If You… I will…
If you tell me what you want and why
I will continue to share with you what I want and why
And
If our wants and why’s align with the intentions of this Blog
I will do my best to help make our wants and why’s come true!!!
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This blog is another invitation for you and I to “BE” a positive cause and effect within the Universe as a result of sharing our G.A.S. with each other and Nature. What I’ve become very aware of is that the more specific you are when asking the Universe for something, the more likely you are to experience it. February 2023 Josie asked me for the up-teenth time, ”What do you want?!!!”, specifically in reference to my obsession/passion. My answer, “I want to be acknowledged!”. And, “I want the Peace Chair to be taken to the next level!! Completely redesigned, made with the most recent up-to-date materials and technologies making it the most comfortable, revolutionary, consciousness increasing chair in our Spiritual evolutionary history”!!! Within hours of my answering her question I made a reconnection with two different people from my past both inquiring about the “Buckthorn Peace Chair-apy” playshops and asked if I’m still doing them. Yes!, Yes!!, Yes I am!!! Thanks for asking. I’ve been patiently/impatiently waiting for someone to contact me about my obsession/passion for over a decade. For the remainder of this blog I’ll be very specific about what I want while giving some background and insights pertaining to the incredible journey I’ve been on. Around 2012, I stopped selling the chair. I stopped showing up at outdoor concerts with them. I stopped taking them with to public social events. No longer did I share them at hippy peace gatherings or natural disaster events such as hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. No longer did you see me peddling my goods at the local events such as the Blueberry festival in Ely, or the Cranberry festival in Wisconsin. You didn’t see me attending the mega gatherings such as the one at the Minneapolis Event Center offering the latest and greatest offerings of RV’s, Sporting goods, fishing gear and lures, food preparation gadgets, puppets, or alpaca sweaters from Ecuador. Sometime around 2012, as my awareness continued to increase I became more introverted and began seeking out the solitude, beauty and a profound connection within nature. It became more and more difficult for me to be around people. Then in 2017 our G.A.S. Station adventure began and I started sharing my passion/obsession again. As for the two people that inquired about the Peace Chair-apy a year ago this month, one of them lives here in the Durango area and was one of many that participated in a Peace Chair Scavenger Hunt Playshop just before the 2020 pandemic. The second person to contact me was the parent of a child that was involved in a Boys mentoring program in Minnesota. I’d spent an afternoon with this group of young boys cutting down Buckthorn and using it to build Peace Chair seeds sometime between 2008 and 2011. To protect their identity I’ve deliberately avoided the exact time frame in which this particular playshop took place because the person (a parent of one of the boys) contacting me, made it crystal clear that they felt threatened making contact with me because of a mutual acquaintance of ours! Why they feel their life is endangered I’m not entirely sure, they didn’t explain why, nor whom they felt threatened by. They did however say to me, “You’re a hard person to get a hold of.” My response to them was, “I AM?”!! More questions started rattling through my brain, such as; “What does that even mean?”!!! If they’re scared, should I be scared? Scared of what? Scared of whom? What the hell is going on? Why doesn’t anyone talk to me about or inquire about G.A.S. and/or the Peace Chair?
February, 26 1960 I was born. The fourth of six children to be conceived, raised and loved by my mom and dad, JoAnne and Richard Milan.
Between 1960~1972 I had a wonderful life growing up carefree for the most part in a middle class American family living near Orchard Lake in Lakeville, Minnesota. I was baptized Catholic but our family never went to church except to attend the occasional wedding and/or funeral. Why they didn’t go to church I’ll never know. I never asked my dad any questions pertaining to his spiritual life or lack there of.
And as for my mom, I already addressed this topic in my lasted blog titled 2017-2023… For the most part, my life growing up was good. Life was kind. Life was simple. Life was mysterious. Then my brother Mark was hit head-on in an automobile accident by a drunk driver. Everything changed. The Universe stole our families simplicity, happiness and harmony.
Between 1973~1978 I experienced the world through a teenager’s perception. A mix bag, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Confused!
February 1979 I met a beautiful young girl while downhill skiing. We fell in love.
1982 We got Married.
1983 I joined the U.S. Army
1984 our son Eric was born
Josie, Eric and I would spend the next 19 years in the Army being of service to our country, the various communities we lived in and the people that touched our lives. We had an extraordinary life together, not always easy, but always loving and supportive to each other’s dreams, interests and ambitions.
2001 I invented a ski chair concept design using Skis and poles that I thought would make me incredibly wealthy. Instead it assisted in awakening me and I lost my mind. What a terrifying, mystical, interesting and beautiful thing it is to become filled with G.A.S.!
2003 I retired from the Army. We moved back to Minnesota to begin our dream of operating and perhaps one day owning a Bed and Breakfast in Ely, MN. My Ski chair (SKIITS) invention was patented. My passion/obsession takes root and causes my awakening to accelerate. My mystical experience’s also accelerate and causes me to question my life and my purpose.
2004~2005 I flew to Hong Kong to set up manufacturing of 3600 Ski chairs, had them flown into the Denver International Airport and began sharing them with anyone that would listen. After returning home to Minnesota from Colorado, The Ski Chair transformed into what is now referred to as “The Peace Chair” while camping in the BWCAW near Inspiration Point.
2005 I found a company that was interested in purchasing the patented rights to my chair design with one stipulation; I would have to give up any and all rights or involvement in, the chair’s future. We never even discussed a price as I was not ready to relinquish my dream no matter the cost. To me it was priceless. Today I feel even stronger about it. Not only is it priceless, it is timeless and in 2018 my first written acknowledgement of giving away my patent rights appears in my blog called, Granja dos Julio’s de la Vega.
2008 I self published my first book, Inspiration Point Discovering Peace Within.
2011 a new repertoire of language and understanding was added to my awakening vocabulary with my self published book “Filling Up Your G.A.S. Tank” (Gratitude, Awareness, Service). I continued to share the chair and my books with anyone that would listen. Lots and lots of (perceived) rejection, amazing events and terrifying experiences would unfold over the next decade.
2012~2017 I drove a school bus for my home town Lakeville school district and the love for my job and my Kids of Route 8 became my purpose and my passion along with sharing my G.A.S.! My passions/obsessions about the Peace Chair had become (and would continue to be) extremely limited in terms of sharing it with others because of a constant perceived fear of rejection.
2017~2019 A long awaited and anticipated dream of living fulltime in an RV becomes reality. I began following the Sun, being nurtured by the Moon, guided by the Wind, going with the flow and rebirthed within Water, while connecting with Nature.
2023 Josie asked me for the up-teenth time, ”What do you want?!!! The Ski Chair patent has expired. You are free to design and create your own Peace Chair without patent infringement concerns. Up to this point in time I’ve shared my G.A.S. and or Peace Chair with thousands of people. I’ve taught hundreds how to build their own chair. Have you built a Peace Chair? Send me a picture and your story. And so let it be known the Peace Chair building/designing competition has begun. Anyone and Everyone is welcome to participate in this adventure of a lifetime. Contact me if you’re interested. More intentions and details to be shared in future blogs.
2024…The Cause… Affect… of the G.A.S. Adventure begins.
If you’ve attempted to be in contact with me in the past and were unsuccessful, (Because I’m hard to get a hold of) I’m not sure what to tell you. What I can tell you, is that I look forward to hearing from you. Like RUMI a 13th century mystic and poet once said “Out beyond ideas of Rightdoing and Wrongdoing is a field. I will meet you there.” Natures G.A.S. Station is a field to create a world we wish to experience together.
I will meet you there. In the meantime e-mail me at patrickmilan@yahoo.com
If you’re inspired by my blogs and they cause you to get out of your comfort zone, then write to me, tell me what happened!
I will have you know, I’m grateful and will do my best to respond to each and every one of you.
If you’re one of the “kids of Route 8”, I look forward to hearing from you. If you are a parent of one of the “kids of Route 8”, I’d love to hear from you as well. Share some of your G.A.S. stories with me. What are you grateful for? How has awareness affected and or influenced your experiences since I left? What does service mean to you?
I will do my best to write you back. P.S. Ireland, I still have my blarney stone.
If you’re on social media, share this blog with your friends and loved ones and together we’ll fuel our world with love. G.A.S. Free Fuel for Life! Create your own G.A.S. Station today. You don’t need my permission, approval or blessing to do so, you need only to open your heart and “BE” authentic. Think IT! Say IT! Do IT!
I will be overwhelmed with Joy. Contact me and tell me what you’re doing with all that Free G.A.S. Ooo no, I just might become famous and incredibly wealthy. Just for the record, I’m OK with that. Bring it on Universe!
If you see me out and about on your travels through the Universe, recognize me, stop me, acknowledge me and tell me how G.A.S. has changed your experience in a positive way?
I will appreciate, reciprocate and embrace you. If I have a G.A.S. Sticker in my pocket it’s yours.
If you’ve purchased one of my books through LuLu.com contact me. Tell me which book(s) you purchased, approximately date you bought it along with a good mailing address.
I will send you a G.A.S. Sticker(s) to place in your book(s) and you will own a personalized signed copy of one of my inspirational creations.
If you purchase any of my books(s) through LuLu.com in the future, contact me.
I will send you a G.A.S. Sticker(s) so that you can have a personalized signed copy(s).
If you live near or are visiting Durango and would like to meet up and purchase a signed copy of one of my books. Contact me.
I will do my best to arrange a time and place to meet up. Perhaps we can meet up at one of my favorite places, such as the White Rabbit Books & Curiosities. I always feel like something wonderful is going to happen when I step into this inspirational space tucked between shelves of books where adventure, mystery and possibilities await your imagination. Keena the Proprietress has a magical little garden area overlooking the Animas River where the Mad Hatter can on special occasions be found sharing a cup of tea with friends. Stop on by and ask the White Rabbit, Keena or Patrick when the next Peace Chair Circle Vortex might mysteriously appear in the garden. Be aware as you enter this domain or you might find yourself falling down the Rabbit Hole.
If you want to experience some of the best chocolate in town. Check out the Animas Chocolate Company. I’ve never been a fan of musicals but after watching the latest Wonka Movie I’m a convert. And what better way to finish an afternoon of watching chocolate being made than to visit Carley and Crew to satisfy your chocolate cravings. If Kyle is in the house, tell him “The G.A.S. Man” sent you and that Josie, Cedar and I look forward to seeing him and the ACC Crew soon.
I will be happy to see you there too if our paths cross.
If you want to help the sustainability of our planet and eat really good real food while on your next adventure, then check out Farm to Summit. I know passion when I Feel it and Jane and Louise fill every package they offer with pure Love that naturally creates Good Vibes.
I will be getting filled up with Farm to Summit goodness again this Spring in the BWCAW.
If you Víctor of Granja dos Julios de la Vega read this, Know that I look forward to hearing from you. I’ve reached out to you in correspondence in the past and have not heard back. Anyone that knows Victor and reads this please pass this request on to him.
I will be delighted to hear from and reconnect with you and Julios.
If you have a Peace Chair that we built together, was gifted to you or you’ve built your own, contact me. I’d love to get a Picture and your story to share in my upcoming blogs and/or books.
I will be dancing on cloud 8.
Nature's G.A.S. Station 