Are You Present?

Something I observe with the human race is that most of them are never present. 

Their minds are elsewhere. 

One persons mind is living in the past. 

One persons mind is dreaming of the future. 

And one persons mind is not even their own… they’ve lost their mind and now they are everywhere but present with themselves. 

Everything is always happening in the present moment, even if your mind is not present. 

The body is present, always, but the mind can be all sorts of places. 

The good news is that your mind can be present too, in an intelligent way. 

I may write another meditation guide, but the first one I wrote is here, titled the 7 psychedelic meditations.  

Psychedelic in this context means “mind-manifesting”  

Life happens in the present. 

Buy the meditation guide today to begin your journey into the present moment. 

Alive In Nature With Mushrooms

“Mushrooms are natures way of reminding us the earth is alive and so are we.” 

Nature is alive, and perhaps more alive than humans are. 

Humans who have conformed to surrendering their own minds are already half dead (or more). 

Nature never gives its mind up – & it has a mind, it just can’t be comprehended by humans (until you tap into it on a large dose of mushrooms). 

Now I am not encouraging the use of any illegal drugs – but also, mushrooms grow in nature. 

They are on their way to being legalized for medicinal use – & possibly smart recreational use years from now. 

There is a reason why some mushrooms are called magic. 

Personally they have connected me with nature & the mind of nature. 

My first time on mushrooms was a mystical experience that I could never explain with words – it was infinitely beyond words. 

I became one with nature & I learned that nature is very much alive – just as the entire universe is, and that humans have mostly lost their liveliness. (It seems as if governments & miserable humans go out of their way to destroy any life that is in other humans… humans are closer to death than life, it seems these days…) 

Mushrooms are a way to bring us closer to life again. And time will reveal this truth. 

How To Calm Negative Energy

“There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation.”

— Thich Nhat Hahn 

Negativity is a part of human society. 

Positivity is too, but negativity seems to be “winning” so far. 

It’s easy to watch the news and get emotional and angry. 

70% of USA politicians intentions are to provoke negative emotions in people.

It’s easy to take the negative bait of a politician – but then you’re caught like a fish. 

It’s easy to be negative. It’s easy to be angry. 

It’s easy to hate.  

And the majority of people conform to “easy” because what is great is difficult. 

It takes time to be positive. 

It takes being intentional about your mental health. 

It takes ignoring cruel politicians and focusing on good leaders and being a good leader.  

But yea, Thich Nhat Hahn has some good ideas about how to calm negative energy: 

— Invite something nicer to replace the negative

— Read some inspiring words

— Listen to beautiful music 

— Go somewhere in nature 

— Do walking meditation 

Add Fun To The Game & Arts

“When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.”

— Zhuangzi    

In this life there is work & play, and some people get to play for work; athletes & artists mainly. 

The best artists and athletes really love what they do.  

To most of them though, it is still work & requires extreme effort. 

The fun gets taken out of the game & the art as we age, but it doesn’t have to.   

Just because others have lost the joy of the game or art doesn’t mean you need to. Don’t conform. 

If you love the game, play. You’ll become great. 

If you love the art, do it. You’ll also become great. 

Don’t Waste Time Explaining To Those Who Won’t Understand

“You can’t discuss the ocean with a well frog, he’s limited by the space he lives in. You can’t discuss ice with a summer insect, he’s bound to a single season.”

— Zhuangzi   

There are a range of people on this planet – with a range of experiences and beliefs about life. 

You have your own unique experiences in life, and sometimes, if you have extraordinary experiences and try explaining them to others – they don’t understand what you’re talking about. 

So, sometimes, when you have an extraordinary experience, the best thing you can do is keep it to yourself.  

For me that experience would be when I ate magic mushrooms for the first time. It’s an experience that literally can’t be explained to people – even to people who’ve taken mushrooms.  

I did try explaining in actually though, 10 years after that trip, here.  

But I really keep that experience within myself – not needing or wanting to explain it to anyone. 

Focus on The Process

“Outcomes are a distraction. Focusing on the process of which you have to do to get the outcome is the most important thing that you need to do.”

We all want the outcome. The final draft. The championship ring. The big pay day. The supportive partner. The house.  

But are you willing to go through the process to receive these things? 

Are you willing to put in the effort and work every day until you get there? 

And when you put in years of effort and create something amazing – & it’s stolen from you by invasive greedy thieves, are you willing to keep going? 

The Effect of Others

“Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.”

— Epictetus  

Persuasion is a big part of human manipulation. 

The news is one of the best examples of this. 

The news, whether from television or social media  – is owned by a small number of people who have agendas of their own – whom use their platforms to share a range of information. The information they share is sometimes true and sometimes false.  

Malcolm X said: “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” 

And this is what often happens. 

What people do not see are the owners and producers of the news stations who break laws to keep the people thinking whatever they want them to think – and to keep people not thinking for themselves. 

Anyway, believe what you will. And I will focus on having my own beliefs as well. 

I don’t force my beliefs or opinions onto others, and I don’t listen to any angry ignorant people who try forcing their beliefs and ideas onto me. 

Refuse To Kneel

“They teach submission as survival, and then despise those of us who refuse to kneel.”

— Elizabeth Hardwick 

Your government wants your submission. They want you passive. They want to control you. They want your blind obedience. And they use fear tactics to steal your individual power. 

The government has gone so far to control people that they have taken away peoples’ individual minds – & what’s more terrifying than that, is that the majority of people have freely surrendered their own mind. 

Don’t give up your mind. Don’t become a parasite. Even if everyone is doing it. 

Dare to be despised by those who don’t have their own mind. 

Dare to be hated. 

Dare to lead. 

And love it. 

Love a freedom that comes from within yourself – & not a “freedom” from a government that puts you in mental chains and calls it freedom. 

Antisocial Intelligence

“Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.”

— Nikola Tesla  

Why would anyone socialize with people they don’t even like?  

Also, cultures like that in the USA are enemies of meditation. 

They are an enemy of the individual being with themselves and enjoying their own company. 

The USA culture wants people constantly moving, constantly consuming, constantly being busy, constantly distracted. 

The “powers that be” are great at creating predictable people who obey their systems without question. 

What the “powers that be” cannot stand is an empowered individual who thinks for themself. 

The “powers that be” will literally break laws to break down the empowered individual, and all the mindless masses will just think that the individual was wrong for being an individual… 

It’s a crazy system…if you think about it, but most people don’t think about it – they just try fitting in so they lose their individual self in hopes for acceptance, yet then they are almost never really satisfied.  

Don’t lose yourself and gain the world…  but most people lose themselves and the world, as they conform to what the system wants, and lose their individual self.  

How can you begin taking back your individuality? 

Go somewhere and be silent. No technology. No media. No music. Just you with yourself. In nature is the best place to do this.

Here is a short meditation guide to help.

This is the beginning of meditation. 

This is the beginning of taking back your individual power.