Hairdo’s Last Spring

Some of you have met and enjoyed him, our Golden Polish rooster. On April 5 2019,  we had to say good bye.

I wrote up this story for the BUZZ newsletter, but it was a little too long, so here it is instead:

Hairdo’s Last Spring

Today, on April 5, our beautiful “Hairdo”, a Golden Polish rooster, moved on to another realm. Those who have seen him most likely were delighted by him. His was one of the very gentle peaceful passings of any chicken here.

In his seventh winter, maybe around December/January, he got an upper respiratory infection. It looked pretty bad, got treated and he responded promptly, but never went back to normal. In the days before today he started slowing down much more, but still stayed with the flock each day, only he didn’t get up from his resting place under the quince tree to meet me any more. In older chickens, some of the cancer causing viruses have had enough time to do their thing, so it was not really the infection that ended it, but the underlying illness. He had gotten very thin. He still went out to peck around with some hens in the morning the day before he died, still went out to the field one more time, drinking from the leaky faucet, but in the afternoon, he was standing in the coop all by himself, having returned to a safe place, wings drooping, tired. I put him into one of the coops, so no one would bother him. Offered him a special treat, soft soaked bread, which he still went for. In the evening, I sat with him on my lap for a while, talking to him, telling him about his life, and his daughters and sons, us surrounded by the flock. Mama Fayoumi, one of his original flock mates (he was one of the first) joined us and pecked a speck of dirt off his neck feathers. He was calm, eyes open. He wasn’t afraid to be picked up and be on my lap. Too many times in years past he had sat like that, his bumble foot soaking in some fish medication, and it worked, he never had to have that surgery and his foot pads looked good. He was a gentle one, and, not unusual for Polish chickens with all those feathers on their head, at the bottom of the pecking order amongst the roosters.

But he always managed to be part of the flock, and always managed to convince at least one of the hens to be his buddy. He knew how to deal with that little garden gate from the beginning, and they went out over it together. He was really a delight to see with his “hairdo”, which became his name, after being originally called Sprite.

The evening before he died, the still was going for that little piece of soft soaked bread I brought him, he still pecked at some grains, the program of eating still running, and I always imagine it gives them some satisfaction. Still, it is a chicken program. I knew from feeling his crop that is body had started the shutting down process. In the end, I put him were he had spent meany nights, a safe spot, with fresh bedding. Later he even tried to pick some more grains, but he was not really eating any more.

Eventually he found a position where he sat and stayed. He heard his last good night calling that day.

There was no sense of suffering, just serene surrender and peace.

The next moring, he was peaceful, breathing deeply.

It is interesting to see how at some point the shift happens from outer directed attention to inner. A withdrawing of the attention from any outer and simply being with the dying, the resolution process, the gentle and gradual leaving of the life force. Sometimes there are little shivers when the energy releases. At this point it would not even matter if a predator got him. For me, I made the decision, that unless I think a chicken is really suffering in the process, ie in pain, I will not end their life violently (by cervical dislocation).

I let them be, keep them safe and in familiar surroundings they are used to and don’t cause them fear and allow the process to take place, as peacefully as possible. We can only wish the same will be granted to all humans.

My job was to keep him non-bothered by the other roosters, two of which I kept separately on his last day, and allow him to keep his routine the same, which at the end meant to put him in a familiar safe place, surrounded by all the sounds he so knew. This morning he sat there beautifully centered, eyes closed , breathing slowly and deeply, the tip of his beak resting in the center in front of him. Yes, I do the Clear Light for them, the 4 lines. I have had some amazing experiences with chickens moving on. During the Distance Energy Healing, I had a vision of him, all light, the ethereal being, his blueprint.

And so they move on, having delighted us in many ways.

His body will rest near were he met me so often in the early evenings in the garden, in hope for some special treats, which he always got. An Indian peach grown from seed will be planted nearly, and tulips.

Animals are sentient and their consciousness is animal consciousness, not human. The work with dying chickens for me has been interesting and necessary, as I carry a heavy load from what happened to my mother’s family during World War II and my mother’s “stuff” around it and a few other traumas. On one hand, it has been a journey through sentimentality and attachment with the resulting suffering at loss and, on the other hand, presence and care and the learning art of more gracefully letting go, accepting the change, being reminded again and again how precious life is, how delightful these living creatures are. There is an art in deep feeling and yes allowing to let go, not holding on. In the end, what helps the human in us is to have done the best we can. No regrets. He had a beautiful, rooster-worthy life, a life he shared with his flock and me, and, if you were lucky, you too.

Hairdo, you were not the extra rooster but a delight for everyone you met.

 

 

IDHHB 2014

“It is dangerous to speak out – it is 10 times more dangerous not to speak out” – E.J. Gold, March 28, 2017

If it was difficult to recall events from last year (=2016), how much more so as we are going back in time year after year? Makes me think of just starting an events diary and keeping that currant.

So, I have not a lot to say regarding a 2014 summary, in fact, I remember by dates very little, though more and more is coming back as I go back in my mind. In general, over the last 15 years of so, the most readily available are: the gallery years, start of online bardo-training, personal bardo-training with EJ in the gallery and the first few bardo training years, international intensive 2007, the ladder 99 intensive, “you can draw” and other art classes 2008, brane-power 2009 and on, events October 2010 – May, 2011, July 3, 2012, events in the garden starting April 2012, gorebaggtv around 2009, as I go back, more becomes available, but 2014? I can say some things about the chicken garden, I know general things like band practice on Mondays, some visitors – but specifics? So, I will have to resort to images 🙂

January 2014First Band practice of the year (Mondays 4-6 pm pacific time)

We were still on Justin.tv, here with Thursday night with xxaxx., one of the weekly live online events IDHHB offers for the world-wide community.

Dick and Claude doing the firewood after the ICW

In the office with all the photo archive boxes.

ICW February 1, 2014

Firewood job with Oz, Dick, Neville and Claude

One of the Purna visits

In the atrium

Painting of 7′ x 11′ canvases for the Wynton Marsalis Concert 2014  in Grass Valley.

Loading up the van.

Isthar workshop – building a crystal radio

Art Class in town with EJ, online art class with Dok, pencil magic

May 2014

IDHHB – continued ICW both Saturday and Sunday morning with E.J. Gold and Claude, David’s Show Wednesday evenings, Pattie-Show Sunday evening. Band practice Monday afternoons. Events in the Online Prosperity Ashram as per schedule. – generally, this is going on every week of the year.

Scott Wellman came to give a sweet magic performance

In May, there also was the Memorial Day workshop. Cooper Jewelry making, making links, rings, necklaces. First equipment testing for gold panning.

June 2014

Increased focus on the gold panning, guitar classes,
Tiffany Woodbury  – at the beginning of her model career.

July 2014

We had a float interview conducted by Glenn and Lee Perry.
More Guitar classes, July 4rth workshop. Magician Scott Wellman returns for another magical magic performance. We are starting to see more of Ken and Toni. Not sure why I have images of bead-heaps, other than – jewelry making is still in full swing. At the end of July, Kay and Don are visiting. Morgan antenna tuner building.

August 2014

A lot of didgeridoo work, healing didge, open channel didge, Gorby’s Cafe with vineyard paintings

Convention 2014 starts Aygust 29, Didge, movements  (Kelly and T), Music with Tito, tent out back, Leslie Ann performs, teaching healing didge to group, group photo Monday.

September 2014

Lots of intensity with didge, leslie Ann joins in, Harry visits,  rings for Henrik selection,  Tiffany and Charlie modeling, Dr Paul presentation with Susan.

Tattoo-Fashions lead designers LeslieAnn on left, Amy on right, inspecting full-color temp tats on a printed sale sheet.

How To Trigger & View a Past Life Memory — PLM

 

October 2014

Community meeting, didge classes, didge work,  guitar, working with crystals, glow in the dark nails. Henrik visit ends – or November..?

Temp Tat photo shoot with the models – Charlie and ..the other one 😉

My Life as a boy – Chapter 1 starts…the blog.

There must be a picture of Leslie Ann and Sam from sometime this year.

November 2014

Art Classes – you can paint, Jim visits, leslie Ann Art class, Music Class, Sunday Music with Jim and Jim. Thanksgiving

December 2014

Captain LeslieAnn of Black Falcon Airways prepares the cabin to host passengers.

Pocket Mission Paks – PLS project.

Gorby continues  with TF2 off and on.

Hello to our Properity Path Friends

More and more people are coming to goddgames as a result of their use of the Prosperity Path Games. Since these games are built with the same engine and resources as the Prosperity Path Orbs that is only natural.

You will be happy to hear that these games have much of the same effect — and work well for bardo-training. The main different between the games found on GODDGames and those in the Prosperity Path is this: these games have plots and monsters added for a bit of challenge and another kind of training.

Enjoy!

More didgeridoo and guitar work., Art classes,

Christmas dinner, Healing Workshop, Birthday celebration.

Visitors – Doug, Viraja, Faye, Fred, Helena, Gail, Gerald, Henrik, Kay, Lily, Lin, Lisa,(beads), Ken, Tiffany -Neville moves on.

 

more images to come

 

Regarding CDs and DVDs and books, of course there were new ones in 2014, we’ll try to get the info.

IDHHB 2016

While looking for something else, I came across a post titled: IDHHB 2015. I loved it and then recalled: this is March 2017, and what do I remember of 2016? Not enough, so I am about to create just a little page with at least one image for each month, which makes it not so little I suppose.  All images taken by me unless otherwise specified.

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First off, before all the pictures, there are events happening each week that are on a fixed schedule: Weekday 6:30 am daily Gorby’s Place live transmission, Band Practice Monday afternoon, Tuesday’s Burger Day Lunch , Wednesday evening life stream show with David Franco, Pat and Iven, Thursday night with xxaxx, aka Claude Needham, Saturday and Sunday morning ICW with E.J . and Claude and Sundays at 630pm, LRS Pattie Show. Those were the live and online regularly scheduled events all through 2016. Continue reading IDHHB 2016

Prasad truffles – from chocolatiers at IDHHB – Chocolate Obsessions

idhhb-truffles_2415The kitchen is the heart of a home, as well as a community. Cooking can be an activity of mundane, crude, making food edible sort of activity, to culinary delight preparation to the high art of invocation, magic and spiritual practice and intentional living. It starts with the intention, the choice of ingredients, your consciousness, state of mind and feeling during food preparation, the cooking itself and the presentation of the food.

A conscious attitude in cooking is one of service. Service to the food, service to those who you feed, with boundless gratitude.

With a good meal, you feed the whole being.

Continue reading Prasad truffles – from chocolatiers at IDHHB – Chocolate Obsessions

IDHHB 2015

Thank you for an amazing year 2015

The year 2015 has been an exciting year here are IDHHB and the
worldwide community.
One of the priceless gifts is to be able to tune in from anywhere to
the weekday morning hour and movement practice with Gorby. What a great way to connect daily with your sangha and the teacher. Often there was music or guitar classes during that time. This continues into the new year and beyond as long as possible. You can join here for free every weekday – IDHHB streaming.

Major projects that came to the forefront in the year 2015 included:

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Continue reading IDHHB 2015

New DVDs from idhhb bardo training icw gorebagg’s work on lifestream

You might already know about the Interdimensional Communications Workshop, or ICW with E.J Gold and Claude Needham happening every weekend from 630-830 am pacific. For more information click here http://idhhb.com/stream/schedule.html

IDHHB is making  chosen or requested ICWs available on DVD asap.

Please note that a lot of recent ICW’s contain the movements!!!

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Newly available DVDs in November 2015

To order, please call the Institute at 530-271-2239  or use the IDHHB contact form to order, thanks much.

ICW Sunday, November 1, 2015 – “Science of the Atlantean Triad Mashine” (with E.J. Gold and Cladue Needham, 2 dvd discs, inlcudes movements)

ICW Sunday, November 8, 2015 – ” The Because Science Series – Round Table with Atlantean Triads” (with E.J. Gold and Claude Needham, 2 discs, includes movements. Guests: Viraja, Doug, Paula, Garrett, Mary, Iain & Jim)

ICW Sunday, November 22, 2015 – ” Perming the Spirit/Outgrow the Need to Feel Good” (with E.J. Gold and Claude Needham, 3 discs, includes movements)

ICW Saturday, November 28, 2015 – ” D2 – An Essential Work Video Game” (with E.J. Gold and Claude Needham, 2 discs, includes movements)

ICW Sunday, November 29, 2015 – ” From Dead Weight to Leadership” (with E.J. Gold and Claude Needham, 3 discs, includes movements)

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D2 Safaris are happening several times per week

 

 

From August 2014

ICW, August 10, 2014 “Let Go But Don’t Forget” (with E.J. Gold and Claude Needham, 2 discs)

Sing your song – Music on Tuesdays

chicks-201303xx_aroostercrowing_1908You are cordially invited to explore this music adventure for non-musicians. It is possible to create a palpable field as a group – even without being physically present with each other. IF someday, in this reality, we actually want to sing anything together …we got to know some songs, no?

There really are other considerations – please see below 🙂 – This is not the first attempt at this, this doing  music, only the first one in this reality. ..and why again? Come to think of it – I don’t actually have an answer – only an intuitive hunch that music is important…

So then, this coming Tuesday, August 12 at 10am PT – we’ll start with this folk song Waltzing Mathilda” – which a lot of you are already familiar with. You work with that song the way you work with it in your home and with or without instruments and a time it works for you.

In researching you will find there are various versions or the song – and you may practice with any or all of them. Have some fun.

It is said that if one door closes, another one opens.

Some considerations:

Maybe rather than vicariously watching a woman or 2 past their youthful prime to try get some cords out of a guitar 🙂 – what if you are called to participate – without even watching? Just knowing we are all working with the same  song on the same day might create a field in which connection is learned to be sensed. What if you will share your experience after?

Today, August 10, 2013 in Gorby’s cafe there was a little discussion and at some point someone said: this self initiation thing – it is not easy ….

So how – if at all possible, can one form a habit of making music when it is not replacing any other habit? How to have enough will when there is no real necessity to help out with it? What if there is not really the desire or drive to keep at it. What if the only reason is to follow the guidance of a teacher and the vague wish one could do music in a band together…preferably without having to practice anything?

What does it take and is it worth it?

I will create an event on Dokgoth. Weekly folksongs will be posted on this page: click here!!! If we transmit live, we will let you know.