I am back in the mountains of New Mexico as I prepare for the New Year’s retreat coming up in a few days. It’s nice winter weather, and I am enjoying it already, after today the weather is forecast to become prettier and prettier up to, and through the retreat. Sunny and 50+ degrees during the days, and around 30 degrees at night. The weather affects what I do and how I prepare for the retreat. (i.e. logistics, transportation, firewood, heat, bedding, communication about the weather, etc.) We are planning a fire walk one evening if the weather conditions are favorable (no wind). If you have not done one of these they are something to look forward to. Fire is a powerful and wonderful element. Most people do not have much of a relationship with it. With a fire walk we teach you how to form an intimate relationship with fire. It is not taken lightly, and consequently fire helps humans transmute fear. Fear is cold, fire is hot. We will ask the fire to help move us along in 2009, and help us move through anything blocking our purpose on this journey. We will ask the fire to do this gently with light, as well as some heat. There will be much spirit moving when we walk on the transmuting coals of fire. There is no pressure to have to walk on fire, it is of one’s own free will and choice, just observing the process will do wonders for you.

On an unrelated note, the photo on the BLOG tab got my attention this morning, and I thought I should tell you about it. It is a picture of me standing in the Jordan River after dunking myself in a few years ago. I’m sure this is more meaningful to me than it is to you, nevertheless I thought I would mention it this morning. The Jordan River, appearing very ordinary and small for a river, spoke to me very strongly several years ago. So, I visited it and got wet. If you notice the rest of the photo’s on the home page you will see other places that have held spiritual importance for me over the years. I will talk about them more if asked to do so. Have a good day, the sun is up here and it is time for me to get to work. Love, David

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Whether it’s Christmas, or Thanksgiving, this time of the year always brings up just how much I have to be grateful for. No matter what is going on with the economy, politics, or the weather - I am very fortunate to live in the ole’ U.S. of A, and I am very grateful for all of the comforts, luxuries, and people in my life. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love, David

This arctic front that has been moving down and through the Western U.S. has been a big one, and it’s continuing to express itself! I keep reminding myself to accept and embrace it! We need lot’s of consistent, deep, thorough moisture throughout the West - whether that is in Southern California, or the Sandia mountains of New Mexico (or anywhere in between). I accept it, I encourage it, and I give gratitude back to Mother Nature, and this time of the Winter Solstice. It’s the Capricorn time of year, even though I personally favor the heat of the sun and the warmer months. Life is a contradiction, right?

Happy Holidays to you, if I don’t get back to the blog before Christmas!

I will be heading out to NM for the New Year’s Retreat in a few days. I am excited to get back out there. My next building project after the holidays will be to start on a greenhouse. I want to be able to grow food 365 days of the year, and a greenhouse will ensure that. I am doing a lot of work right now preparing myself for 2009, and the times a head, I encourage you to do the same. Bye for now. LOVE, David

After a very fruitful few days here in NM, I head back to the confines of LA. Don’t get me wrong, I have really enjoyed living in this city. It works for me, and more accurately it has worked for me for most of the last 20 years. Now, however, I am starting to feel the pulls from the country, living off the land, being one with the land and nature. Spirit is painting a distinct picture showing me the way. I know my time, my days, my stay in LA is lessening. I’m ok with that. As I prep my property for more year round residency, I start to envision the community energy that will be forming here. Likewise people are gathering at my sister’s property close by. Many are feeling the call to leave the cities, many are choosing that outcome. As I prepare to board my plane back to LA, I find it harder to go. I take note - as the signs get stronger. I will speak to you next time from the City of Angels. Love, David

I am currently in the mountains of New Mexico @ my retreat property. It is a windy “wintery” day. I was up early (4am) this morning as I found myself being nudged creatively to continue writing. I like getting up early, it is the most peaceful time of day for me. I have been listening to the strong winds roaring through the pine trees announcing the arrival of another front of weather. I am glad it is here because my body has been aching for two days telling me moisture was on the way. I notice more pronounced physical sensations in my body about weather patterns when I am in NM. I suspect this is a result of the altitude and, even more so, my conection with the land, nature, and the elements here. They communicate very strongly with me! I have the same senses in LA, however the weather patterns require far less winter preparation. That’s not to say LA doesn’t have it’s own set of sensory sharpeners, because it does. They just generally require fewer clothes. Anyway…I am glad to be experiencing the winter conditions, they are helping me shift into a deeper relationship with the seasons suiting my Capricorn nature with winter. A nice toasty fire does amazing things for the writer, no need to rush outside at the break of dawn. As I look out the window at the rising sun it lures me outside - hum - maybe itis time for a little break? Have a great day! Love, David

4 years from now…12-12-12

First of all before I move into the future I want to say I am very excited to have this blog up and functioning! It has been born. Much helpful information will be written here as well in the adjoining Library. The Library will contain excerpts from Healer Training classes, Retreats, and other healing groups. Within this Library will be text, audio, and eventually video files. My intention is to provide more information about healing to those who are seeking it. There are many requests from too many places for me to travel to, so I will be figuring out ways to allow people to tune in and participate through this website. Much of the information will be free to you, some of it eventually will have some nominal cost (exchange). Anyway…onward we go!

Moving forward to 12-12-12. Below is a piece I wrote recently about this future time. It is a fairly strong piece and I am sharing it because it might just get you thinking. Enjoy!

A Future Time
There is a time for reluctance, doubt, and confusion, and then there is a time for change. Change is a catalyst that happens more through force than allowance when it comes to human experience. All on planet earth are in a cycle of change now. This is no longer a time for reluctance, doubt, and confusion – that was the last forty years. It is time for us to become clear about our purpose and responsibility as earth residents. We are not the sole important creatures inhabiting this sphere of reality. We are simply part of the whole no matter how smart, no matter how technologically advanced we are. We are no better than the ant, the squirrel, or the ragweed. I believe these next 3-4 years into the next 30 are going to contain some of the most intensely challenging lessons for human reality. I believe these challenges will occur on physical, emotional, mental, and most of all spiritual levels. Meaning we will be challenged to look beyond our habitual expectation around who and what we are. I believe the illusions that we have been seduced by will have to be faced. There is little doubt that Mother Nature is demanding our attention, there is no doubt we have to face truths about money, government, and physical security. We have a lot to look at and deal with. How we approach these concerns will determine our experience. Do we think others can figure out the problems for us and fix them with bail out programs? Or is it something we as individuals have to deal with within ourselves? What is the truth about this time we are in? I am willing to sound negative to get your attention. I am willing to preach to the choir to get you to prepare and do the work. I believe turbulence is necessary to blast through the illusion we have been living under. I have found when I communicate this way people pull back; you want it to be easy, as creatures of habit you do not like facing the unknown. Within the negative sounding imagery of the future I am projecting I propose to you. Does this time offer us the biggest spiritual opportunity known in our lifetime? Can we take all the resources, technology, and spiritual hunger and come together for the good of all? How willing are we to bridge across countries and cultures to unite for this good?

We are surfing a tremendous wave of hope and inspiration with the recent election of Barack Obama. I believe in this man and pray for the change he envisions. He cannot do it alone. He has rallied the people like few leaders from the past have done. I hope he becomes the cornerstone to anchor the change needed here on planet earth. For him to be successful as a leader all of us will have to stay involved in the change we desire. Time will reveal the outcome. So, where is it all headed? Is it possible to look into the future to prepare for what needs to be done?

Writing about the future is the hardest thing I have tried to do. It forces me to take  risks that I do not commonly take. It forces me to take a stand with my intuition, out in the open, which exposes me to controversy. It has elements of “crying wolf” in it. It seems all that people want to know about the future is; everything is going to be okay. No one wants the scenario of intensity, negativity, or the unknown around change. I am not a doom and gloom prognosticator. I do not see myself as being negative, but as I look into the future I sense upheaval with this change. I sense tremendous need for adaptability and an even bigger need for preparation. It pushes me to write about this.

How do I liberate the part of me that is the messenger? The writer? The healer? How do I communicate all that I need to communicate in an un-tethered way? Do I write with an anticipation of the reader reacting uncomfortably, or do I write from the place of what I sense to be coming? Do I keep the message on a metaphoric spiritual plane of reality with minimization of the physical consequences, or do I paint the full picture of all experiential realities?  I do believe so much of what is coming is the spiritual tipping point for known human reality. I believe much of what we ultimately experience will be determined by our collective human choices. The place where I have the greatest reservation is how much will we come together with all people to create a place of peace here on the earth? I do not see humanity left with the choice to continue as before. We have evolved too far for this reality to exist anymore. The illusions we live under are killing us as a species. I believe the polar bear stands a bigger chance of survival than we do if we stay the same. Wow! What a statement? Do I become a “shock writer” to make my point?

Human’s are gifted beyond the perceptions of our imagination. We play down to the lowest reality held by the largest majority. We live down to the distraction of our lowest common needs, and the truth is we live with very little accountability regarding getting our needs met. We have become so accustomed to comfort that we are “fat and happy” and that is about it. I see us greatly lacking in gratitude and appreciation for all that our lives afford us. There is very little spiritual exchange with the universe, and more importantly the mother earth for supporting us. This is the major reckoning that I see coming. It is the way we focus on all things external to us. This focus is coming from inside of us. There is no more room for hatred and war. We have become too powerful to fight these wars. There is no more room for self as the “golden calf”. The point of evolution is upon us, because things have turned to revolution with all things human. I repeat we have the potential within us to do this – to open our hearts as spiritual beings having a conscious experience known as human. We have shown glimpses of our potential to rally together now what do we choose to do with this potential?

Today

Today is another day of course, this morning is another morning much like the others for the last few months. Up @ 3am feeling the urgency of creativity pulsing through my veins, nerves, body, brain, bed, and house. If Buffy were around she would be up with me, she is with me, she is helping with the push! OK. Write.

Recapping the HT-3 weekend briefly. It was deep, intense, fun, and at times hard to sit through. Hard because it was not a comfortable experience. Hard because groups push individuals into discomfort. Fun because agreement to learn and grow can be just that - FUN! I had a good time, I’ll speak for myself. I am intending on getting the blog working today so, you, the reader can post comments. Stay tuned, come back later so you can start to participate with me in this communication to provide helpful resource for others.

Below is some recent writing about the healing properties of writing. Enjoy!