Lance Kurland

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Actually the present is all we have and the past is the foundation of your becoming. We still have endless possibilities for change every moment, and create our future by the seeds we are planting now!

I was always perplexed when reading the predictions of Edgar Cayce the “Sleeping Prophet”. Many of his predictions manifested, others did not. Yet he spoke about this period of time as being when the “poles reversed”. What could that have meant? If the Earth shifted on it’s axis and the North Pole became the South Pole there would not be a living creature on Earth which would survive. Still I know that we are in process of a “Shift” of historic dimension. We will be a different world in the next 3-5 years. By 2020 the planet will be a drastically altered reality.

There is a phenomena called the “100TH Monkey”effect which has been described by anthropologists. It was observed that after a small percentage of the population learned a particular skill it became common knowledge without the monkey’s needing to be taught. What we have to look forward to is a transformation of our population and the raising of conciousness planetwise. What would the world be like if we suddenly all realized that war was a devise in which bankers and profiteers became rich on the lives of our children. If Truth became transperent. We don’t need to be able to read minds if our knowingness increases, though it is appearent healing and other now obscure potentials will manifest. When freed from the drudgery of making a living, and have the ability to live our dreams, we will have many oppertunities to transform our lives in miraculus ways. We can manifest the longings of our Soul’s purpose and desires will manifest before our eyes.

The birth could be a simple act of becoming, yet those in power are entrenched and not willing to relinquish wealth and power. It is far more likely that the next few years will see the financial infrastructure crumble taking the markets crash a few more times. Our basic conception of wealth and prosperity must transform from the purely physical, to more emotional and Spiritual dimensions. Our planet cannot support the pollution and damage of a society of consumption of finite resources.

The Shift is taking place NOW, and we have choices how we can each participate. When we accept that we are not human beings having a Spiritual experience and realize we are Spiritual beings having a human experience we will never reach our full potential. All is energy, we have scientifically recognized all form is made of packets of energy manifesting. Much of which is influenced by concious alignment. What we see and how we see it influences the reality we live in. If we become the beings of light and allow the love within us to illuminate our lives. Fear always seperates us, Love connects and unites us in amazing ways. When we live  our understanding and choose to make the present and present to the world, all the world will change.

Be  in Joy,

Lance Kurland

Reflections

Lyrics: Lance Kurland

One small grain of sand, is shifting with the tide,

Changing all of history dancing side to side,

It could inspire a poet touching the heart of kings,

Or slide away unnoticed affecting everything.

We can silently pass through life, or in the limelight shine,

In our brief moment of time.

A child born one chilly morn cries music in the air,

The breath of life comes into light unique to reappear,

Their destiny uncharted, guided by the stars,

To make their way through changing days, travelling near and far.

In the light of all eternity, we’re seen as cruel or kind,

In our brief moment of time.

Pain and pleasure, beyond measure, cycle like the moon,

Passing far too soon,

Into another day.

Dreams and drama, chance and karma, born deep in the night,

Growing in the light,

Beneath ancient cosmic signs,

In our brief moment of time.

We watch our choices steer our course, familiar path back to the source,

On journeys as each Soul evolves, as planets and the stars revolve.

Embrace material desires, or a Spiritual design,

In our brief moment of time.

Princes and paupers, Seers and streetwalkers, rise to living dreams,

It matters not their means,

Subject to nature’s rhymes.

Parents and children, bear their burdens, watch as wrinkles grow,

In deepened wisdom know,

The answers we can find,

In our brief moment of time.

What will you do? Who will you be?

Live in the past, or be forever free?

A word we say may make its way to change a heart or mind,

In our brief moment of time.

What is education and how do we acquire knowledge?

We have many schools of various types available to us in many parts of the work. Some teach trades and vocations. You could learn to become a plumber or mechanic. I would like to speak breifly of another form of learn and growing. An attitude of education.

I have been blessed throughout my life to have had the opportunity to learn and grow thanks to many who have been kind and knowledgeable. Many have taught me professionally in schools and Universities, but my greatest learning has come from being with those who have grown in wisdom and consciousness. They have taught me values which are not taught in schools. The wisdom has come by books, and teachers I have sought out in my growth and the good fortune to have been born into a family which valued wisdom and personal freedom.

In college I created my own degree by using the University, taking courses I choose in my path to knowledge. Not many I have met approached their education in that manner. I was not concerned with graduating but was focused on growth. Each of us have a path which though obscure at times, can be viewed only as a process of becoming. Before your eyes glaze over and you feel I am losing you think back for a moment on your own journey. How people who have influenced you have come into your life at a particular time and made a difference in the quality of your life? What if you had actually focused on your outcome and sought out any and every hint of obtaining this new understanding? You may feel you were particularly lucky or blessed that you ran across a particularly fortunate book or acquaintance that gave you insight. That piece of the puzzle suddenly appeared, or maybe you had a dream that had deep meaning. Maybe it was a particularly valuable relationship with someone who changed your life in a marvelous way. Our mates can teach us very valuable lessons and present us with valuable lessons when we choose to be open to them.

There is a consistent pattern we all fall into of what is comfortable and familiar. We feel safe and secure when we are not challenged or confronted by truths we would rather not face. These patterns are all based on the past and keeping certain patterns in place which prevent change and growth. It is said that when the student is ready the teacher will appear. Perhaps it is more more accurate to say when the space is open the Universe fills it with the most appropriate means to evolution and growth.

We are in a time now when the present is pressing us to evolve in an accelerated fashion. When we will be given unprecedented opportunities for transformation. It is our challenge to adopt an attitude which brings us forward and enhance ( and expand ) ourselves in ways we can only dream of. It is our calling to become something new and to do this we can only use the past as a springboard to become fully present.

We each have a unique path and journey to our growth. We can help each other only in so far as we can drop our predilections to remain static and rooted in the past and become fully aware in the present. It is a gift to each of us we overlook at our peril. We also each have unique gifts and talents we can share that can inspire and propel other and aid the Shift in it’s transition.

Give your light freely and by guiding others you may find many that help you on your own journey. Keep in mind we are all connected.

Be in joy!

Live our Love

Lyrics : Lance Kurland

I wish I didn’t judge so much, what I do not know,

I think that if I did this, I could more quickly grow,

I wish that I could embrace each day open, clear, and new,

That I could just accept myself, just letting you be you.

I wish I could let anger, pass through me and be gone,

I know by being gentle, it’s the key to being strong,

I wish I could see clearly, not clouded by my fear,

I could live each day more fully, show people that I care.

Sometimes things are simple, I know what I can be,

Sometimes I see so clearly the very best of me,

I know we have our choices, we each walk different ways,

Our burdens can be lighter if we live our love each day.

I wish I always treated you how I feel in my heart,

I know I’d feel more peaceful, not so easily fall apart,

I don’t need life’s distractions, for me to feel complete,

If I treated myself kindly, share with everyone I meet.

I wish I could bring laughter, to brighten all your days,

I could find solutions to all your troubled ways,

I know that I don’t know sometimes and tell you that I do,

It seems that when I love myself I can at last be true.

Seeing the many aspects of the Shift we are moving through requires us to stretch and open to new perspectives. At the same time we are witnesses to great social and personal transformations. When viewed in this way it is much easier to cling to the old ways to resolve conflicts and impediments to growth. Politics seem to be out pictures in some ways, of the personal dramas as we proceed through on our personal journeys.

It is painful and amusing how so much of what is presented in the corporate media is what supports the old paradigm of power and control. We see our own shadows as well as the desire to maintain the status quo. Almost any comment made by the political elite is a reflection of the fears of the tightly held old guard. When we hear of any comments to elicit fear we can almost always realize that these are projections of their own slipping hold on control. It is interesting that we have moved from “your either with us, or you are with the terrorists”, or your “unpatriotic”. Today it is “we” are fiscally irresponsible. These are the same people which have allowed the greatest transfer of wealth from the public to the corporate and military coffers. It is perfectly fine to give subsidies to corporations which have made the largest profits in world history (Exxon/Mobile), run our financial institutions into the ground (banking), and support a military that spends more money each year then the entire rest of the world combined. Yet we can invade other countries because 3000 people died on 9/11, but the 18,000 people who die each year because of our broken medical system is not worthy of financial consideration. These are not only political issues but Spiritual ones. Do we really care for each other and see us all as connected? Are we our brother’s keepers? How come almost everything we hear them say is a projection of their own inadequacies?  Is everything to be measured only on the basis of the bottom line? When did our country, the  world, and all of life become measured only in terms of financial gain or loss? Lastly why is taking care of our friends, neighbors, and co- workers not family values?

Last night a friend and teacher of mine made me aware again of the obligation we have to ourselves and communities. It is our responsibly to care for all of life. This resides on all levels of our being: personal, environmental, global, and political. Becoming more aware is a choice. A choice that informs all levels of our personal creation. Our desire to enhance all aspects of our life can be an obligation and tremendously rewarding. We also can get support for our choices. You are not alone in our growth and help is available on many levels.

It is said that when the student is ready the teacher appears, even more so when you have a passion to transform and elevate the planet. This aligns you with the Shift. As those who live in fear find mirrors who support their perspectives, when your intent and focus embraces change, like minded souls are attracted to you. They are there to aid you, mirror your heart, and inspire you to follow your Truth. Not only will you find friends become more aware by your interaction with them but your life will also transform to meet your new consciousness.

Allow your new song to express the very best of the gifts and talents you have to offer. There may be very challenging and dark days ahead as the world brings forth new political and monetary changes. It is wise to hold fast to your inner light and the love of those around you.

We are One

Lyrics and Music: Lance Kurland

We are Love, we are real… We are life, we can feel.

We can touch the stars, and play with Mars for fun… We are One.

We are soft, we are fine… We are points, we’re a line,

We can touch the sky, and if we try the Sun… We are One.

We needed you yesterday today we need you more…

The  one thing I know… of these feelings I am sure!

We are now, we were then… we’re beginning, we’re the end,

With a laugh we know, the journey has begun… We are One.

As the Shift continues it is easy to look outside yourself for answers, especially in trying times. We all have ways of dealing with stress and disappointments. Some are more effective than others. Meditation and centering yourself draws you back into yourself. Breathing exercises can calm the mind and help connect you to other aspects of your being. It is valuable to see sides of yourself which enhance your own talents and abilities. We are always only expressing a part of what we are. Maybe at work you are a salesperson, in relationship you are a mother or sister, you may also be an artist or sports person. These are all aspects of what you are and the Shift will press you to change and enhance certain parts of what you are while others fall to the side. Constantly you will find  time is channeling you into some avenues and you find you just don’t have time to pursue other interests or businesses you may begin. Welcome to the new changed life you are being presented with.

You are entering the change, yet it may require stretching and a new perspective. I can only offer a a few options I have found helpful in the paths on your journey. Here in the School of Life, we are involved in, and your degree will be  measured by progress you evaluate in your growth. There is no outside gauge of your progress except by non-tangible transformation. Although your change may require you going back to further your education in a school to get a diploma to pursue your inner prompting. I would like you to be aware of another side of learning which appears when you are ready to grow into it. More than that it may even be that life itself molds and changes to bring elements into your life, bringing people and experiences, which enhance aspects of your life.

We are mysterious and magnificent beings. Capable of miracles and a depth of being needed by many in our lives. We each have gifts to share with others. Sometimes this has little to do with the job we are doing, but who we are doing it. It may even more have to do with what we are than who are, doing what we do. I just finished doing a festival with friends and the connections going on around me were magic. I could not possibly have created the talent and the events of the day, yet as it unfolded I created the space for peoples lives to be enhanced. I did not even create the festival, but merely set my intent that this day would be special in many lives to uplift those around me. I decided this particular class in the school of life reflect my inner growth, being also a space for my learning. We each have talents, we each are connected to each other, and our thoughts as well as our actions are connected to the whole of Life. The Shift only intensifies these tendencies and brings people and events into our lives for Life’s unfoldment and being in the flow can enhance the lives of ourselves and others. It is time for us to become all that we are, and bring that into the world. Each of us brings our own unique melody and wisdom which others need, and bring the greatest joy into our lives.

Take the tools you use, allow other learning to come into your life becoming the person you can be through your intentions to make life the greatest expression of your desires and hopes. You are worthy and needed as the Shift proceeds. Welcome to the Great School, you will find you are as much a teacher as a student.

Slow Down

Music & Lyrics: Lance Kurland

Slow down and give yourself space, and a quiet space. There’s plenty of time for your lessons in growing,

Slow down your rushing around, what have you found, and where are you going?

Think of your dreams your hope and your schemes, they brighten your day, and keeps you alive,

Does your life make you whole, does it lighten your soul? Are you going to Heaven, or have you arrived?

Slow down your missing a chance, In the now… to share in the dance, and be in the sun,

Slow down, there’s kindness in time, in the seasonal rhyme, in the unfoldment of the One.

Slow down there’s no need to hide, from what’s deep inside, allow each person, their own unique play,

Slow down the journey is all, heed the inner call, Celebrate every special day.

Don’t push the waves, there’s no one to save, There’s only the joy we can give,

A moment’s a gift, a feeling that lifts, as all of life drifts in a love to be lived.

We all face challenges and pain in our lives. One great teacher proclaimed all life is suffering. I feel there is great joy in life yet the same nerve endings that allow us to feel pleasure can also cause pain. Pain exists not only physically but extends to all levels of our being. The passing of a friend or relative can cause emotional pain and many of us move through this shift will also experience Spiritual pain as the structures we have depended on and even our world view is shaken. This is sometimes referred to as the “dark night of the Soul”. This being one phase of growth on our journey to greater awareness.

It is common to consider surrender as being a failure. It is connected to loss and in a militaristic society there really are only 3 outcomes… victory, defeat, of surrender. These simplistic perspectives do not take into account the true nature of the situation. Sometimes the victory is at such a cost that you lose aspects of your character, or resources, that though you vanquish the foe, you have in fact lost. Not seeing the long term ramifications of the cost your battles. Likewise when you are defeated there is often a greater wisdom learned, a greater society to be built. We could uncover a recognition of false aspects and descriptions of our world that resolve conflict and result in greater wisdom and understanding. A major misconception has to do with surrender because culturally it is equated with failure.

In the lives of all Saints, Prophets, and Healers there is always the recognition of surrender as a rite of passage into a deeper level of being. Not only does surrender enhance the transformation it signals a release of the old and receptivity to a new world. When we hold on so tightly to the old ways, or our past, there is no room to perceive ourselves and the world differently. Change is impeded and progress inhibited.

The Shift, by it’s very nature, is a massive change as we are witnessing and will continue to for the foreseeable future. We will watch the financial markets ebb, flow, and collapse. Our agricultural methods are harmful, ecologically unsustainable, and nutritionally bankrupt. As we see the medical systems of the US challenged so will the energy and associated industries grasp for redefinition and become decentralized as new emerging technologies and innovative approaches become apparent on the world stage. As without so within. Our inner changes will be a reflection of the outer transformations. Those screaming the loudest against the changes will be defining themselves, to a large extent, while calling attention to the how dangerous these changes will be. When in fact doing nothing or following the corrupt ongoing course are doing greater damage, and fear only insites the mind and heart doing nothing to further resolution.

Surrender is a key in that it opens up space for the new to express itself. In her landmark work “on Death and Dying”, Elizabeth Kubla-Ross gives 5 stages that we pass through when a dear one passes from our lives. The last is acceptance but before that comes surrender. Surrender is a conscious or unconscious release of a pre-ordained mindset of what should be. We build our world psychologically by our descriptions of it which are often incorrect and always incomplete. Life is much more vast than and internal or external description, and further negated if we accept that everything is connected. When we let go of these perceptions or are forced to by inner realization or external events, we allow something greater to emerge. Thus do miracles take place around us, and can we consciously create them.

One last consideration on your personal journey. Surrender is not giving up as much as accepting what is without condition. “Not my way Lord but Thy way”! Yet this can also be channeled by intent and focus. We may not know what that new job will look like, but the clearer we are on what we desire in our hearts the more aligned the manifestation. Love is the greatest creator in consciousness, it transcends all boundaries and creates perfect life if we surrender to “It’s” infinite capacity.

Usually I start or end with the lyrics of one of my songs. This month instead I want to invite my friends to a celebration. The largest celebration of it’s kind in the Southeast. It is the 8TH annual Organicfest on Sunday September 13TH in downtown Asheville, NC celebration everything organic. For more information check out www.organicfest.org. If you come by about 1:00PM you will see our Bug Parade and hear me play a few songs. You can check our my hub page on the organicfest.

You can also check out my new new hub page on Z’ism, my information of a Spiritual philosophy.

For aspiring songwriters check out songwriting made easy.

Dreme’s Journey

Music & Lyrics: Lance Kurland

I’ve searched around inside myself for a path to lead me home,

A feeling carried in the night wherever I roam,

Like a whisper carried on a cloud or the wind upon my face,

A texture so familiar, and yet some how unknown.

With Love, love, love…

Like a drop of dew in the morning light or a child’s smiling face,

The shimmering sun upon a lake,my heart seeks out the place,

In the shadow of simplicity my movements carry strength,

My mind cannot conceive the thoughts, that my actions take.

With Love, love, love…

A vision arises in silvery silence it ceases me,

carried by song, I travel along my way,

Like soft supple ripples I ride waves and dips till I know it’s Source,

A mystical, magical light, I know the part I play.

In a dream or a drama we dance to the rhythm of beating hearts,

In a minuet moment reflect… and seem to forget the pace.

If we open our eyes and learn how eagles’ fly we can reach for the clouds,

and be carried by currents of Mind each soul finding it’s place.

With Love, love, love…

In difficult times we tend to always seek the easiest path and either cling to outer sources of comfort or our inner light and hope. The Shift is occurring on many levels, emotional, physical, social, and Spiritual. It challenges our perceptions and facilitates change. It is therefore not surprising that the winner of the last presidential campaign was promoting “change”. This was a direct reflection of the dynamics we recognize on a conscious or unconscious level. How we respond to this new awakening defines us as individuals and changes the world as a result.

I have a personal Spiritual philosophy I call “Z’ism”. It is based on information I have received and basic truths. As opposed to many religious traditions, I ask no beliefs of any kind. You can believe in Jesus, Mohammed, or the Buddah with only one basic tennent. One must recognize ” that everything is connected”. If you don’t know this than nothing else works and this blog has no value to you. If this is acceptable or even appearent then everything else falls into place and as that realization deepens we are transformed and therefore the world is changed.

When this concept is embodied than there is no other, no them, there is just “us“. We can also begin to recognize our definition of other is more often a reflection or projection of ourselves into the outer world. To the degree we accept our part in the unfolding life around us and take responsibility for our actions and conditions, we can grow as individuals. As we become more knowledgeable of our natures and we can share that light in the world and “enlighten”it. We bring our unique perspective and can more easily share our gifts colored by the our dreams and experiences. It is amazing how life changes when we understand that all our actions are seeds which we daily plant even if we never see the result that these seeds produce. If the flap of the wings of a butterfly can create a storm in China later, what can an act of kindness create in the world when it is free of expectation or anticipation. When it is given freely and offered with love it liberate all in that field of influence.

Besides writing songs I have also worked for 25 years doing natural healing modalities. I have seen some very miraculous experiences take place when the timing is correct and people are open. I have thus learned that we are creatures of energy, which is being realized by science. Our thoughts create fields of energy around us, like magnetism which attracts situations into our lives, and creates conditions in our bodies for our learning and to create balance, the very description of health. We are the accumulation of these patterns we create and our desires. Hatred and fear are inharmonious creating a world which continues as a loop to come back to us causing unhappiness on many levels eventually fixing in the body as well as being expressed in the physical world. Angry people can always justify their anger because their world is truly unfair to them. It is always “their” fault. Sometimes it seems that these people really do have material success. Yet many of these people do not find happiness in their wealth and find their lives empty and lonely. Full of fear of loss. The result of the Shift will be the true second coming because the energy is shifting and their fear and desire are coming back to them. This is not a judgment, simply the result of the “rendering”, and the energies which are now flooding the planet and apparent to those sensitive to it.

Why is it happening now? It has to! The planet, like our bodies are seeking balance and cleansing. It is a time of greater transparency. When financial markets and political events are seen in their nakedness it will cause great pain and challenge. We will all become the recipients of the change inherent in this unveiling. There are many who will not be able to accept this new truth and through their anger and fear will choose ( consciously or unconsciously) leave the planet. There is a greater reality than we see physically and those that can’t be helped here will be helped elsewhere.

This leaves the choices we have before us now. We can give into the fear and anger, or transform the energy into caring and desiring to transform the world into balance. This is rarely a single transformative event, but a process of change. Like an alcoholic we take one day at a time, one step at a time. There is just more help available now in transforming. The choice is always yours, and your change effects all of us because indeed we are all connected . There is the hundred monkey phenomena where when a critical mass is reached it is like a wave and is easier for others to reach the same conclusion. All roads do lead to Rome… you just want to go to Rome! I just want to tell you that Rome, or enhanced awareness truly exists and as we reach it it changes everyone and everything.

I know we are part of a larger global and planetary movement currently transforming our world. You may denigh it or be insensitive to it but it is going on nonetheless. It will go on with our help or without it. Yet our participation can further it’s progress for we are all connected and even our thoughts effect the world.

What is this shift? How can we make a difference?

It is clear that America is in transition. It can no longer be a lone world superpower, nor can we continue to measure power solely on economic of military terms. It is clear a new definition is emerging, and America can lead this movement of be at the effect of it.

Resources are dwindling worldwide and by whatever terms you measure prosperity unfettered consumption of natural resources and the resulting accumulation of waste cannot continue. Nor can we as a planet sustain the greenhouse gas emissions generated by a consumptive  linear lifestyle which is out of control. The acquisition of natural resources in third world countries by overthrowing legitimate forms of government and putting into power our proxies will no longer be hidden, and the viewing of these situations will come to light even further as these practices by large multinational corporations come to light.

Concurrently an expansion of the awareness of the interconnections world wide are becoming more apparent. Whether it be our effect on the environment or our effect on each other, communications are making this a smaller world indeed as government are having a harder time controlling the information to subjugate populations and allow pollution world wide. We are all effected, and we cannot send all the waste into space. The linear thinking of waste and conquest are empty when seen in light of the whole. You can hope for to be gathered up into heaven, but tomorrow you most likely will wake up in the world with the same problems and concerns you went to sleep with the night before. Doesn’t it make more sense to be caretakers with an attitude of the caretaker of this wondrous planet, then to be dreaming of being evacuated by a flaming chariot or alien spaceship?

The shift taking place is one of awareness or consciousness. It’s effects will be political, environmental, and economic. We can participate in the change, be  bystanders, or resist it wanting to return to the current hostile and wasteful attitudes which may be comfortable and familiar. We have the choice to embrace change at any time, it’s wholly optional to a degree. As resources dwindle and wars may need to be fought to uphold an unsustainable standard of living, you may have to sacrifice you son, daughters, and environment to try to maintain your current American standard of living. You may also have no choice if we continue to allow a corporate oligarchy to have the rights of an individual in our current legal system. To the degree the people recognize the situation and accept change and growth, the faster the transformation or “Shift” can arise.

The critical mass may arise in 2012, or sooner, or later. It is totally in out hands and hearts. My next messages will be the bases of what this “Shift” may look like. How we can participate in it, and what it’s results may look like 10 or 25 years from now.

Than You Are

Music and Lyrics: Lance Kurland

Have you had one of those days, when nothing seems to go your way,

More layoffs at the office, your friends have hit the street,

Your wife’s gotten another job, just to make ends meet.

The shift can take place, taking you far,

You’re so much greater than what you think you are!

Do you remember your dreams, can you make them real?

Do you wake each morning, with excitement you can feel?

Do you know what’s behind all the words that are said,

When you act in the world from your heart and not your head!

And the shift can take place, taking you far,

You’re so much greater than what you think you are!

Sometimes you have to believe, and take a chance one more time,

Sometimes you have to trust those feelings deep inside,

Because the things most worth embracing, are the things you cannot see,

Those changing tides in life… that set you free.

Is there something you’ve forgotten, something we both could share,

Discover a hidden talent, expressed beyond your fear.

We could make this country strong and live our lives in joy,

If we had a common purpose and a plan we can employ.

Come take a stand, just lend your hand,

In the end, we’ll call you friend,

And the change will become so clear to you,

You’ll find again that passion true… it’s all that’s left to do!

Come on board we’ll make it happen, together change our lives,

We’ll make a better world, not one just merely to survive,

When we work together, then together we’ll be strong,

We’ll leave behind a legacy our children carry on.

And the shift can take place, taking you far,

You’re so much greater than what you think you are!

You’re so much greater, discover what you are!

Yes it has been quite a while since I posted and yet much has changed even in these few months. More people and friends are unemployed and under insured. A great movement in Africa and Iran of a Spiritual and revolutionary nature ( aren’t they always? ). A health care debate raging across America perhaps redefining the liberties we enjoy, and those enjoyed by the rest of the world. The economic forcaste creating more gloom and the American dream fading into the past of a fallen empire.

With all these changes there is still the hope of an underlying transformation and a call for each of us as individuals to live our understanding and embrace our Spiritual Destinies. There is a Calling to those who by whatever means have found a refuge of sorts inwardly to manifest wisdom in action. As pressures of the physical transform the inner perceptions and realizations. There is great pain, but for many the awakening of a strenth which is equal to the times and confronting the challenges being faced.

Some say we are living at the end of time or religiously “The End Times”. Some point to the Mayan calender and await 2012 as the prophesized end. This is not my truth and though friends may come from above they have always been here among us. The ending of an age is but the beginning of the next cycle and is exactly why many of us are here. To recognize who we are and help give birth to the changing times each in our own way, with our unique wisdom.

It is clear to me the one’s we are waiting for is us, we need only to create a clear intent to make the short time we have a testament to our understanding. Live our Truth daily to whatever extent we can. To show Love and kindness for these are the stands that tie us together and make us strong.

Our future is yet to be written, but when it is what will it say about you, about me, and about the world we are leaving the future.

Thank you all for stopping here for a brief time and I hope this empowers your journey.

A journey of 1000 steps start with one step… another step… and suddenly you’re HERE!

This is the beginnig of my personal blog to keep friends updated on what is going on in my life and how it effects the world. Remember we are all connected.

In getting started be aware I have several project on going and many changes in my life and the world. We are all entering the deepest recession in our nation’s history which is part of a much larger transition on the planet. This is truly a time to reevaluate our values and approach to what life should be, and what priorities we should embody.

Are our values related to what we buy, or who we are? What is the foundation of our happiness and how does it effect the society around us, and the world in general? Why are we here and who are we as inhabitants of a truly wonderous and beautiful planet?

My answers are found within and radiate outward to those who I touch daily. I know we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I take responsibility for my life and recognize my actions have consequences on others. I am here to both heal myself and the world around me. The foundation of this transformation has to be rooted in Love or it is bound to return in dramatic and unproductive ways. My world is not based on profit but production. My thoughts and actions are seeds which bear fruit. I have always been a healer and an activist. I helped create a labor union, ran for state wide office and participate in creating the Organicfest each year here in Western North Carolina. I am a musician and songwriter sharing insights and uplifting the spirits of those who cross my path and share my journey. I am also a business person, insurance agent, home security adviser,  entrepreneur, network marketer, and Spiritual Dreamer working to enrich the lives of others. Careful of the integrity of the companies I deal with and the services I offer.

I hope you will follow my journey, add constructive comments, share ideas and wisdom you have lived, and participate in this great adventure we jointly create