April 25 , 2005

Aloha from the islands of paradise. Location--- anywhere you like.

Here is the deal, you can be in paradise, and miss it. You and I can create our own little hells in the most pristine power spots on the planet. Okay, maybe you can not. Maybe you have learned to live in the energy and power of each moment. I am still working on leaving my ego and thoughts behind.

HOW many times have I heard, "whereever you go, there you are!!"? At least a couple thousand times, maybe more.

I just had a wonderful wonderful adventure to Hawaii. There I was, under the stars with the Diamond Head on my right side, Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefers at the Waikiki Shell playing my favorite tunes, and salt water and sand still sticking to my skin. I wonder if it gets better than this?

I would like to tell you that each moment of my 5 day adventure was just one moment after another of pure happiness, joy and bliss. To be really really honest, it was--- pretty much!

And yet, there were a few times when my stuff pushed away the power of love and bliss that permeate the islands. There were moments when my personal thought patterns that were just nonsense, surfaced, and the cycle of worry invaded paradise. Just when you "think" you have put "it" to rest, the cycle begins again. ANY where, ANY time. Personal work, mine unique to me, yours to you.

The good news is, most of the moments were just breathing in the incredible beauty of land, water, air, and energy. Most of the time the salt water cradled me so that I could let go and float with all the beauty. The Diamondhead is magnificent, especially when your "where" is the crystal clear waters that surround her.

I have to tell you, when you hit the kind of power that the islands of Hawaii offer, and you let go, some very interesting stuff pushes to the surface. When that happens, you have no choice but to look at the stuff. There is just too much power and energy behind the exposure to ignore it!!

So the lessons of our lives continue, even in paradise. Fortunately, it is in powerful vortexes such as Hawaii that we not only see our "work", but our true nature. And our true nature is the islands, it is paradise. Each lesson that we accept places us one wave closer to eternity, and states of "paradise mind."