The Path of Least Resistance

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To me, water can be an excellent example of how we should live our lives.From the time the raindrops first land on the earth, they begin their journey to their final destination, the sea, water follows the path of least resistance.

It has become the most powerful force on earth by following that simple precept. In most cases, water doesn’t force it’s
way into any environment. It just goes with the flow , silently seeking it’s path by meandering and winding down life’s path,thus seeking it’s destination by following the path of least resistance.

Many find driving to be stressful, however during my life I have driven several million miles. In most cases, I have found drivers also follow the path of least resistance. As they weave their way through traffic, drivers are continuously following the path by changing lanes and going where no other motorists are impeding their travel. Some become impatient and try to force the situation by aggressive behaviour, but for the most part, the motorists are just trying to reach their final destination by following the easiest and most efficient path. They have become like the water, meandering their way through life, following a plan, but altering it to compensate for changing conditions.

I have found most successful people also follow the same theory, they all sooner or later learn to go with the flow and let the universe or God lead them. They don’t abandon their life dreams or give up when to going gets tough,  many times none of the paths are easy, but they continue on by facing their challenges head on, and sooner or later they will arrive at the summit of their life dreams.

The most important part of the journey is the path  we take, where we learn how to face roadblocks and obstructions to our destination, by them we learn many lessons that are beneficial to our well-being and evolution as a human being. It has been often said the journey is more important than the destination, I feel this is true. The destination is our reward for not succumbing to all the trials and hardships we encountered along the way.

Just as water continues on its journey to the sea, and motorists reach their desired domicile so can we reach our ultimate destination, by having a plan, sticking to it, but altering  it to reflect current and changing situations and following our instincts in finding the best,
quickest and most beneficial roadway to our fulfillment.

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The author has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.

His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.

He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.

He has published several books about his adventures.

For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.

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At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of life on other planets, and what our relationship is to these life forms, if they do exist. There are millions of people who are questioning the existence of God, who he really is, and what is my relationship with him? Is he someone who mysteriously floats around on a cloud watching and judging us from above like some bigger than life Santa Claus, or is he, like many of the esoteric sciences claim, a part of our inner Self, whom we have constant contact with, someone whom we and everything in the universe are connected and are thus one? Each of us in our own way is experiencing what God is, and thus we are each a part of God, thus we are God! This book is a brief account of my search for my own truth as I know it today, everything stated actually happened, according to my own perception. It has been an exciting search, at times very frustrating, very rewarding, and above all, very fulfilling. My main purpose in writing this book is to show that anyone, even a bashful unfamous country boy can have these awakenings, you don’t have to be rich or well-known to find your connection to Divine Source.

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The Origin of Christmas

Many think Christmas  as a relatively new holiday and associate it with the birth of Christ.  

The birth of Christ is now celebrated during the winter solstice, even though many now believe Jesus was born in the spring. There are many  logical reasons for Christ to have been born during the spring season, the most obvious reason  being this is the only time shepherds would have watched over their flocks because in the early spring is when  the sheep  give birth to young lambs.

Christmas actually dates back to ancient Pagan holidays and even to a time  before that. December 25th  is  the date given for the birth of Jesus, Buddha, and Mithra (600) B.C.

Mithra was born  in Persia on Dec. 25th as an offspring of the sun. He was called the good shepherd and was represented by both the lion and the lamb. He was buried in a tomb and arose again three days later on what is now  Easter Sunday. Mithranic worship flourished as late as the
second century A.D, so some of those traditions could have carried over
to Christianity.

Christmas is celebrated during the winter solstice for when the sun rises during the winter solstice, Virgo, the mother sign of the zodiac first appears above the morning horizon symbolically holding a child in her arms, and pursued by a serpent directly under her feet.

Many other cultures of the world, Egypt (Isis and Osiris), the Maya and Buddha of India hold this same symbolism. The ancient Australian Aborigines also have a Rainbow Serpent in their dream time legends.

Many of the traditional trappings of Christmas such as the tree, gifts, decorations and others all date back to Pagan religions and before to Persia and the Middle East.

The Christmas tree  has it’s roots beginning with the “Tree  of Life”  and to an earlier time when life existed in the frozen northlands of Siberia and beyond. At that period of time it became a sacred symbol signifying a rebirth of the world when the sun  again began its journey
north and the days were becoming longer.

Even before the birth of Christ, people in the Roman Empire would bring branches from evergreen trees inside in the winter to brighten the environment.

Decorating with greenery was also part of Jewish tradition  “Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. ” (Leviticus
23:40)

The idea of a gift bearer was largely a European tradition while  Santa Claus was born in the United States. The Christmas legend has now spread around the world and through the years has gained a large popularity even in non Christan cultures, thus in modern times it has become a worldwide tradition.

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The author has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.

His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.

He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.

He has published several books about his adventures.

For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.

Your comments are welcome

At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of life on other planets, and what our relationship is to these life forms, if they do exist. There are millions of people who are questioning the existence of God, who he really is, and what is my relationship with him? Is he someone who mysteriously floats around on a cloud watching and judging us from above like some bigger than life Santa Claus, or is he, like many of the esoteric science’s claim, a part of our inner Self, whom we have constant contact with, someone whom we and everything in the universe are connected and are thus one? Each of us in our own way is experiencing what God is, and thus we are each a part of God, thus we are God! This book is a brief account of my search for my own truth as I know it today, everything stated actually happened, according to my own perception. It has been an exciting search, at times very frustrating, very rewarding, and above all, very fulfilling. My main purpose in writing this book is to show that anyone, even a bashful unfamous country boy can have these awakenings, you don’t have to be rich or well-known to find your connection to Divine Source.

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Life’s Journey and Inner Guidance

It is often said that to arrive at your proper destination, you have to know where you are going. While this may be true in many cases, in the journey of life, it isn’t always true.

While one does need a basic plan for your life, most life is  made up as we go. I had my whole life planned out when I was 21, I am now approaching the late 60s and I still haven’t done most of what I had planned or assumed my life would be like. As I look back, I assumed life would be like everyone else I knew, fairly normal and mundane. It didn’t turn out that way and quite frankly, I would have been pretty bored if it had.
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Although I envy those who have a so-called normal life, I realize they have never had the opportunity to experience half of what I have.  Boredom has never been an issue. Having said that, I whole heartily believe that when it comes to life, you need to plan as you go.

Often times when making life changing decisions we need to rely on inner guidance, that little voice we all need to listen to more often. It has a habit of laying out our best course of action a little bit at a time, not one big lump sum at the tender age of 21 when we think we know everything, when in actuality, we know very little.

The Australian Aborigines believe they “dream” something up, before it actually happens, therefore, when the event comes to pass, they already know the correct course to follow. They believe their dreams are a precursor to actual events, even if they don’t actually remember the particular dream, they believe it is in their subconscious and is there for remembering at the proper time.

I’m sure we can all remember thinking certain thoughts or even making certain statements in our mind, and then actually relaying this
information to someone during our normal waking day. This in my opinion is what the aborigines are talking about. We are “dreaming” it up, storing it in our subconscious and then using it at the proper time.

As we travel down life’s journey, the are many  paths to follow, some will only be for a short time, while many others could be for a lifetime.
Just as we get in a car and travel to a distant city, we will drive on many different roads, so is the journey of life so traveled. We travel
many paths and we may not know where we are going, but we will know when we have arrived.

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The author has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.

His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.

He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.

He has published several books about his adventures.

For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.

Your comments are welcome

At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of life on other planets, and what our relationship is to these life forms, if they do exist. There are millions of people who are questioning the existence of God, who he really is, and what is my relationship with him? Is he someone who mysteriously floats around on a cloud watching and judging us from above like some bigger than life Santa Claus, or is he, like many of the esoteric science’s claim, a part of our inner Self, whom we have constant contact with, someone whom we and everything in the universe are connected and are thus one? Each of us in our own way is experiencing what God is, and thus we are each a part of God, thus we are God! This book is a brief account of my search for my own truth as I know it today, everything stated actually happened, according to my own perception. It has been an exciting search, at times very frustrating, very rewarding, and above all, very fulfilling. My main purpose in writing this book is to show that anyone, even a bashful unfamous country boy can have these awakenings, you don’t have to be rich or well-known to find your connection to Divine Source.

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Social Changes, From Ancient Times until Now

The American Indian, once a proud and honorable culture has succumbed to
being dependent on government for their very existence. At one time they
as a whole were very independent and had a firm relationship with their
Supreme Being or Their God.

And as such were very close and dependent on nature and the whims of the
weather. They were so in tune  they knew of approaching storms, hard
times and stampeding buffalo. They often foretold of coming events, not
only for their own personal tribes, but for mankind and the earth as
well.
This is not to say they were perfect, they knew little of fertilization and
thus did farm out the land and when it became too poor to raise crops,
they would move on to more fertile ground thereby enabling the land
replenish itself over time.

The American Indian never developed any technology and thus didn’t advance
their civilization one iota over ten thousand years,  they were still
living much the same in Columbus’s time as they were thousands of years
ago. This one fact eventually lead to their downfall, being big on
spirituality and short on technology can only lead to disaster.

Today we have advanced to having the most technological advanced society the
modern world has ever known. We have new innovations coming at us daily,
often times so rapidly it is hard to keep up. In the process we are
also losing our culture, spirituality has become non-existent, and many
times people who are so inclined are ridiculed into submission, so they
remain quiet.

Society, in a perfect world advances both in technology and spirituality, or
their relationship to a divine source. As has been exemplified in the
previous paragraphs, this is not always the case. It seems civilization
either concentrate on one or the other and not both. In most societies
in the past, the focus has been on spirituality. The only two exceptions
I might mention would be Atlantis and Ancient Egypt where much focus
was placed on both areas, in particular Atlantis.

We have reached a point in time in the evolution of man where we need to
focus on both, we have accomplished much in the scientific world over
the last several generations, now it is time to bring our spiritual
world up to par with our world of technology.

The is much evidence in the world to make this seem evident, with all the
unrest and civil disobedience it is way past time to remember what is
important in life and to arrange our priorities to reflect the time worn
values that are the basis of an enduring society.

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Gary has been a writer/ photographer for over 20 years, specializing in nature,landscapes and studying native cultures.Besides visiting most of the United States, he has traveled to such places as Egypt,the Canary Islands,much of the Caribbean. He has studied  the Mayan Cultures in Central America, and the Australian Aboriginal way of life.Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in many different parts of the world!

He has published several books about the various cultures he has observed.

For more information and a link to his hard cover and Ebooks,and contact information: please check his website.www.commonsensejourneys.com

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What is the Definition of Paranormal?

 

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Paranormal is a generic term used to describe unusual phenomena or other experiences that lack an obvious explanation. Used in the field of parapsychology it can be used to describe telepathy, ESP, ghosts, UFO’s, past lives, psychic healing and a large variety of other fields.

Explaining or proving paranormal activities is difficult because there normally is no proof it actually exists, although the experiences appear to be very real. As the experiences exist outside the realm of conventional norms, skeptics contend they don’t exist at all. Maybe they don’t, maybe they are a figment of our imagination, but my contentions is that all of life is a figment of our imagination. As the Australian Aborigines believe, we only dream up the life experience we are having. When you get right down to it, there is no evidence that we exist at all, we have photos and written accounts, both of which as we have seen can be altered or made up completely. Our associates and family know us, but what if they are no longer living, what solid proof is there that we ever existed at all?

By the time we pass on we all have large amounts of written evidence  concerning our lives, the reliability is based solely on the memory of the writer, so due to that fact, it really is not much more reliable than written evidence concerning paranormal activity.

Parapsychologists look for quantitative evidence of the paranormal, most people that become involved, immense themselves in participant research where they actually experience the events themselves. This is normally engaged in because of some experiences they have encountered, normally through no conscious effort on their part.

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We each experience our own reality, two people observing the same conscious event, rather it be a sporting event, natural disaster or whatever, will have a slightly different account of what occurred.

Therefore no one else can really say what we experience or don’t experience. This fact alone , makes it extremely difficult for any one to prove or disprove what actually happened.

 

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The author has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.

His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.

He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.

He has published several books about his adventures.

For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.

Your comments are welcome

At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of life on other planets, and what our relationship is to these life forms, if they do exist. There are millions of people who are questioning the existence of God, who he really is, and what is my relationship with him? Is he someone who mysteriously floats around on a cloud watching and judging us from above like some bigger than life Santa Claus, or is he, like many of the esoteric science’s claim, a part of our inner Self, whom we have constant contact with, someone whom we and everything in the universe are connected and are thus one? Each of us in our own way is experiencing what God is, and thus we are each a part of God, thus we are God! This book is a brief account of my search for my own truth as I know it today, everything stated actually happened, according to my own perception. It has been an exciting search, at times very frustrating, very rewarding, and above all, very fulfilling. My main purpose in writing this book is to show that anyone, even a bashful unfamous country boy can have these awakenings, you don’t have to be rich or well-known to find your connection to Divine Source.

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What is Life all About

We often wonder why we have to endure hardships. Many times people lose faith in God because they believe that if there was a loving God he would make everything perfect and life would be free of pain and suffering. Many would like to be able to sit around, eat grapes and sing kumbaya all day long.

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It is only human nature to look for the easy way out and blame our problems on someone else or even God. However, blaming someone else for our misfortunes and hardships is not only counterproductive but can actually delay our advancement  toward whatever goals we have in life.

We were all put here on school house earth to learn and grow spiritually. This being the case our soul needs to experience all things in order to reach its highest potential.  We cannot  grow if someone else, including God, is doing everything for us.

It isn’t God’s job to protect us from all of life’s hardships and trials. God’s job is to guide us through our challenges so we may reach the end of our life smarter wiser and more in touch with the God Source.

There is no such thing as social justice, our main objective in reincarnating  on planet earth is to become perfect in our relationship with our God. That is how perfection is obtained, perfection has nothing to do with our physical attributes, abilities or characteristics.

In most cases, we didn’t come to earth to enjoy the good life and have God or others provide everything to us, our reason for existing is to open the channel of communication with the Supreme Being thereby walking in the path to enlightenment. Once that channel is open and remains open, then it is possible to enjoy the fruits of our labors to the highest good of all concerned.

It is through hardship we learn enlightenment, once enlightenment is achieved hardship disappears from our lives. that is not to say trials and challenges no longer enter our lives, it just means we learn to deal and solve them in a more positive way. We realize challenges are a necessary part of life, we encounter them to learn  and evolve where they no longer have a major impact on our lives.

In fact, many times we welcome the challenges of life and look at every circumstance in life as a positive event and when it passes we reflect on what the life experience taught us and are then willing to move onto the next challenge.

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The author has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.

His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.

He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.

He has published several books about his adventures.

For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.

Your comments are welcome

At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of life on other planets, and what our relationship is to these life forms, if they do exist. There are millions of people who are questioning the existence of God, who he really is, and what is my relationship with him? Is he someone who mysteriously floats around on a cloud watching and judging us from above like some bigger than life Santa Claus, or is he, like many of the esoteric science’s claim, a part of our inner Self, whom we have constant contact with, someone whom we and everything in the universe are connected and are thus one? Each of us in our own way is experiencing what God is, and thus we are each a part of God, thus we are God! This book is a brief account of my search for my own truth as I know it today, everything stated actually happened, according to my own perception. It has been an exciting search, at times very frustrating, very rewarding, and above all, very fulfilling. My main purpose in writing this book is to show that anyone, even a bashful unfamous country boy can have these awakenings, you don’t have to be rich or well-known to find your connection to Divine Source.

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A Change of Plans

Sometimes an upcoming event will seem to be  a sure thing , but we find later it was just a stimulus to prepare us for something else. We find if we had not planned ahead , a very important function in  our life would not have taken place.
This was the case in 1984, I had replied to an ad in Outdoor Photography. A man living in Zambia was needing to communicate with someone in the states ,film processing was difficult there and he needed someone to process film for him. I replied, as it sounded like a lucrative business proposition, he even mentioned paying for my passage to Zambia for business purposes. What did I have to lose, he was going to pick up the tab.

The trip was to take place in a few months so I began to make plans and applied for a passport. When I applied for the passport, the birth certificate I had wasn’t the correct one.  I didn’t realize the hospital birth certificate wasn’t a legal document ,so  first off, I had to apply for a new birth certificate from the county health department.

After receiving the correct birth certificate, I noticed my first name was spelled differently than the way I had been spelling it all my life. My name was spelled Garald on the birth certificate and I had been spelling it Gerald all these years. The funny part about it, people had always called me Garald instead of Gerald. Quite a revelation.

Evidently the doctor had written it down wrong at my birth,and my parents weren’t even aware of the error.  The original birth certificate couldn’t be changed so we  decided to make my passport match my drivers license as no one in customs  was going to see my birth certificate anyway.

As things progressed, many unseen circumstances prevented me from traveling to Zambia. The adventure was all but forgotten.

Two years had gone by and as I sat reading the morning paper the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a travel ad caught my eye. A group trip was being planned for the two weeks after Christmas to Egypt , it was leaving on December 26th., only five weeks away,  and the price was fantastic.

I had some time off after Christmas and so far had no plans. I realized this would be perfect! There isn’t much to do in Indiana this time of year, the weather is cold and snowy, it would be a good time to travel to a warmer climate. I had been wondering whatever possessed me to take a vacation at this time of year, now I had my answer.

I immediately called and made a reservation, I was on my way to the land of the Pharaoh. The next five weeks flew by, being extremely busy with my work I had little time to think about the trip.
As the time approached, I suddenly realized, it takes at least six weeks to apply for and receive a passport, if I hadn’t gotten a passport when I was thinking of going to Zambia, this trip would never have materialized and I would have missed one of the great adventures of my life.

When life throws you a curve ball, either duck or swing at it, get back up and be prepared for a fast ball right down the middle. You will then be able to hit it out of the park.

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Gary has been a writer/ photographer for over 20 years, specializing in nature,landscapes and studying native cultures.Besides visiting most of the United States, he has traveled to such places as Egypt,the Canary Islands,much of the Caribbean. He has studied  the Mayan Cultures in Central America, and the Australian Aboriginal way of life.Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in many different parts of the world!

He has published several books about the various cultures he has observed.

For more information and a link to his hard cover and Ebooks,and contact information: please check his website.www.journeysthrulife.com

Your comments appreciated

Since time immemorial , humankind has embarked on a spiritual journey to seek enlightenment. All travel this path, although not at the same time and more especially not at the same pace. Each must seek his own path and destination.

 

The Second Chance

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Often times we think we only get one chance at life if we make a bad decision there is no going back. Unless it is a major life altering
event, we always get a second chance. It may take a while because once a decision is made and the universe goes about fulfilling our wishes, we do have to live with the consequences.

However, the laws of karma always plays itself out and as soon as we begin to desire a different future, the universe again begins to arrange itself so we can have our hearts desire.  Your second chance will come, you just need to prepare for it and be ready to take advantage of it when the opportunity arises.

There is always a reason something doesn’t materialize, many times there are life lessons to be learned and once the lessons are absorbed into our consciousness, we find the second chance is justifiably the correct choice. The first opportunity was just a practice run to prepare us for the real thing. This is sometimes hard to understand when the first opportunity is missed, we can often unnecessarily regret passing up what we thought was our Golden Opportunity.

How do you recognize the second chances that come your way?  

You will begin to see a pattern developing, a pattern that relates positively to the first circumstance and begins to stimulate your
consciousness that something big is about to happen. 
You will begin to start thinking of the long ago opportunity and remember the good feelings you had. This is the time to let go of it and start thinking about how your experience from that time can help you realize your dream. In the process, forgive others as well as yourself, realize it was all meant as a learning experience and move on.

Develop a positive attitude, expect the best and look for the good in all situations, leave all negativity behind you, don’t think even one
negative thought , focus on what you would like the  final outcome to be. It is very important to expect a positive outcome and what you desire or something better, sometimes the universe has a better plan than we can imagine. You will have a choice as to accept the outcome or pass it up, don’t always take the first dog out of the chute, there will be other  chances, if you desire something better, wait.

Learn to live one day at a time,when the day is finished, be done with it, it’s over and you can’t change the past, this is part of the learning process as you progress toward enlightenment. Don’t spend needless hours worrying about what you did wrong or could have done differently, there are no mistakes or accidents, only learning experiences.  

As long as you maintain a positive attitude and focus on your goals it will all end with your highest good in mind.

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At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of life on other planets, and what our relationship is to these life forms, if they do exist. There are millions of people who are questioning the existence of God, who he really is, and what is my relationship with him? Is he someone who mysteriously floats around on a cloud watching and judging us from above like some bigger than life Santa Claus, or is he, like many of the esoteric science’s claim, a part of our inner Self, whom we have constant contact with, someone whom we and everything in the universe are connected and are thus one? Each of us in our own way is experiencing what God is, and thus we are each a part of God, thus we are God! This book is a brief account of my search for my own truth as I know it today, everything stated actually happened, according to my own perception. It has been an exciting search, at times very frustrating, very rewarding, and above all, very fulfilling. My main purpose in writing this book is to show that anyone, even a bashful unfamous country boy can have these awakenings, you don’t have to be rich or well-known to find your connection to Divine Source.

Available in both paperback and ebook format.