OK, I am a sell out. I have been gone for almost a month minus 2 days and I have not payed to park even once. Last night I decided I would. I have been having trouble keeping my solar panels charged enough to keep my computer and cell phone charged. So I am at Chumash Lake and I paid $28 for one night. I got here at about 8 am so I would get my moneys worth. I am wondering if by not plugging in at all for a month I depleted my batteries so much they would not keep a charge. I don't think it is suppose to happen that way but I can't think of why else.
Here, I will be able to charge them for about 30 hours, empty my tanks, fill up with water and take a shower. Maybe do some laundry too. And run my heater since I have been SO cold since leaving the desert. I wish I was still there. I will return in Jan.
I figured out who I quoted on 11/13/10 about authentic living. His name is Robert Robbins. I listened to an interview by him today. Here is a brief list of some of the things he said.
Until a crisis people usually aren't being present and speaking truthfully.
The problem with saying, "I am going to go fix these people over there. They are really screwed up." Those people are looking at you saying, "I am going to go fix that person. He is really screwed up."
Put your own house in order.
Be mindful of language
People look out at the world and see the problems as needing to be fixed without realizing the mess out there starts with the chaos in here. If we shift what is happening in here something happens out there.
People are not 1. Being present
2. Paying attention
3. Listening deeply
4. Speaking truthfully
5. Acting creatively
Your life is your message. Your message is how you move in life. It is everything you do. Who we are. Showing up moment to moment. It is about who we are. Not what we know.
Life is an action game. Acting our way forward not thinking our way forward.
There is no getting THERE. We can only get to the next moment.
Being present is the game changer.
We can not feel less than. People are sharing their life's experiences. If you elevate someone above yourself you give them more right to express.
Everyone has an equal right to express their truth if they will own it.
You can't get through life listening to other people.
The responsibility of being heard is on you.
There is a difference between pain and suffering. Pain is when you close your hand in the door. A lot of suffering is because we in the western world have not healed the core issue of separation. We are still drifting, alienated from self and life, feeling discontented with life and being disconnected from life. We bring that struggle for wholeness out into the world. If we can move in the world at peace with oneself we can act in a more peaceful manner.
I am heading out to practice.
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