Time Is Really A Result

Today, I went for my bike ride, usually about 25 miles or so. Getting used to it now, but when I first started  Man, it hurt! Over time, It didn't hurt anymore.

When I got home, I got some ice tea and sat in the yard. The sun was shining through the clouds, creating a streaming light show of straight line rainbows, from the bottoms of them. One my most favorite sights of all time. Just a beautiful day.

As I sat there, I remembered the first time I had ever seen that sight. I was 10 Years old, and living in Fair Lawn New Jersey.   I was walking down the street in front of our old house that was there, which,later was replaced by a Temple of some kind,  preventing Visits there in later years. kind of sad actually.

I was walking with my sister Patty, and  Junior,  a friend.  I remember seeing that sight, and stopping in awe.
As I looked up, I said "the end of the world" to my sister... (seems the end of the world was going to be a good thing back then)... There was no fear, no Knowing anything about Anything about God or whatever may cause that, Just a good feeling.
Looking back now, Man,Wasn't It Great to be a kid? to just look up and say that? just "matter of fact" sort of   ya know?

Then I said something, I remember to this very second. I said  "In the year 2000, I will be 50 years old". Remember, this is 1960, and the year 2000 may as well have been  the year 2 Million to me, Cause Time stretched out in front of us like an eternity. All 3 of us Really were not concerned about it, We were Just walking down the street daydreaming.

At the time, I had no idea ,I was at the moment of creation of a memory, that would turn that moment into one of those signposts of life, One of the crumbs that we would throw down behind us as we went along, so we would remember our way home If we ever got lost someday. We were just walking down the street, and unknowingly just passed it by...who knew?

Well today Is the year 2010, And I saw that sky again. Just like it was in 1960. This time, instead of moving on...I stopped. Then  I remembered . I remembered An entire Lifetime in what was most likely, only a few seconds. 50years had passed by since that day, and I was only now, once again, seeing that crumb... To me? Right then, It seemed Like 50 minutes had passed. So Before I left the moment this time,  I made sure I picked up that crumb,carefully filed it away, and replaced it with a new one.  That my friends, Is Joy and wonder! Give it a try you might just like it...

It reminded me of some lyrics. (from 100ys)
Half time goes by.
Suddenly you're wise.
Another blink of an eye.
67 is gone.
The Sun is gettin' High.
We're Moving  On...

TIME  What is it really? We can see the time we went through, but not the time we will yet go through.

Maybe, that's because Time is not the road. Maybe time Is the RESULT of our passing down the road. Left behind for us to measure and chart and use, Like the Crumbs we leave behind in our lives.

The fabric of space controls things. ENTROPY, If you will, is the controller.
And TIME is whats left behind as footprints. not was lies before us.

I know, that's a little bit of deep water, But THINK about it. We cannot go faster down the road of Entropy, by making our clocks go faster, you know? The path is chosen by us, and all we can do with TIME, is leave our crumbs behind for us to measure it with.

I brought that up tonight, because, Today was one of those days I will measure My Time on this Earth with.
50 Years?
Hey...."don't Blink"
PEACE   G

Welcome to THE FUTURE IS NOT BROKEN! The place to voice your solution opinions.

Good Morning.

   Well,  It's winter here alright.  45 degrees in the day, and 5 below at night.  What I could walk through yesterday afternoon, I can now Ice Skate on.  The good thing about that is, in about a Month, It's all going to be a memory. That's in the Future though. For now, I guess I have to live with it. I know It will improve, so It's cool.
   Anyway, speaking of the future, As in our future, it works the same way as how I just described.   I don't have to tell anybody here that we are going through some really difficult things.  For one reason or another, a while back, a lot of things started to happen, that affected our lives, and not in a good way either.

   All of a sudden, in what seemed the twinkling of an eye, we found ourselves struggling just to stay alive.
The last 5 years for me, have been a roller coaster, I don't know about you guys, but it has been quite an experience. Not all of it good either. Some of it actually, really not good.  That's just me, I know I'm not alone here. I'm just saying, I'm in the same boat you know? I'm not complaining, I'm just trying to make a point about something on my mind

   My point is this.  I can look back on that 5 years, and say to myself, "well I really made some mistakes didn't I?"  Or I could say,  "oh man, What am I gonna do now? Look at this mess! I don't know where to start anymore".    Well I could say that, and I have said that. You know something though?  I could do that for a decade, and it would not change a thing.  In fact it would make it worse.  It always does. So I thought, "well what are you going to do, Go back and change it?  I cannot.   We cannot change anything about the past. So worrying about it, is useless. We can blame the banks, we can blame the Govt. We can blame everybody else, or blame ourselves, On and on.   The past is broken. We can't fix it. That is just the way it is. There is something however, that we can look to for an answer.
   That is, The future. And the FUTURE is not BROKEN!  The future is something we can do something about.

   Try and look at it this way.   We live in America.  It was started in 1776.  It's now 2011.  Now America, we can  look at as if it were a person's life.. In this case It's a Country's life OK?
A person is born, is a child, then a teenager, than an adult.    America was born. America was a child, then a teenager, NOW it's an adult.
   We have gone through our birth. The revolutionary war.  Tough fight. America won It's Freedom.  Then came some growing. Expanding. Inventing. Exploring. Growing Like A child would.   Then came the "tween" years, like when your 10 or 12. Not a child not an adult. Puberty.  Conflicting feelings.   The CIVIL War for America. Now Those were some bad days.  However, it did end.
   So NOW, the child begins to grow.  And Grow America did!  The evidence speaks for itself on that.
All is well   Until, TEENAGE years.  Oh man, the teenage years.    The ROARING 20s!  Parties, Money,  New cars, Great jobs, the whole thing.
   Then comes what I have always called,   "The Sledge Hammer Effect".  You know, that time when reality finally comes along  and  BAM...Right in the face.  The wake up call Most of us have at one point in our lives or another.  NEVER fun..     That for America, would be the GREAT DEPRESSION.  I don't have to go in to details about that either, You know what I mean.  Very bad times indeed.   In a person's  life, that would mean, Time to roll up the sleeves, because your on your own!   Most of us do just that. And...we learn, and grow.  In America, That  was I would think,  the growth after the 30s. Then the 40s, Then Another Victory, Then Prosperity.  Following me?   OK.

   So now, we see America as a child, a "tween",  a Teenager, and a young Adult.   There is another phase I have not mentioned, Mid  Life  Crisis.   For a person, It means change, not necessarily Good Change.  Usually some Kind of panic change or whatever. There is a little waste there, both time and money. I know I have been there.
   Well,  That's where We are now in America.  Mid Life Crisis.   We cannot go back, we can just look back. It doesn't help. Except to learn.  So we make some mistakes, we all do, and have.   So the question now, would be I guess, now  what?

   As I said, It's the future.  It's not Broken.  There is nothing there yet.  It's all up to us!    You and me.  All of us.   We are All to blame in one way or another for this mess. I know I did my part. OK,   Now what can we do?    The first thing would be to stop the blaming, and finger pointing.  Myself included. Finding things or people to blame, is not going to make our problems go away. It is a waste of time, And we spend way too much time doing it. It doesn't take a lot of wisdom to be blaming, however it does take some to find solutions. Blaming is easy. Finding an answer is not.

  You can turn on your TV any time of the day, and you will see all the blaming you could want. What we need I guess, is a place to find answers. Or for people to have some ideas, and share them with other people. If you are hearing or reading this, please, by all means, post a comment. Maybe we could begin to reason some of this out together. I would love to hear from you.

    We should try Looking at the situation rationally and logically.  Put  down the fear and anger, concentrate on the problems, and Stand TOGETHER, and take one step at a time, TOGETHER, as one.  One Nation.  Not just say that, but actually do it!  We cannot wait for somebody else to fix this. We have to fix this. All of us.   That would be a good start in my opinion anyway.   We have a lot of problems, and a lot of differences I know.  It's not as simple as I make it out to be.  But it is  a good place to start, don't you think? Just like in Kindergarten. We have to cross the street, We better hold hands.

    It's been a cold winter, but Spring is coming.  It is as sure as I am writing this.     Spring is coming for America too.  It all depends on what we do with it.    You know what?  We CAN do it.  We CAN get over this and we will.  YOU can, and will get past this.  Wait.  It will happen. One step at a time. We have to cross a busy street here, But we can do it.   I didn't write this to make anyone think I have some kind of solution to all this, It was just my opinion.  I do have some thoughts on the subject though, but that's for another day. For now,  Please feel free to share some thoughts!
Peace G

Oak Island. Another Lucid Dream

HI
The other night I had a strange experience in an unusually clear dream.   After the reality checks in the dream, and I knew I was dreaming, I just let the dream move on by itself.  Wanted to see what it would be.
It was the usual things you see in dreams, mostly about people I know, and flying and things like that.  Good dream actually.

Well to make a long story short, all of a sudden it changes.  Now I am on a beach, I didn't know where. To those of you who practice this, you know what I mean. It's pretty normal.   Then, I hear somebody calling me over, so I follow.  I cannot remember the face. This person says to me..."Look just past the red, it lies there".
That woke me up, so I wrote it down.
The next morning, I did some research on the words  Island and Red on Island and all that.
As it turns out, there is an actual place like that.  It's called Oak Island in  Nova Scotia someplace. It has some kind of treasure there that people have been searching for, dating back about 150 years.   They Don't know whats there, but one one of the search company's dropped Red Paint down this man made tunnel, like 200 feet into this maze of them, to see where it would come out in the water.   They actually found Palm tree wood and coconut skins in their drilling, and some Gold fiber and other things on the bits. 220 feet down. This is not from anywhere near this area, ONLY in Egypt.  So the question is, What is down there?
I had never heard of Oak Island before that night, as well as I can remember, But the mind is a large place, and I could, and probably did read about it someplace, I guess..I don't know. This dream felt strange that's all.
Thought you may find that interesting.     Check out Oak Island for yourself. Look it up, it's there.
Peace   G

THE FIRST LUCID DREAM EXPERIENCE.

Hi
I thought I would talk about the very first Lucid Dream I ever had.   I was doing all the steps every day, and getting a little discouraged, but I had no idea of what was about to happen.
That first dream.  Now any of you who have experienced it, you know exactly what I am talking about.  There are just no words...I will try however, to relate it.
It was just before I woke up.  I was in that half awake half asleep phase, where sometimes abstract images sort of float around in your mind. Little memories of things you have seen, or remembered. Kind of like a half awake daydream.  Nothing out of the ordinary, when bang, this array of colors appears. It begins to swirl around like a whirlpool, getting more colorful every second. Like a pattern of rectangles spinning down.

I remember thinking, "reality check now!"  I remember thinking it and doing it.  I held up my hand... (in the dark room)...  and looked and glanced away, and looked again.  It was different.   Immediately This pattern got as bright as a painting on a wall, and I thought  "This is it!... Its really happening!  As soon as I thought that, The swirling got bigger and closer and Started to pull me down into it.  Now this was not scary, and I was not afraid at all.  I knew I was asleep!  I knew I was dreaming!.   I knew it and was cheering all the way down, Like on the best roller coaster you can imagine. Which of course is exactly what it was too!

There are actually no words to describe this correctly.  There was no doubt in my mind, This was the real thing.  This incredible feeling came over me. Peace and comfort. I will NEVER forget it!   I reached the bottom of this whirlpool thing on the side of a mountain with this amazing green grass.   It reminded me a little of the scene from   The Sound Of Music, where they are running down the hill.

What I did next will stay forever in my mind.   I started to run and flap my arms like a bird would.   In the waking world you would never do such a thing,  because It's well...impossible to fly you know?  It is impossible. At least when you are awake anyway.   In here?  I knew I was dreaming and It was possible here.   So, well,  off I flew!   For some reason, I had to keep my arms moving or I would descend.  I remember trying that a time or two and just took right off again.  What a feeling!...

 The next thing I knew I was going up and into that whirlpool thing again.  Then I woke up....stunned. I could not believe what had just happen. So I put it in the Journal, and went about the day.   Could not wait  to sleep again... Even now, it seems strange to be writing about this. I know how it sounds. If I was somebody reading this, I would not believe it.  As strange as it may sound, it did happen.  I'm just writing it down.

That is a short version of what happened.   My friends..When The first dream happens, trust me you will know. There will be no doubt in your mind.  For those of you who have felt this, you know just what I'm talking about.         Totally   Completely  astonishing.     If you are just starting out with this, Keep going.  Just keep doing the steps. Trust me, It will be worth it! 
Peace G

EVER WONDER WHY THESE GREAT BANDS NEVER PLAYED AT WOODSTOCK?

Part two of Woodstock 69.  These are the bands that never made the party,   

1. THE BEATLES,  John Lennon  was insisting that the Plastic Ono Band play  as well. The promoters Didn't Agree with him.  Hence, No Beatles at Woodstock.  The band broke up a year later. (I can only imagine what Woodstock would have been with this band there).  

2. THE DOORS,   Jim Morrison Said it would be a second class repeat of The Monterey Pop Festival 2 years previous, and turned it down flat.  

3. LED ZEPPELIN,  The popular band  wanted to be billed as the headliners of the venue. The concert was not designed that way, so no LED ZEPPELIN either.

4. THE BYRDS, (birds), They said they were getting  tired of the concert scene, so they opted out as well.  

5. JETHRO TULL,  Tull thought it was just another gig, just like a lot of them did, and just simply didn't want to do it.

6. FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION,  declined,    (never knew why).   

7. FREE, Declined as well.  

8. MIND GARAGE,   Who?   well whoever they would have been if they had gone, thought it would be a flop. I'm sure they were a great band but,   (oops).  

9.  JEFF BECK,  was booked, but the band broke up a week before.

10. IRON BUTTERFLY, They got stuck at the airport, they tried to secure a helicopter, but were turned down,  Hence, a no show.

11. LIGHT HOUSE,   Felt bad vibes and declined. 

12. THE ROLLING STONES,  Keith Richard's wife had just given birth and Mick Jagger was in Australia. 

13.  JONI MITCHELL,   Had to do the Dick Cavett show, could not make it.  

14. BOB DYLAN,    As legend has it, His son got sick. He was also tired of the throngs of hippies flocking around his house.

15. ERIC CLAPTON,   Was busy with Blind faith.

      LAST BUT NOT LEAST

ROY ROGERS,   Was asked to play last. The song was going to be "HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU", Roy Declined. (would have been cool if he had played though).

I can only imagine what Woodstock would have been like, if all these Great performers had been there. 
Well,   thought you may find that interesting.
Peace.

G

The Woodstock That Never Was

     Here are some interesting facts about the Woodstock Festival in Aug. 1969, which may surprise you.

     For about 25 years, I lived in the town of Wallkill NY.  Maybe 60 miles or so from Manhattan, up Rt. 17 West.   What I did not  Know, is that the place where I worked for 25 years, stood on the site where the Original Woodstock was contracted to take place, there in Aug. of  1969.   

     The meetings had taken place, the acts were booked, and preliminary contracts were signed. Right in The Town Of Wallkill.    As A matter of fact, The street those contracts were signed is named "Woodstock Lane".

     I always wondered why it was called that, but never really looked into it till lately.  Sure enough, that is why it's called that.    Even know the place where the contracts were signed too.   Right on that road. The place is still there.  A piece of history, that never was, and yet is.  I guess it was just overlooked, then forgotten along the way, in the wake of the Actual Woodstock which took place about 20 miles or so, up Rt.17 in the Town of Bethel. 

     The building stands there in silence, Holding whatever secrets it knows inside it's walls, as the traffic flows past, unaware.    An ironic anti-icon if you will, testifying to something that should have happened but did not. At least not there.  But to me, it is part of the phenomenon called "The Woodstock Nation", that existed for those few days in Late Summer 1969, And I thought it should be remembered as such, so I brought it up today.     I think to myself   "I wonder how many people actually know this, outside of maybe a few who still live around there".   (by the way, the area is now homes and An Industrial park, a nice area.

     Another thing about that road is that, My Niece lived Right there on Woodstock Lane for Years, And was probably not even aware of the significance of the Name.   Right there, maybe a hundred or so feet away from the actual building.      I don't know if she is aware of it till this day.  Gonna have to ask her.

     I thought you may find that interesting, as it was Just the opposite of the description on the title here.
 This house was extraordinary history, that stayed ordinary, for whatever reason there was.

     The original festival that was planned to be there, was denied, due to concerns over sanitation. A sound Business decision on the part of the town at the time I'm certain. Still would be today actually, nobody's fault that it was not held there, just fate. however...

     This is the site where the Concert WANTED to be held, but couldn't, And in the spirit of the whole Generation of the 60's and early 70's, There SHOULD be some kind of recognition for that. If only a footnote.   But I have never seen anything, and no one talks about it either, It's just forgotten, and that's a sad thing, cause it is the world's loss I guess.    Coming up next, Acts that were asked to play there but did not. I think you will find it interesting.
Peace
G

When The Student Is Ready, The Master Will Appear

Have you ever wondered how certain things in our lives that we do, that seem insignificant At the time, are the things that affect it the most?  Like say, that first sight of the one who, would become your spouse, or the glimpse out your car window at the house where you are destined to spend the rest of your life?

Things like that. And what if you had not looked that way that day, or made that call or whatever.

This would pertain to the not so good choices too. The ones we would like to have back if we could. It all seems to go hand in hand somehow. I don't know, or would even imply to say I understand things like that, but I think they all go together and make all the pieces fit in the end.

Maybe, all things do work together for good, and we just can't, or won't see it at the time.

There is someone who is very dear to me, who once told me... that all situations are put there for us to have the chance to use them for the very best end, bad or good, it's all the same.  It's just up to us to see that and act upon it. I am paraphrasing a little here, but you know what I mean.

I suppose that if we could think like that, we could have a little more peace in our lives, and be at least confident in most situations, whether they are good ones or not so good ones. That way of thinking, although sound, is a very difficult thing to live up to, and very rewarding when we try.

So maybe each situation, bad or good, really COULD be seen as a chance for us to make the most out of it, and learn from it, or experience love from it, or happiness. Things like that.

I'm not trying to preach or lecture. I'm just reflecting on it. I am 59 years old, and Believe me, I have seen my share of all of that. I just wish I had the ability at the time, to see that, and not just hindsight about it later on. However if we did have that ability at the time, there would be no learning or growing from it, Or obtaining wisdom from it.

WISDOM is given as a tool to teach others on it after we ourselves, have learned from it, and not necessarily for our own benefit, although it does benefit us a great deal When We use it in any capacity.

WISDOM is the tool forged for others, taken from our own growth. It's our job to recognize it and use it. That is just my own statement and opinion... not necessarily the truth. I have no intentions of implying anyone should live like that. Its just a contemplative thought.

What my point here is this. When we begin to understand situations for what they are, That is, when the correct decision makes itself known to us.... We grow. Sort of like, when the Student has studied, and learned, the "Master"... or the Truth,  will be made known to us.
I'm sure everybody has thought at least once in their life,  "I wish I knew then what I know now".  That would be nice, however It doesn't work that way.  Hindsight can be used to help us though. 

So we should, in my opinion try to make the best of any situation, for there is a way in each one for us to make the best of it.

That is what was on my mind tonight.

Thanks for reading
PEACE
G