Comments on: Keeping the Portal

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:50:18 +0000

Awesome story, Flow. I’ll add it to the portal stories above.

By: Flow (Mr. Lucky)

Flow (Mr. Lucky) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:32:40 +0000

Thank you Jon,
Your story parallels my experience in 2011 in the Amethyst Portal by the same artist (a stellated dodecahedron).
I took off into the deep playa after my girlfriend broke up with me for the second time at BM – 2 years in a row! I was feeling done and needed some quiet time to reflect. I passed the Temple which was crowded and kept going. I started getting tired biking in the hot sun, when I saw this purple star way out there. I would rest there. When I got there it was packed with about 10 burners sitting along the edge, so I went to the center, sat down and closed my eyes – meditating for 10 minutes or so. It had gotten quiet in there, so I opened my eyes. I couldn’t believe it! All ten of them were in a circle facing one another’s backs and massaging the shoulders of the person in front of them. It was so beautiful! They seemed to like my vibe and we all talked for a while. Then they invited me to go climb ‘truth & beauty’, but before I could reply they saw the bliss on my face and realized that I was where I needed to be.
After that, I had the most beautiful quiet time alone in the Portal sitting with that amazing sound/vibration alternating between meditation and watching the sink toward the horizon – making peace with being single again. Various people stopped and shared their thoughts and feelings. I had a deeply blissful experience with the Portal. I returned several times before the burn was over, each time time it was amazing in its own way.
Thank you Harlan Emil Gruber!!!
-Flow

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By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:32:15 +0000

Dani! It’s you! I’m so glad you found the portal, and I’m so glad to hear from you again. Thanks for reminding me that it really happened. :)

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By: Dani

Dani — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:21:50 +0000

Thank you for blogging about all of this. The “two nice travelers” you mention (wednesday night) are myself and my friend. That night, that moment even, was the most incredible for me at Burning Man this year. Thank you for sharing the space and your stories. I remember talking about courage and capabilities, belief in ourselves. As our incredible guitarist played we let music take over the conversation and I let my tears take over me. Tears of joy and sorrow and acceptance and fear and hope and courage and capabilities. It only takes a few moments to make a lifetime of difference. Thanks for those moments.

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By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:17:41 +0000

@waymaker I sure *don’t* remember that, but I wish I did.

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By: waymaker

waymaker — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:40:00 +0000

I vagueness remembers that impromptu acid jazz in the portal, didjeridoo and a saxephone. I think we made the thing levitate. doo u remember as well?

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By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:19:09 +0000

I just updated the post to add an amazing photo of Mike, Dana and me at the portal after sunrise. I just got my photos developed. I’m so happy this was in there. :)

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By: E.M.Smith

E.M.Smith — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:27:26 +0000

This link is better. Has the Reedy Creek Improvement District charter as a download link at the bottom of the page:

http://www.rcid.org/AboutUS_main.cfm

So they bought the land, made a ‘Development District’ that was responsible for all law enforcement, water, sewer, etc. oh, and taxes… THEN put the theme park inside that district. Precisely because of the kind of treatment that Disneyland had gotten in L.A…. like what you are seeing now.

So I think they’ve figured it out…

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By: Epiphany Starlight

Epiphany Starlight — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:18:23 +0000

@Randall… great idea, I’d be more inclined to ride the bus if I could wait in a quasar wave transducer.

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By: HiJack

HiJack — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:57:30 +0000

I am so bummed! I had great experiences with the Sapphire portal and the amethyst portal in years past, but I looked and looked and looked and could never find the turquoise portal! I dragged (drug?) my poor boyfriend all over the deep playa one night searching, until he would not humor me anymore, and I couldn’t make it out there again. At least now I know what (and who!) I missed!

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