(BeachLife Festival) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 1-3, 2026, is time for the annual BeachLife Festival. This is BeachLife 2026 (tickets at BeachLife Festival | Live Music Festival | Redondo Beach, CA, USA). Here's a weekend playlist built the old way—listening together, dropping the needle, and letting the music choose itself. It's three days by the ocean in sunny Southern California. Here is music meant to be shared with the people we come with and meet on site. In memory of Greg Browning, whose spirit is always part of the room. 📍 Redondo Beach, Cali 📅 May 1–3, 2026 🎟️. Suzanne Hoffs blew it up last year. Will The Chainsmokers or Sheryl Crow do the same this year?
FEATURING: The Chainsmokers, Duran Duran, Grouplove, Flipturn, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Offspring, Slightly Stoopid, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Sugar Ray, SwitchFoot, Bad Suns... James Taylor and his All-Star Band, My Morning Jacket, Sheryl Crow, Peach Pit, Poolside, Mike Watt...
New research at Michael Pollan's laboratory at UC Berkeley confirms what Cambridge scientist J.C. Bose, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird, Tel Aviv University researchers, dryads, sensitives, empaths like Dr. Doreen Virtue and Dr. Caroline Myss and gardeners everywhere have known and been telling us for a long time.
Shut up about Epstein, Weaklings. Get over it. So what if I had sex with kids? And shut up about Bondi! She's helping me rig future elections! Let's be a family again where you shut the hell up!
Friday was an odd day in Los Angeles, the cosmopolitan neighbor of Orange County, with cloud cover, cold, and a little mist. This is not the beach life, which is usually all sun (with some smog and traffic thrown in just to spoil the dream, a homeless mess and a meanness bordering on NYC style). The Los Angeles County Fairbegins, and the Renaissance Pleasure Fair continues. So the BeachLife Festival must go on, and Wisdom Quarterly will be there with DharmaBuddhistMeditation (Meetup) to make it better with public group meditation on the sands of Redondo Beach.
Imagine a concert by the seashore with surly winds and California clouds. May is warm, if still a little runny with the remains of the LA Fires. Sometimes Southern California gets a sudden spell of actual weather. This time will work. This time all the bands will rock. This time we're going to make the mood buoyant with mass meditation enough to levitate someone.
Imagine seeing Sublime, CAKE, the Long Beach Dub Allstars, (hot) Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles (the eyes of the band), Skip Marley (grandson of Bob Marley), or Alanis Morissette, The Beach Boys (or what's left of them but including handsome John Stamos)...
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and a few others like the Pretenders, Lenny Kravitz, Aloe Blacc, The Struts, Shovels & Rope, Digable Planets, Train, O.A.R., Lily Meola, Jackson Brown, and even Mt. Joy.
Beautiful eyes are more beautiful with kohl
Dharma Buddhist Meditation will be present for a massmeditation to bring spiritual vibes to Day 2 of the event by positioning ourselves in different spots all around the concert (wearing Hoffs brand kohl around our eyes) before Sublime, on the sand, near the stage, away from the mosh pit (which will go crazy for CAKE), but be rocking for the LB Dub Allstars, Marley, and The Beach Boys!
It was all nerves, not sexy, seductive confidence?
Lenny Kravitz live at BeachLife Festival, Friday, May 2, 2025
Who's Alanis Morrisette? And is she ironic? - She went from Forgiven to Uninvited
WHAT HAPPENED?
Live 'n stoned at BeachLife Fest '25
(DanfromLA) Dan (possibly exhibiting some level of intoxication but accompanied by his mom for safety) shows the vibe (relaxed) and weather (long sleeves) out at BeachLife Festival 2025, as Lenny Kravitz interrupts him by singing, Friday, May 2, 2025, Redondo Beach, California. But, Dan, what about Susanna Hoffs?
She really feels it, so let's help -- and make LOVE (metta) with her:
What is metta (mass) meditation?
Meditation is walking, standing, or lying down
Mettā (Sanskrit maitrī) means "friendliness, loving-kindness (universal agape), benevolence, friendliness, amity, and good will."
It is an active interest in the wellbeing of others that leads to the impulse of compassion (karuna). It is the first of the Four Sublime States (brahma-viharas) recommended by the Buddha as helpful meditations to develop up to absorption (jhana).
It is one of theTen Perfections (dasa pāramīs) of the Theravāda school of Buddhism. The cultivation of it, called mettā bhāvanā, is a popular form of Buddhist meditation. It is a one of the Four Immeasurables (unlimitables, universals) in Divine Abiding meditation.
Metta or "loving-kindness meditation" is often practiced in Asia by broadcast chanting, during which Buddhist monastics chant for lay Buddhists.
It's easier when we act as one. I'll call you back.
The universal aspect of loving-kindness is discussed in the Buddha's Metta Sutta and is also found in the ancient and medieval texts of Jainism and Hinduism as metta and maitri. More
"Mass" meditation is doing meditation en masse, as a whole, in a group, a collective, increasing coherence, power, and influence. One person in samadhi (jhana) through metta is very powerful, imponderably so, but 100 even if they do not attain to the level of absorption, still have a tremendous effect on the collective consciousness of the region.
Alanis Morissette launces world tour in 2025 (Live Nation UK)
Roshi Philip Kapleau | Zen Bow | Winter 2018, Vol. XL, No. 4, rzc.org
Shōkei (Andreas Praefcke/Wiki)
Here is a vintage koan ("public case") commentary by the Rochester Zen Center’s founder, the late American Roshi Philip Kapleau.
Mumonkan, Number 14. [Itpresages countless college discussions about Schrodinger's cat below.]
The Case
Once the monks of the Western and Eastern Halls were arguing about a cat. Nansen, holding up the cat, said: “You monks! If you can say a word of Zen, I will spare the cat. Otherwise, I will kill it!”
No one could answer, so Nansen cut the cat in two. That evening, when Joshu returned, Nansen told him of the incident. Joshu thereupon took off his sandal, put it on his head, and walked off.
Nansen said, “If you had been there, the cat would have been saved!”
The Commentary
Just say, what is the real meaning of Joshu’s putting his sandal on his head? If you can give a turning word on this point, you will see that Nansen’s action was not in vain. But if not, beware!
The Verse
Had Joshu only been there,
he would have taken charge.
He would have snatched away the sword,
and Nansen would have begged for his life.
Roshi Kapleau: The two protagonists of this koan, Nansen (748-835) and Joshu, are two of the great masters in Zen. Nansen (Chinese Nanchuan) was the teacher of Joshu (Chinese Zhaozhou). Nansen in turn was a disciple of the great Baso (Chinese Mazu). More: rzc.org
In this thought experiment, a hypothetical cat (and not the precious companion of Wisdom Quarterly's companion fish, Captain Shiny Sides, no relation to Hecklefish Moriarty of The Why Files) in a closed box may be considered to be simultaneously both alive and dead until it is observed, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. The thought experiment, viewed this way, is described as a paradox.
It is not alive but not quite dead?
It was devised by physicist Dr. Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 [1] in a discussion with Albert Einstein [2] to illustrate what Schrödinger saw as the problems (inconsistencies and contradictions) of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
In Schrödinger's original formulation, a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box.
If an internal radiation monitor, such as a Geiger counter, detects radioactivity (a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison, which kills the cat.
But if no decaying atom triggers the monitor, the cat remains alive.
The Copenhagen interpretation implies that the cat is therefore simultaneously both alive and dead.
Yet, when one finally looks in the box, one sees that the cat is either alive or dead, not both alive and dead.
This poses the question of when exactly quantum superposition ends and reality resolves into one possibility or the other. More
Most people don't get Schrodinger's Cat (including you?)
Looking Glass Universe, Nov. 7, 2024; Roshi Kapleau, Rochester Zen Center (rzc.org); Brian Cox via Explainify; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven, CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
(Robert Sepehr) In the Bible, the forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden, which God commands humankind not to eat. Historians have speculated that it may have been a pomegranate, fig, grape, apple, or [entheogenic] mushroom. This presentation addresses the esoteric interpretation, and its occult significance passed down by various mystery schools and secret societies.
[A "mystery school," according to Dr. Ammon Hillman, is essentially a drug cult teaching the "mysteries" of ecstatic union with the substance or with a divinity through practices and the substance. The dedication of adepts is around a goddess or deity, in which initiates are introduced to reality through plant helpers and divine beings.
Taoism, founded by a divinity named Lao Tzu, is perhaps the oldest of China's three main religions, rounded out by Buddhism and Confucianism.
Celibacy is an excellent way of conservation of energy for spiritual purposes. But Taoism and Tibetan yoga might also suggest tantric sex with semen retention to cultivate the forbidden "fruit" of internalenergy.
It is a powerful practice with the power to awaken our divinity if undertaken properly and with guidance. It is a significant component of esoteric Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist practice by its yogis and yoginis.]
[Female deities like Vajrayogini, sexually suggestive and streaming with blood, overturn traditional separation between intercourse and menstruation [19].
In some forms of Buddhism, tantric sex is strongly associated with the practice of semen retention, as sexual fluids are considered an energetic substance that must be reserved for higher purposes.
Many Buddhist tantric texts direct the focus away from sexual emission towards retention and intentionally prolonged bliss. More]
Go it alone as a single-family Robinson Crusoe situation or go communal with other likeminded individuals wishing to thrive in community? Both have their appeal, but which is more likely to be sustainable and prosper? It's cold in North America (Canada). How is it in the South?
The EcoVillage solution
Is this tree included? - I don't see why not.
Is it time to begin stepping into our vision? It's simple when we follow...the 4-steps to make our dream of living in a "Garden of Eden" style EcoVillage a reality!
This 2-hour virtual event is happening soon. The cost has already been covered for us. We can register for free. It's in 9
days, 19 hours, and a few minutes. Am I ready to live my off-grid dream life?
On October 19, 2024 @ noon (Central)
Hey, there are still politics to deal with out here
Ever look out at the world and think, "There has to be a better way!"
Ever feel like maybe we got dropped off on the wrong planet?
Well, actually this is the right planet, but there's a better way.
We were meant to live in community and in harmony.
If we resonate with this picture, then we need to stop and notice this.
Yes, I'm ready to go off grid and live the dream life. Plus, we'll leave a legacy our great grandchildren can be proud of: offgriddreamlife.com/eventregistration
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