So I live in this sustainable hippie/yuppie area of Big Island called Puna. The people here are affectionately referred to as Punatics. As a dreaded, bearded hippie-ster (original term there) I am loving living on this land and connecting with the local culture. My residence lies within a community of earth committed karma yogis performing…
My meditations lately have taken a contemplative turn. One night recently, I was contemplating the cycles of great mother Gaia. Her time on the surface really is after dusk. You can feel her truth oozing from every life form, moving gently on the breeze. Especially here on Big Island, HI, her power presents itself in…
Once a woman told me that I need to step into the other's shoes to truly empathize. I accepted this aphorism at face value because well, it sounds nice and points at a truth. However, I find myself disagreeing more and more. Not that we ought to take a selfish, solipsistic view, but making up…
So I've been living in Hawai'i for almost two weeks now. If you did not know, the land here (especially on Big Island) is ruled by a goddess known as Pele. She lives in volcanoes and her fire is literal, metaphorical, and spiritual in nature. Everybody I have spoken to agrees that when you come…
I have written and written and written and I get the feeling I will be writing and writing and writing. First thing that excited my mind, first thing I wanted to share with my family, first thing that stimulated my heart, first thing that taught me a semblance of sanity, first thing that I created.…
Usually, you're playing a good game of it all right? But every once in a while, you notice that the same darkness, same problems, same creeping spectre is not only following you around again, but never left. That in fact, the damage continued the whole time you were "happy." What the actual fuck? Right? Like…
Into the fire. Or you know, so they say. But moving from the Midwest to Hawai'i with some funds, faith, and a desperate whim certainly feels like that. Did I mention a 7 month old baby? Yeah. So most of what I fight are addictive cycles, those that our lovely system likes to push on…
Unique. Latin "unus" meaning "one" plus "quid est" meaning "what is." So literally "one that is." Figuratively, the One that is the only One like the One. We say everyone is unique. This is a lovely thought, but the simplest observation will reveal that while everyone looks slightly different from each other, our actions and…
An introductory post. As a species, our conception of health and wellness has been changing radically for a few decades. So much so that our understanding of it in certain segments far outstrips that of the majority. However, most leaders in these fields will advertise certain systems or plans that vary from extremely regimented to…
I'm a father! Holy shit! For the last 7 months, my life has been invaded by a little bug that started with baby fever and some arousal. With a name like Maya, I had to expect her to change my world. And boy (girl?) did she deliver. The month after she was born, I wrote…
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