The dance between male and female dominance is an ancient one and the role each is expected to play on this great cosmic stage called “Life on Earth” continuously evolves and changes. Are you dancing like no one is watching while discovering and embracing your inner rhythm? Are you getting out of your comfort zone, serving others less fortunate than yourself? Creating solutions for a more clean, healthy and harmonious environment? Or are you slowly drowning while struggling up stream, embracing the emotional dramas you constantly co-create with whom you surround yourself, inviting them to your self-pity party? This battle for power plays out moment to moment within each of us, because both genders reside within us all. This year marks the 100th anniversary for Women’s Right to Vote in the United States. One of the most important things to my Mom besides taking care of family, is a Women’s right to vote. I can imagine her saying, “Get your ass out there and vote ladies!” Thank you, Mom, for being such a powerful loving presence and an example for us all to emulate, helping mold us into the adults we’ve become. Love ya Mom! I look forward to seeing and being with you this summer. Until we reach a perceived equilibrium between the genders and begin to heal within, our treatment of the feminine continues to be reflected in our disastrous and selfish treatment of Mother Earth, resulting in our current ecological catastrophic collapse. This “Daily Good” link Josie shared with me gives us an insight of the individual power each of us possess to help heal ourselves and in return heal the environment. Each of us has a responsibility to “Be the Change we Wish to Experience in the World”, one thought, one word, one inspirational action at a time. My passion is to help increase self-awareness in others and myself as to what brings Joy, Love, Inner-Peace, Purpose and a reason for getting up in the morning. Being in tune with Nature helps balance the inner male and female within. My silence this past year was a result of “Extreme Fear” plain and simple. I’ve asked myself repeatedly, what is “It”, I’m so afraid of? Success, failure, fame, fortune, not being liked, being shunned, threatened, killed, being an outcast, not being good enough? Yes, to all the above! Do I really want to place myself out on the world stage? And at what cost am I willing to pay to play? Why do I have this urgent need or desire to be the hero and help save our planet? After all, look what happened to John Lennon after he chose to be a voice for Peace and Love, some coward with a gun shot him dead. But long before his murder, he was under surveillance by the FBI for what they labeled as his anti-war stance and that labeled “Stand” in and of itself made him a target to violent individuals as well as extremist hate groups. In this day and age, it doesn’t take much to be singled out within social media platforms or bias news reports and become the target of all the hate groups and sociopaths hidden within their digital shadows. I’m not anti-war, I’m just an “Inner-Peace Advocate” and a “Voice for Nature”. However, to some, that makes me an enormous threat to their agendas. I’m a firm believer in a strong Military, for it’s imperative we’re able to defend our families, our country, our allies and our way of life. I Just finished a book called “SELFiE”, How the West became Self-obsessed” by Will Storr and many possible answers to the questions that rattle around throughout my brain were answered, but mostly, just more questions appeared. First and for most, what are people thinking of me? What are they saying about me? What are they going to do to me? Am I feeling Paranoid? Absolutely! Is this feeling Normal? I do believe it is, so long as it doesn’t become obsessive. It’s natures oldest form of self-defense and self-preservation. It’s called your intuition. It tells us, go with your gut feeling! Looking over my past blogs, I acknowledge it would appear I fit into a very small niche of people I’ll refer to as Being Spiritual, or is it, Spiritual Being? For many people that means I’m a lunatic, off my rocker, a lost soul in need of saving. Whatever the case, I don’t consider myself religious. Perhaps I’m a “Luna-Tic, a person whom makes up stories about the mystical powers of the Moon”. I just made that up. It would appear that’s what we’re doing most of the time, just making it up as we chug along in life. Making a meaningful and purposeful existence as we experience life. The way I define the difference is; to be Religious is to be indoctrinated into a sanctioned religious institution, be it Catholic, Christian, Islam, Satanic or whatever belief system one chooses; then raise your hand, take the oath or pledge, drink the blood, cross your heart and hope to die, light a candle, pierce your skin and hang from a tree, Aman. Then all is well, because you’ve found your tribe, you’re forgiven, accepted, loved, supported and righteous, because everyone else is wrong and evil. No need to worry, you’ve confessed your sins, have been forgiven, you’re good to go and now on your way to Haven. Sounds pretty good, I’m tempted to sign up. To Be Spiritual, I consider myself a free agent, to think, to voice and respond to the world as I chose. I’m not against any of the religious institutions or spiritual groups of the world, quite the contrary. They all have lots to teach me. I’ve been open and remain open to their wisdom and mystical teachings. I’ve never experienced anything more impressive, sacred or awe inspiring as when I’ve stepped into a house of God throughout our travels around the world, from the Notre Dame de Paris to a sweat-lodge and Sun-dance in Texas. All have a role to play in the human experiment of evolution by way of our collective personal revolutions, revelations and stories. My sharing is not always just about Nature, it’s also about the people I encounter and engage with and the lessons I’m to have within each moment. It’s often more safe and powerful in numbers and so if you align yourself with the majority, life is less dangerous. Step outside their set of parameters, laws, rules or beliefs and you’re fair game, subject to harassment, false accusations, persecution, or even death. Some religions insist that being gay, lesbian or bisexual is evil. That somehow, these people are defective, not natural. I don’t buy into it, not for a moment! And don’t even get me started on women’s rights! There is currently a worldwide women’s movement underway and I’m 100 % behind them! You go Ladies! Some of my best friends are those people; gays, lesbians, independent minded women, UFO believers, mentally unstable and all the rest of society that doesn’t quite fit the masses perception of being right or normal, if not perfect. Most of these so-called rejects and misfits I chose to align myself with are some of the most loving, fun, non-judgmental, compassionate, grateful and caring people I’ve ever had the honor to be friends with and I’m supposed to believe they’re terrible evil people? Bullshit! Mr. Storr points out this need for perfection in his book “SELFiE”. There appears to be an epidemic of suicides, not just in the United States, but throughout the world. Perhaps it’s a reaction of the Self, when It, (the Ego) doesn’t feel “It” measures up to others’ expectations or doesn’t get its way, or gets its secret desires fulfilled then gets found out. I recently watched a documentary called “Third Eye Spies” on Amazon Prime. It’s about our governments involvement in using individuals with psychic abilities to spy on the enemy. I recall hearing rumors of such things when I was in the Army, but of course I didn’t believe any of that hocus pocus nonsense and so I didn’t give it a second thought. Now, I don’t just believe it, I live it, I experience it! I’m not saying I’m in a constant state of mystical ecstasy and can perform miracles on demand, not yet anyway. Most of my days are filled with everyday ordinary events. I’m no different than you, except perhaps just a little more self-aware of how my thoughts, words and actions influence my experience and because when I’m open, not afraid and willing to experience unusual and extraordinary extra sensory perceptions, I do. People in this Top-secret program referred to as “Third Eye Spies” claim they were at risk of being targeted by the enemy, to be captured, tortured or killed for their supposed mystical gifts. Sound familiar? So, where does that place me in this world if I too, claim to have some of these mysterious or perhaps better stated, miraculous abilities now and again? Finally, I’d like to comment on a book that a friend of mine, Helmet, suggested I read called, “WILDERNESS, THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUL” by author and photographer, Scott Stillman, because we both seem to be speaking the same language and having/had similar adventures. I highly recommend you get yourself a copy and go on a walk-about, get connected and plug into the mystery. I got myself a copy of “Wilderness” about a week ago and I’ve chosen to read a little each day of this emotionally charged book, to savor it if you will, because he has a way of describing what it is I feel when I spend time in Natures’ stupendous beauty. I can certainly relate to his writing because what often happens to me in the Wilderness is difficult to put into words. Scott does a great job of describing the landscapes that inspires his writing as perceived through his mystical senses. As for the first half of my life, I’ve heard myself telling others it resembles that of the movie “Forest Gump”, the main character portrayed by Tom Hanks. Like Forest, I too found myself receiving medals for what I thought was, just doing my job, just having fun, (most of the time). Working for, meeting with and/or shaking hands with Generals, Ambassadors from around the world and Presidents of the United States. In my off-duty time, having grand adventures with family and friends’. Having very unusual assignments and missions, some of which I’ve agreed never to discuss the details of and/or the classified information related to my duties with you. While serving our country, I never believed any of that spiritual or religious stuff. I just thought of myself as lucky. But what is luck? Being in the right place at the right time? Or was it/is it, who I am BEING at any given time, place and space? All that changed when I retired from the Army. It now often feels as though I’ve stepped into one of the Harry Potter books or have fallen down the rabbit hole with Alice in Wonderland. No, the reality of it is, I just went for a long walk-about in the forest with my (DOG) and an open mind or did I get the spelling backwards and it was with my (GOD) , got lost, built a chair and found my voice, my purpose, my passion and my obsession. Thank you, Universe, for keeping me filled up, surprised and questioning. X>
P.S. I’m not into the whole Social Media thing, yet. Nor am I interested in talking with any media or self promoting myself any more or any less than I have in the past. Believe me, I’ve sent out the media packets and put myself out there. I’ve asked individuals and organizations if they would like to collaborate with the Peace Chair but it all would appear to have fallen on deaf ears. That’s OK, I’m content at the moment writing my blog and doing what I love to do. But, if Ellen Degeneres agreed to have a conversation with me about G.A.S. on her show, I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment. I believe she is one the funniest and most courageous women I’ve never met. So in the mean time, if you like what you’ve read in this blog, then by all means, share it with others in your life. They might just become inspired, encouraged and courageous enough to have their voice be heard. Or to become more active as in Activism and take a stand for what is important to them, or take a Sit and connect with their Mystical Self.
Nature's G.A.S. Station 