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truth be told, bhagwan and sheela dealt poorly with oregon orthodox community and usa government. Don't say you have no right to kill me if a snake is in front of you. move away.
I was 14 when we moved to Portland in 74. A year later my abusive father threw me out into the streets, and that's where I grew up, in the streets of Portland, the Portland of the 70s. My "family" was trash, but the city was good to me. Still is. God bless Portland! Still a beautiful city.
Unfortunately, A realised soul had to handle the material problems.. He came for a great purpose., Society did not understand him. Love Osho. You live forever who understand you.
I went for a couple of all-inclusive holidays over there in the redneck riviera. A kind of totalitarian Torremolinos, Benidorm for Buddhas or a Cancun of cosmic consciousness. The biz!
If you experience this same neighborhood today, 50 years later, the big difference is in the demographics. As you see, in 1974 the majority of residents were caucasian. In 2024, the same inner S.E. Portland consisting of 10 separate zipcodes, has the following demographic. White-65%..Asian-10%..Hispanic-07%..some other race-05%.....Two or more rces-05% ..Black-04%....PacificIslander-03% American Indian-01%.
I loved her in the movie "Billy Jack"! It's nice to see that Jean moved on from the hippie-themed Freedom School and has moved into hippie-themed socialist/commie radio.
The trauma is at the hands of white supremacy and system genocide by white colonial structures. Go ahead and judge people fighting to survive the ongoing 500 year-long genocide. Maybe turn that judgement on yourself too. How do you benefit from the genocide of indigenous people? How has your family participated in the genocide? Why do your families live on prime land, used by indigenous people for thousands of years? When people say, I've been here for 250 years. I contemplate, your ancestors participated. We had no Schindler. As time passes, more will be exposed. This acceptance of genocide in the America's will lay the bedrock for a new humanity will create a new form of consciousness that can live with the crimes that killed 100 million indigenous people. This is the largest genocide in the history of the earth. It was so vast, the earth cooled when the genocide commenced.
Ridiculous comment about homeless people's lives being transformed by bringing them there then chucking them back onto the streets. She exploited them so they could vote increase the number of people voting. It was a political move End of. She's very good at repeating ideas that Osho spoke about to make it seem as if she had s lot of wisdom and insight. But she's just a good impersonator - she got plenty of practice whilst Osho was in silence and she was supposedly his spokeswoman. In the beginning I feel she was genuinely his devotee acting out of love, but it turned sour snd she got corrupted by power, jealousy and the influence of drugs.
It's quite incredible watching osho's quality of listening when the interviewer is speaking, how rare to see someone listening with so much silence, and equanimity, no matter what the intent of the interviewer. I've also noticed that most of the interviewers start with some hostility from their preconceived notions, but their tone changes into love so quickly in his presence. A true master.
I think the people interviewed in this video would be totally shocked today to see how .Portland has digressed and what the legalization of recreational drugs and the soft on crime policies has done to Portland. It seems like half the businesses downtown have closed because of it. Zombies walking around everywhere. Poop and needles on the sidewalks. Plus I see so many cars driving on the roads with their windows smashed out cause their car got broken into. Portlands saving grace is that it is still surrounded by much beauty, but is that enough of a reason to stay?
Institutionalized trauma is still trauma. Yet, non-native people continue to judge tribal members for problems with drugs, alcohol, and violence in the home. Instead, we should see their dignity and perseverance in the face of suffering many non-natives will never know. Healing takes many generations and culturally appropriate support, which 1st people should get to define.
Wow... 50 years ago this year. Jeez, it was a totally different world then. I bet none of those people would even think Portland would turn into a disaster, thanks in large part to the hugely failed DA Mike Schmidt, who was just recently beaten by Nathan Vasquez. This is a great old video...
