Blog#20: Synched-Up
Part One: Shaman's Blues
It was shortly before the turn of the century when I embarked upon an intensive period of shamanic journeying. It was an episode in my life that altered my perception of how the world works in various ways.
Meditation practice, once providing rich succour, had hit a brick wall; in truth, had hit that wall . . .
Life Story#20: Tiny Brown Thunderbolts
Part One
February's end, British Isles: the return of the light. Following three months of near-perpetual darkness, a miracle begins to manifest, as the days turn sharply bright, in the few precious hours around the middle of the day at least. Bright sun streams in through south-facing windows and broad glass doors, flooding living . . .
Blog#19: Going Berserk
'Breakfast where the news is read/ television, children fed...'
These few words from 'The Unknown Soldier' sum up perfectly the entire process whereby the pathogen story has been able to take over the world. No breakfast news, no television = no story. Simple, really.
Things have changed a bit recently. Until now, as David Icke has . . .
Blog#18: Shooting Star
Part One: The Hitchhiker
I was in my late teens when a message went out across the cosmos: "Starseed alert. Severe burnout. Abort mission. Terminal damage. Return to home base immediately."
And so it was that the soul that had taken up temporary residence in the physical body of one James Douglas Morrison, aka Jim, took leave . . .
Life Story#19: Wait a Minute, Mister Postman
Part One
Christmas, New Year, came and went; so did the job at Black and Decker.
On our last day, I was surprised to see Bob, Tom, and Martin all turn up to work with enormous hiking rucksacks. What were they doing? A big farewell picnic lunch, perhaps.
It took a while for things to click: they were intending to gather a few . . .
Blog#17: The Bottom of the Pit
Part One: Consciousness
Consciousness is key. In fact, consciousness is everything. Outside of consciousness - zilch. Once we begin to realise this, especially through direct experience, in meditation or whatever, then things begin to make a bit more sense.
So what we perceive as 'the world' and 'material form' are . . .
Life Story#18: It's Work
Part One
In 'Songs for Drella', their tribute to mentor and muse Andy Warhol, musicians John Cale and Lou Reed tell of the pop artist's attitude to work. "It's just work" he says. "All that matters is work..... The most important thing is work."
For myself, I have tended to avoid work whenever reasonably possible. By 'work' I don't . . .
