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What will you Create?

Posted onNovember 14, 2019November 14, 2019

Last night while riding my Harley down route 40 in Florida the sky above me was lit up so bright by the full moon that a tear came to my eye. Synchronicities have been happening all around me for weeks, but now that my journey has concluded (at least for the moment) I feel that restlessness setting in.

With all I’ve learned traveling the 2500+ miles I have to center myself and remind myself that the journey is not over, it has, in fact… just begun. I get to now rest briefly and allow everything to unfold around me. That restlessness and urgency are part of my old paradigm, I have to constantly remind myself that I create my reality.

Our society has conditioned us to ‘DO’ things, thinking that if I live within these parameters I will be happy. This is not the case. If we are in a constant state of ‘Do’ing we aren’t allowing our innate creativity to flourish. This is what brings on depression and anxiety. We see it in our society more and more here in the US. In Los Angeles alone there are approximately 60,000 homeless souls. Some from mental illness, some from poverty, some from drugs, runaways, etc.

What if we allowed people in our society to ‘Be’ their authentic selves and nurtured that creativity to teach others to ‘Be’ as well? What would that look like? Our society has become so transfixed on the almighty dollar that we are becoming lost and only focusing on the bottom line.

So, today, as you get ready to go to your job that you hate, ask yourself….

What will I create today that will allow me to ‘Be’ my authentic self?

Peace!

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Life is about the Journey…

Posted onNovember 13, 2019November 13, 2019

Along my journey across the United States I have learned ‘non-attachment’. There was an interesting example of this while riding through Houston. While riding, as I’ve mentioned before, I have been listening to the Hay House HEAL Summit which was 4 days of seminars by various speakers. Well, as I’ve delved deeper into this I have become the observer for everything around me. Along side of me a car was rear-ended, crushing the back end of it, the car that was rear-ended swerved towards me, I downshifted the motorcycle and gunned it to get clear of the collision that was heading towards me. As I pondered this after getting clear of it I laughed. Why did I laugh? Because I was observing it, I was no longer part of it, there was no story that I needed to make up in my head, nor did I feel the need to freak out or make up what could have happened. It did not alter my reality for more than the moment that it happened.

What was the lesson of this?

Mind you, I sent prayers for the people in the accident. I’m sure they weren’t looking forward to that in their day and I do sympathize. I don’t want you to get the impression from this that I don’t care. I’m sure that they learned a lesson from this as well, and as the observer on a motorcycle I am very aware of people on their celphones. Now that I’ve got that disclaimer out of the way, what did I learn?

Living in the NOW as Eckhart Tolle teaches is about getting rid of the ‘what if’s’, or ‘should have’s’, or anything else that comes from the past, or of the future. Being in the NOW is about being present. Present with our feelings. Present with our actions. Present with our thoughts.

I pulled the Hanged Man today from my Tarot deck. The Hanged man is about surrender. It’s about not being attached to anything and allowing ourselves to experience the journey.

Life is about the Journey, not the Destination.

Peace!

As Within, So Without

Posted onNovember 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Good Morning from New Orleans!

I am grateful for the relationships that I have in my life and that I can share of myself with them.

Along my journey I’ve been able to break bread with various family and friends, new and old. I get to live my truth instead of just speaking it. I had mentioned yesterday that I have shed my doubts about how I’ve lived my life, and that everything is perfect just the way it is.

My Harley, Destiny, has been my trusty steed along this journey as well as the Hay House HEAL Summit programs that I’ve listening to as the miles tick away behind me. I’ve been in a state of mindfulness and joy. The old past patterns have been recognized, consoled and put away only to be used in reference to my journey.

Today’s card is the 2 of Cups. It’s the love card, and in the Rohrig Tarot it depicts a person hugging another, and with further inspection it is depicted with three arms around them. This is indicating that to have love we need to be love. We need to learn to love ourselves first before we can step into the space of loving others.

For me, it was learning about my inner child. About the abandonment issues that I’ve felt ever since my Dad left us when I was 7. It was a subconscious program that I had played day in and day out in my life of ‘I’m not good enough’. Unfortunately, that program played through many relationships, and no matter how loving those relationships were I still had that program running full force which inevitably destroyed each one.

What are your limiting beliefs?

Do you know what they are?

You can start by looking at your patterns, getting with a community of others that feel the same way. It’s time to take those destructive behaviors and learn some tools to help you understand that you are love. We are all love. We are born with love in our hearts.

The only evil in this world is learned, subconscious, self-destructive, wounded child behavior.

Peace!

What’s your end goal?

Posted onNovember 11, 2019November 11, 2019

This journey started, as I’ve stated, traveling from California to Florida. My map was all laid out, I knew the direction, I knew the amount of time it would take. I had an end goal.

What is your end goal?

I thought I knew what mine was, but as I opened myself up to possibility it all changed. When I released the attachment to ‘what I want’ to ‘what I need’ everything opened up. Some would say that I got lost, but I would say that I finally found a direction and that direction is not what it started out as.

Now that I’ve come to terms with my Ego telling me what I need for survival, now I can truly follow my heart, follow my true passion.

I sing. <— period.

There are no more doubts, no more ‘should’s’, no more ‘have to’s’. None of that has been left in my vocabulary.

My buddy Ryan once took a trip like this. Hopped on his motorcycle to go find himself. He came out with complete clarity because he shut off his mind and allowed his true vision to unfold. There are many cases such as his and mine. Many examples of people doing this either on a motorcycle, bicycle, or hiking. Creating that movement and shutting off the mind.

I’ve said this once and I will say it again. Everything is perfect and everything happens for a reason.

Are you worth enough to yourself to take such a journey?

Peace!

On the Road Again

Posted onNovember 10, 2019November 10, 2019

I’ve enjoyed my time here just outside of Austin, Texas with my cousins. As I continue, yet again, across this vast land I remind myself why I am taking this journey in the first place. I am doing it to really dig deep into my soul to understand who I am, to recognize debilitating patterns, and to become a better human being.

What have I learned on this leg of the journey?

There are certain ‘beliefs’ handed down through our family tree that aren’t necessarily ours. For instance, when my cousin Aili was doing my oral history (she’s a writer and historian) I was talking about when I would sing in church, my Mother would tell me,

“Hush David, not so loud. No need to boast.”

I asked Aili where that came from. She looked at me and told me that was something that runs through our family and it goes back generations to the Victorian era. She told me back then that it was improper to sing around the dinner table (but our family secretly did it anyway). There was a ‘keep to yourself and don’t let the neighbors know your business’ kind of mentality that was never really released from our psych.

I think of how my voice was stunted all of those years because of this belief. Singing in public was something I had to really come to terms with. I know this might seem strange to you reading this because I’ve sung in public for so many years… but, and this is HUGE for me…

I would hide behind a microphone and always have a band behind me. Although I’ve done plenty of acoustic gigs in my lifetime, it still made me nervous because it was only me, raw, focused on… the ‘boasting’ belief was full on in my face.

So… what is my point?

Where in your life have you adopted a belief that isn’t necessarily yours? That’s not your parents, or your grandparents? That goes back generations? What can we do about this?

I’m fortunate to have a historian in a family that can put the pieces together much easier than most, so for you, it might take a bit more digging.

What I’m trying to say is this…

When we become our true authentic selves, when we allow ourselves to strip away our limited belief systems, we allow ourselves to shine. For me, I am going to boast. I am going to get out of my own way and allow myself to shine brighter than I have before because I’m realizing more and more along that journey that it has nothing to do with me and everything to do with what I am giving.

Peace!

I Open Myself to New Success

Posted onNovember 9, 2019November 9, 2019

My travels start up again tomorrow as I leave Austin, Texas and head further towards Florida. As I make this trip further away from the west I feel it pulling me back like a magnet. I pacify it by letting it know that I will be back soon enough, I’m sure of it.

New opportunities are arising for me from areas that I was not expecting which is making me excited and trusting more in this ‘letting go’. I’ve mentioned how difficult it’s been for me to let the control freak take the back seat. You see, I have friends like myself… we are hustlers, survivors, but there are times when we get really tired and need a break. This time for me, is my break while still the wheels turn in the background, ready to pounce like the Leo that I am.

I have mentioned that taking a trip like this is very important. Scary, but essential. I we never know what really makes us tick we will continue through life repeating the same old patterns, the same old situations, until we finally give up on our dreams.

I am blessed in the fact that I don’t have a high overhead, no mortgage, significant other, car payments, etc… but I also don’t have a home or a place to live. The grass may seem greener to you when looking at my situation, but on the other side of the fence I long for deep meaningful, lasting relationship.

What am I getting at here?

Follow your dreams, but be aware that your dreams might change along the way, and that is ok. I’m open to the idea that I might not want to be a Rock singer anymore. I’m sure that stunned you like it did for me…. that has NOT happened, but it might. I’m open to that possibility. As I hone in on my dream I go deep into the details. What is the real reason I’m doing what I’m doing?

I do what I do because I want to change lives. I want people to see their greatness. I want people to be open to the possibility that they are powerful, wonderful, and loving human beings.

What is your dream? What are the fine details of your dream? Start digging.

Peace!

Being of Service

Posted onNovember 8, 2019November 8, 2019

The card that has come up repeatedly during my journey has been The Hermit. So much of my journey has been me just being the observer, allowing life to move around me. My Ego gets tested all along the way, especially when I think I need to ‘DO’ something and the state of ‘BE’ing becomes ever more self evident as I travel deeper within.

For instance… right now I’m on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. My ‘plan’ (as you’ve seen my ‘plan’ has been consistently altered) was to leave here tomorrow (Saturday), but if the weather stays the way it’s been with this cold front coming through I will probably have to extend my stay here. Well, as L.U.C.K. (Living Under Cosmic Knowledge) would have it, Sunday is the Marine Corp Birthday (Nov. 10th) and seeing that this is a military area I should embrace that side of myself. Acknowledge those that have served as I once did.

I had mentioned the lessons that I’ve been learning…

I come from a very military family. My Uncle, my cousins, my brother, and myself all served, or are still serving. I might be their left wing liberal long haired hippy family member but one thing I can say for this family is that they still love me and embrace my seemingly odd character. Service has always been the underlying theme. It has never left me, the only difference now is that I’ve turned that service to others. I like to think that my music, my voice, is this service.

Getting back to the Hermit. Traveling deep inside of ourselves is the only way that we are going to get over ourselves. If we don’t dive deep at some point or other in our lives that monkey mind, or as my friend Chris calls it, the Lizard mind, takes over and controls us. When we dive deep we stop the thinking, we stop that chatter that tells us that we’re not enough, or that what we’re doing in our lives doesn’t matter.

We do matter.

When we become of service we start to realize that all of our problems, anxieties, our downfalls, divorces, all of that ‘stuff’ is just ‘stuff’. It was all created within our limiting belief of ourselves. We realize that we no longer need to fall victim to any of that.

Dive deep with me and in turn become of service to others around you. Do it to the capacity that makes you uncomfortable. Try it on for size and see how your life changes.

Make this upcoming Memorial Day, memorable.

Peace!