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The Best Strip Clubs, Dancers and More in L.A.

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We didn’t stop at the best strip clubs in L.A. – we found the city’s best bikini and topless bars, plus exotic dancers.

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The best strip clubs in L.A. take may forms, from tried and true joints in the Valley to Hollywood mainstays made famous by the likes of Mötley Crue. The city is a land of plenty when it comes to scantily clad ladies—but how to find the best ones? Heading to a strip club may seem straightforward, but there’s a lot going on under the surface and more than a few factors to consider when determining the best L.A. has to offer.

Most strip clubs are open nightly until the wee hours of the morning, so don't think of them just for Saturday night bachelor parties – they can also serve as Tuesday night entertainment for one. The talent ranges in age, size, ethnicity, attractiveness and friendliness, but as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Chances are good your experience will at least be good people watching, even if you don't get googly-eyed. Be sure to bring plenty of singles (cash, that is) to avoid visiting their ATM serving up $20 bills. Since some clubs enforce a dress code, be sure to plan accordingly.

We take our jobs very seriously, so we made sure to visit as many strip joints as possible—from full nude spots to topless and bikini clubs—to definitively decide on the cream of the crop. It wasn’t always easy, it wasn’t always fun (though mostly it was), and occasionally we had some awkward explaining to do, but we did it. We did it for you. You’re welcome.

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Photograph: Courtesy Cheetahs

1.

Cheetahs

Sex and dating
Los Feliz
price 1 of 4

If you’re a sucker for pole tricks and tattoos then Cheetahs is your mecca, and well worth the pilgrimage from anywhere in the city. Sporting one skinny stage, a well-stocked bar and plenty of seating, this bikini bar has become a neighborhood favorite. You’re just as likely to be sitting next to a middle-aged, aspiring writer talking about how meth really helped him get over his writer’s block as you are a young hipster couple drenched in irony. The music is a great mix and always fun—hip hop and classic rock come up often, with the occasional dubstep beat or even an indie rock jam by the Strokes. Ultimately, the real stars of Cheetahs are dancers like Breezy and Malice, who completely own the stage with their powerful presence (a foot-high mohawk doesn’t hurt) and skillful performances. Watching Malice on the pole is its own form of visual poetry. Sexy, sexy poetry.

Photograph: Jakob N.

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2. Jumbo’s Clown Room

Sex and dating
Thai Town
price 1 of 4

Temporarily closed

Hollywood’s notorious pole dancing club, Jumbo's is a small, laid-back dive, and the hipster crown jewel of bikini bars hosting some truly diverse and badass pole-spinners. From ink to piercings to crazy handmade outfits, Jumbo’s dancers are all rock and roll, and also very friendly (even when the bartenders are not). Weekdays host lesser talents, but the skilled ladies who dance on Friday and Saturday nights draw a fun assortment of customers, often lining up out the door. Everyone goes to Jumbo’s: single men and women, couples, groups of friends and of course the ever-present silver foxes. There’s no cover, but tipping is strongly encouraged. And, psst, if you buy a Jumbo’s hat the bouncer sometimes lets you skip the line.

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3. Crazy Girls

Sex and dating
Hollywood
price 2 of 4

Temporarily closed

Maybe your plan was just to go to Mashti Malone’s, but eye-catching lights and an intriguing sign promising “Crazy Girls” made you forget all about that rosewater-saffron ice cream. Next thing you know you’re getting a lap dance from an exotic dancer named Ryder and justifying $5 ATM fees. We’ve all been there. Crazy Girls has been infamously sketchy for years, but has shifted management in recent years and done a lot to make the whole experience much more pleasant (read: less stabby). Everyone from the security to the talent at Crazy Girls is notably friendly, and the dancers often sit down (sometimes on your lap) to chat and flirt at length before asking if you’d like a private (non-nude) dance. It’s a nice change of pace from clubs where dancers prowl the floor, tap you on the shoulder and immediately move on to your neighbor if you decline. Lap dances, though, are on the pricey side at $30 a pop and upwards—but who goes to this sort of club to save money?

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Photograph: Courtesy Sam's Hofbrau

1. Sam’s Hofbrau

Sex and dating
Downtown
price 2 of 4

Nestled comfortably in one of Downtown L.A.’s yet-to-be-gentrified industrial neighborhoods, this well-known—oft loved, oft hated—topless bar aims to be your one-stop-shop for food, booze and booty shaking. Part restaurant (opt for the greasy, extra-cheesy pizza), part sports bar and all strip club, Sam’s attracts a diverse crowd and keeps them happy with a stacked lineup of dancers. On any given night, there are 25 to 60 dancers with upwards of 13 gracing the stage at a time. However, make no mistake: The ladies of Sam’s Hofbrau aren’t the most… athletic, when it comes to the pole. Usually a dancer will take the stage and just saunter about, with an occasional boob squeeze or ass jiggle. Sam’s dancers are known in the L.A. strip club scene as having some of the “fattest asses” in town, a sentiment some of the more petite dancers at other clubs will be quick to share with you. Table and chair dances ($20 and $10, respectively) are the real draw for customers, so dancers use the poles less for acrobatics and more as a stabilizer/resting post for prolonged twerking between private dances.

Photo courtesy Dames n' Games

2. Dames ’n’ Games

Sex and dating
Downtown
price 2 of 4

Welcome to 22,000 square feet of HDTVs, flowing booze and less-than-dressed mademoiselles. You can barely get a beer in your hand here before a pretty girl in lingerie introduces herself and starts flirting like you’re the most interesting person in the world. This is a nice touch that you don’t find at many L.A. strip clubs—especially because the dancers aren’t pushy about getting a lap dance right away. Though speaking of which, the private couches for the $20 lap dances aren’t so private. On a busy night you can expect to have a sexy grind taking place right next to yours, and even on either side of you if it’s really packed. It seems the common cure for this awkwardness is to have a few drinks in you and hope nobody starts moaning. Other than this odd quirk, Dames n’ Games is actually a really fun bar. There are two large rooms: The main area has a sizeable stage with three poles (busy nights will have three performers dancing at once) and plenty of seating. The second area is a side room that’s more of a traditional sports bar with tables, and a solid but affordable menu. For most strip clubs and bars, Tuesday nights are painfully slow, but DnG offers $2 steak dinners along with well drinks and domestic drafts, which make it one of their busiest nights. We asked around and the consensus is that for two bucks, it’s a helluva good steak.

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Photograph: Jakob N. Layman

3. Candy Cat Too

Sex and dating
Hollywood
price 1 of 4

“No loitering or urinating in this private parking lot. ” This amusing and depressingly necessary sign tells you everything you need to know about Winnetka’s Candy Cat Too. If nothing else, CCT nails what it means to be a neighborhood dive bar, with the added benefit of topless dancers. The beers are dirt cheap—a PBR will run you $3.50, and pitchers of various drafts range from $8.75 to $12.75—and just about everyone seems to be a regular. The dancers aren’t the fanciest, but are eclectic and range in age and body types; a voluptuous performer might use the stage for some R&B hip thrusting and ass jiggling, followed by some jaw-dropping pole twirling to Slipknot from a dancer with less bod, more ’tude. Overall, the atmosphere is lighthearted and fun with everyone in the small bar applauding each other’s sets. The girls usually recognize faces in the crowd and will chat at length with patrons. On most nights the average customers skew toward middle-aged males, but you’ll also find young couples, after-work types and the occasional chatty biker.

Photograph: Jakob N. Layman

4. Star Garden

Sex and dating
North Hollywood
price 1 of 4

This North Hollywood bar is owned and operated by a husband and wife duo who take pride in the joint’s solid beer selection (57 total, with 28 on tap) and chummy environment. Star Garden could easily be your regular neighborhood watering hole as well as your favorite spot to make it rain. Often hailed as “the Jumbo’s hipsters haven’t ruined yet,” the joint skews more toward a punk and rock sensibility and features acrobatics by some of the most talented and diverse pole dancers in L.A. (Also, Jumbo’s isn’t topless—Star Garden sure is.) Saturday nights usually host eight or so dancers of varying shape, size and age. Your neighbors at the bar are a mixed bag, ranging from run-of-the-mill barflies, couples (straight and LGBTQ) and a growing number of hip twentysomethings. A dance will run you $20 and there’s not much in the way of privacy, but sometimes the spirit takes you and – if that dancer is good enough – you’ll forget everyone else exists.

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1. Deja Vu

Sex and dating
South LA
price 3 of 4

Deja Vu is a strip club in the truest sense of the phrase. It’s massive, full of ladies hustling for private dances, and open till 6am. A busy night (usually a Friday or Saturday after 1am) has the mesmerizing enchantment of a swiftly-moving assembly line. Dancers rotate between three stages and then head to the floor to wrangle a lap. At regular intervals, an announcement calls all dancers back to the stage for a $1 song special, then it’s back to the floor to collect those singles, which gives the gorgeous waitresses (dressed as sexy maids) a chance to clean the poles seductively—just in time for the next dancer to hit the main stage. Wash, rinse, repeat, and before you know it it’s closing time. One weird dance special of note: The $10 “balloon dance,” in which one of the waitresses (who are typically the most attractive workers at the club) places a balloon on your lap and bounces and grinds on top of it until it pops. It sounds fun, but as is so often the case in life—and strip clubs—reality never quite meets expectations. The reality of a balloon dance is that anyone, sexy maid or not, bouncing on your lap with all her weight not only doesn’t feel sexy, but also fills the air with latex odors and the awkward, intolerable squeak of a balloon rubbed raw. We recommend passing on the balloon dance and going for the higher mileage, more traditional $20 private dance.

Photograph: Jakob N. Layman

2. La Vida

Sex and dating
San Fernando Valley
price 2 of 4

While definitely not the fanciest or busiest of L.A.’s nude strip clubs, La Vida still maintains its charm and appeal with an assortment of friendly dancers. The stage doesn’t get a lot of action from tippers, but the girls—diverse in both ethnicity and body type—will seek out customers and strike up flirty conversations to loosen things up. There’s never any overt pressure to buy dances or drinks, which keeps the atmosphere relaxed and amicable. If you do opt for a private dance, the prices are pretty standard ($20–$60 for one to four songs) though $100 will get you a ten-minute VIP session, which means a little more privacy and attention from your dancer. The more you’re willing to spend, the more mileage you’re likely to get. Songs at strip clubs tend be on the short side—around one to three minutes—so we say either go all out for the VIP or wait for the occasional three-for-$40 special. An alarm goes off and all the dancers parade across the stage—it’s impossible to miss.

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Photograph: Jakob N. Layman

3. Xposed

Sex and dating
San Fernando Valley
price 3 of 4

Xposed is a haven for high-mileage lap dances and the kind of guys that service attracts. The stage shows aren’t particularly spectacular, especially when compared to places like 4Play or Cheetahs, but that tends to be the norm for full-nude strip clubs in L. A., where the main selling point is the lap dance. When asked how much a private session is, one dancer responded with, “$20 for topless, $40 for full nude, $80 and I’ll jerk you off.” So, you know, there’s that. That being said, what makes this club one of the best in L.A.? The simple fact Xposed offers patrons the opportunity to get very close with a seductive woman in the comfort of a relaxed (massage chairs, anyone?) and polished environment (read: not seedy). There’s also the easy access to alcohol at Xposed’s sister bar, Wet Spot, which is a cover-free bikini joint open till 2am (be sure to get your hand stamped after paying the $20 entrance fee so you can easily walk back and forth between the two bars). One more thing worth mentioning is the Thursday night special, which features no cover for couples and free, unlimited lap dances for your date. The deal is LGBTQ-friendly and applies to both male and female couples—the lovers will just have to decide who is the designated lap dance recipient for the night. A note of warning to all those clever bros out there: The club will require you to kiss if you claim to be a gay couple, and we have a feeling they’ll be looking for something a little more intimate than a peck.

Photograph: Courtesy 4Play

4. 4Play

Sex and dating
Westwood
price 4 of 4

Let’s cut to the chase: 4Play is the most exceptional and, almost assuredly, best strip club in Los Angeles. The dancers are stunningly gorgeous and the sumptuous interior evokes a New Orleans madame’s bewitching bordello. The ladies here are neither your girl-next-door type nor twerkers; they have modelesque physiques and the best way to describe them is simply: hot. Unlike at most clubs, however, the dancers are a little less likely to approach you for a private dance here, especially if you’re with a group of people. They tend to line up near the bar and either wait for you to come to them or to see how much money you’re throwing around. Honestly though, it’s so easy to be mesmerized by the girls on stage that you may be perfectly content to sit, watch and keep the dollar bills flowing. And it should be noted, all this luxury and beauty doesn’t come for free—or even close to cheap. Private dances start at $25, and that’s in addition to the $20 cover and $7 drink minimum. Despite a few more downsides, like pushy waitresses and girls with a scent for trust funds and big spenders, 4Play still offers the classiest strip club environment—and the best-looking dancers—in all of L.A.

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Strip Clubs in Los Angeles: Every Strip Club in LA by Nudity Level

Los Angeles
Lifestyle

By Danny Jensen

Updated on 10/25/2017 at 5:43 PM

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As Abraham Lincoln once said, "My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. And also where all the strip clubs in LA are. And, like, whether they're full nude, or topless, or whatevs." Well, 150+ years later, we finally have Honest Abe's answer. Here are all of LA's strip clubs, sorted by nudity level and neighborhood.

Downtown

Arts District
Food: Yes
Booze: No
When most people talk about the Arts District as an “up-and-coming” neighborhood, they probably don’t have the PlayPen in mind. Or maybe they... do??
Nudity level: Fully nude

Downtown
Food: No
Booze: No
Wondering what to do with your time when Sam’s Hofbrau closes at 2am? Head down the road to his only slightly shabbier sister location that’s open until 6am for the full, ahem, view.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Downtown
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
Yes, there are $15 lap dances and a pretty extensive food menu ($2 tacos! Hot wings! Pozole?), but there’s still not much more to write home about here. It doesn’t feel as sketchy as it once did, though, so that’s a plus.
Nudity level: Topless

Downtown
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
It can get pretty packed on the weekends at this slick Downtown location (now open in Van Nuys!), which can make it difficult to concentrate on the, uh, games. Good news, though: $5 weekday lunch specials, $2 steaks on Tuesdays, and the occasional live “girl-on-girl cage fighting!” So, there’s that.
Nudity level: Topless

Downtown
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
If you haven’t made it rain in this iconic Downtown topless joint -- where the roster of dancers is almost as extensive as the halfway-decent menu -- you definitely know someone who has.
Nudity level: Topless

Los Feliz/Glendale

Glendale
Food: No
Booze: No
After a few rounds at Golden Road Brewery down the street, this venue’s tagline -- “Not just a strip club, but an experience. ..” -- starts to make a lot more sense. We think. And with an active Instagram account, you can get a preview of the, ahem, coming attractions.
Nudity level: Fully nude

East LA
Food: No
Booze: Yes
Remember that dude you heard about who converted a run-down bar into a not-as-run-down strip club by adding lots of mirrors, red lightbulbs, and a small stage with a pole? Yeah, his name was Nicola.
Nudity level: Topless

Los Feliz
Food: No
Booze: Yes
Definitely the "fanciest" of the bikini-clad pole-dancing joints, Cheetahs offers just enough grit and just enough polish to convince your visiting cousin that you live an edgy, yet respectable life in the big city.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

East Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: Yes
Far from the creepy daycare that the name might suggest, Jumbo’s is not only one of our favorite dive bars and a great place to make bad decisions, but there’s also a good chance you may recognize some of the impressively talented tattooed dancers from when you last visited the Silver Lake farmers market.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

Hollywood

Hollywood & multiple locations
Food: No
Booze: No
If you have that strange feeling that you’ve been to a place where waitresses dressed as maids bounce on a balloon on your lap and also clean the poles after the strippers dance; you’ve probably been to Déjà Vu.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: No
The neon of this Arabian palace on Sunset has likely caught your eye more than once. New management revamped the joint with a new VIP room and fresh carpets, but besides that, not too much seems to have changed since Mötley Crüe raised hell there as one inspiration for "Girls, Girls, Girls."
Nudity level: Fully nude

Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: Yes
A fresh coat of paint and a change in management a few years back significantly (if ironically) toned down the sketchiness of Crazy Girls, and a fun amateur night on Tuesdays doesn’t hurt either.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

LAX-Adjacent

Harbor Gateway
Food: No
Booze: Yes
Not the most gentlemanly club, but hey -- you didn’t come here for a lesson in manners, you came here for the inexpensive dances, right? Right?
Nudity level: Fully nude

Lennox
Food: Yes
Booze: No
Oh, so you happen to have time before your flight at LAX and want to grab a burger or a steak while watching lots of nakedness? Jet Strip is the place to land.
Nudity level: Fully nude

San Gabriel Valley

Arcadia
Food: No
Booze: Yes
If enjoy watching the UFC match on a huge screen behind the dancers, this is your place. If you don’t care what’s on the screen behind the dancers, this could also be your place. Depending on the night, it’s either packed or a bit of a ghost town.
Nudity level: Topless

South Bay

Gardena
Food: No
Booze: No
While the name may be a subtle reference to San Francisco’s old red light-y district, there's nothing else subtle about this sketchy spot.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Gardena
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes (downstairs only)
Definitely not that other premium cable channel, this dual-level club offers dinner, drinks, and topless dancing downstairs, while those in search of something more can head up to the booze-free “Nude Room.”
Nudity level: Fully nude

Torrance & multiple locations
Food: No
Booze: No
Definitely more on the corporate side of the strip scale, but, hey, any club with “Customer Appreciation” specials is alright in our book. Bonus: If you’re heading to the Downtown location from anywhere else in Downtown, they offer you a free cab ride!
Nudity level: Fully nude

Harbor City
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
This one’s more of a laid-back neighborhood hang than a destination strip club -- but, should you find yourself in the neighborhood...
Nudity level: Topless

Signal Hill
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
You won’t find any damsels in distress at this castle -- just plenty of dancing damsels (who we suppose will be distressed if you’re shy about tipping). The drink specials are always an added bonus.
Nudity level: Topless

South LA

Inglewood & multiple locations
Food: No
Booze: No
This place has so many stages you won’t know where to look. Oh, wait, yes you will.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Hawthorne
Food: No
Booze: Yes
It’s good to be the king.
Nudity level: Topless

Hyde Park
Food: No
Booze: Yes
This super-tiny bikini bar feels a bit like a locals-only spot, though they do offer a little something for the ladies on Sunday nights.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

The Valley

Canoga Park/Van Nuys
Food: No
Booze: No
There’s probably going to be a few offers here that you are definitely going to want to refuse.
Nudity level: Fully nude

North Hills
Food: Yes
Booze: No
While not as oddball as some might hope, this reliable spot has long been a favorite among members of the Valley’s “industry. ” And while they don’t have the “shower shows” they once had (look it up), the entertainment is still worth a visit. The food ain’t bad, either.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Van Nuys
Food: No
Booze: No
This relative newcomer to the Valley has already earned a loyal following. It may not be the most spacious, but the late hours are a big draw (open until 4am Sunday-Thursday, 5am Friday-Saturday).
Nudity level: Fully nude

Canoga Park
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
Not only can you order chicken nuggets and pigs-in-a-blanket with your lap dance, but Xposed also offers the added bonus of Thursday night’s no-cover-for-couples deal and an adjoining bikini bar, The Wet Spot, where you can drink in between, uh, shows.
Nudity level: Fully nude

North Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: No
If the promise of iced coffee on hot days isn’t enough to lure you into this cabaret, perhaps two-for-one dance specials will.
Nudity level: Fully nude

North Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: Yes
Thanks to new management, this formerly dodgy spot received a major upgrade. A laid-back, friendly vibe, pool tables, a well-stocked bar, and... oh, right, topless dancers, make this a solid destination for both a guys’ night out and a girls’ night out.
Nudity level: Topless

North Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: No
This laid-back NoHo spot is fairly reliable, and has some pretty solid nightly specials as well. Plus, admission is free if you get there before 7:30pm, so who can complain about that? Nobody, that’s who.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Sun Valley
Food: No
Booze: No
There’s nothing particularly flashy about La Vida, and the prices for dances are pretty standard, but with such a friendly and relaxed vibe, you’ll happily part with your hard-earned dollars.
Nudity level: Fully nude

North Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: Yes
This mom-and-pop-owned neighborhood dive is home to some acrobatic dancers and some not-so acrobatic ones. As a bonus, on slow days you can shoot pool with them and listen to them talk trash about each other while they eat their lunch. Or so we hear.
Nudity level: Topless

Chatsworth/Canoga Park
Food: No
Booze: Yes
These laid-back neighborhood joints offer plenty of cheap pitchers of beer, local characters, and, like it or not, an eclectic mix of dance styles on stage. The Candy Cat One closed, but Two lives on, proving that cats do indeed have more than one life.
Nudity level: Topless

Chatsworth
Food: No
Booze: Yes
A charmingly family-owned and -operated bikini bar, Sunny’s has the laid-back vibe of a local watering hole with the added bonus of a daily happy hour. Oh, and $10 lap dances.
Nudity level: Bikini Bar

North Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: Yes
These aren’t the type of burlesque shows that your Grandpa used to attend, but there will be dancing and the drinks will be cheap, so life these days ain’t so bad after all.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

Van Nuys
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
This local standby may make headlines for all the wrong reasons, but as long as it stays out of the news, the dancers and the lunch specials keep the crowds happy.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

West Hollywood/Mid-City

Beverly Grove
Food: No
Booze: No
Just up the street from the Beverly Center and Cedars-Sinai, Synn is one of the more oddly located strip clubs -- or one of the more conveniently located, depending on your perspective.
Nudity level: Fully nude

West Hollywood
Food: No
Booze: No
The first of all nude strip club on the Strip, this iconic joint has likely shown the goods to more celebrities (and anyone else willing to fork over the $20 cover) than any other club in town.
Nudity level: Fully nude

West Hollywood
Food: No
Alcohol: Yes
At this buzzy WeHo spot, there’s a good chance you’ll spot a hip-hop celeb -- that is, if you can get in the door. The club’s only open on Monday nights from 10pm to 3am, though, so plan your visit accordingly.
Nudity level: Fully nude

Westside

Palms
Food: No
Booze: No
When traffic on the 10 or 405 looks bad, this slick little joint will likely become infinitely more attractive, and you may even get to see a “star” from the Valley perform.
Nudity level: Fully nude

West LA
Food: No
Booze: No
There are many reasons that we consider this classy joint to be one of the best strip clubs in the country, but that model-esque dancer inviting you to the VIP room with a bed will likely do a better job convincing you.
Nudity level: Fully nude

West LA
Food: Yes
Booze: No
You’re definitely not here for the food or for a bargain, but if you’re looking for a tiny club that’s open until 4am, you’ve found your place.
Nudity level: Fully nude

West LA
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
This is definitely not the Polynesian-themed restaurant that some may remember from their childhood. But the place did just get remodeled, adding an improved food and drink menu, so maybe it will become your favorite eatery once again -- especially thanks to the addition of dancing, bikini-clad women.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

West LA
Food: Yes
Booze: Yes
Valet parking, a cigar patio, a decent steak, aaaannndd women in bikinis dancing? Uh yeah, you can skip plan A.
Nudity level: Bikini bar

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A green card is a document confirming a residence permit in the United States. It is issued for ten years, but after five years you can apply for citizenship. One way to get a green card is to win a special online lottery run by the US government.

Green Card Lottery official website

After three years of unsuccessful participation in the lottery, I decided to get a student visa through an acting school in Los Angeles. I had an interview for a visa in China and was refused. I was told that I should apply in Russia. I registered for an interview at the consulate of Vladivostok, but I was refused there too.

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After that, my hands dropped. It seemed that I would never get to the USA. After the interview, I returned to Beijing. A week later, out of habit, I checked my account on the lottery website and saw that I had won a green card. Probably all of China heard my cry.

In 2014, I returned to Russia for a year to spend time with my family, collect documents and prepare for the interview that all lottery winners need to go through. T-J already wrote about documents in an article about life in New York, so I will not repeat myself.

And the interview turned out to be a pure formality: for those who have already won a green card, the risk of being rejected is minimal. The consul checked my documents in five minutes, wished me luck and said that soon I would have a new homeland. It seemed a little strange to me, because a person’s homeland is always the same.

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How to get a US green card

A week later I received my international passport in the mail with an immigrant visa pasted. It allowed me to enter the USA within six months. In the fall of 2015, I moved to Los Angeles alone. Two months later, I received my green card by mail.

Salary and work

Minimum wage in California is $12⁣ (R704) per hour. In Los Angeles, it is slightly higher - $13.25⁣ (816 R). It is very difficult to live on such money.

Minimum wage in California

Minimum wage in Los Angeles

Cost of living in Los Angeles, according to the Numbeo website

The minimum wage is mainly received by unskilled employees: maids, waiters, gardeners. Their average monthly income is approximately $2,000⁣ (R128,000).

When moving to Los Angeles, many migrants start working as taxi drivers for Uber, delivering food or getting jobs as porters. The hourly salary depends on the specifics of the order. But in such professions, workers usually receive tips - with them comes out 12⁠-⁠30 $⁣ (768⁠-⁠1950 R) before taxes.

Lawyers, managers, doctors, and financiers receive an average salary of $5,000⁣ (R320,000) per month. Of course, they pay well for work in the IT field.

But the vast majority of Los Angeles residents work in the entertainment industry: TV, film, music, or art. Income in this area depends on whether a person is a member of any guild - for example, directors, cameramen or screenwriters. A typical videographer day costs ⁠400-⁠800$⁣ (⁠24,600-⁠49,284 R). But, if he is in a guild, his salary can reach several thousand dollars a day, depending on the scale of the project.

Los Angeles Animators Guild website

Directors Guild website

Music Producers Guild website

I work in the film industry, but I'm not a member of any guild yet.

The most popular job sites are craigslist.com and indeed.com. If they are looking for waiters, couriers or restaurant administrators, then ads are simply hung on the door of the establishment.

Immediately after the move, I got a job in a Chinese company. We helped people get US work visas. After taxes, I received $3,200⁣ (197 138 R) per month.

$3200

my first salary in the USA

I am currently a student at Los Angeles City College Film School and work as a director or assistant director on feature films, music videos and commercials. A typical shooting day lasts twelve or more hours. Combining study and such work is not easy, but it is possible. In addition, in college you can adjust the schedule for yourself.

Taxes

There are three types of taxes in America: federal, state and local. All tax affairs are handled by the federal service IRS - Internal Revenue Service. Federal taxes are the same across the country, but each state has its own tax. Local taxes depend on the city or region and can vary greatly.

The tax rate depends on the payer's income, marital status and other factors. Rates change every year. The system is complex, everyone uses the services of tax consultants and special calculators.

2020 U.S. Federal Tax Rate

California Tax Calculator

Employees can choose how they pay taxes. The most common way is when the employer withholds tax from the employee's salary every month. The employee chooses the percentage. Once a year, the exact amount of tax is calculated. If the employer withheld not enough from the employee's salary to repay this amount, the employee will need to be paid extra. If the employer withheld more, the difference will be returned.

California also has a tax on purchases for individuals. Its rate is changing, since January 1, 2017, it has been reduced to 7.25%.

7.25%

California personal purchase tax

To file my tax return, I go to a trusted Russian speaking accountant. She somehow cunningly calculates the rate so that I pay less. Such a specialist in the United States can always be found on the recommendations of friends.

Housing

Craigslist is the most popular site for finding housing in the United States. There are other popular sites with their own applications: HotPads, Zillow. Rental prices depend on the area, the year the building was built and the area of the apartment.

Immigrants from Russia often stay in Hollywood. Housing prices there are average, everything you need is within walking distance: shops, cafes, bus stops. A furnished studio will set you back around $1,300⁣ (R91,000). Two-room apartment with a bedroom and a hall - at $1,700⁣ (R123,000).

Finding housing in Los Angeles is like a race. Several people can come to view an apartment at once, and the one who has a better credit history and higher income will get it.

To rent an apartment, you must show a credit history in the United States, provide contacts of the manager of the previous apartment so that you can get recommendations from him, and a statement from the account where there is enough money to pay for at least three months of living. You also need to indicate the place of work with the contacts of the employer and make a deposit for the month. If a person does not yet have American documents or work in the USA, the issue can be resolved with a double or triple deposit.

I rent a two-bedroom apartment in Studio City for $2,300⁣ (R147,200) per month. It's not far from here to Downtown, Hollywood or the ocean. I found an apartment on the same Craigslist.

2300 $

per month I pay for a two-bedroom apartment in the city center ) per Internet per month. Gas costs $30-⁠50⁣ (1950⁠-⁠3250 R) per month in summer and $120-⁠150⁣ (7800⁠-⁠9750 R) per month in winter. In the USA, electric heaters are almost never used: it comes out twice as expensive.

We pay $8⁣ (R520) per month for garbage disposal. During the week we put garbage bags in containers, and on Monday the garbage truck empties them.

If I decide to adopt a pet, I will need to make an additional deposit of $1,000⁣ (R61,600), which is the city average.

How to get around the city

When preparing to move to Los Angeles, I often heard: “Everything is bad there with public transport, without a car you can’t go anywhere. ” Then I could not understand how the transport system could not be developed in such a city.

It turned out that Los Angeles is huge and too stretched along the coast. There are constant traffic jams on the roads, and the areas are very far from each other. Traveling by bus with such traffic and remote areas is long and inconvenient. A bus ticket costs $1.75⁣ (R112).

Los Angeles Metro website

Metro fares

The news that the bus schedule has changed

The situation is even sadder with the metro: there are few branches and they simply do not lead to some areas. A metro ticket for one trip costs 1.75 $⁣ (108 R), for a day - 7 $⁣ (431 R), for a month - 100 $⁣ (6163 R).

In general, without a car in Los Angeles, even a trip to the nearest supermarket near the house can take two hours. Here you can buy a car in three ways: for cash on an ad, at an auction for cash or on credit, or on a lease.

One of the most common sites with car sales ads is the same Craigslist. It's simple: see the car, give the cash to the seller and get the documents.

You can buy a car at an auction both for cash and on credit. But there is one drawback: the buyer takes, in fact, a pig in a poke. The dealer buys the car himself, because it is impossible to attend the auction without a special license. The loan rate depends on your credit history. I bought a car through a dealer. Then I didn’t have a credit history yet, so I had to pay the highest rate - 23.9% for three years.

Leasing a car is the most popular and affordable way. The standard lease term is three years. Then you can continue paying and eventually buy the car. For example, the 2019 Honda Civic Sedan is very popular in California. The initial payment for it is 1000⁠—⁠1500 $⁣ (65,000⁠—⁠97,500 R). Then, with a lease term of 36 months, the car will cost you an average of $189⁣ (R12,285) per month. The total cost of this model is 21,000⁠—⁠30,000 $⁣ (1,365,000⁠—⁠1950 000 R).

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California: what you need to know before you travel

Still, the most common means of transportation in Los Angeles is a taxi. Everyone drives an Uber and an Elevator. If you count all the costs of your own car: gasoline, washing, parking, then Uber is likely to be more profitable. Just do not travel during rush hour - from 17:00 to 19:00 - on weekdays and at night on weekends, because at this time the fare rises 1.5-2 times.

Route for 20 km and 20 minutes for $7.56

Route for 25 km and 30 minutes for $21.62

Medicine

Medicine is very expensive in the USA. Be sure to have insurance. It can be paid, state - for people with a low level of income - and from an employer who fully or partially pays for the employee's health insurance.

Paid insurance costs an average of 200⁠—⁠400 $⁣ (13,000⁠—⁠26,000 R) per month. Free insurance from the state can be obtained by people aged 19-64 who have lived in California for more than a year. For this, the annual income should not exceed $17,236⁣ (R1,120,340) per family member or $35,535⁣ (R2,309,775) for four.

$400

paid insurance per month

Often the company pays all or part of the insurance. This is beneficial for the employer, as he pays less taxes and "binds" the employee to himself. Sometimes the insurance plan may even cover the treatment of all family members.

I am a California resident, college student, and not a full-time job, so I have free health insurance.

To get to a specific specialist in a clinic, you must first choose a therapist, go to him, get a referral - and only then make an appointment with a doctor of any narrow specialty. The disadvantage of such a system is that it takes a very long time to receive an appointment. An appointment with a good specialist for the next date can only be opened in 2-4 weeks.

There is also a point of urgent medical care - urgent care - and an ambulance - emergency. But they only provide first aid, give painkillers and advise you to contact a therapist for a referral.

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I haven't been to a therapist yet. But I was in the ambulance a couple of times with a high temperature. They took off my warm clothes and gave me a large glass of water with ice to bring down the temperature. Then they gave me an antipyretic and wrote out a prescription. I did not have to pay for ambulance services: their cost was covered by insurance.

Telecom and Internet

The largest mobile operators in the US are Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.

There are three types of tariff plans:

Postpaid - the bill is sent to your home, just like for a home phone.
Prepaid - buy a card for 30, 50 or 100 minutes.
Fixed monthly fee.

On average, together with unlimited internet connection in Los Angeles costs 50⁠—⁠80 $⁣ (2880⁠—⁠4480 R) per month.

$80

per month costs connection to unlimited internet in Los Angeles

On my first day in the US, a friend took me to the nearest AT&T office. I still remain their subscriber. My tariff with calls and unlimited internet costs me $65⁣ (4200 R) per month. If you set up automatic payment, the price will drop to 55 $⁣ (3500 R) per month - I pay automatically.

Home internet in the US is expensive and much slower than in Russia. At first we thought about changing the provider, but it turned out that our Spectrum company is actually a monopolist and owns 90% of the market, and the owner of the apartment complex does not allow connecting another provider. For the Internet, I pay $90.99 (5628 R) per month, the fee is automatically deducted from the card.

Shopping

Online shopping. Americans buy almost everything on the Internet, even toothpaste. After moving here, I also started buying many little things on the Internet. You can even order hairspray and deodorant on Amazon. Why waste time shopping when they can be delivered right to your doorstep for free?

Supermarkets. My first trips to the supermarket were quite lengthy. It took some time to figure out how everything works.

Americans divide vegetables and fruits into organic and non-organic. The former, of course, are more expensive. They are marked "USDA Organic" - this is the national organic standard developed by the US Department of Agriculture. Initially, the standard was created for food products, but now it is also used to certify cosmetics - even shampoos.

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Ebay shopping rules

There is a 99 Cents Only supermarket chain in Los Angeles. Most of the goods in them really cost 99 cents, with a purchase tax comes out to $ 1.07 ⁣ (69.55 R). At this price, you can buy toilet paper, and strawberries, and shampoo. The rest of the goods there also cost me less than in other supermarkets. But at the same time, the quality - for example, of paper towels - leaves much to be desired, so I try not to go there.

Delivery. The most popular delivery services are Postmates, DoorDash, Uber Eats. These companies deliver food from any restaurant in the city and can buy any food in the supermarket, down to alcohol and cigarettes. Shipping costs for all companies are about the same.

Food

When talking to Americans about Russian cuisine, I often hear that our food is tasteless. I don't know how they could get that impression. On the contrary, I have the feeling that American food is all about hamburgers, fries, barbecue and chicken. At the same time, everything is very fried and fatty. Recently I was at a food festival - all of the above was present in various variations.

But because Los Angeles is such a big city, there are countless international restaurants here. You can always find what you like. Locals love to go to cafes and restaurants for breakfast. No matter what day of the week, if the place is popular, there will always be a lot of people there in the morning.

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Veganism is airborne in Los Angeles. The number of restaurants that do not serve meat and generally animal products is constantly growing here. There are regular vegan events that serve organic smoothies and snacks made from organic vegetables. The most popular vegan places are Crossroads Kitchen, Shojin, Gracias Madre.

Services

Manicure prices in a good salon there is no ceiling. The minimum cost of a regular varnish coating is 50 $⁣ (3092 R)). You can go to a salon where Thais or Chinese women work, who will take about 30 $⁣ (1855 R) plus a tip, but they will do a poor quality manicure. Many visiting Russian girls buy the necessary equipment and set up a nail salon right at home. Although this is illegal, they have no end to clients.

Get your hair cut and dyed at a modest Mexican barbershop for $40-⁠60⁣ (⁠2474-⁠3711 R) plus tips. A men's haircut will cost approximately $20⁣ (R1300). In a good salon, prices will be three times higher. I go to a salon where I pay about $200⁣ (R12,371) for a haircut and color.

$200

I pay for my hair cut and dyed

In California people try to look good, eat healthy and go to the gym. All halls are mostly networked, a monthly subscription can cost up to $80⁣ (4950 R). I go to LA Fitness. When buying a subscription, I had to pay 100 $⁣ (6185 R) is a membership fee and 30 $⁣ (1855 R) is a subscription fee. After that, every month I had to pay only a subscription fee. This price includes access to the gym, group training, yoga and dance classes.

Entertainment

Los Angeles residents love hiking - hiking in the mountains. There are countless mountain trails with great views in the city and its surroundings.

I also fell in love with such walks in the morning. For three years, I have been hiking in Hollywood, Malibu and various canyons, of which there are a lot. Some hikes can take all day. I go to these with friends and take food to eat in a picturesque place.

A popular leisure option is to rent a motorhome and drive to the national park. I haven't done it yet, but I plan to. One of the main parks is Sequoia National Park, famous for its giant sequoias. The tree, which is called General Sherman, is the largest on the planet. The park is only three hours away from Los Angeles. The park is located in a mountainous area, so it even snows there in winter.

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USA: what you need to know before you go

Locals also go to the ocean at any time of the year. From June to October you can swim there, the rest of the time you can only surf in a wetsuit.

I live 30 minutes from the ocean. From May to April, I try to regularly come to the ocean early in the morning to ride a bike, and then relax and swim.

Climate

The weather in Los Angeles is about the same throughout the year, but due to the proximity to the desert during the day, the temperature can change noticeably. For example, the average daytime temperature in winter varies between +14...18 °C, and at night it drops to +5...+9°C

Summer in Los Angeles is very hot, temperatures can reach up to +40 °C. But the air here is dry, so the heat is a little easier to bear than in a humid climate.

Language and people

Before moving to the US, I lived in Beijing and worked for an international company. I thought that I improved my English quite well there, but when I moved to Los Angeles, I realized that just knowing the language is not enough to understand the locals - you need to know their mentality.

It seemed to me that Americans present any criticism in a very ornate way, and do not directly express their own desires. For example, in film school we often make short films and then watch them in class and discuss them. Often, projects fail. But the professor and other students always praise the project as a whole and only briefly mention the bad points. It is even impossible to understand whether this is criticism or not. And they always end the review with praise.

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Life in San Francisco

In my opinion, praise from an American should not be taken at face value. If you were given a compliment, it may just be a courtesy.

Americans are not inclined to argue. On the contrary, they are very tolerant and respect any opinion. From childhood, they are taught to be calm about the dissimilarity of some people to others. Therefore, in any dispute, people here first of all think about how not to hurt other people's feelings.

Americans are not very interested in someone else's past. They are more interested in what a person does in the USA. They will ask about life in a foreign country only if this experience turns out to be somehow useful to them.

I have heard the opinion more than once that in Los Angeles there is a lot of fake - pretense and deceit. A huge number of people come here to conquer Hollywood, become successful and famous. And it is believed that supposedly because of this, people here are driven by self-interest, they are looking for only the “right” acquaintances and depict their life in a better light than it really is. But in general, people here are very polite, friendly and smiling. We in Russia are accustomed to perceive such behavior as a manifestation of flattery and insincerity - perhaps this is so. But the smiles on the faces of those around you still make the mood a little better.

Results

Having won the green card, I had no doubt that I would move to Los Angeles. There are great opportunities in this city for the implementation of my plans related to the film industry. In six months I will graduate from college, and then I am going to study further as an assistant director, work freelance and make my own independent film.

In Los Angeles, of course, there are also disadvantages: overcrowding, constant traffic jams, inflated prices for buying and renting housing, high taxes. But the diversity of nationalities and food, the ocean, scenic spots, constant sun and countless creative people - all this still outweighs the cons and makes this city unique and interesting.

What else to read about emigration

Dozens of articles about life in other countries have been published in T-Z. We have collected them on one card:

Gautama Buddha's dictation of December 31, 1976 - audio - Teachings of the Age of Aquarius

Dictation by Gautama Buddha on December 31, 1976

volume 20 No. 23 and 24 - Gautama Buddha - June 5, 1977

Energy - this is God

Exhibiting the thought form for 1977:

Golden Eagle from the Bogostoza Sirius

Prayer before listening to dictation

In the name of Christ, I call on beloved Gautama Buddha to place his Electronic Presence over my four lower bodies.

In the silence of the flame of Shambhala I came. I come with my light, like the legendary wand of antiquity. I came with a rod of energy - God's energy that explodes like a star. And I, Lord Peace, I stand sending the light of the Ancient of Days <1> to all the children of my heart whose flames beat in unison with mine. I come from Shambhala centered in Royal Teton yet I AM throughout space and dwell in the heart of time.

Behold, I AM Buddha and I AM the fulfillment of your heart's strong desire to find joy. It's really the hour joy, a real explosion of light in every heart, an impulse for the new year, which actually begins with the winter solstice and with the ignition candles in the heart of the Great Central Sun as Alpha bows to Omega and sends her a gift of flame.

And then Omega gets off his throne and passes the flame to the legions of seraphim who make up the guard of honor of the Divine Mothers. And the first of the mighty seraphim, leader of the armies of the Lord, Justinius takes this candle from Omega in order to light the second one according to seniority. And candles light up one by one until the powerful seraphim disperse to the worlds internal and external worlds on the expanses of timelessness and spacelessness.

Given your understanding of speed light, oddly enough it may seem, the ritual of passing the New Year's candle does not occur on Terra until the turn of the year. Thus the great ritual of the hours from The Great Central Sun through millions of galaxies manifests itself on Earth in the moment of the appearance of a powerful thought form that descends from the heart of God into heart of Sanat Kumara, and from there into my own heart, as the worship of the Cosmic Maiden is sent from this planetary sphere.

When we receive a transmission candle, we return this fire and this love back to Omega, and this is a great ritual millions and millions of hosts of light, buddhas and consciousnesses, one with the Elohim. And when this focal point of light reaches our heart and we send it back, the weaving of the cosmic daisy takes place.

And everyone who receives a candle Mothers in the Central Sun, sends a reverse current, which forms another petal in this space daisy. And the yellow center [daisies] in fact is the Magnet of the Great Central Sun; and all these petals coming into all dimensions are the flow of love of the armies of light to Alpha and Omega, and this love returns. And weaving - the weaving of a grandiose pattern [daisy] is intended for action, interaction and unification of the flow of life both Above and below.

You know, you were talking about Spirit and Matter. And tonight I really want to tell you something about energy. God. When this energy pulsates from Alpha to Omega to the inner worlds and external, microsecond by microsecond this energy becomes Matter, becomes Spirit, becomes Matter. You can't even calculate these particles time. They are so infinite in their smallness that they actually represent nothing at all. not particles, but a powerful cosmic stream.

But I want you to know that you can elevate and accelerate your consciousness and your vision to the fact that the plans consciousnesses of God are not just two large bands in the cosmos (one is Spirit, the other is Matter): there is an infinite number of jumps of energy from Spirit to Matter until the entire cosmos is just one pulsating sphere of God. I am suspended in this sphere, you are also suspended in this sphere. And in this suspended state we find the soul that becomes Elohim.

Do you really know when are you on earth and when are you in heaven? Do you really know when are you Spirit and when are you Matter? Moment by moment energy pulsates from the Heart to the farthest outskirts with the highest intensity. But then [there comes a time when] everything is still, when [all] worlds seem to be still, when the energy seems to be still and even you seem to be meditating on immovable flame. In this immobility there is a huge movement, a huge the cycle of energy, which is God.

Now that I have taught lesson for you, the first lesson of alchemy (all chemistry) of God, won't you take me now for a hand to come with me to jump in and out of planes of consciousness? Come with me tonight in your subtle body, in your soul. Come to Royal Teton abode and come to Shambhala, the [main] goal. Can't you see how easy it is to replace one conductor with another or accelerate this conductor to points of ethereal consciousness? God will keep nothing from you.

Enter into the sphere harmony at the beginning of this new year. And I can tell you - one and all: "With New Year!" [“Happy New Year!”] Truly, he will be happy. The electrons themselves atoms and molecules will rejoice, for it is the wheel turning, the wheel turning life, truth, sacred OM and chanting OM. OM. OM. OM. OM MANI PADME HUM.

I dive into the lotus of your heart to touch the jewel in the center of the lotus with revitalizing fire – the energy that comes by dispensation from the Great Central Sun. So, she comes, and I and Mother are one. I am standing in this place. Do you see me standing here, and do you see Mother sitting in meditation before me? Do you see interaction?

I stand in the crown of the Lord of the World, wearing white and gold dress. I bring you tender joy—soft joy from our unity and our love. Do you not see, O children of the One, that having done jump, jump, dash, can you also be in the very heart of the Buddha? You can be me and I can be you right where you are. Look! thousand buddhas simultaneously. Right where you are sitting right now, I AM. I can fill with Buddha the whole cosmos, but would rather leave room for the Mother and her children to filled the entire cosmos with the consciousness of the One.

Would you like to soar on dizzying heights where the victorious light of God truly illuminates ship - a ship that sails, moves in the vast expanses of the ocean of God creatures, carrying souls to their native shore? And do you know that when you arrive to this blessed shore, you will find there many aspects of life, nature, angels and elementals that you have seen before? And when you see them on that plan, you will understand that, traveling in time and space, deep down you [always] knew these angels, knew these elementals. Yes, they are all familiar. faces!

They were with you when you were children playing in the springtime, [they were] in streams flowing in forests, in singing birds, blooming lilacs, tulips and forsythia. They were there. And suddenly in the moment of this crystallization when you finally enter the flow of vast cycles cosmos, you realize that you never left the Presence of God, never did not leave [from him]. Only a long night of the soul, darkness of separation, feeling divisions were the only division that ever existed; for in fact God, who is All-in-all, has always been for you I AM THAT I IS.

Isn't life precious? BUT Is not everything in this world a cycle that moves towards the solar center, that also one day will be consumed by the blazing fire of your heart? Can't you in In this case, start the new year by imagining this flowing, moving River Life, <2> like running liquid lava or liquid fire that moves, moves and carries debris, carries substance the past into flames? Can't you see it's a movement, almost like a conveyor belt tape, carries into the flame all these things of the past - thoughts, feelings, actions, words?

It's just a matter of alignment with the cycles that move among you. You can throw all your energy into moving River of Life and see how the great miracle of the all-consuming Holy Spirit really transforms the entire “I” as a whole: both the negative qualities of the “I” and positive qualities of "I". And if you have the courage, you can jump into this River of Life and find yourself in the bliss of nirvana, in the bliss wonderful unity.

Oh, wonderful union! Beautiful unity has taken place. This is the coming of Maitreya. It's coming, coming Compassionate, the coming of the one who is my son. Maitreya, you son mine, I pass the candle of the year. Take it and run. Run, run among sons and daughters and touch their heart. And if you need to touch their head and wake them up for they sleep when they should be awake, and they are awake when they should be asleep. Remind them of the ritual of the day and the consecration of the stream. O Maitreya, my son, may life will be for them the reunion, the unity that we know.

O Maitreya, come! Come Maitreya to claim the Earth for the Mother. Claim the Earth for the children of the Sun. Look how they come from Camelot, full of radiance. They came to renew an ancient vow; before the flame and light they bow down here. They are come to dance the dance of the clock, the dance of the heart. Release them, O Maitreya. Teach their way of the World Teachers. Teach them what to say and how to weave [marriage] attire. Teach them everything they need and how to speak the language of the Spirit.

O Maitreya, instruct these souls of my heart. They are ready. They are ready for the first step of initiation. They willingly came. They brought these energies from Camelot. And since they carried them, we take them into our heart for transmutation, for alchemy, for the formation flame, for the work of this flame, so that we can send it now as sacred fire, which will pulsate in the cube - in the cosmic cube in the center of the Quadrangular City. <3>

Look how mighty the cross of life and the sword Excalibur - the focal point of every initiation - will be in Camelot, will be in Los Angeles attracting light. Look like a sword Excalibur glitters in the light of the stars. See the twinkling stars shine and, Like a beacon, those souls that know and those that do not beckon beckon. Let them come. Our heart is open.

Maitreya, be me in the heart of this citadel Sveta! Be me, Maitreya! Carry this flame of the Ancient of Days, O Maitreya!

This is America. For us this miracle - "the miracle of life." This is the inner key to the performance of all miracles, dreams and hopes for freedom. America is the miracle of the I AM Race. It's really the place where everyone will return to the cause and core of dharma (dhamma), teaching and sangha, for here we will transfer Shambhala, here we will transfer this city one day Sveta. This will be the realization of the secondary force field - the omega aspect of Shambhala, then how the alpha aspect will stay where it is now, where it has always been - in the sea Lights of the Gobi over the Gobi Desert [ GOBI ].

And this motto of our monastery has never changed: "Go and be!" [ GO BE !] Verily, you heard the call and therefore came to Shambhala, where you are now. This is the mastery space. May it be so. May it be so.

And now the angels are coming Ancient of Days. Angels of the Ancient of Days come. And the thought-form for 1977 is given to us. Now unfolding, a very large box opens. The angels brought put before the Buddha the gift of Christ's Mass [Christ Mass - Christ's Mass is consonant with Christmas - Christmas]. They are kneel down, remove wrapping paper and tape. They take it off the box cover and put this thought-form in front of me: a golden eagle from the God Star Sirius - the golden eagle, which is the archetype of the liberation of the sons and daughters of God, who has always been a symbol and sign of Sirius and the peoples who are patronized Twenty-Four Elders.

This is America's golden eagle. it a symbol of redemption. And therefore the assembly of eagles is a great assembly of those who called and was called of old for this hour of victory.

From the heart of this eagle comes diamond light. This is a rotating diamond, and the light from this diamond is in the heart [of an eagle] designed to reflect the light of the cosmic spheres. And from this diamond comes the very consciousness of the heart of God. The flame of the Trinity manifests in this heart.

The return is now underway to honor, to honor and the ritual of Judgment [ Court ] Holy Fire, in under which court [ court ] Camelot was created. And so like a mighty eagle that came from Sirius, the golden focus of the return to the golden century and era of the gold standard, will abide in the heart of the Earth and in the heart of people. He will float outside and inside this sphere. Just like I am a thousand million buddhas wherever I go, so are a thousand million golden eagles come when the multiplication of the gift by the Spirit of the living God descends now into your cup own heart.

This is the gift of the thought-form on 1977 The Lord God decided to place a copy of the golden eagle in the hearts of the light-bearers, so that you may walk as living emissaries of Sirius [Sirius], so that you may be serious [serious] in your calling, so that you may bow every day before the Lords of the Flame, before Sanat Kumara - the Ancient of Days, the Holy Kumaras, Twenty-four Elders, four angels and four animals, which are the force fields of cosmic consciousness on the God Star.

God wants to live this year on Earth in a very unusual way – in very unusual and precious people. And that's why God places himself in the form of a golden eagle. And when you walk the earth and someone accidentally notices that you have a golden eagle in your heart, he never suspect that it is God. And therefore be merry and rejoice that the real is hidden in the eagle. and the living flame of the Almighty.

Don't you think that God can enjoy life in your own way? And while you're on your way with a man, don't you think that if God can be an eagle in your heart, then God can be you, all of you?

So let's get started now think like God thinks! Here is the message that I bring. Too long you have limited your self-awareness. If you are suspended in the sphere with me, if you are suspended in the being of God, then I say: you are God!

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Now go and be [ go be ]. Go and be that God without compromise. Do not worry about those who look for faults, for even faults are the energy of God. And you can say to those who have noticed a flaw: “In time I will transmute this flaw, and when I do, you won't see me again!" Do you understand, the one who sees the flaw will not see the Christ you are becoming. What a pity how sorry...

Will we wait again and again until mankind can see the living God where we stand? We are just let us laugh in the joy of the flame, ascending in its streams. And I believe that you you will remember the laughter of God, even the laughing Buddha, because the joy, the seething joy crystal of life and running waters is continuous and does not stop. And echoes of joy and laughter is reflected by elementals, fairies and undines.

Let laughter ring! it joy! It is a New Year! Let's sing! Let's sing a new song, a new song New Jerusalem. <4> Let's sing about Camelot. Let's sing about Venus and Mercury, about Helios and Vesta, about the stars and the stars behind the stars.

You can walk on the ground be Godstar Sirius [Sirius] and be serious [serious], but at the same time yet full of joy. Remember the fohat of unity. Fohat of unity is fun it is the energy we release. There's time to reflect on the seriousness life, and there is space to reflect on the seriousness of life, but always, always and whenever you find God in the motionless flame of Shambhala, you also find joy, which conquers all problems, all hardships, all unreality. So in joy let's go ahead this year.

We have dispensations. At we have gifts in the bag. We come like Saint Nicholas [Santa Claus]. We came with something for everyone. This is the year of the outpouring of the gods. Remember this is the year God said, “I will save the earth. I will come to earth. I will live in the heart of Mother and her children." <5> What then to be afraid of? What to doubt? What remains but God, God, God?

In awe of this flame I AM Gautama, born of the sun, born of the stars, born of the wind. In immobility of this flame in your heart, in the interval within the still flame I AM Buddha. Just as you see me here in this statue, I AM there. I want too anchor your light through this focus. And therefore, would you not place [at your place] a copy of this trick so that you can see me in the morning and in the evening when you get up and when do you go to bed? I would wink at you. I would brush away all the hardships of the day and then he smiled, took your hand and said:

Precious soul, let's go with me,

Come with me to the promised land.

We have to go through many and many miles and gather a lot of light,

Walk many and many miles and fulfill our dharma.

We have to go through many and many miles,

Walking on the road through the snow;

Go through many and many miles,

To come to God, who I know, I know, I know.

I know that tonight makes King [Arthur]. I know what Queen [Guinevere] is doing tonight. I I know where Lancelot and Morya are now. I know where Merlin is. They are together with me right here on this stage! Won't you greet these three now, which formed the [three] points of Camelot [the sign of Morya]. Won't you greet these the blessed ones who patronized you here in this place? [The audience rises and applauds.] In honor of this event, they came in full dress Camelot. So you see, the akashic record remains. It remains sealed in your heart.

Let the golden eagles fly and may they keep in their breasts the memory - the memory of many bright moments when we all gathered together in flames, and then, in accordance with the rhythm of the cycles, we dispersed in time and space. And now it's time to return - return orlov. Let the record of all our [former] meetings and partings in this year penetrates your heart through the flame of Sirius and the golden eagle. And yes so that you can chart your course and see that Camelot is the only reality and the only place worth being.

In the flames of the New Jerusalem, I bow. I take my place and move into the silence of the flame. Everyone, everyone, everyone - joy, joy, joy!

Prayer after listening to the dictation

In the name of Christ, I ask that all the Light and spiral released during the dictation of Gautama Buddha be transferred to my heart chakra as a constant focus for the victory of the planet, for the victory of all mankind and for the victory of Gautama Buddha through me. Oh God do it me by Yourself in form - Your heart, head and hand.

In the name of I AM THAT I AM, may the new energy that Gautam Buddha fills our country thanks to our calls, it will not be spilled on the ground through negligence. We we call for the protection of this light and energy. May all the released light be sealed in our Holy Christ Self, in our chakras and in our I AM Presence, so that it will not be defiled by any force, force field or consciousness. Amen.

Invocation based on the dictation of Gautama Buddha

I AM in the silence of the flame Shambhala.

I AM everywhere in space and dwell in the heart of time.

Behold, I AM Buddha and I AM the fulfillment of a strong desire of the heart to find joy.

I AM entering the sphere harmony at the beginning of this new year.

To each and every one I say: "Happy New Year!" Indeed, he will be happy. The electrons, atoms and the molecules will rejoice, for it is the turning of the wheel, the turning of the wheel of life, truth, sacred OM and chanting OM. OM. OM. OM. OM MANI PADME HUM.

I AM in the lotus of the heart, to touch the jewel in the center of the lotus with the quickening fire - energy, which comes by dispensation from the Great Central Sun.

I AM in my heart Buddha.

O Maitreya, come! Come Maitreya to claim the Earth for the Mother. Claim the Earth for the children of the Sun. See how they come, full of radiance. They came to renew ancient vow; before the flame and light they bow down here. They come dance the dance of the clock, the dance of the heart. Release them, O Maitreya. teach them the way World Teachers. Teach them what to say and how to weave the [wedding] garment. Teach them everything they need and how to speak the language of the Spirit.

O Maitreya, instruct these souls. They are ready. They are ready for the first step of initiation. They willingly came. They are carried these energies. And since they have endured them, take them into your heart for transmutation, for alchemy, for the formation of a flame, for the work of this flame in as a sacred fire that will pulsate in the cube - in the cosmic cube in the center of the Quadrangular City.

Maitreya, be me in the very the heart of this citadel of light! Be me, Maitreya! Carry this flame of the Ancient of Days, O Maitreya!

Let the laughter ring! it joy! It is a New Year! Let's sing! Let's sing a new song, a new song New Jerusalem. Let's sing about Camelot. Let's sing about Venus and Mercury about Helios and Vesta, about the stars and the stars behind the stars.
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