters, Jon!) (And it IS hot in here!!)
The photo is of Amma singing. She is an Indian guru who has been recognized by the UN for her many charitable causes and Acts. She also made one of the largest non-profit donations to the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund (BCKF. She also was awarded the Ghandi-King award in 2002.
I did a Google image search and found a photo of Amma singing, apparently from the same gig as the Found. Couldn't locate details or an URL though.
She looks lovely and very inspirational. Here's her website: http://www.amritapuri.org/
PS -- sorry -- meant to say thanks, Eden in BC, for your info. She is amazing! I will look out for news of her from now on.
I know this person!
First of all she is not suppose to pretend to be in the air. She is praying and lifts up her hands in prayer. She has founded schools, orphanages, houses for Tsunami victims, and is working with the government of India building universities etc. She has one peace prizes, spoken at the UN and represented Hinduism at the Chicago Parliament of World Religions. She sleeps two hours a day and does not leave until she blessses everyone that comes to her, which is several hours at a time without taking a break. Do some research.
Why is there a microphone aimed at the butt? Is so two voices can be heard at the same time?