If you are in this group, you identify as "radical" in some way and enjoy doing things without getting wasted.   Sober: You enjoy having fun without having to get wasted or high. If you enjoy getting drunk and such that's fine, you can still be in the group. Just be aware that no activities we partake in will include drugs or alcohol.   Radical: I loosely define this as leaning to the left politically. Basically: you're open-minded, you believe in human rights and equality for all, and you try t …

Welcome to the grass roots, people-powered, community calendar of events for the Tantra Community in Portland! There are several important differences between this and most other Meetups. The most important difference is that ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN CREATE AND ANNOUNCE MEETUP EVENTS - completely without organizer approval. That's right. You heard me right.EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY MEMBER can post ANY EVENT you like on the new Community Calendar - any time you want - without any organizer appro …

THE MISSION OF THE HUMANISTS OF GREATER PORTLAND is to create a thriving local community that promotes and acts upon the ideals of Humanism. "Humanism" is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theisti …

… Bernie is a Secular Humanist and member of various local humanist/atheist groups. ------------------- FOOD FOR THOUGHT ------------------ "On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." ...Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------- FUNNY QUOTE ------------------ "Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue." ...Boyle Roche. ------------------- B …

Join with others who're going to resolve the economy vs. ecosystem dilemma. We meet for lots of reasons. To find out that there are others out there who're going to rewrite the rules for operating human economies. To enjoy networking and building community. To reach out to other individuals and groups of like values and views. To raise public awareness of deeper problems and deeper solutions. To organize some fun events to raise funds for waging a campaign for sustainable economic justice. To lo …

Homo Neophilus meme trading for the intellectually curious… “We want to recruit you because you’re so gullible.  That is, gullible in the right way.  You’re skeptical about conventional wisdom, but attracted to unorthodox ideas…All humans are irrational, but there are two different kinds of irrationality-- those who love old ideas and hate and fear new ones, and those who despise old ideas and joyfully embrace new ones…They are all in one piece, so to speak…They are fully aware…And conscio …

Divorce as a catalyst for an extraordinary life. A spiritual divorce is one in which we use our divorce (or breakup of a serious relationship) to improve our lives and our experience becomes one of gain rather than loss. A spiritual divorce brings us back into the presence of our highest self and heals the split between our ego and our soul. When we use our divorces to heal our wounds, learn, grow, and develop ourselves into more loving, conscious human beings, we have truly had a spiritual exp …

… This group is about identifying the core problem behind the issues and organizing a solution that brings the laws into harmony with humanity and the environment and building a platform to bring forth the technologies to aid in the process.  I am the Director of Business Development for my company, an R+D company for a new type of motor technology, and have a knack for legal issues and creating and organizing unique solutions to all kinds of problems through identification of the core issues and …

… . **************************************************************************** Additionally: "The heterosexual-homosexual continuum, sometimes referred to as the sexual continuum, is a psychological and philosophical understanding of human sexuality that places sexual preferences on a continuum from heterosexuality to homosexuality. This concept stems from Alfred Kinsey's 1940s surveys of sexuality: significant numbers of Kinsey's subjects reported bisexuality of varying degrees, rather than …