Just a snippet from the experimental forest at UNCAsheville.
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On Our Way
I find myself back in Richmond, Virginia for a brief layover at the greyhound station as I return to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. The last time I visited this city I was a freelancer, acting as web designer, chief technical officer, and chief communications officer for a property management corporation that fed off the student debt bubble. They had properties in three cities nearby to Universities. Here in Richmond, the university is VCU – Go Rams. However, achieving a ‘higher’ education at university in America has become yet another path to debt servitude for the civilization that makes us sick.
It was through that experience of knowingly obtaining a paycheck via the exploitation of the masses for the purpose of education that led me to change my business practices, and eventually became another contributing factor to my current lifestyle. No longer do I live out of alignment with this planet, or with my own physical and spiritual manifestation of human Being.
Living in alignment is difficult at times, especially given the programming we receive from the society that has been created. Yet, we can heal; we can ‘unlearn all the facts that we’ve learned, as we sat in their chairs while our synapses burned’ (to paraphrase an old song). We can grow together and mature as a species so that we don’t destroy our home.
I look forward to my relatively unknown and potentially unstable future. There is a mild anxiety that goes along with such a free-spirited life, and yet, it dissipates when I remind myself that we are short-lived, talking primates on a spherical spaceship corkscrewing its way through the vast stretches of the cosmos around a fiery ball of matter. So, as Douglas Adams would say, “Don’t Panic” my friends. … And feel free to join me in the forest!
Soon, I will make a formal announcement about guiding Shinrin Yoku Walks to Abrams Falls. Until then, enjoy this cute picture of an owl that paid me a visit earlier in the year. :-*
Dolphin Spirit
“So long. And thanks for all the fish.”
Doing my Best
I’ve not posted many controversial thoughts over the past few years. So, for those that haven’t known me for a long time, I used to be a relatively outspoken activist (and also a hypocrite – forcing myself to live in the current instantiation of society).
However, in order to heal from a variety of maladies, I’ve needed to restructure my emotional, spiritual, physical, and intellectual worldview without anger, hate and fear. Or at least, limit the anxiety only to what is absolutely necessary for survival during this particular time, on this particular planet, of abundance. I needed to escape the scarcity mindset.
I could make lots of money designing ‘defense’ systems as an engineer, or ‘marketing’ businesses to be successful in the capitalist world as a web designer but, I live the way I do because the future of life on this planet is in the hands of narcissistic sociopaths – and that includes so-called ‘conscious/ woke/ authentic/ spiritual/ leftist/ activist/ agrovist/ etc’ folks – Check yourself. Don’t be a toxic virus – selfcare alone won’t save us. The environment, our souls, my emotions, their bodies, his thoughts, her life, depends on all of us understanding what it means to actually ‘care’ about something more than ourselves.
We are one.
Let’s act like it.
Respect boundaries – but know when to challenge them.
Give a voice to those who have none.
Recognize and Use your privilege wisely.
Be aware of the Consequences of your decisions.
Intentions aren’t enough.
Limit the pain and suffering you cause.
Be grateful for each moment of Bliss.
To change everything, Start anywhere.
Learn how to Love, and be Loved.
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Medicine Music at the Falls
Here’s a brief clip from this summer in Pisgah national Forest.
I Am
I call myself a Human and a Healer. What is it I am trying to heal? The sickness of society; the love of power; the drive to destroy the planet; the soul-loss of traumatic experiences; the emotional, spiritual, and physical pain that teaches us necessary lessons but, that can be healed with Love.
Welcome to my digital presence all of you fellow nomadic intergalactic wizards of Laniakea. Here is a little bit more about the five kinds of crazy that are currently manifested in this person I am.
I’m a simple professor of the stars, and a student of the Earth. I provide Shinrin Yoku Forest Bathing sessions, Personal Guidance, Handpan Sound Healing, and Animal Spirit Card Readings. Here on Earth, Love is important, and not just to humans, but for life of all forms. Even the simplest of creatures, and arguably inanimate objects, require Love to exist.
I am a shapeshifting wizard :: I am but one olive tree in grove of my ancestors :: I have the spirit of the grey wolf, the pica pica magpie, the red squirrel and the hobo spider :: I am a nomadic intergalactic delusional illusion of the space between particles that transcends gender and provides confluence :: I am a largely useless primate with a few thousand words that loves to giggle :: I am a Yellow Magnetic Seed and a Multipotentialite :: I am a bipolar tourettic with visions of just how amazing the future can be. :: I have come to realize that shining my light during these dark times is essential :: I am a skeptical romantic that becomes intoxicated with color but understands the soup of electromagnetic and gravitational vibrations interacting with synapses in the folds of an organ that creates the consciousness we experience can lead to strange and unbelievably amazing sensations of both Bliss and Pain :: I enjoy spending time with authentic human beings while we work towards creating the awesome world we all know is possible because we dream about it in our nightmares :: I am a water dancer ::
I am Human :: And I will always love you.
SPIRIT WALK & EARTH DANCE
Join us at the MOCD.org on November 3rd for Forest Bathing, Medicine Music, Wisdom Circle and more!
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spirit-walk-earth-dance-tickets-50938262715
Gather in the Great Smoky Mountains’ Happy Valley for a special autumn journey into the practice of Japanese forest bathing (Shinrin Yoku) and Ecstatic Dance. Our guest forest guide Lui Lupo will lead participants through a full day of opportunities to fall in love with Earth and connect with one’s truest self.
~ Begin the day with meditation, medicine music and spoken word.
~ Our Wisdom Circle will include greater connection with Lui as he shares his personal spiritual journey. He will also teach us about the benefits of Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing).
~ Practice Shinrin Yoku during a guided walk to a forest tea garden. Enjoy a tea ceremony, one-to-one guidance sessions and an animal spirit card reading. There will be ample time for personal reflection and journal writing in the forest.
~ The evening will feature an Ecstatic Dance, which is a meditative form of movement, to further draw us to connect with nature. Followed by a bonfire, intention and gratitude ceremony, spoken word, medicine music and mantras.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spirit-walk-earth-dance-tickets-50938262715
What’s included: We will provide a health conscious bag lunch, assorted teas and at dinner we will supply soups and salads.
A basic animal spirit card reading and one-on-one guidance with Lui is included, however, arrangements can be made with Lui for anyone called to dive deeper.
All taxes & fees are included in your ticket price.
What to bring: A dish to share at the community dinner. Any personal comfort items such as a blanket, walking stick, personal journal, etc. Plus an open heart & mind.
About Our Forest Guide:
Lui Lupo is a Human and a Healer. He is a traveler who was most recently leading Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) activities in the Pisgah National Forest. He also conducts guided meditations, animal spirit card readings, personal guidance sessions, and sound healing with a hand pan. Prior to that, he helped poets and recovered addicts express themselves via the written word as the coordinator of MadTown Poetry and the Spiritual Potluck Poetry Groups. He is a founding member of the Madison Mutual Aid Network (madisonman.coop) and the former President of the 501(c)3 non-profit makerspace/art gallery, Confluent (www.confluent.space), in Richland, WA. Long ago he studied the physical and philosophical foundations of the universe as an engineer and academic. He enjoys traveling the globe, writing, and meeting authentic human beings. To learn more, see HowToFallInLoveWithEarth.com
RESERVE YOUR SPACE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spirit-walk-earth-dance-tickets-50938262715
