I haven’t listened to Sympathy for the Devil in years. I dropped it off my Playlist. Why?

Hard truth that I couldn’t take is exactly why.

Flesh = Devil

Consciousness = God

Awareness is the tool we give ourselves to build our life.

If you think about it, what is that tempts you and why?

Fear, superstition and jealousy.

We know the wrong we do. We use justification and rationalization to excuse ourselves from the wrong we do.

Fear of missing out.

What is it you’re missing?

Jealous of what others have.

Why do they get that?

Superstition says if I do this I get this. If I do this I’ll miss out.

Dragula from Rob Zombie has these 3 words at the opening. Fear, superstition and jealousy.

It’s my awareness that gives me the tools to understand what it means to me.

Living in the Torres shelter gives me a unique perspective on being homeless.

Most of the people, around 80%, have already quit life. I see people come and go and come back and the cycle repeats.  They know they can go to the Torres shelter and get a bed, and 3 meals a day.

But they have no interest in fixing themselves.  Not that there broken, sprained maybe, but a sprain needs rest to heal.

These people have no interest in healing themselves.

What’s a soul healer to do in a place such as this?

The 20%, that do have an interest in healing themselves. 

They, the 80%, blame anything and everything so they never have to deal with the truth. That fragmentation is what is fucking up this world.

Children are the future and the only mechanism that can fix the problems of today.

Think about it.

What did you learn from not your parents, but by seeing other adults engaged in an activity?

Drinking is cool.

How many drunks live in the Torres shelter?

About 40%.

How many drunks live in the world?

This is what we are teaching children. That drinking is a good thing, and at times it’s a drink you need.

Flesh = Devil.

Alcohol destroys the brain and pickles the body. There is no safe amount of alcohol.

This is a fact, absolute truth.

Marijuana is healing.  If you don’t smoke it, and instead eat and drink it.

I get stoned ever Friday.  It’s why I don’t write on Friday night. 

I’m looking at edibles and drinks I can consume.

I’d like to quit smoking, and if I can have edibles, well then I don’t need to smoke.

However, in the Torres shelter, I can’t have cannabis because this is a Federally funded place, and until it’s legal on a Federal level we are not supposed to have weed in this place.

In fact it’s the easiest way to get kicked out.

Awareness is the tool to gain understanding. 

Why do I talk about myself?

To show what  I’ve learned through experience. If I can give you the benefit of my experience, maybe you won’t do the same stupid bullshit I did.

This is what teaching is. Giving them the benefit of your experience so maybe, maybe they won’t have to go through what you did.

It only works with engagement. 

Talk to me to understand what we can teach each other.

Just a simple truth.

Have a blessed one and be excellent always.