Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
I have a pretty good idea about who I am. Yes, in some respects I am two people – one in the real world, one in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) – but overall, I am simply me. I wrote about this yesterday at my author website. But one of the bridges that I am frequently working with is the one between MJ and Malcolm. Who I am and what I do in the SCA versus the mundane world,
My fellow Americans. It is time to take action. We are under siege, and we are being terrorized. Not by some foreign power, not by armed militias in the streets…but by our own President. President Trump is unfit for this office. If you do not see this for what it is, then I feel rather sorry for you. This man is in a position of authority and power which he is not just unqualified for, but dangerously uninformed and unprepared
What you take-away from a less-than-desirable situation is important. Seeing the good you learned from the bad is the key to this. We all have bad experiences. There are going to be things that happen that are infuriating, complicated, difficult and unpleasant. Life cannot always be perfect. Frankly, if it was, I think we’d all get really really bored of it. When bad things happen – and they will – what you take away from them is important. If you
If you are reading this, you probably have freedom. Freedom means a great deal. In the USA, freedom means the right to gather peacefully, to protest injustice, to love whom we choose, to worship as we wish, to express ourselves, and more. The positivity of this is immeasurable. However, there are things we are going to see in a free country that we do not approve of. White supremacists and neo-Nazis waving flags and taking to the streets is not
You name it, I will write it. Does this let me be a success? I love to work on fiction. I began writing sci-fi at age nine, and I have been working on my fantasy series, The Source Chronicles, for about twenty years. There is something about fantastic worlds that I just love to write out. It’s exciting, and frequently invigorating. Almost six years ago I began regularly blogging. One weekly post has become three, and the theme of the
You need nobody’s permission to walk your own path in life. But you will receive an awful lot of advice, and help both useful and not from people. When you decide to walk your own path, if, like mine, it is in any way unconventional, people will question it. When enough people question what you have chosen, inevitably YOU will begin to question it, too. We all have people in our lives who feel they have carte blanche in regards
Never neglect doing things that are fun. When I was between 11 and 14, I went to overnight camps in upstate New York. Sometimes we would take hiking treks offsite. On two or three occasions, we went hiking at a place called Kaaterskill Falls. I absolutely loved this hike. The falls are in two levels, the middle level having a clear pool one can swim in, and a natural amphitheater behind the falls. This was one of the hiking adventures
Living in joy is the ultimate goal. I don’t want to spend my time at a desk, working for someone I might not entirely respect, doing something that bores me. Life is just too short for that. Rather, I want to do something that makes me happy. Have you ever been told that “You have to work for a living” or “you gotta do what you gotta do” or “you have to make ends meet” or similar? Likely, I suspect
Self-doubt and indecision will complicate Pathwalking. I strive to be less doubtful about who I am, and to do better with making decisions about my life. Pathwalking is about choosing for myself, rather than letting random chance just happen. Yet I still question if I am deserving of this. I doubt myself, my abilities to do the things I want to do. This in turn can make me indecisive, and I get stuck in uncertainty. Self-doubt comes from many places.
Your people are a huge contributor to positivity. There is a difference between people, and YOUR people. People in the general sense of the world, like the population of the planet, can be utterly infuriating. But YOUR people are those whom you hold close. Your confidants, family, friends and loved ones. We all have individuals that improve our lives. Members of the human race that help us find calm, find happiness and peace and joy. There is someone out there