Thursday, February 2, 2012

A Little Karma Repair



















"Karma Repair Kit: Items 1 - 4"

     Richard Brautigan


1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it.

2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet,
    and sleep there.

3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise
    until you arrive at the silence of yourself,
    and listen to it.

4.











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32 comments:

  1. Out on the prairieFebruary 2, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    Brautigan was a fun writer, sad he had so many emotional problems. I got a combined book of his works recently and reread many of his books.

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  2. Folkways Note BookFebruary 2, 2012 at 1:15 PM

    Teresa -- I really like this! -- barbara

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  3. tonyFebruary 2, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    Back In The Day i remember reading him.As I Recall ,his writing had a pleasing lack of 'noise'Lots of spaces + calm.

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  4. RitaFebruary 2, 2012 at 2:24 PM

    This one really made me giggle! :)

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  5. Linda MyersFebruary 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    Cool. Quiet. Thanks.

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  6. farmladyFebruary 2, 2012 at 3:02 PM

    #4...? laugh?
    (love the photo... LOVE IT!)

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  7. Jenny WoolfFebruary 2, 2012 at 4:18 PM

    Great photo! I would add a nice cup of tea.

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  8. Michael and HanneFebruary 2, 2012 at 4:33 PM

    What a brilliant photo! Is that you?

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    1. Teresa EvangelineFebruary 2, 2012 at 4:38 PM

      Good Lord, no. It's Richard. My mustache isn't nearly that glorious. :)

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  9. DeeFebruary 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    Dear Teresa,
    Ah yes, #4!
    I so like #3:
    "Reduce intellectual and emotional noise
    until you arrive at the silence of yourself,
    and listen to it."

    That's what I somehow need to learn to do.

    Peace.

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  10. WildBillFebruary 2, 2012 at 5:01 PM

    One of my favorite books in my early life was "Trout Fishing in America" by Richard Brautigan. This brought back good memories. I wonder what happened to him?

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    1. Teresa EvangelineFebruary 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM

      He ended his own life in 1984. He was 49. A Very sad ending.

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  11. DJanFebruary 2, 2012 at 7:52 PM

    Ah. I am contemplating #4. (waiting)

    :-)

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  12. GeorgeFebruary 3, 2012 at 6:14 AM

    Right on, Richard! Love the void in #4.

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  13. PennyFebruary 3, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    I enjoyed this, Teresa.

    I've been unable to post comments for quite some time, Teresa, which is why you haven't been hearing from me. The word verification isn't working. I'm going to try commenting a different way and see if this works.

    Penny (lifeonthecutoff)

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  14. Linda StarrFebruary 4, 2012 at 6:31 AM

    Some great words of wisdom in these.

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  15. shoreacresFebruary 4, 2012 at 10:18 AM

    By gosh - for once I've found someone who's advice I've already followed - and it turns out to be Richard Brautigan? Have to think about that.

    Maybe that will be my #4!

    This made me laugh, with pure pleasure. Such a great read for a lazy Saturday morning!

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  16. TONY @oakroydFebruary 4, 2012 at 11:09 AM

    My number 4 would be make a cup of nettle tea.

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  17. Half-heard in the StillnessFebruary 4, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    Loved this photo Teresa, again I hadn't heard of Richard. He reminds me a bit of John Lennon or Spike Milligan, great photo.
    Ahhhh.... the peace of no 4.........

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  18. Half-heard in the StillnessFebruary 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    You mentioned serendipity in your comment earlier today, now another appears. I just looked up Richard Brautigan and find that he wrote 'In Watermelon Sugar', and only last week a friend sent me a text saying, read this book!
    Methinks somebody is trying to tell me something....

    x

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    1. Teresa EvangelineFebruary 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM

      Yes, indeed, he did. I Love it! Methinks so, too. :)

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    I will have to look him up.
    Nice blog!

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    1. Teresa EvangelineFebruary 4, 2012 at 2:59 PM

      Thanks, Sandy. Love your cardinal and the Crow today really calls to me. :)

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  20. Alan BurnettFebruary 4, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    A heck of a lot of meaning (and a heck of a lot of good sense) compressed into just a few words. As for 4 : find a decent cigar and smoke it.

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  21. GeraldineFebruary 4, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    Some very sound advice here! got here via Sandy Lawrence's blog, glad I stopped in.

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  22. Sharon WagnerFebruary 6, 2012 at 7:56 AM

    4. forgive (If only) But it popped into my head.

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  23. cyclopsevenFebruary 7, 2012 at 2:56 AM

    First three pave the way towards stress free living, and 4 is bliss.

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  24. Teresa EvangelineFebruary 7, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    Thank you so much, all of you, for your responses to this post. I have deeply appreciated his kit and what I see as #4: a call to silence following #3. So, I've been trying to spend a bit more time there.

    I appreciate your thoughts around this and your own responses to the possibilities of #4.

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  25. FrikoFebruary 8, 2012 at 5:52 AM

    Friko's 4:

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  26. PearlFebruary 8, 2012 at 7:45 AM

    Oh, I LOVE that 4 is blank.

    We fill in our own "4", and I think that's the crux of it all...

    Pearl

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