The Kazoo of Quantum Physics

Listen, be still, and she will come to you

2011-11-20T16:57:00.001-08:00

If we can allow ourselves toslowdown for a moment and just breathe, right here right now, in this pulsingradiant orb of self-love and personal mastery, just then we begin to open tothe mystery of our future. Bringingheaven unto earth through owning it within, a melting into the subtlety ofspirit. Slowly and quietly now,breathe and allow this possibility… listen, and be still and she will come toyou.

The dynamic ease of the rightbrain awareness needs space to move in step with the frequencies of the divine,space from the incessant ramblings of the left-brain organizer. I enjoy the practice of giving theorganizer a task in its particular field of expertise. My favorite trick is to ask it toconsciously listen and focus on all the physical sensations and in-joyment thatis to be had in the depths of one epic miraculous moment or one perfectlyplayed note. This is in the pocket,an awareness where the being is moving in mastery while the mind watches. Whenit suddenly realizes it is not doing the doing, there is likely to be a reciprocalgrasping for control by the mind. Thisbecomes the dance. Deepening intosubtlety and being ripped out again, like dying and being reborn, lifetimeafter lifetime.

We are here on this precipicebringing these two disparaging worlds back into unity here in the physicalityof the earth plane. The way I seeit is the 3D and 5D realities, physical and spirit, are being pulled back intoa harmonic wave where the 3D becomes a nestled aspect of the higher dimensionalperspective, like a level up or expansion out to a broader scope of embodimentthat is more in line with the soul vibrations. Hence the ongoing natural harmonizing of the illusorydualistic reality into its complete wholeness, as it integrates back intoitself at a higher level.

If you take some time to sinkinto nature at this level, you can witness an infinite flow and flux of givingand receiving relationships. Thewhole system is breathing itself in this swirling majesty of nestling in andwrapping around. If you look deepenough into it, a perfect balance of this natural flow of love energyemerges. It is beyond the human perspectiveof love and into a higher divine energy perhaps more represented by the termselfless service. All thesevarious aspects of nature are all playing their perfect roles without question,defining the edge for another entity to nestle against, like waves breaking ona beach or the winds relationship with an eagle’s wing.

The separation illusion is whatwe are awakening from, and the depths of this truth will catapult us into thisgolden age. When you can see thatthe wind and the wing are one, you can begin to understand your own intricatelyrelating perfection and start to embody it. Consider that it is only the human intellect that removes usfrom this eternal truth, creating a school of forgetfulness, which allows us togain a deeper understanding of our totality, to bring back home.

The epitome of self-love is toaccept your place in this dynamic relationship with divinity and all that is,allowing yourself to be carried by the river and nurtured by the sun, and toact in love with those around you as you are one. You are supported in ways you can’t imagine. Enjoy what it is like to be held again,in the unconditional love and gentleness of spirit.

Listen, be still, and she willcome to you~.

Enjoying the Sunrise

2011-11-16T01:43:00.001-08:00

Full ofpossibility I react to the calling.

My innocence has faded upon theonce golden fields of glory, and all I can say is thank you, thank you for thedream and it’s spectrum of ever increasing beauty. I used to get excited by the lightshow and found that quitesatisfactory for a while… but now, I just can’t sit still. There has got to be something outthere, all the way out there, right in here. A sea is bubbling up out of the desert, and we are not yetstopping to enjoy the miracle of this. Well some of us are and I will count myself a record keeper of thesegreat times. Not that we’ll needthem where we are headed.

The voice calling me crazy haseven vacated the building… I had to consciously conjure up the memory to evenget him a mention here. That in itselfis a monumental piece of awareness. Why is that reality feeling like a dream we just awoke from? The obvious answer is, well… obvious;perhaps because that is exactly what we have just done, it only hasn’t sunk inyet. This is you imagining whatfreedom feels like, probably for the first time in a very, very longwhile. The whiff of it is a tadsweet and you may just think that spring is in the air a season early.

What does freedom truly feellike? I challenge you to work atanswering that question for the next few days. If you have had experience with psychedelics then you mayhave found yourself in such a feeling. As you conjure up or remember what this can feel like, expand it out sothat there are no edges that can stop you, unless it is an edge you create asan aspect of your free choice to do so. Imagine the free flowing awareness that you are able to spiral into theoneness of your experience, able to create instant manifestations of thoughtand vision and infinitely beyond. Real true freedom does however require a parameter or boundary to exist inits true harmonic form, this parameter I have come to see as the emerging 5^thdimensional unity consciousness. It is at this threshold that the hierarchical constraints of the dualitycease to exist. These constraintsallow for individual transcendental freedom but not a collective one. The latter is the big one I believe weare now ready for, as we surrender to the cosmic pulse vibrating us into ahigher resonant dimensional relationship with the cosmos and ourselves.

The urgency of today’s now-nessastounds me. I am finding that therelevant act of creation now is for this moment and must be shared right away,because the veil is being pulled back gently by the moment. It is a beautiful thing if we can sharein this once in a millennium sunrise! As we turn our backs on the failed leadership and indoctrination of thefew, we are learning, the joy and power of freedom is being directlyexperienced by those allowing it to flow though them to the world. If left to our own devices we wouldinstantly surprise ourselves with the harmony and care we would receive fromeach other. This is a newawakening that had not been available as many of us were still caught in thesmall-self paradigm. Consider usnow on the right side of the fence so to speak, even though this side is not aside but a circle of wholeness and inclusive responsibility. Look around it is happeningeverywhere! As we forgive, we canbuild a new trust, a trust in ourselves as sovereign creators of everyenergetic impulse we contribute to the world. The results of acting out of harmony are felt instantly andin full transparency. This is animportant aspect to internalize. There are no places left to hide, the light has been turned on.

Congratulations on accepting yourmission! Be proud of yourselves,we made it through one hell of a shit storm. And yet everything we threw at ourselves was transmuted. Not to say we didn’t make a big messwhile playing in the mud pile because we certainly got ourselves buried up tothe ears in every aspect of the shadow time. Consider the last 13 000 years like a very long turn of themoon. Imagine consciousness as a pointon the moon that, all that time ago, crossed from the light side of the mooninto the shadows. Since then wehave gone through the full spectrum of the dark side, and have just now beganto realize that the sun is rising, having forgotten that such a thing was evenpossible. This case of amnesia waspretty severe after so many lifetimes not to mention the epic amount of energyspent on keeping us in our vegetative malaise. I have visions of armies battling on that last day ofdarkness, tired and beaten, confused and disoriented by the last few days ofstrange anticipatory meanderings amongst the plebes. And then those first rays of light emerge from the horizonthat previously had been consumed by an eternal vacuum of darkness. A sudden inhalation of wonder instantlyrenders the warriors like babies as their swords drop to the ground withoutresistance.

Then what you may ask? Well exactly! What are you going to do now?

Have fun, and much love,

cme

Into the Fire of Divine Will

2011-11-15T01:04:00.000-08:00

As mind and heart begin their conscious spiral into unity, we find ourselves at an extremely precious moment in human history. We have forgotten our heritage, and ancient past, so much so that we stand at the brink of a total transformation of human existence on earth and the most any of us know is tantamount to a having a few pieces of yarn from an ancient sweater. Despite the challenges of thousands years of oppression and persecution we have managed to arrive at something special; the re-membering of who we really are.

This is only possible because we are beginning to feel it. All the knowledge you will ever need is perceivable as a resonance vibrating as one with the galactic harmony that you are in your true nature as all that is. As we learn to receive the information in the frequencies of spirit, the need for the intake of knowledge becomes secondary to the direct infusion of cosmic wisdom through the intuitive receptive body. The access points to this are as infinite as the diversity of souls. Our challenge in these times is to re-adjust our perceptions and to make room for the 5^th dimensional transmission of the unity intelligence. As our many enlightened and ascended masters have taught us this can only occur in the timeless miracle of the Now.

Many will instantly relate to having a brief or possibly deep encounter with a creative transcendental state. This experience is a doorway into the truth of the interconnected and infinite wisdom of unity consciousness. I use the term unity consciousness, 5^th dimensional awareness and being in the Now as synonyms for this particular context. The possibility of any of the above occurring is only available as our ego or mental self is repositioned as, at the very least a co-pilot. I will assume that those reading this have the awareness of themselves as the observer and not the ego self. This starting point as the neutral observer is paramount in beginning an earnest practice of allowing the artistic movement of spirit through the body.

Into a paradigm of divine guidance, is the evolutionary step that our journey is taking, a new profound humbling of humanities out of control ego and fear. The doorway is round and open, right in your heart of all knowingness. The intrinsic need for balance in the structure of the 3D dualistic world has brought us again to the point our own necessity; a leap out of played out karma and back into the cycle of harmony. This is no accident and what has been written in the stars since the beginning of time, has been encoded by many of our beloved ancestors to guide us at this time. Make no mistake, we have arrived, and all that is required, is to surrender the control you thought you had, to the divine will of your full and true self, stretching through the dimensions of time and space. The golden thread of light you see now connecting these parts of you is expanding and merging the dimensions right now in every cell of your body. All we need to experience the grace and ease that we are, is to recognize and humble ourselves to the true divine order within us, as all that is.

This leap is about forgiveness, it about doing the work of clearing any relational issues or emotional blockages that create our personal prisons of creative containment. I’m not referring to creative parameters in which a structure creates a realm of cohesion for an artistic piece, but rather the filter that removes spirit from the equation. I have always experienced my process of learning to sing as one of removing the filters of energy blockages and fears that felt like actual physical resonant barriers. As I healed the fears of expression, or embarrassment etc, I began to notice an energy flow of a more complete nature. The sounds became more resonant and the melodies more beautiful. Each attempt at a song became a meditation in how to allow the true voice of spirit in that moment to manifest through me as to create a perfectly emotionally harmonic resonance. The fine details are in the inner experience of how the music feels as it passes through the body. In its most transcendental form it feels like a perfect union of grief and praise, delicately opening without any push, pull or judgment. It is easy then to feel when in-authentic interference is present, because the harmonic capabilities of the ego are based in third dimensional time lag awareness and end up disrupting the perfect flowing nowness of the creative unity pulse coming from spirit. So it becomes for me, working with the two extremes and finding a deeper and deeper letting go into the purest allowing. To be moved by spirit beyond limitation and comprehension often reduces me to tears of humble gratitude and awe.

As we proceed into the mystery of what lies ahead, this practice can be applied to all your actions in this transitory 3D to 5D reality we find ourselves in. Approaching our decisions with the same goal of harmonic cohesion with our higher selves we find a base line for living in the heart of truth. Listening to the whispers of resonance in our bodies and to the energetic clues that we have forgotten how to interpret will guide us home. It is as simple as deciding that we are our own leaders, guided by an inner light, connected to all that is in perfect unity and balance. Our egos have no concept of this broader perspective, so our choice is one of trust, in the actuality of your infinite connectedness. The rewards speak for themselves, as every act of unity through harmonious loving kindness and freedom manifests a beat of the heart for our precious new world.

In love and light,

cme

The 11:11:11 Winds of Change

2011-11-15T00:57:00.000-08:00

To say a lot has transpired these past 10 or so years, months, weeks, days and now hours, would be a huge understatement; but I would like to invite a glimpse in from this angle, as I am called to share some of the most recent magic of our epic adventure, specifically the tale of our 11:11:11 ceremony.

It was with great joy that we gathered with our closest beloveds for the days and nights surrounding this auspicious date, just as we have been doing for the past few months during the various big dates on the calendar. Our intent being to combine our energy fields and vision with that of the broader collective and to open ourselves to the immensity of the dimensional aspects of our unseen selves… well as much as we can handle in each evolving moment in the “now” anyway! Of course there is another reason to gather and likely the most paramount, to be with each other in unconditional awareness and love, dancing and playing in the creative abundance that is ever more enticing us outward in its expression. I have so much joy and gratitude for the “tribe” that actively surrounds us, participating in this new and yet very old way of being together. If the success of my life can be measured, I trust that this one aspect has added an infinite depth to the wisdom and wealth of the collective unfolding, and through this I will always feel complete.

It is no surprise that the events of 11:11:11 brought collective amazement and third dimensional magic to our reality. We seek to see that which is behind the veil and to live within its expanded dimensionality, bridging where we are with where we are all going. I had been feeling like my mission had come to a natural completion of late and that this time of 11:11:11 demarcated a new role or cosmic shift in purpose for me. I do not have a full grasp on it yet, but it appears to be stampeding towards my heart like a thousand buffalo of light just crossing the horizon.

I am going to begin the story one evening prior on Nov. 10^th as we had arranged with one of our dear brothers Running Buffalo, to have a full moon ceremony at one of our power-spots here on Gabriola Island. We arrived at Indian point at around 4:45pm just as dusk was setting in. Our plan was to catch the transition time and tune into the ancient sacred energies that some of us have been working with there for some time, perhaps amplify the new frequencies and share gratitude for the earth and all the subtle realms. The ceremonial experience for us as a group has taken on a beautifully intuitive orchestration over these past couple years and nothing needs to be said other than what is a direct part of the experience. We exchanged hugs as we arrived, placed our crystals and sacred items in a formation facing east with a container of water from a special lake in Montana, lake Titicaca in Peru and I believe, other sweet water from past ceremonies. Part of the intention is to allow the speed of information transfer to take place as the water intelligence infuses within itself and transfers the geometric and energetic patternings that it stores. We proceeded to be in joy, playing a Tibetan bowl and some chimes, and then smudging each other, singing and smiling. It seemed the exact moment we had all fully arrived the full moon showed herself, directly across from us, cradled in the trees. I must admit that I appreciate perfect timing and this was the beginning of a sequence of powerful signs of communication that we are up to something meaningful, and to keep doing it, even if we have little rationale why.

As we continued to injoy our time together on the beach we moved into circle and shared some prayer and gratitude and received a sweet laugh from to birds flying directly overhead, reminding us that laughter is the best medicine. Upon completing the circle we added the sacred waters into the current of the narrows and felt it joining again into unity just as we are doing, bringing with it the contentment of moving beyond metaphor.

As we awoke on the morning of 11:11:11, not sure if we were getting ready for a full ascension into the 5^th dimension or a deeper embodiment of such awareness here in 3D, it was obvious that electricity was in the air and we were infused with a pre-Christmas excitement. The night before we all decided to wear white, partly in jest of previous cult attempts to beam out of here, but mostly to feel clean and clear for what was ahead. There was some talk of having the kool-aid out on the table as our last friends arrived, but the initial laugh was unto itself joy enough.

The stage had been set for months as we have been gathering here on this sacred land that has been a container for many such gatherings over the years. It was clear that a divine orchestration brought us here and we take this responsibility to heart. A part of this pre-preparation was the crystal grid that Sah’Rah had created months before and had been integral in some deep process and vision prior to our Nov. 11^th meeting. This point showed itself to me as a focal point for a spiraling energy vortex that extends down the cliffs in a Fibonacci spiral down to the beach at Sandwell park. My experience of this was quite vivid and profound and yet is perhaps best left to this level of simplicity for the sake of the current story.

Sah’Rah had adjusted the stones and crystals to create a portal or doorway by following her intuitive guidance. We always appreciate the grace and silence in which her tasks are completed perfectly. There is no need to question the details as spirit speaks for herself on this occasion. As she moved out of the completed grid structure she asked for our F# flute invocation, of which we had thought would resonate with the heart frequency meditations occurring at that time around the globe. We happen to have 3 F# native flutes and one of them is a double barrel. As we lifted the flutes the time shifted to 11:11am and the eagles began an intense singing above us to the left, and as we began to play our song, they resounded in joy and a great swirling in the skies began out of nowhere. The clouds were materializing and dematerializing right above us in this upward moving vortex of energy, we gasped and kept playing, as the eagles were joined by hawks and osprey, dancing in the intense circling winds. Leaves and maple propellers began raining on us from above as if coming out of thin air, due to the fact that we are above all the maples in the area. This spiral continued for a few magical minutes and felt like the sign we were all asking for. None of us had ever seen clouds move in the way they had in those moments, and it truly goes beyond what I can express here in words.

As we continued playing and singing each of us released the old to the earth and stepped through the portal before us, realizing that the metaphoric act may in fact be much more significant. It was a sweet release and embrace as we joined again on the other side, in love and joy for the potency of our experience. And then… out of nowhere a huge white jet plane with no markings flew extremely low overhead, right overhead! And having never seen such a plane ever fly over ourplace, made this strange indeed, the timing made it even more odd and the look of the plane was unanimously seen as almost holographic in nature… our minds had fun creating scenarios to explain this, including a cloaked ufo. Still not sure what that was about but it was definitely right on time!

Our morning continued normally with breakfast and conversation as well as a lot of reflection on our experience. We took our joy back to the point and some beautiful sunrays were heating up the air. We positioned ourselves in them and shared more gratitude, watching the continuously amazing cloud formations out to the east, seemingly morphing into face after face and displaying the most astoundingly real cloud creatures I have ever witnessed. We started to reflect on all the affirmations we were receiving and then a gust lifted a spiral of maple leaves and pods in front of us eliciting a sweet gasp from the crowd! Suddenly a huge roar began off to the north that sounded like a tsunami was coming, it was spine tingling and I believe the time now happened to be right around 1:11pm. After about a 30second roar, the trees in the valley ripped sideways and you could hear cracking limbs everywhere. We took a step back and braced ourselves slightly for the end of the world (hehe) and felt this wall of wind rip across the land. The trees were bending way over and branches were flying all over the place, as we decided to retreat closer to the house in case anything came down. As we were standing beside the house a huge gust came up and right as all seven of us were looking at the same tree, the majestic landmark eagle perch towering 50 feet above the canopy just lifted off at the top and floated away! We staggered and gasped in pain as such a beauty and symbolic tree was damaged. It took a minute or two to realize that it was really happening and I knew then that the significance of this was profound on many levels. The removal of the old as these new energies emerge is a must, and this was a clear communication to all of us that we had crossed a threshold into the unconditional, truth, love and awareness of the 5^th dimension.

I haven’t been sure what to expect as all these dates and hype have talked about so many things. But now I feel that we have chosen a smooth ride of unfolding these new aspects of ourselves in a way as to create the most divine integration, joy and wisdom, while disempowering the energy of fear which has been the prevailing wind on this planet for at least the past 12 000 years. If 11:11:11 has showed me anything it is that the winds of change have arrived, and the view from here will never, ever be the same.

Much love,

André Nobels

Chief Medicine Eagle

Free~lease "Bring the Joy Back"

2011-05-16T13:00:00.000-07:00

Hi beauties,

Been a while since the inspiration has hit for some blogging. So much water under the bridge in the past year and a lot of shifting and refining of purpose and mission here in 3D. I'd like to share where I have come to and what lies ahead on the new paradigm frontier, for myself and all those I affect through my creative and intuitive action.

Firstly the past six months have been filled with great challenges depth and learning for me and I have come to a new place of congruence in sharing all of this with my tribe and global community. In November my mother Faye had a severe brain anurysm that left her with a couple of strokes after a 10hr surgery to repair it. At the time I was sharing my gifts of music in some sacred medicine circles and begun a deep journey into my role in it. As we came out of sacred space we headed straight to the hospital in Tucson where we spent the next two months tending to Faye's gradual awakening into her new self, half paralyzed and unable to speak. Everyday we commuted to be with her and opened a deep space in our hearts to allow room for what we were being called to step into. Through the next months I began to observe a new energy feedback loop in my life as it related to being in a true vibration of loving service, without expectation or personal agenda. We literally dropped everything and chose to allow the higher purpose of the divine love to guide us through. What we got to experience was the magic of being held and supported in the same ways we were giving of our selves and energy. A miracle of perspective was emerging.

Since these first realizations I have been on a mission to bring this teaching deep into all aspects of my life, feeling the need for congruence and integrity of action. This is rising from deep within me as my role here in these times; to step out of the box and live in a new paradigm. I have been straddling the line for some time and 2011 has brought a new level of responsibility into each action, making it impossible for me to live in both worlds. Now I have come to the certainty of holding the course and trusting that all is in perfect order and we are always held and taken care of. Living from the heart and taking full responsibility in each moment makes sure I act when I need to and from the right place.

Upon returning home I saw a clear vision for my musical direction. I would create an album from a place of joy and service to my brothers and sisters. I had only one focus and that was to remain authentic, joyful and in a place of service to the whole... This album is now complete and is fittingly named "Bring the Joy Back". It is a collection of heart songs and unity vibrations in support of you and your unique mission unfolding!

And now that this has manifested I asked myself how will I share this from the same place, the same frequency, with integrity and new paradigm clarity... the answer was simple, a free~lease, opening the floodgates to spread this gift as far and wide as possible, with no restrictions and all the help of those that connect to it and love it. I will be posting some videos and links for free downloads of the whole album, and I ask that if you are touched by it that you consider passing it on through your networks and to those that you feel would also be touched by it. I can no longer be so arrogant as to restrict the flow of this creative expression... it wanted to come through for you and so you will have it without expectation, just as a pure gift from my heart. If you so desire to make a donation or support us in anyway we are always open to the flow of receiving all that we need and say thank you in advance for being true to yourself. The album will be available on May 22nd at www.andrenobels.com and I am so excited that you will have it in your ears, homes and hearts.

I have always just wanted my songs to be out there and available, so I'm creating my own way of doing just that. Forming a new paradigm structure that suits my truth and my aspirations for our unfolding journey together. I sincerely hope you accept this gift and receive it fully. I love you deeply and support all that you have had to face to make it to today~ You are not alone.

Blessings and quantum gratitude always,

Chief Medicine Eagle, your brother

Tryin to find the end of it

2010-04-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

Back to blog land after a sweet weekend of music and dance magic. Things have been unfolding so beautifully in our time in Canada this winter/spring. It seems the more I am grateful, the more I stay present with what is, the more amazing magic appears as my reality.
The most amazing soul family has been connecting here on the island and also over the intranets~ Facebook has become a sweet connector for all of us looking to connect community beyond geography... perhaps planting seeds for the new quantum reality around the corner. In fact this paradigm shift is making itself quite apparent as we find each other in this vast ocean. Somehow bumping into each other despite the melting thought of impossibility.

Recently I connected with Lance Smith, who has helped me to redefine not only my new website! which I love, but has been launching my live music to new heights with his fantastic ears and touch on the drums. Something very exciting is brewing for us and Friday was the launching pad! Our show at the lifehouse was a new high of musical connection and purpose. There is a new energy of synthesis in the air and I suggest you take advantage of it!! Find each other and watch the authentic genius take over. Combine your hearts to cast the spells that you dare dream. To know that we have each other is one of the keys to transforming our isolation into amazingly exciting life greatness.

I am uber grateful to have a place in this world, to express my hearts desire, to share the music that burns out from my soul. Thank you so much for tuning in and turning on, for lighting your own fire and for being here right now!

Also I'd like to share a special song from the new album --- CLICK the player on the right --- "Trying to find the end of it" was created in the moment the year turned, as we sang together through the New Year during an amazing blue moon journey, bringing in the launch energy for 2010. It started around 11:50 and ended at 12:05~ truly one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had. The synchronicity and power of that moment planted the seed for this years magnificence! I went home and recorded it on New Years day followed by a flood of the last half of the album over the next couple weeks. So if you are not enjoying already~ what are you waiting for? click play and kick back.

With deep love,

Chief ME~
To Purchase the New CD click Here ~ www.andrenobels.com

Welcome to the Main Event ~ Release

2010-03-31T18:03:00.000-07:00

Oh my, so much excitement is coursing through my veins right now, so much gratitude, so much wonder at the emerging world which I am proud to be a part of creating... First of all thanks so much to Lance for your amazing work on my new website--- ww w.andrenobels.com --- so sweet and a long time coming. Please check it out and let me know what you want to see on there; you are the ones who are going to be visiting it and I'm here to serve you with my words and sounds.
Oh how I love you all so very much, so many gifts and opportunities you have given me. Thank you.

Now onto the Big News ~ "Welcome to the Main Event" is on the presses and will be arriving shortly on my doorstep... well my bro's doorstep as I don't have the need for one at the moment...hehe. I am so thrilled to get this new flavour of my music out there to you. It represents the journey of our travels and the deep insights, friendships and flows through the great oneness over the past year. I have included some more meditative tracks, some meandering melodies and trance like vistas. The songs are a years worth of transformation, healing and magic translated into song for your hearts and minds. I'm really just wanting those who resonate with the music to have it in your homes, cars, & ears, so that it can uplift and inspire your lives.

There is always the question of what to ask for/charge when selling creative things like art, cds etc... What I've come to understand is a sweet balance between giving and receiving, and if there is an imbalance within that relationship then it feels off. I trust that this is due to the fact that there really is only one of us, loving, nurturing, giving and receiving to ourself(ves). Over the past year I have found that balance for selling my CD's. When I receive $20, I feel valued and know that who ever is getting the music is valuing it as well. The amount is really irrelevant, compared to the energy behind the interaction. I like to share my process around this for the sake of transparency and authenticity. By knowing me more and connecting to the broader context I feel you will receive the blessings in the music more deeply... at least that is my wish for you. Also another angle is that you can order the cd's online for a bit less as well as just download the songs for about $1 each on itunes, CDbaby or reverbnation. They of course get a percentage and I'm fine with that. I do prefer the personal interactions with you as it is the connection and interpersonal magic that inspires me. + I sign them when I send em~ So...

With all that in mind I have come up with this special deal... mostly for my new fans-->
For the next month I am offering a signed copy of "Welcome to the Main Event" and also copies of both "Across the Water" and "Into Nothing" for just $30. So many of my fans love the experience of the three discs and their distinct flavours. So the boxset is $30 and the new disc is $20 incl. shipping. Let me know what you think... I'd be happy to customize this for any of you including just download possibilities. Yay!

To order please visit www.andrenobels.com it is right there on the front page.

The time is so pregnant and change is happening at quantum speeds all around us. It is my mission to sing the songs that come through me, for you, to aid in this great turning, to bring gratitude and opening to the truth and depth of who we are.

In love and magic,
Chief ME
(in charge of being myself)

The Guts to Dream Big

2010-03-09T11:19:00.000-08:00

In my dreams last night I found myself in an off-road race. The vehicle wasn't particularly fast and yet without complete presence would easily spin out of control. I watched as the driver in front of me drifted for an instant and spun out into the side wall. It reminded me to stay focused as I raced past becoming one with the bumps and grooves of the track. As I found myself out in front the walls of the track turned into stakes in the ground and the track spread out into a large field like area. I did my best to stay on course as the definition of direction became less and less clear. There was a track, but it looked more like a mismatch of spaghetti, loosely contained by thin flags in the ground. I quickly realized that I had lost my direction and could only now see the track from above. There was no getting back in the race as clarity of the bounds became impossible. I awoke at this point, taking in the vividness of the imagery and yet not grasping the deeper insight to which I am now sinking into.

I spent the weekend at a men's gathering, that two of my dear friends were facilitating. I have been in many workshops over the years and yet this was my first group with only men. There was a powerful quality and safety to it. I have a way of diving right into such experiences and find myself more comfortable in these situations than most of my time in "ordinary" reality. The insight came hard and fast and it seemed almost too obvious to miss. In fact it had been with me for some time and yet I was unable to see it fully in the light. Simply I have been resisting the deep call from my soul to step up to a vision of my work in the world... I would have thought I was on target there, but I realized that I have kept myself safe by keeping the vision within reach. By this I mean the embracing of my dreams has been more short term oriented, like the race track in the dream; great strides towards reachable goals and small successes. And yet it kept feeling like I was lighting a bunch of matches all over the place and never getting a fire going. I saw as in the dream that I needed to define the track ahead of time. I am responsible for owning the direction of my manifestation in the world. I guess it comes down to having the guts to dream big enough and then the compelling reason to act shall come naturally out of the congruence between my dreams and my soul drive.

Before the weekend these pieces started to congeal. Victor Wooten was here in my backyard giving a workshop at the Haven and then a concert on the last night. For those that aren't familiar with Victor, he is arguably the premier Bassist in the world. I had been aware of him through a friend, but I'd resisted signing up for the workshop in the uncertainty of where we would be and such. Along with my indecision the concert also sold out rather quickly, and I had not really felt the impulse to go... Until my friend Duncan gave me a copy of his book to read a couple days before the show. It is called "The Music Lesson" and it had been a while since I sank into a book and I was in need of some inspiration. It took about 2 pages and I was completely hooked. I must say this book changed my relationship to music and my life page by page. It is like The Way of the Peaceful Warrior for musicians. Truly sparked I read though it and finished the day of the concert, and now was clear that I had to be there. Of course they said no tickets were available and some friends also came up short in finding me one, despite the right connections... So Missy and I decided to give up and just stay home.

Ha, ya right! Are you still paying attention? I saw in my minds eye earlier in the day that I was there at the show. Didn't worry about the how or what, and decided if I really couldn't get in that I'd listen from outside and just pick up some of the energy. We drove over there in what can only be described as perfect timing or divine timing, got out of the van and a woman with a flashlight stopped and asked us if she could guide us in. I notice that when an angel like this shows up they often give themselves away. She saw our license plate and said "oh where are you from, ahhh British Columbia?" as if it were a foreign dimension and then asked where and we said "right here, Gabriola." It was as if she just arrived... and then walked us to the entrance.

As we approached the door to the venue the first notes rang out the door from Victor's bass, and the door was open for us. We thought we would just keep going and entered slowly. As we stepped in we were greeted by a dear friend we hadn't seen for a year or so and embraced. She asked if we had tickets and we said no. She then said they had been turning people away in hoards all night. Then pointed to a man just in front of us and said he had an extra ticket he was trying to sell... Imagine that! She then checked in and decided that we could both stay. We danced a minute and then sat down directly center stage at the back. I felt like it was all orchestrated for me. So divine and so wonderful watching music and spirit come together through Victor's hands. As he says in his book music herself was there, coming through as he allowed himself permission to let go, perhaps make a mistake or two only to find more magic on the other side.

Deep Gratitude,
Chief ME

Bored ~to~ Borderline

2010-03-02T15:54:00.000-08:00

There are moments when everything seems to stand still... Yes they are still moving, well, under the surface at least. It is certainly not my preference to feel like nothing is heading in any sort of meaningful direction, and then again a seed of awareness exists in me of the power of what is. I have been following the clues today and the internal barometer of feelingness, drifting from bored to borderline emotional until that final straw snapped under the pressure of divine heaviness. Needing to feel the pull of emptiness I suppose, in order to draw the arrow back into it's most elastic end, now ready to launch somewhere.. hopefully over the rainbow!

The hardest thing for me to accept is not having a clear direction or a focus for my doing obsession. Sitting in the discomfort of uncertainty I have had the luxury of exposing some deeper truths about what is in my reality... where is it that I am starting from, right now? I came to realize that I'm closer to zero than my fantasies had imagined. Slightly depressing at first, to think that after all these years of efforting, the external connections and dreams I have for getting my gifts out in the world are still very infantile. The other side of this coin is the freshness of having no expectations or constrictions from without and another moment to re-define myself anew, taking into account my deep desire to serve the curve of where we are heading. Perhaps a brilliant opportunity to lift my awareness into a place of synergy with my soul and my purpose for being here. I often get this feeling that nothing has any meaning for me unless I am connected to the will of the whole and acting from a place of inspiration breathing as one with the divine. I guess it is time to redefine or redivine my relationship with a mission that is so much bigger than the small me.

In my tears today I felt your heart, I felt my longing to know it and to touch it. I am reminded of the reasons for creating the music and singing the songs that touch so deeply. I wish more than anything for the music to be heard; my gift to the world and the universe's gift to me... feeling of use, on purpose and a part of the great turning.

Thank you so much,
Andre, Chief ME

Stucture and Flow

2010-02-25T13:13:00.000-08:00

I've been having this reacuring metaphor come up as we prepare for our next Move Freely, Live Deeply event on Sat. Missy has been working a lot with structure and finding how it can aid in flow, where the assumption often says that flow and structure are opposed. For example by planing out life you would perhaps guess that the option of "living in the flow" may be limited... I used to think this was true and have come to believe otherwise.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not much of a planner, and probably never will be, but structure can come in many subtler forms and in this lies a key for combining magic and direction. Imagine a river as it flows towards the ocean. all along its path are banks which keep it contained within a certain course. Imagine for a moment that those banks were permeable and unreliable. The once strong river could be reduced into a scattered flood, or swamp rather quickly. This is often the end result for a river as it reaches its goal spreading out vastly into the arms of the receptive ocean.

In this metaphor I can really grasp the benefit of having some structure, as it relates to carving out the life you desire. Every detail is not important to know in advance and impossible to grasp anyway... but the constraints of vision and purpose can become the steady banks guiding you to a broader expansion and connection.

I personally love to open to the perfect flow in life, whether it is slow as molasses or fast as a raging river. All of the dimensions of such an experience offer there own unique blessings and perspectives. Expansion and contraction are both natural in the flow of intuitive living, and the embracing of what is can cure suffering in a hurry. My goal is to have an inner drive of purpose and vision, perhaps manifesting only as a feeling, but enough to guide me into the arms of the divine union of the small incarnate ME with the infinite wisdom and connection of the universe and all that is. It is like accepting all the power and magnificence that you are while being immensely humbled by the perfection of your place in the whole.

(Painting by Ted Hayward... see link on right!)

Love and blessings,
Chief ME

Be Do Have

2010-02-05T22:45:00.001-08:00

I must say I've been feeling slightly bloggy lately. And I mean that as a good thing. It is an experiment to explore the boundaries of my own transparency, authenticity and leadership. All very interesting edges to rub up against.

I was snapped back into my being today by the carefully placed, and beautiful words a very good friend shared. The kind of friend that is of the highest caliber, of which I am blessed to have many. He reminded me of the prevailing paradigm in the world after he reflected the paradigm I have been living and learning to navigate more permanently. He summed it up as follows: First comes being, then doing flows naturally out of being, and having emerges naturally from the genuine flow of inspired doing.

It was the breath of fresh air I had been needing to hear.

The opposite is of course the prevailing wind in our world: having, and the desire to have creates a need to do, in order to support the efforts of having and then being can come later after the pile of having is high enough.

I realized so clearly in that moment the difference in my body and emotional state when I am acting from those two paradigms. In the being first model I am relaxed, trusting, perceptive and joyous. In the have first model I am thinking heavily about how I can figure it out and create a mental picture that might satisfy the deeper part of me that needs freedom in being.

The freedom is the reason for my drive and passion. Without it as a foundation I flounder in the midst of someone else's dream. And simultaneously, so close, is this deeper, broader more fluid dimension, emerging effortlessly as the pond becomes still enough to see through.

I love the fact that intentional words and sounds can harmonize so deeply with another's heart and being. Thank you so much for giving yourself the permission to take in these words.

I love you,

Chief ME
(in charge of being myself)

2010-02-03T16:51:00.000-08:00

Poetic Interlude

Can is a term I used to use,

when days were round and nights were blue.
"This picture gives a thousand words,
when all I need is air" says the bird.
Have you got a piece of distance

for this one disarming instance?

As a Rapid engaging of the aging witness,
while he remains blind to the raging wildness
"It is music" says the rainbow, to the wind in my ears,
"It is calming" says the heart of such meaningful tears.
And it still just blows right on by,
it is as still, as the memory
of the sound between the years.

Chief ME
(in charge of being myself)

Seas of Opportunity

2010-02-01T11:23:00.000-08:00

Opportunity is today's magic word. We are all here together in this amazingly complex time and space, deciphering the point at which to focus our precious and sacred energies. Also there are moments where we have no clue and drift like children through experience as if on our grandfather's sailboat, nurtured and safe, waiting for our turn at the rudder. There is no advantage however in steering the boat until we are able to see where we are going. Yes we will practice how to turn and what to adjust when the strong winds come, but within the bounds with which we can understand and handle.

Collectively I see us emerging into a new level of responsibility. Our grandfather is aging and cannot see like he used to. The channel is so much deeper and wider than when he started his journey, and there are new options for the sailor. It is the moment of opportunity, to take the responsibility of where you are and where you are going.

So how does one decide? You may ask. I know that I am always asking, and in that lies a clue I believe. Every moment is your perfect mirror, an opportunity to receive and feel the reflection of the reality which you have been creating. Ooops, in case you have trouble with that idea I will say this: fundamentally there is no out there... everything we perceive is occurring within us as our perception of the reflection of light, sound and other energies interacts with our consciousness or individual reference point. We are not separate from the sea of potential being perceived. Everything is a part of this connected field of energy, and this includes you, your personal reference point of experience in time space. There is no other, only infinite view points of the whole from every perspective imaginable.

Whoa sounds kinda complicated and then what? I would say there is simple solution to a complex problem. The only reliable gauge of direction for an individual is within you. It is a new way of navigating life, not based on the collective assumptions of what is important, safe and meaningful, but on your own unique individual guidance, your pulse of excitement. Now don't get me wrong, this is not just a selfish,narcissistic excitement, or wanting, which we probably know very well. I'm talking about the quality of excitement that has some fear with it, the kind that you make excuses about why you can't or rationalize away. If you look at your life as a journey of happiness, creative expression, love, wonder and abundance, I doubt you will create it from a traditional, rational, societal course of action....(well unless that really turns you on). We are entering a new paradigm of what it means to be human. An age of authenticity and empowered action, from our deepest yearning which is the piece of the whole we came here to share, a piece that will be greatly missed if you decide to go back to sleep.

Much love and gratitude for sharing this journey with me!
Chief ME
(in charge of being myself)

Guitared and Feathered

2010-01-29T14:43:00.000-08:00

The one thing that can be counted on in life is the unexpected. A sudden re-direction or unseen option becomes a clear front runner for the new now that was not part of the plan. This is one particular reason why I don't like plans too much. I do believe they offer some value to certain individuals like say ...Wayne Gretzky who was born with his skates on (not sure how his mom handled that?). In such a situation you would want to get off to a fast start and keep your stick on the ice... in this case a plan gets you where you want to go, knowing the destination, the journey unfolds.

I must say that during inspired moments I too know such a certainty within myself. And yet it has a newness that is uniquely mine. Sure, my life path is influenced by many others who have blazed a trail for my emergence, and yet I find myself constantly redefining what it means to be me, and to offer this expression to the world. It always comes back to a drive for authenticity, and the compass for that is an internal knowing that each of us possess, as we feel our way through life and how open we have been with our experience of it. When it feels good and empowered, exciting and clean, it means you got it right.

So when we found ourselves in the space between the worlds, sitting on the group W bench in the customs office at the US border last week, I quietly payed attention to my non-attachment to any particular outcome. Yes we had packed a whole lot of crap into the van and had just moved out of our house and opted for temporary storage instead, not to mention the 5:30am wake-up and subsequent millisecond miss of the ferry to the mainland... But hey this was the next thing and I was fine with it. So we waited in the lounge as our young US escort went through our things.

Shortly thereafter he came back into the office and slowly lifted his black gloved hand above the counter... "Do you know what this is?" holding up the dried and lacquered head of a poppy that my friend had just given me as part of my eclectic instrument collection.
I replied easily "It's a shaker".
He giggled but was less amused... "In the eyes of the US government?" he added.

Well suffice to say we are not on America's most wanted list, but I'm a little pissed I lost that little gem. He did however add "I can see what you are up to there, and it does have a smooth sound".

Hilarious. At any rate he had let us through except for some CD's that I always have with me, which he suggested I take to the broker and have them do some of their special paperwork to make them legit to carry in. Turns out that we just needed to spend some time talking with a wider range of border patrol and really get a feel for the community...
Our option was to just drive back into Canada and mail them home. So we did, and then started all over again. Not quite what I was hoping for, but interesting none the less. Unfortunately there was a shift change while we were out, and this round was serviced by the men with serious faces.

So we waited again, and waited, this time for over an hour, until he called us over as he held up Missy's macaw feather wand. Unbeknownst to us, macaws are on the endangered list and apparently bringing feathers back into the US that we had originally received there was cause enough to bring in the expert from the department of fish and wildlife. Man I was starting to feel like a star with all this special attention! Anyway he made us fill out an import form for the feathers and also an abalone shell we have for smudging (also from the US). Then we assumed alright shows over and time to get on with our journey.

Well not so fast. "Yes", our fine officer friend said, "we will let you in, but without your work related items". We of course said "well what items?"
"Related to this!" As he again did the black glove thing, up from under the counter. (they must practice that move?) And held up one of my business cards. "No guitars and feathers".

I must say he did a fine job and had due cause for concern. Irony is that we were not even working this trip. So we decided to head home to re-group and reassess after such a 180 degree turn. On the way back into Canada it hit me, we were just guitared and feathered! Just like ancient times, just a little less permanent.

Little gold nuggets everywhere, even in such a shit storm. Thing is that all is perfect at all times, it just takes a bit of perspective widening to get it in some situations. This turn gave us a chance to examine some of our shadows around being stationary right now and to put energy in some of the things we were neglecting. The best gem though, is to know that wherever we are is exactly where we need to be.

I've started to plan a special CD release show in Nanaimo at the Church @the Old Quarter. This has been a dream of mine for a few years and I realized that the time is NOW. I'm working on the cover for "Welcome to the Main Event" and my "plan" : ) is to have the show around my birthday in early May or late April. Plus more Move Freely, Live Deeply which has quite the buzz around it these days! This year is the launch after all!

Love and Blessings
Chief ME
(in charge of being myself)

The Launch

2010-01-15T13:14:00.000-08:00

A mystery has crossed the line
And we no longer struggle to see
What was once a dream is now
A fabric of dimensions beyond the prelude.

The journey into authenticity is well under way and it is emerging as a new form of currency, the movement of flow, and energy without effort, a tapping into the river of right relation. In this new home we have the courage to answer the calling of ourselves, to begin the listening to the guidance of our wholeness.

It has been a few weeks since I’ve written you. I have taken a period of isolation to finish the 3rd album in my trilogy of solo creations, “Welcome to the Main Event”. I’ve just had the first few listens through the whole thing, and it is quite a journey. Upon completing it I realized that it was the culmination of this trilogy of albums I have done since 2006. It is long, deep, vulnerable, smooth and celebratory. The album ends with a song written spontaneously as I sang through the new year with some of my closest friends on Gabriola, and recorded on new years day. This was an experience I will always cherish very deeply… It was like we opened a portal into the Launch of 2010 and rode it right through the shift, celebrating on the other side. It was so beautiful.

This brought such completion to our last ten years here on Gabriola and a huge clarity of the energy which we are amidst creating for this coming year. It feels like the foundation is strong enough to hold the incredible amount of joy and wonder we are going to step into this year. I wish so deeply that you will join us on this mission, this launch into your authentic glory.

Imagine for an instant that everyone began choosing based on their, excitement, their hearts desire and deepest longing. Imagine that they valued the call of their inner voice above the pressures of fear and uncertainty. Imagine the absolute pandemonium of joy and wonder that would multiply beyond our wildest dreams, the magic of honesty, clarity and unique individual brilliance guiding us together in a new dimension of coexistence.

I’ve been imagining it so much it appears to be just that. A deep well of precious gifts for all that dare take the responsibility to accept them. A synchronistic sharing of humanity between family and friends, fathers and sons, mothers and their emerging daughter goddesses, and the amazing gratitude that flows from such miracles.
We are changing the game.

Missy and I continue to accelerate down the road of our chosen awesomeness into the next phase of our life adventure. We wish that yours be even more inspiring and may your many ripples create huge waves that crash onto the shores of our connected yearning.

Follow your excitement!
Chief ME (in charge of being myself)

The Starter is a good place to Start

2009-12-21T10:38:00.000-08:00

Hi and welcome back to the Kazoo. I've been back in Canada for a couple weeks, time well spent alchemically shifting old stuff into new possibilities. Simplify is the theme these holidays and that means letting go of a lot of stuff we just don't need to be worrying about while out on the road... It becomes difficult for the wind to blow you where you need to go if you are constantly carrying around a bunch of dead weight; and I mean not only on my back but in my mind most of all. It has been an amazing year for Missy and I, total transformation I would say, with real clarity and purpose to move forward into! And as often occurs in life there are a few tethers still binding us to past choices, out dated realities and former ways of being. All of those times had their day and there is much gratitude for the place and space the experiences of the past now afford the present. There is no now without it all. And yet we are at a crossroads, actually it feels more like a high flying trapeze act... we are doing so well hanging on to this bar just flying through the air. . . and then here comes another bar that we must reach out and grasp. Only thing is that means letting go of everything for a moment, opening up the grip that secures safety, and stability, for this precious leap of faith.

I really like metaphor and yet sometimes you just have metal to work with. In this case about 1000lbs of it or so in the shape of an 81 VW Rabbit. My first car was a VW Bug and my second was a VW Gti and this little beauty in someways filled the void that many men feel long after those original wheels have been melted into re-bar. Buying this little go-cart was pure emotion for sure, not the type of business decision I have the luxury of making quite yet. Well I thought I did last year when I made it and it turns out that it was probably an effective savings account for us. As our little adventure turned from 3 months to 6 months to 13 months into our new lifestyle it became pretty clear that the bunny had to transform into a more exchangeable form of energy ie. cold hard cash!

I was beginning to lose hope that I would find a buyer for her, after months of potential "fun investors" had dropped out of the running and any solid interest disappeared as the weather turned. So I had a little gut check and decided to drop the price for x-mas. Took a little bit of my new sales and marketing knowledge and re-wrote the ad that was gonna make it a merry Christmas! And it worked, I had a buyer lined up to come see it, he was bringing a trailer and everything was in motion. I arrived in Nanaimo with the car ready to say goodbye and instead got a goodbye from this guy as he drove away car-less. I was down but not out! There was one other young kid who had been emailing me his life story complete with at least 10 different VW's his family has or have owned, begging me very apologetically with a lower offer than my x-mas smash deal! I called him up to talk and realized that this kid is in that same energy that I was years ago eying such a car. I knew in that instant that there is more to valuing something than just the $$$$ at the end of a deal. This is a whole experience, including the elements of myself that needed to get some cash, and this young guy who is right now one of the happiest VW owners in Canada, plus a myriad of other little things that make this deal the right deal, not just for me, but for all concerned.

The grand finale!
The next day I'm on the ferry bringing the car over for the great exchange. As we pull up to the ferry dock and the cars are driving off the ferry I go to start the bunny... bluguh blug...uh. "Ummm shit this is not happening" and I waited for a second thinking "I just put in a new battery I've got juice", and then BRAMMM! Whew, she started up and I drove over to the meeting place. (I drove around the parking lot about 5 times to make sure the battery was charged) And I waited for the eager buyer. He got off the bus across the street and was already sold, I think it would have been near impossible to change his mind... Good thing too because as we hopped in for the test drive I turned the key and . . . nothing. "Okay this is a bit embarrassing but let's see what this could be." Without pause he gets up, "Pop the hood, let's have a look!" We decide that it may be the starter and that hey let's just jump start it and get some positive feelings happening here. That went smooth and we arrived back to park on a hill for the next start! I realized that I can't send this kid off on his own with a new car that won't start! So it hit me, I had all these spare parts in the back from my friend Joe's old rabbit... I gave him a call. "Hey Joe, I'm gonna need a little favor here. I'm at the mall with a buyer for my car and it won't start. The good news is I have the part I need right here just no tools. Can you help me?"
"Sure, just come on over."
I asked the kid, "do you have anything else to do?"
"Not a thing." he says with a huge grin.
"Well on to the next thing then." I call out as we hop in the bunny.
Well. . . we actually had to bump start it again, but then triumphantly headed off to Joe's for the great starter exchange.

Five minutes later out on the street in front of Joe's house we had the old starter out and the new one in. Turns out one of the bolts was terribly loose and would have disappeared had we not made the swap when we did. A nice little added blessing...!

Then the key was turned and like new she fired up perfectly.

Victory!!

I suppose the moral of the story might be this:
It's not the way something ends that defines the experience, it's the starter!

Love you, and have a blessed solstice!
Chief ME
in charge of being myself

I'm the Absoulute Best at What I Do....??

2009-12-10T15:27:00.000-08:00

Well hello sweet reader! I have been slightly absent from the bloggo-sphear for a couple weeks due to the intense experience of living life as I so dare to live it. Just arrived back home in Canada for a spell and I'm going to share some of the experiences and insights gained while on this last leg of the never ending journey.

Part 1 - Life on the road is a great way to learn what you love. When life gets simplified into be here now, in the moment of giving what you came here to give, it seems not much else means anything... or at least there is a pure bliss in being so engaged in the process of life that everything else is just background. I love this space and it is a main motivation for me to continue to find the ways to learn grow and express myself. I don't know about you, but I want and I'd say these days, need to be engaged in life as an active creator and observer. There is that still point where stress cannot exist and the past and future are just one with the present... as a recent acquaintance shared last week: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift; that's why they call it the present!"
This momentum of empowered experience gives the true fuel for the engine of gratitude which keeps everything well oiled, feeling good, and moving forward!

Part 2 - There is a real sweetness in knowing that where you are is where you need to be. So often I catch myself dreaming of the things I want in the future and the opportunities that would seem to make everything click. I must say these can be entertaining mental push ups, but more importantly I've been recognizing the fact that there is joy in the process of getting somewhere. It does tend to take a lot of focused attention, effort and resources to succeed at creating or manifesting a dream... however it doesn't usually feel like work, not always but for the most part it's just fun. Another thought which almost feel like random ramblings at this point (bare with me if you can) is that for the first time in my life I have a definable goal to reach for. I'm super excited to create a speaking career. I was so inspired by Jack Canfield, Joe Thiesman, and Jonathan Sprinkles at James Malinchak's bootcamp last weekend... I just felt the future in my body... a very profound and revealing experience of the quantum kazoo! I felt the calmness of a success and reality that I have not yet created but at the same time is right here in this moment. I realized the passion in my soul to share who I am through this medium, and to combine my musical mission in ways that are very unique to me. I felt so clearly that in the new paradigm of authenticity, everyone has a perfect role to play and competition is no longer an issue. We have two choices: 1 Be Yourself. 2 try to be something else. Which one do you imagine being more successful. What a cool insight.

Part 3 - I'm the absolute best at what I do. What!? You probably just said. That sounds rather arrogant... well hang on I'll explain. This holds true for you too, and here's why... after a short tale. I was singing last week for a very intimate group and experienced a complete immersion in my performance, total transcendence into myself as the listener while playing. I had this profound insight that no one else could be here now doing what I am doing, allowing what I am allowing. It was like I was turning inside out and could appreciate my experience from a whole new angle. I just relished in the moment and let the thought sink in... I am the absolute best at what I do, because only I can be me, only I can bring this expression through to the world to my brothers and sisters and beloveds. I felt so blessed and grateful to have remembered why I have been toiling for so long, what it was that meaning for me was all about... To tune in and reflect the resonance of those whom I'm with. To help usher forth the Godliness in you.
I truly love you and what you bring for me to enjoy, so thank you for having the courage to illuminate what hides in your shadows.

Blessings in your Awesomeness!!
ChiefME

Holy Wowness!!

2009-11-24T13:19:00.000-08:00

I missed you... but here I am back after a couple amazing weeks of transformational magic. It started in Tucson with our first Resourceful Human event, held for 25 wonderful people. We had an amazing day pushing ourselves into new territory and building the foundations for our future success. I gave my first speech ever and it went fabulous! I`m not one to toot my own horn, but I feel so great about stepping up into that and really coming through for myself. And by coming through for myself I came through for everyone else. Missy and Faye were also brilliant and we realized that one day was only a tiny taste of what we have to offer. All in all I am really excited about the day and also the great video footage we got from it.

From there we drove for a couple days to S.F. where Missy and I were presenting our talents for the 133rd Transformational Gate... I am really proud of us. Missy was spectacular and had 4 groups of 100-300 people totally rockin out in their bodies. It was so cool to watch and deafening at times : ) Folks really showed up and stepped into some serious fun factor. I played some of my favorites at the end of each class and it was beautiful, blissful and wonderful. One of the new friends we met there, Bright Hawk, played some djembe and hung drum as well. Just a really great time. The magic continued as the entrainments got more intense too... at times we had trouble balancing between being there for that and doing the programs. On the last night they do something called the Angel Wash, which I was to play for. I had written a new song especially for it and was nervous and excited to see how it would work for everyone. Turns out it was the best ever according to many of the long time gaters. Everyone lines up and creates a tunnel and then bathes each other one by one in a sea of love basically. The energy got so intense and I was playing the song for 45min straight, people were singing and clapping and blissing out... it was really cool. Then everyone spontaneously started clapping in this wild syncopated rhythm, they got so into it we couldn't`t stop them! It was just a special moment that I`ll never forget.

So grateful for the opportunity to share in that way and have everyone step up so fully. Just awesome.

We then drove down to LA where we will be for the next couple weeks. I`m playing music for some meditation circles and then off to speakers bootcamp. Excited and rollin... Just wanted to share some of the magic with you. Step in and step up to whatever makes you sing. I love you and thanks so much!

Chief ME
(In Charge of Being Myself!)

Transparency

2009-11-06T09:52:00.000-08:00

In times of fear there there is only one ear,
tuned to the channel that can be handled
in the midst of mirrors.
If I were a scorpion I would sting
If love were a fortune I would sing
A way forward from the weeds
And along the path where planted seeds
Grow from time, into the fine line of right now.

This episode is about transparency. Humans are evolving rapidly into a new way of being on the planet and with each other. One of the most obvious examples of this transformation is right here, on the intranets (internet). I was resistant as first to the onslaught of social media and it's incredible expansion over the past few years. I have been on Myspace for almost 5 years and found that to turn into a strange spam-fest where musician after musician tries endlessly to send out impersonal friend requests with the best result being an actual online friendship and the majority being an inauthentic time waste dump. I had some amazing things happen though through there and did some vocal tracks for another guy without ever meeting him. Just digital connection. I think he still has one of the songs posted (Solardaze). And beyond the couple exceptions I just witnessed thousands of desperate musicians trying to reach out and be noticed... the problem being that we were all doing it to each other! Not the most effective strategy, unless your intention is to collect a large number of friends. I hit 1000 the other day and I actually know about 30 of them.

My intention is not to rag on Myspace, they started something important, I just believe that the structure doesn't support what the evolution of social media now calls for----Transparency!
Transparency is honesty, courage, authenticity and integrity all rolled into one. The expansion of Facebook and Twitter are two huge examples of this. People want to be real with themselves and each other... We are starved for authentic interactions and the digital buffer allows some safety for being with each other in this way. I find it astounding, refreshing and so exciting. Never before have we had the opportunity to put ourselves on the line like this. Just think, whenever you post something, say on Facebook, there is the thought that "oh, everybody I am connected to can read this." It changes the game and creates a new level of responsibility. There is a new tone that begins to emerge and small talk becomes nearly irrelevant. I never liked BSing about anyway. Always made me more uncomfortable than comfortable.

The real beauty lies in the ability to connect with those who resonate with you. Have you noticed that only some of your friends really engage with your most edgy posts? I take that as a positive indication that I am following my own heart. The new idea of community defies location and is creating a network of like minds, like a grid across the globe. I had this insight once where I was looking at the earth from space and it was dark, and all the lights that we associate with cities and such became humans lighting up, one by one. And as the lights came on the whole world began to glow, not from human ingenuity but from the awakening of human brilliance.

Our past has been an exploration of separateness and the individual. We are heading for, and some would say we are in a time where this is not sustainable. It has been a thrilling ride, and it is naturally coming to a close. A new way of being is emerging and the exciting part is we don't know what it will look like! We are here to create it, to unfold from our hearts the essence of ourselves. A mission unique to all and yet one and the same. We are entering a new paradigm, from duality to paradox. Where the perfection of what is becomes the perception of what is.

I love you, and am so grateful for my fellow travelers!!
Blessings and Unmessings,

Chief ME
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Resourcefulhuman.org

Entrepreneurial Entertainment

2009-10-30T15:30:00.000-07:00

Well another week of pulling up my new bootstraps and re-inventing myself has been interesting. We have been crafting our first workshop offering for Nov. 15th in Tucson and it is proving to be a fun challenge. I promised last week to tell a bit about what I've been up to...so I shall.

Since this time last year Missy and I have been on the road steady, exploring and integrating, reaching and learning, finding the ways that we can best give our gifts and continue to support ourselves while doing it. This has been quite revealing... I must say it has been an incredible year and we both have grown in many ways, most of which would have not moved to much if we hadn't taken the risk. I have learned that abundance is truly a state of mind and that it is the natural state of the universe... we can choose to be present in the moment in exactly what we have AS what we need, or we can choose to think about future haves and have nots. Either way my experience is that we have what we need when we need it, period. And that being said there has also been moments where we have been on that threshold as I mentioned before. The new choice we are making is to dig a little deeper, take a much bigger risk and step out in ways that ourselves of last year could not even imagine!

I have decided to expand my career from just music and poetry to speaking, coaching, music and poetry... in a nutshell anyway! In more detail I have been needing a container for my music and my message and what has always turned me on the most is connecting with people and inspiring shifts in perception and action. Bottom line is that I need to find the audience for what I do in order to continue doing it! A challenge? Yes! An insurmountable one? No way! What I'm realizing is that I will just have to do things a little differently to get a different result... Step one, get some help from those who know how to do what I want to do. This used to scare me and I'd think I would lose creative control or I might be judged as stupid or whatever. Just like long division and I didn't want to repeat that mistake! So now I stepped out of my comfort zone and have been crafting with Missy and Faye a new outlet for these gifts. We are starting to build some momentum and have some basics set-up... so much detail to accomplish though. Our company is The Resourceful Human, and it is all about supporting the emergence of the authentic human being! A perfect channel for all of our gifts to come together in the ways of our choosing to support those who really need what we have to offer. Resourcefulhuman.org

One of the challenges I've come up against over the years is just not fitting in, to the structures available for success. An example being the music business and its limited channels for making a living and reaching your audience. After making a few different forays into various scenes, styles and venues, I always felt like i was coming up empty. Not to say I wasn't enjoying it or that I didn't get a chance to reach people, I did. The missing element was a rhythm, a flow and sustainable success. I always felt like I was starting from scratch. That get's pretty draining after 10yrs. The realization dawned on me that no one was going to show up at my door and offer me a record deal or love me so much that they would sponsor me. It just didn't happen. So I'm left with the choice to empower myself, take what I've learned and apply it to what does work or retreat into a life of mediocrity... fortunately for me, mediocrity is just not acceptable:<)

It is time to stand up and count yourself
take a dive off the normal and boring old couch
you are needed with your heart on your sleeve
alive and insatiable, but for giving not greed

We are the brilliance of future right nows
illumined in the beauty of our unknown somehows
Dreaming is for giants and you were never small
Just waiting for your reason, and that is all.

Blessings on your road home!
Chief ME

Something in the way you move me

2009-10-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

Not to be too narcissistic but I've had one of my new songs stuck in my head this morning. It is called simply "Be Yourself"... What I've realized over the past few weeks is that I'm exactly right where I need to be. An interesting insight.

I've been doing many different things for many years and had hopes that they would all take off and provide me with a sense of success, security, freedom and fulfillment. I suppose there were those elements but never all at once?? At times I just played music for a living and had freedom and some fulfillment, and for a while I ran a construction company with my brother and had some success and security, but I naturally wanted it all. Don't you?

I'm driven by what many feel is unachievable. I am not too excited about settling on mediocrity. So my excitement has been aroused when I or others are putting these pieces together. A novel concept perhaps, but how many people do you know who are living the life of their dreams? I only know a few and they are the coolest authentic, balanced and real folks I know. Not to say I don't know many others who are flirting on the edge of stepping into their personal unknown, I do, and it brings me great joy to support and encourage them.

As I've matured with this idea I began to see a burning passion in me to help people in this way. And so, I'm turning a corner in my life and taking all that I've worked so hard for with me, only this time I do not plan on working so hard for it. My belief is that what we love to do comes easy and as the great Stuart Wilde says "life was never meant to be a struggle." Or the path of least resistance may speak to you. The clue is the kazoo... Excitement!!

One key point I just heard Missy talking about is this:

Because we are all one on the deepest level, when you step into being your authentic self, it naturally is a gift and benefit to everyone else. I would postulate that we all lose out if you don't. It is not just about getting what you want, but bringing your brilliance to the whole.

One thing that I have struggled with over the years is finding a receptive ear for my music. The fantasy that the mainstream is interested died a long time ago and even when I get some momentum going, I've felt that something is missing. Recently I put my finger on it. This year I decided to focus on offering these gifts in more specific situations and with more receptive audiences. Go where the people are I guess. So Missy and I wove music and movement for workshops and seminars with great success. I love the connection piece with people that you just can't get on stage, and we realized that this was very important to us. The only problem is that like many pursuits in the arts it is hard to connect wealth to being yourself!!

Well as Dr.Epstein would say this is a crucial point in the transformational process..."Enough of this!!" Truly we were frustrated, after having such amazingly fulfilling experiences and getting to do what we loved and then not having enough money to eat well or having just enough for a tank of gas. Something had to change, and fast!

You are probably saying... "okay how is this not a struggle, or easy like he said up there."
This is where it gets interesting. Like I eluded to last time, the path of least resistance may require you to step into unfamiliar territory and examine the blind spots. For me this is taking the personal responsibility to value myself enough that I am willing and actually absolutely need to create a business structure that will support all of my dreams, gifts and passions, and get them out in the world in all the ways I could ever imagine! I know we are moving into the age of authenticity, where a whole new paradigm of being together is emerging. I intend to be right in the middle of it. There is room for everyone!!

See you next time... I'll elaborate on how we're doing it!
Love and blessings,
Chief ME

Paid and on Purpose!

2009-10-18T17:15:00.000-07:00

I can only begin to tell you how jazzed I am right now. Completely thrilled with my last four days and even more excited to share some of the learning and insights I gained with you.

As you mostly know I'm an artist to the core, and have been experiencing that archetype in it's positive and negative ways for many years. I've always done creative things very well and have excelled in certain pursuits. And there are those things...see long division, a few blogs ago, that I have struggled with and continue to avoid as much as possible. Well, this has been great in many ways in my life and I feel tremendously blessed to have been able of giving so much focus to that! Also I became an expert at living on the wind, learning how to live on little and find the deep abundance in every experience. Unfortunately I have ended up like so many other young people following their dreams. I wasn't starving but I have been down to $20 many times! Not the best feeling when you're mission is to inspire people to live successful, authentic, brilliant lives! So the good news is, I've been paying attention and taking responsibility to change that, because only I can shift that perception of myself.

This weekend I spent at a workshop called the Million Dollar Marketing and Soul Intensive. Most that know me well would laugh at my name beside all but intensive in the soul department. So yes this was a big stretch for me, and at the same time, I am here to make a difference in people's lives, and whatever it takes to do that, I'm in! Many things became clearer for me by going to this thing and I am excited just to share a couple of them and hear how it has helped open up my mind to a plan for moving my dream into action.

The one thing I learned that is so important for creatives and spiritually based people is understanding that the most effective way to offer their gifts to a large audience and get them to the people who need those gifts, is to understand the value in what you have to offer in terms of what it will do for folks when they engage with you and what they will miss out on if you don't reach them. And because your gifts have great value you should be compensated for giving those gifts. When we get paid we feel empowered and energized to do more. I think one of the challenging concepts is how to put a price on these things, and the conclusion I've come to is that it is not the number that matters but how you feel about it. For example I have been charging $20 for my cds for a while now and I came to that decision because I know they are worth it and it feels good to me when I know I'm valuing myself and my work. This is not to say I don't give away tons of them or accept less at times, but the important thing is that i honor myself in the transaction knowing that the music has true value and they will engage more with that value because they paid for it. We value what we pay for. The other thing is that when I have more money I can do more of the things I need to do in the world. So I'm taking the reins and responsibility to accept and leap into this place of power.

The journey into authenticity constantly brings up the need to value the self. By it's nature, authentic being is from one perspective a place of oneness. You may not always experience the amazing bliss of a oneness consciousness but you can draw down the understanding that you are equally a piece of the equation as any other. Stepping up to one's value is a key piece in being authentic and expressing, giving and receiving from a place of power and transformation.

I will keep you posted as I implement these new parts in my life and and new business.

Much love and thank you for offering your thoughts.
Chief ME

The "What" Obsession

2009-10-15T20:03:00.000-07:00

Thank you for showing up, and tuning in to the rest of your life.

I have to share this video to start I love this kind of humor, be warned though, its edgy- Enjoy!

New Philosophy

I wrote this yesterday, and I have been changing so much each day, I don't think I'll read it again before posting it... trust I imagine!!
Today is holding a great energy for me. After 32 1/2 years of aiming, I feel like the target is finally coming into focus. Wrong turns of the past are now just lefts, and there is a nice momentum building with the rights. A reflection I'm getting from the past is that I spent a great deal of time and energy focused on "what"; what it is I'm supposed to do, what am I to be, what am I doing here? I must say that there are many current benefits from that focus and also a realization that I missed enjoying a lot of life in the way youth deserves to be enjoyed. So I'm writing in an effort to connect the dots from the point of purpose to the start of the journey. I feel these cycles repeat themselves in many forms and layers throughout our lives, and the more we can tune into them with deep self-honesty the more happiness flows in the now.

This ties into to the idea of following excitement. Here is a structure that may help you aim to the path of most joyful and least resistance in your never ending journey to find and create purpose. I have found Donny Epstein's models a great tie in and inspiration for me around this. His triad of change in particular for this discussion. Basically in short, we all have certain strategies that work for us in accomplishing goals and transforming aspects of our lives. He breaks them down into 3 sides of a triad they are Structure, Perception and Behavior. For those of us who best lead with behavior, leading with what to do can be very effective. I personally lead with structure and so having at least the starting point is often enough for me to put something into action. Donny says "when you affect any two sides of the triad of change the other one will automatically come into alignment with that. And if you find what you are obsessing about in this example, what = behavior, ie: what should I do, what do I do! This is usually your least resourceful resource and so you can just let it happen as you worry about the other two sides.

So I'm going to lay another structure on top or beside that one. This I call the:
"Why of Why: Foundation of Success"
1. Who am I? and/or Who is behind the wheel?
2. Why am I here?
3. What am I going to do about it?
4. Where can I take action?
5. Now

So when you work with the triad of change you can begin to layout your strategy for answering those questions. For example, if I'm asking Who am I? And I lead with structure then perception, I might decide to go somewhere new and change my living structure so that then I might perceive myself differently and start to act more in alignment with who I am, by actually being with myself and getting in touch with the me beyond my usual barriers of protection. We have been using Donny's models for a year or so now and have been engaged in his NSA work for a few years. These are some of many things I have used to support my understanding of self and purpose. So it doesn't matter what your particular spiritual path is or what you do in life, it just supports that.

Why am I here, is a nice question that begins to flow naturally when the who becomes more into focus and my experience is these to begin to blend together, taking turns with your inner attention. But if you aim for the why first it may be a confusing journey for a narrow sense of self.

As I said yesterday, start where you are, and I assume that we will always be engaged in some sort of "what" activities, hopefully those that provide energy to what excites you. What I'm talking about in these questions is a slightly bigger what, more close again to purpose but I would say don't get too attached, because, "where" you start taking action, will add another element to the equation and things will change and become clearer as you pay attention and move forward.

So hold the resonance as best you can experience it in your body, as you tune into who, that you is that has this thing I'm calling purpose. It is not an object or a place, just a resonance, a feeling and perception of the most joyous you. And Now you can act as the sequence of the questions builds a momentum up the body through the spine into inspired action, inspired being.

Blessings playing with this and the triad. Just start having fun with yourself, it's your life!
Chief ME

Start where you are

2009-10-13T19:08:00.000-07:00

Hi again and welcome to the continuation...

I have been thinking all day about the need to start where we are. I realize that in certain states of being the concept of excitement is so buried in the background while worry, anxiety and fear make their home in the foreground. So how do you connect with your excitement when life seemingly is throwing crap all over you?
I can share a couple of ideas that you can implement no matter which stage of healing and integration you may be at. I don't believe that at anytime we are victims and if we are to move most effectively forward, complete responsibility for life as you/I/we know it is a good place to start. I understand the stretch and also the urgency, so no excuses. To clarify another way, feeling like a victim is a state of consciousness and by that definition you are always response-able to change it. Also I'm not in judgment of that state, as I have been in it many times and found it sucks. My mission in writing these blogs however is to connect some ways that can energize your life from a place of responsibility and what Dr. Donny Epstein would call Transform and Awaken energy and possibly help shift you into that from a low energy state which he calls discover - In his words "While you are there you better discover something!" because it isn't fun, and we all know it. (for more info and my mom's wealth of real life experiences with Donny's models and insights into his work check out : http://reorganizationalcoaching.blogspot.com)

Okay let's talk about a couple ideas I'm working with and have used with great results:
The first concept is truly just common sense and I'm a philosopher by nature so the logic of this I find comforting. It is as the title says: Start where you are. I know it sounds obvious but the act of doing it is something else entirely. I also don't claim to know anything here except the living feedback I receive by putting these ideas into action. So here is an example of what I mean:
When I was in high school I cared mostly about enjoying myself as much as possible amidst the stress of teenage life and a growing uncertainty about my future. I was bored in school and found that passion was mostly an idea when it came to studying something. Then I was introduced to The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman and it inspired me. I began to see having a spiritual path as an important facet to a successful life. For me at the time I realized there was a deep excitement there, somewhat uniquely different in its quality. I just felt turned on in a new way.

What I am leading towards is this; in my senior year I was to make a choice about what to study in university. I knew that anything in the maths and sciences was out, due to my nagging failure to comprehend long division in the fifth grade! So I thought hey I'm interested in spiritual things there must be something like that... as I traced my finger down the page to "S" it dawned on me that there were no courses for the sudden onset of self-awareness syndrome!... And I was still going to college no matter what. So I looked again and saw philosophy. Well I have no idea what that is going to be like, and it is the only field I recognize that might be connected to that deep excitement. I didn't know I was tracking it at the time, but I was in a state of trusting my feelings and the brochure to U of Western definitely looked the most exciting!!

The point being that I just started right where I was. I knew that this wasn't my biggest dream, and I was nowhere near comprehending what that might be. I always thought there might be something wrong with me because there was no shot of lightning inspiration that told me what I was here to do. For some it comes clear and easy, for the rest of us there is a sweet journey. My sense is that if more of us just embraced the place of not knowing and engaged in the journey of discovering purpose, we would be much happier and fulfilled as a result... mind you it is not the beaten path, and taking that risk has both its rewards and challenges. I'd say the price is only your life.

The importance of compassion for self, balanced with skilled determination is something that just came to me. I had a bunch of life structure ideas I was going to throw out, and I've decided it should wait. I feel the need to say some words that might help draw us together and out of our shells. I've always been cautious about saying my piece and expressing myself, and to be doing this blog is definitely a stretch for me. It is one current example of how I am balancing those two concepts. Compassion for myself in a deep way, understanding that moving my passions forward is absolutely necessary for the satisfaction of my being. And skilled determination, using everything I can within myself and my current resources to make sure that I act on it. Also I know that there will be reactions to me doing so, and in the past I may have shriveled from these. Now in the transform energy and time in my life it is only fuel to move me forward. I invite us all to take a step up in our lives, come together in ways we have just imagined and ask ourselves what kind of future is really worth creating?

I have been so blessed to meet and be inspired by so many truly great human beings. We all have something uniquely special and glorious to birth into the world. I'm all for supporting that! Missy and I just heard this great prayer on a Christiane Northrup CD about Joyful living. It is cool and I invite you to work with it:
Dear God, please help me to believe the truth of who I am, no matter how beautiful it may be.

Thank you for reading and creating this field with me,
Chief ME

Context

2009-10-12T10:51:00.001-07:00

Hi and welcome to another moment, full of surprises and challenges.

I spent an hour or so yesterday writing a bunch more extending the concepts and ideas i was talking about in the first installment. I sat with it a while and decided to wait on posting it. I've been feeling the need to set up a container for this, even though I'm not sure of all that it will need to hold. You follow me?

Well I will assume that silence means yes. hehe. Ok I first need to say for my own sanity that I've certainly lost my mind. I'm not interested in putting the old back together and my intentions with this blog thing are as follows. First to push myself into unknown territory and find out what I'm made of and how I can apply that to the co-creation of the world which I would like to live in. Second I am excited to connect with a broader soul family, of which when brought together in combined energies can accomplish just about anything! Third I intend to push buttons, boundaries, and stretch the bubble of reality as we tend to know it... and maybe even pop it for some. I trust that if this mission inspires you that you will get involved by commenting and engaging at the bottom of the page. We are all in this together and let's take some risks with ourselves, not just our money. Transparency is a powerful ally I believe. It provides the opportunity for authenticity and vulnerability to rise to the surface. These two qualities are I believe of epic importance to the evolution and even survival of our species.
So much love to you for joining in, tagging along, or passionately expressing. This is about a transform consciousness, and starting from the perspective that there is ultimately only One.(even if that sounds ridiculous to your mind... it should, the mind often can't handle the truth)

Okay now that we have that out of the way. I am going to get into something that may be useful to you. I don't claim to be an expert or even that I created any of this info. I really am just a messenger, and my experience in life has been a great teacher. The funny thing is I often have no idea what I'm about to write. This is exciting for me... moving past the obvious thoughts popping up at the front of the mind and sinking into a place where the creative flow, or what I like to call divine creativity can take over. My wife, Missy and I as well as my Mom Faye, have been waking up and spending some time each morning practicing what we are now calling attunements. We learned this term at Barbara Marx Hubbard's workshop a few weeks ago. basically we spend a few minutes to an hour connecting with the more expansive parts of ourselves and each other in some form of meditation of movement etc. What I have been finding is that it sets up a foundation for the day that is in congruence with our goals and objectives. I tend to get the things I need to get done in a sweet flow and in perfect timing. I just thought I'd share that as it has been very effective for all of us.

This idea of foundation is so important to me, and will be a recurring theme throughout my philosophical ramblings. In the couple pages I wrote yesterday(that you will get tomorrow) I discuss a concept I've been working on about the foundation for an experience of success. I must say I'm a bit obsessed about success lately and a lot of this comes from previous perspectives I've held of feeling unsuccessful. I just now realized that a big drive behind my blogging is to share insights into how to perceive the path less chosen as a successful one. Because in my case it meant doing the opposite of most everyone else, at times many times dealing with having no money, feeling alienated from friends and family. Sheesh sounds like success doesn't it! Well that is just it, it didn't... but now as I feel engaged in all my most deepest desires I look back and realize that it was a tremendous success to stick through that murky and dark tunnel. It was the Foundation for the ability to now choose an exciting life at 32. I've spent many years involved in various retreats, seminars, workshops and such and most attendees are 45-60, which is understandable in many ways, but, I would like to shift that paradigm... Let us start working for our whole selves now, whether you are 70 or 20. Time as we have known it is running out.

What I can share is not directly about making money, although ask me again in a year or two, it is about uncovering the simplicity of who you are, why you are here and how to to be it in the world. Oops, did I really just commit to that? Fear is such an interesting thing isn't it? Well I will humbly offer whatever I can, and I am excited to hear your additions. Together let us enter this new paradigm of supporting and taking care of each other, making all dreams come true and remembering what is is to be human and beyond.

Blessings and love,
Please stay tuned for my next installment "Start where you are"
Chief ME

In the Beginning

2009-10-10T23:20:00.000-07:00

So here it is! The beginning of a journey into unknown territory. A glimpse into the possible, aiming for the leading edge of perspective and shifting from potential into the absolute now of life as we dare to live it!

It is with much trepidation that I leap into the written word, asking some new questions about the nature and foundation of this activity. Because what this blog is all about is reality; creating the reality that is a true reflection of all that we are and are capable of. Oh yeah, I'm sure a blog is going to do that. No, certainly not, but there is something deeper at work here and I find it my mission to lead a foray into the heart of life in the new paradigm. This is not about "new age rhetoric" as a new friend recently challenged, it is about you and I and us, it is about opening our f@#king eyes and gaining the perspective we need to support our first steps into a new chapter in history... Perhaps herstory, or at times I realize that the story is the prison and to be on the leading edge of each new page is to be writing it as we go. Crafting the expression and essence of life through authentic action and joyful choices.

Maybe now you are saying oh shit, here we go another love is all we need sermon! Actually far from it. I awoke this morning with a dream so present in my mind. I've been having these amazing dreams lately, so real and clearly related to what I'm working on. I was practicing a speech I'm working on about the kazoo of quantum physics and I was giving it to a new friend whom I respect a lot. the words came to my mouth with striking clarity... Love is not enough on its own, it is not the objective, it is a state of stillness, the calm before the storm. By moving from the stillness of love into energy and action we transform the bliss of love into excitement for the soul. Excitement of the expression of essence, flowing like the joy of an innocent child. And when we connect to this river of potential, it is the ride of a lifetime dared to be dreamt.

This passion is about having the balls to listen to yourself in the face of so much pressure to choose all but the right thing. There is only one way to achieve total and complete success in your life, and that is to start living it Now. Success is a process of self-discovery always present, waiting for our acceptance. How many times have you had a "terrible" experience in life only later to accept it as a blessing? I know it has happened to me too many times to count. So I began to close the gap between denial and acceptance. When you are present with your life and excited to discover what the next challenge will be, what incredible joys maybe through that next door, you step into what I call the resonance of success. The flow, yes the flow!

I am having fun with this conversation with myself and would love to engage this process with you. The courageous explorer of the heart. Into the regions where normal doesn't exist, beyond the boundaries of reality as we know it into reality as we want it! So as I continue this journey, join me in co-creating, moving from dreamers into authentic humans!

So before we connect again here are two things to play with!
1: Excitement is the kazoo of quantum physics - everyone can play it - How do you create the reality you want? Follow your excitement and be success!
2: By choosing what excites you and what you want to do vs. what you think you have to do, you create more excitement, which soon turns into a life that is empowering, joyful and exciting!

Your feedback and questions are always welcome.
Blessings and thank you.
Chief ME