Mold. Out with the Old.

I've been power-washing my house for the past few days.  Its a tedious job.  I've done it before and have come to the conclusion that the way I'm doing it is not the easiest way to go about it, but its the way that works for me.  I thought about using some harsh chemicals. Not really big fan of toxic chemicals.  I got a few bottles of biodegradable environmental friendly house wash.  Turns out environmentally friendly is friendly to the environment, not so much to me.  The stuff sucks.  It just doesn't work.

I decided that I would once again do the job the old fashion way, with lots of elbow grease.  I'm not afraid of a little, or a lot in this case, hard work.  If there's an easier way that makes sense to me and I feel good about, then great, but that wasn't the case in this instance.

The job goes like this;  I suit up.  Goggles to keep the mold and backspray out of my eyes, crappy shorts, crappy shirt, and gloves to protect my sensitive hands.  Yes gloves.  My hands are cracked and irritated enough with out being soaked hours on end with house yuck.  Then I pull the twenty-four foot fiberglass extension ladder off my truck.  I only mention that it's fiberglass to give an idea how heavy the ladder, compared to say an aluminum ladder, which would be about half the weight.  I haul that baby up up up and gently prop it up against the house.  I pull out the power-washer, start her up, connect hoses and begin my ascent to the top of the ladder.

Now the fun begins.  I say that somewhat jokingly, but I don't hate this job.  Some weird part of me finds a certain satisfaction in this cleaning process.  Its not a day at the beach, but it alright.  So now, I'm a couple stories off the ground.  I hit the trigger and the nozzle comes to life.  It truly is a POWER washer.  The thing delivers and intense stream of high powered water.  No soap, tried that, just water (with lot's of pressure).  I begin to make strategic swipes at the siding.  I keep the nozzle about four to six inches away from the house.  This is the optimum distance for removing the tough little mold spores that like to chill in the texture of the siding.  Inch by Inch I go.  Every square inch needs to be hit.

I'm a thorough kind of guy.  I like things done just so.  If its not done properly I get a little crazy.  I always like to tell my son, Any job worth doing, is worth doing well.  These are words to live by.  I try to put the best of myself in everything I do.  Does it always happen? No, but I keep on keepin on, doing my best as much as I possibly can.

This job takes a long time, but the further into it I go, the more I know this is how it needs to be done, at least for me anyways.  I do a section, I step back and take a look, looks good!  Nice.  Sure its a lot of work, but shit is gettin' done,  and at the end of day that's satisfying.

So I'm out there sprayin' my little heart away,  I start thinking about things.  How I want to write more, and what about.  I look a little deeper into things then some, you could say.  It comes to me how this task I am doing relates to (my)life on a grander scale.  I start to think how certain things in my life need addressing, need cleaning so to speak.  Interior house keeping lets call it.  The house is my self, my soul, my being.  If you don't take check on this, shit gets clogged up.  Stagnancy is one of the worst things for soul.  That's how the mold grows.  And molds no good.  You got to clean that shit quick, or it builds up, and that's when real difficulties start showing up.

Not to get to off track, but I do believe that half the illnesses in this world, easily more, are a result of poor interior house keeping.  And remember the house is you, or me, in this case.  You have to keep your house in order, you have check on things that are usually undercover.  Old hurts from yester year can suddenly turn into today's illnesses.  What I'm getting at is that we need to keep ourselves in check.  You've got to do the hard jobs sometimes, you may not always like it, but a little hard work goes a long way to your overall well being.

I'm power-washing.  I'm getting rid of shit that's been sitting around for far too long.  The tough part about this job is that I let it sit too long.  The longer it sits, the harder it is to deal with.  The harder I have to work to make it shine.  I am, while doing this job, quickly seeing the bigger picture.  The important topics in my life that I have neglected only grow tougher to address as time goes on.  For me its a lack of taking action on the things the lay dormant, but filled with awaiting passion deep within my heart.  A passion to be exposed; to be enjoyed by myself and others, sharing my dreams with the world.  Dreams of better day, but not a better day to hope for in some distant tomorrow, a better day to be created and embraced today, in this very moment.  To make the most of every breath of my life.  To live out loud with love in my heart, radiating outwards into the world with joyful currents to be felt by all who wish to embrace them! They're not all huge elephants in the room (or maybe they are!), but together their lack of upkeep results in a disharmony in my life.  Little big things adding up to become mountains over time.  If I would just keep tabs on my self on a regular basis, there would be much greater balance in my life.  Its fun to climb mountains, but eventually your going to want to reach the top and shout your blessings out into the world to echo upon the ears of the Universe.  Success felt singular is great, but a success embraced in the hearts of many is a true triumph of the soul.

Time goes by and we wish we would do this or that.  Time goes faster and faster still, and we find ourselves struggling to keep up.  Before we know it years have gone by and the dreams we've kept on the shelf have collected layers of dust while awaiting our action.  This is where power-washing comes in.  I have to laugh at the irony of all this, but its spot on.  You have to step with-in and take a good look at what's not working in life.  Pull the wool off your eyes and  see what you've been missing.  What's holding you back from truly living?  What's keeping you from thriving?  This is where you pull out your metaphorical power-washer and blast that shit.  Get rid of the old.  Blast the mold out of town.  Clean your house.  Take the time, make the time to do a little hard work to make a difference in your life.  To uncover the secrets in yourself that will make you shine.  Ya baby!

The party's not over yet.  It's just beginning.

I continue on my power-washing journey and I discover myself in a section of my house where three separate sides come together to form a little nook of sorts.  The point of interest here lies in the play of light and dark;  Shadows and light, and how they play little tricks on the eyes and mind.  The deeper you look into them, the more stories unfold.  The shadow at first appears to hide what lays directly in front of you, while the direct sun shows what's right in front of your face.  But on further inspection you begin to find if you look more carefully into the shadow side, you soon begin to see the details that lay hidden in the grooves missed at first glance.  The sun shines bright just inches away, and yet its almost blinding.  The Sun blends in the imperfections, disguising them with brightness.  Its trickery at its best.

Introspection leads me deeper into the heart of this matter.  I ponder my own shadows, seeking to expose issues I may be missing.  Everyday life has always shared with me kindness and prosperity.  I may not be the richest of rich when it comes to monetary devices, but let it be known, my prosperity is of the kind money can not buy.  And for this I am eternally thankful.  But when I dive a little deeper into the pool of me, I see another side hidden from the light of day.  Its not a place that society encourages or much less mentions, or openly teaches to swim within, yet let us not kid ourselves, there's a darkness in us all that is in need of some introspection to bring forth a little more of our true self into the world.

We start asking deeper questions.  What am I here for?  Is it to work some 40 odd hours a week, only to spend hard earned monies on the weekend, to give some worth to working our asses off all week? Our we fulfilled with our life in all its many facets?  Maybe some of us are.  I would like to hope so anyways.  But I know I for one have lots of living left to do.  And when I say living, I mean discovering, creating, uncovering those things in life that bring true joy to the heart.  Living life wide open, not afraid of the shit hitting the fan.  In order to truly live we're gonna have to take chances.  Sometimes things are going to work out, and other time shit's gonna hit the fan and its gonna be messy!  This is part of life.  So you take a shower.  You wipe the shit of life off your face.  You get back on that horse and ride baby!!  That's what I'm talking about.

To find this hidden shit you have to be brave, courageous even.  You have to be an adventurer, and explorer, a trail blazer.  You (I) have to go within and uncover the truth of who you are, and then you have to take a deep breath and jump.  Bring your passion to this life.  If your already bringing it, GREAT!  Bring more of it.  What brings you joy?  Do that shit!  What makes your heart skip a beat and makes your eyes open wide in amazement?  That's the shit.  And when I speak to this "shit", I'm talking about the best "shit" in the world.  Maybe "shit" is not the best word to describe this phenomenon, but it sure feels right! HAha!!

Let us not be confused here;  I do love the light.  I love to bask in it most days of my life.  The darkness can be of benefit too.  It contains the parts of ourselves that hold us back from living in the light more fully each moment.  When we step into this room within, we shine light on the challenges in our life that prevent us from moving forward and expanding into more of our truest self.  We were born to create, to live in joy, to learn, to love, to experience the many facets of life has to offer us.  Anything that blocks this road, this journey to a greater realization of ourselves needs our full attention.  Its needs to be shown in the light and either dealt with in some fashion, or simply let it go. The choice is of our own making.  It takes a brave warrior of the soul to step onto this battlefield.  It's no joke.  I like to have fun and poke around in the waters of life, but kid you not, this is some serious shit.  It's not for everyone in this lifetime, but all the same, its here for everyone to face when they choose to turn about to it.

SOoo.........I'm power-washing.  I'm doing my best to step up to the plate.  I swinging for the stars. Shootin' for the Moon.  I getting rid of the Mold in my life.  Letting go of the old and in the way.  Making way for the next stage of my journey.  It's a beautiful day.  I am grateful to be alive and share my joy with the world.  I send my love out to you all on waves of ocean, filled with rainbows to enrich your soul and expand the eyes of the world.

That's the "shit" I'm talkin' bout!

Love to you all :)
~Jimmy Page~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rising Up

In the beginning life was simple and sweet.  Not a care in the world besides experiencing life to the fullest.  Life was a playground to endlessly dance upon, swirling and swerving, jumping and bopping to the ever changing currents of life.  Somewhere along the way we lost that magical feeling.  The God given right to express our self freely, open as the best of books, being in-joy and enjoyed by all.

Each moment of life up till the point of loss, our so called loss of innocence, there was an inherent knowing.  Life was a precious gem to behold, and we knew never to hold on to any one moment too tight.  The river took us and we were willingly in love with every second of the ride.

Where was it we decided to fall out of reach from the tides of life?  When did we decide to let ourselves be washed up on shore loosing touch and taste with the salt of life?  No part of it holds a comprehend-able logic.  When we are conscious sailors on the sea of life we are connected intimately with the currents that rise and fall.  We used to know when to rest and when to exert ourselves.  Our bodies were connected to our minds and knew just how to heal itself.  This loss didn't happen overnight, but at this point it sure feels that way.

It was a step by step process.  This systematic dismantling of our childhood glee, the sly extortion of our innocence.  Society ever so gently put its foot down, and before we could be aware of the machine we were falling into we looked up and were standing in line like obedient children eager to please the system of our making.  Molded and coerced into believing how things were, were the way they must be.  Stand in line.  Take your medicine. Pay your taxes (no matter how exorbitant the rate). And by all means, eat whatever your told is best(with no questions asked).

Sure we moaned and bitched along the way, But we always found ourselves standing in this predetermined line.  Who decided this was the way it should be?  Who said it was ok?  I guess it was all of us.  The funny and more so sad part of all this is, does any of us ever remember agreeing that this is the way life should be??

Waking up and smelling the stank, many of us are becoming keenly aware that THIS IS NOT OK!  Today is a new day, and now is the time to remember the child inside us that still dreams of a brighter day, an amazing day filled with endless potential and possibilities.  In our heart lay the beauty of a child's wild joy.  A joy that knows no bounds.  An imagination that reaches beyond the limits of the sky into uncharted territories.  Its in each and everyone of us.  This is the truth we need to uncover, to rediscover and bring into the light of this new day.  No more living in the lie that someone else thought was a good idea to push upon everyone.

In a child's heart grows the imaginings to recreate this joy within the hearts and minds of our adult selves.  The gift that awaits us all will only be opened and embraced with knowing that joy is experienced by living within the moment, by realizing that each moment is as precious as the next.  Discovering that the love we all yearn for has always been with us.  When we re-awaken to our heightened possibilities we will live in a knowing that we our beings of love and limitless creation. With our hearts united we will embrace in one love and live our life's to the fullest, rising up into the god's and goddess's we born to be.

:)
By
~Jimmy Page~

Open Heart Healing....and Revealing.

I today get to say I am a writer.  Hooray!  I don’t need to write anything to say per say, but it helps me to see the light of day.  Helps me to uncover the hurts I’d buried away.  I feel pain inside.  It bubbles to the surface more often than not.  I cover it back over a lot.  It’s not pleasant.  Yet the more I try to hide, the brighter the beam its blinds.  You can’t hide from the pain forever, I tell myself.  The hurts surface to find release.  So what do I do?

Make the space to give your pain awareness.  Let it ride.  It’s ok to feel the uncomfortability  of it.  To grow you must work thru the hurt.  Find out what you’ve buried down deep and how it’s disabling the fullness of your present moment.

You don’t have to solve the problems of the world; you just need to become aware of what holds you down from accessing your dreams, your imagined destiny. 

I get overwhelmed in possibilities.  I let the vastness of life keep me at bay instead of journeying into the depths of the Ocean.  I let myself get tied up in the details.  The result is dormancy.  Nothing gets done.  Pondering what could be, instead of taking action and seeing what comes together from your hard work and dedication is a dead end destination.

So what comes next?  Do I wallow in my sorrows or take positive action in my life.  God knows I’ve wallowed, but that’s just plain old.  NOW is action time, time to push through the hurts.  Turn the hurts of yesterday into the incentives of today.  Let the challenge be to overcome what daunted you in the past.  Don’t let the past get the best of you.  Live for today and discover you can rise above the challenges that once held you down.

Speak up, speak out.  Share the truth that it yours to give.  Let the world see the colors you have to shine.  Don’t hold back the light you have within.  We all have a light to shine upon the world.  It takes courage and passion to shine your light, but it is your destiny.  We all are here to share the beauty within.  We have a special contribution to offer to the world.  Once you know the gift you have to share, the next step is to discover the path that exposes your creation to the world.  Whether you’re a painter, a writer, a doctor, teacher, or any other lifestyle you choose, you have the opportunity to positively impact the world with the light that shines within you!

Let it shine.  Make a difference in your life and discover what brings you joy, and then go share it with the world.  We all have a light within that is yearning to be revealed to the world.  What does your light look like?

Much Love,

  ~Jimmy Page~

          J

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The Energy that Carries us Through

Living life wide open with courage and grace

 
With any journey there comes great sacrifice and equally great rewards.  The reward is the openness to all that is.  Embracing the fact that I am a conduit for the grace of God to travel though and touch the world in profound and amazing way.

The first step is intention.  After that its getting my head out of the way so my heart can lead the way.

I feel life so intensely at times, it practically cuts like a knife.  The only way through is breathing with conscious awareness.  The breath is my savior.  When I think I cannot go a step further, the simply coursing of my breath has carried me through.  The breath is so much more than an autonomic response that keeps us alive.  The breath carries us to death.  It delivers us into the next life and births us to and fro this world.

The breath is a gift which creates balance and grounding in our life.  Without it we would surely not survive, in so many more ways than one.  The breath continues to carry us through with calming mind effects, and overall body relaxation.  It gives creativity the opportunity to blossom by allowing our imaginations to be heard.

From the breath comes new life.  Renewed and aware we step into each moment with vibrance.  All this being only possible through our keen awareness on the flow of our very own breath...........

 

 

The Ocean

The Ocean endlessly flows      

As the waves roll

And tides change

I am renewed, reborn

With each breath-

A blessing.

 

My chest rises and falls

I am invigorated.

 

I fill my soul with fresh air

The energies of heaven

Nourish each and every cell.

 

The breath connects me

To the fibers of the Universe.

I am a strand in

The Web of life

 

Life reminds us to breathe

Ever changing seasons

Re-birth to Death

And once again.

 

The Sun rises

Only to fall once again.

 

All life is held in the embrace of

The ever flowing breath.

 

It is with all our heart

And all our soul

We embrace the Ocean of life,

And the ever flowing breath

That carries us along.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

~Jimmy Page~    [Winter 2012]

 

 

Food For Thought

Control the Food, Control the People

So doing a bit of research and trying to bring a bit of awareness to myself and the world at large :)

I find it very strange and not in our benefit that over half of the global market of the seeds that our food comes from is controlled (owned) by Chemical companies.

It would appear to me that chemicals and food should not be a joint venture that we invest (ingest) in each day to feed our selves and our families.

In 1970 there were over 10,000 seed companies. As of 2014 there are only a few hundred seed companies left.  Companies like Monsanto have bought the rights to nearly 25% of all seeds.  They have and continue to make it illegal for farmers to save seeds to reuse for the following years crop. A practice that has been going on long before Monsanto came along.
 
These companies are creating immense monopolies.  They are quickly taking over the rights to our food supply.  They are stripping farmers of there rights and forcing them to grow chemically induced GMO seeds or be put out of business.
 
Its all too clear now that these companies are stealing our rights to choose what we put on our plates each day.  These corporations care not for the well being of you or I.  They hold hands with the government and implement laws to aid them in there mission to take control of our food chain.  They grease palms and play the dirtiest of politics to persuade the tables to go their way.
 
I urge you all to open your eyes wide to the crimes these Chemical companies are committing against the whole of humanity.  Now we must take action to make it known that we are taking the power back into our own hands.  We have the right to know what's in the food we put on our plates each day.  Its time we tell these companies what their doing to the Small American family farmers is not ok. 
 
Lets do our best to make a positive difference in the world.  Tell these corporations we not going to eat their chemically altered foods any longer.  Tell them to label what's in their food.  We have the right to know what we eat.
 
After all, you are what you eat.  Who would you trust to grow your food?  Your local farmer?, or a company that makes chemicals?  Doesn't seem like a very hard decision to me.

 Check out your local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and discover how easy it is to bring local wholesome food to your families table each day and night.  Google "Local CSA" and create your own food chain.

Companies to Boycott:

Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont, Dow. http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_26638.cfm  (A comprehensive list of companies who support the use of GMO's, and heavily donate to the above companies.)

Links to Local Farmers:
http://www.localharvest.org/
Support your local farmer by taking part in a CSA

Thanks for listening,
~Jimmy Page~

Discovering the Impeccable Word in Our World

I’ve been thinking about the impeccability of my word.  Every now and then I find myself speaking words that I truly don’t mean.  I think spewing these words will make me feel better, get it off my chest so to speak.  But all it really does is send a ripple of negativity into world.  What we say, whether we mean it or not has consequence.  Every word that leaves our mouth has an impact on the world.  The words we speak can be daggers to the heart, or waves of compassion and love.  The energy we send into the world lay within our intent.  Are we intending disregard for others well being, or our we holding joy in our hearts for those we speak of?
Words, no matter how we intend them, have an energetic effect upon the world.  They send ripples out into the Universe and create a response, whether conscious or unconscious, in those to which they have been spoken about.  We think that just because we don’t truly mean what we say that they don’t have an effect.  But this is untrue.   Your words are a reflection of who you are. 

Let’s say you are a painter.  You step to your canvas and even though you’re not totally invested in the process you begin to slap colors against the blank canvas in front of you.  You throw colors carelessly from your brush and then decide to call it a day.  You walk away forgetting the mess you just made.  Even though you didn’t have much meaning in your work, you are left with a painting filled with ugly colors that don’t serve anything positive in your life.  Yet there it lies, true as day.

This is the same effect words have when we haphazardly let them spew from our mouth.  We may turn our back on them trying to forget the mess we threw out into the Universe, but do not be mistaken; these words remain like poison floating about the ethers.  They bring no light to the world, only darkness.

The moral of the story is; mean what you say and say what you mean.  The less trash you talk the brighter future you will be creating.  Like my Mom always said, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.”  Words of wisdom for us all.

I am encouraged to speak words of kindness and compassion about myself and others, always.  Let’s set an intention to brighten up this world with each and every spoken word.

Much Love,
~Jimmy Page~

 

I Wonder….

I sometimes wonder what people are thinking.  How could you do this?  What were you thinking?  Really?  Instinctively I would like to hug and love all people, but through a lifetime of conditioning I have unfortunately learned to keep a “comfortable distance”.  It’s sad actually.  Why is it that our society has a collective cold shoulder to the world?  We quickly judge one another and lay down verdicts without taking a moment to discover an underlying truth. 

The political world is the perfect example of shoot first, ask questions later.  Worse, it appears from this vantage point, no questions are even bothered being asked, at least not the truly important ones.  For instance:   How will this benefit the betterment of humanity as a whole? 

The government as a whole has a head so big, how they fit it through any doorway is beyond me.  This could be reason why they feel the need to blow the doors off somebody’s home before taking the time to knock, and politely ask to come in.

With all sarcasm aside; we cannot go on living life this way any longer.  Where is the compassion?  I see a lack of value for human life.  The government’s answer to conflict is to create more of it.  Eye for eye they say.  One group hurts another, and what’s the answer? Make them pay, it’s their turn to suffer. And then to justify their means it’s always the same game; Who’s on board?  Are you with us or against us? Patriot or traitor?.  It’s a simple power play.  They push us to take a side, peddling fear like it was our last meal.  Eat this or else.  Enjoy what we have to offer or suffer the consequences and be labeled a traitor starving alone, on your own.

I say We start asking the questions.  Tell Me why we should believe those who have consistently lied to us.  Blatantly told us one thing and done another.  How can we even begin to trust someone, or a group of someone’s that only use words to empower themselves?  We cannot.  Now is the Age of Transparency.  If these politicians make promises to “We the People”, they should be held accountable.  If there promises fall through the deep cracks upon Capitol Hill, then we the majority will have the choice and the power to vote them out.  Where honor is a precious commodity, it’s high time we take action and restore justice to a country that was built upon such principles.

Our collective voice has been hushed too long.  We do have a voice, and it’s time to be heard is now!  Take action.  Let the government know we do not agree with their agendas.  No longer will we sit quietly and live under a hood of injustice.   If the present leaders cannot lead, then we as a whole must find those who can.  A leader who is humble enough to be willing to speak and act upon the best intentions of the whole, these are the people we desperately need to guide us into a brighter world.

I am a peaceful person at heart, but do not mistake my nature for that of someone who is willing to have the wool pulled over my eyes.  I am awake and my eyes see the discontent within our Nation’s people.  In a land built upon freedom and liberty, I look around and see these precious gifts being pulled out from under our very feet.  It’s a smoke and mirror show.  The government disguises their true intentions within a cloud of lies and deception.  They strategically pull at our emotions to engage us to get on board with their questionable politics.  All the while their motives are being fueled by efforts to further promote agendas that lie hidden behind closed doors.

For some of us it may seem easier to wear rose colored glasses and say to our self that all is fine and the government has our best interests at hand, but these glasses are no longer serving us.  We are falling prey to those who are but a few, compared to the many of us.  With so few people pulling the strings that have a power to control so many, we must questions their ethics and moral standings on life.  If what we see is creating unease within us, then it is our duty to make a difference.  Power is meant to be diverse.  It should reflect the highest intentions of the whole.  I believe that we absolutely need key advocates to represent that of the greater good.  It is those that choose to lead with a humble heart and a fierce courage that will best be able to carry forth the torch of true freedom and liberty. 

If we care about our self and the well being of our brothers and sisters in life, then it is you and I that must carry the torch to a brighter future for our self, our children, and our children’s children forever more.

 

Much Love,

~Jimmy Page~