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Published: February 16th 2006
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James in the Master Bedroom Now, in an abandoned house. The ocean winds blow through it making a blend with the sea. "James" continues to take photos...he could be arrested for trespassing here. He knows this. It is exciting! He has been here before.
DeJa Vu
Each time James goes to dismantle this blog, he discovers something, or someone, else that is interesting! This blog is like a tapestry or fine silk carpet from Kashmir, pull out one string and the beauty is less. No one on this site, self included, is to be judged, rather observed. All are interesting and contribute to the beauty of the whole. We thank each one on this site for all make the story and thank You too for the share of your time and consciousness here.
When you get down to the deeper levels of the psyche things start to get real "Psychology 101". It's on the surface that things can get complicated so it's always a refreshement in the growing of a soul, or of a purpose--same thing, really--to go down and down dig down deeper to see what here is to discover and what, if anything, CAN be salvaged. (note I did not use the
word "saved")
"SALVAGED!"
It's said, goes the story, a couple thousand years ago a man in a seamless white robe came on the scene to try and salvage what he could.
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The thing about partying is to remember your Source in the middle of it. All chemically induced partying is a substitute for Source. Some numb themselves out to what is within. They call this "happiness". These have taken the red pill but pretend they've taken the blue pill. So we have been traveling into the interiors of this territory.
Below is a shot of the second floor stairway in childhood home. At Christmas, all would each sit on a step with christmas stockings before going down into the Florida room to open gifts. This is a shot of the stairs after the children had started to grow and the Mom just got Tired out from all of it. The video footage shot is called FLOW. It's a nine part series, from FLOW to EMPTY to EMPTY and FLOW, tastefully completed with a Prologue and a Epilogue, from before the family comes to the house, to the break down of the furniture, to
2nd Floor Stairs
After Mom Tired Out the house as empty--there is even a ghost sighting in the last part!
Maybe James will set it up as a video installation piece this year at some art gallery....or next.
The family at large thinks it's great. Why? They can hear the sound of the ocean, hear the creak of each leaky faucet in the basement, the rush or drip of the showers and all doors! Featuring embarrassing snatches of conversations at the kitchen table by sisters too! See the beach! See the dumpsters! Hear the doors open and close! See the town! See "James's" last girlfirend! You won't want to miss this masterpiece of video art!
Here is a review from "James's" sister, Deborah, "It's funny but it's healing too!"
(That is a TWO thumbs up!)
When we leave one place we are reminded of a transition we made so long ago, a rather traumatic transition, from a world of peace and blissful complacency, where all our needs were met, where we did not even have to take on the slightest responsiblity, into another world, a world of noise and challenge, of heartbreak and of form. We are reminded of that each time
we make a major life move, or a job transition, or sell a childhood home, and forget that we did survive, we did make it through to the other side.
Easy to forget.
The challenge is to remember that this world is not the same as that! Here there is challenge and disturbance and gravity and yet the ever new and renewed. Why bother to struggle so hard to get back into that other world when it simply isn't there, James? Your Mother's water womb has long since dried up and disentegrated--in the grave.
Such struggle, James, will make soon you gain weight!
DOH!
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If only one person could do one kind action for another person each day, no matter whether they know that person or not, is enough.
Now James you are at a cocktail party in Florida on your Earth Tour and are told by a senior citiizen that you are now considered as Old Florida. Do you remember when you fantasized about those before you who were Old Florida? Decades before Reality TV? When there were Grand Balls at the Flagler Museum? Now, those are all dead, dying, or disentegrating! & what is next?
old florida and without any money.
How long will you avoid pain and chase pleasure? Chase comforts for your body, struggle to get a scrap of attentio, struggle to avoid any feelings of rejection or being ignored, struggle to gain evey bit of approval, calculate to avoid the slightest feeling of dissapproval, work hard to get feelings of importance or being seen by others as useful, as "Old Palm Beach", escape any and all feelings of being seen as useless, useless, and any feelings of inferiority, any tiniest feeling of not being seen as superior, how long can you keep this up? When will you catch on? When will you get it?
When will you step outside of this tennis match with your LIFE the ball?
WHAT'S NEXT?
(good question...)
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William Koehler
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From Bill
Love this travel blog. Reflects your sense of humor coupled with real thoughts occurring in real time. Stay healthy and get some new reading glasses Peace brother Bill