Monday, July 21, 2014

GET AWAY FROM IT ALL

Below is a photo taken while on my latest retreat to a remote location in South central B.C., Canada. I can't stress enough, my friends, the importance of removing yourself from the distractions of the city and the influence of people at least once a year for a week or more. We become locked into our routine, bound by commitments, a slave to our schedules. 

If possible, one should at least be alone on a weekly basis for a walk or a sit in the park, but I'll chat more about that another time.

For now, It means to impart upon you, the immeasurable benefit from getting as far away from humanity as possible for as long as possible, in order to cleanse oneself of the negative influence imposed upon them by the daily bombardment in today's society.

Getting away from it includes any contact you may have with the outside world and even access to wifi or a cell signal. Your goal, as always, but most especially on retreat, is to return to your pure state. This state can only be reached without distraction.


Leave your profit driven life behind; leave your capitalist brainwashing behind; leave your need to do all your chores and errands behind, your need to look a certain way to fit in, to act the way they tell you. Leave behind your need to keep your car spotless, to wear make-up and jewelry, to work out like an crazy person.

Getting away from it all is your opportunity to be natural. To be your true self without being judged including, in many cases if you're in a remote enough location, running around naked in the bush or by the lake. It's very freeing! You should try it!

Getting away from it all doesn't involve 'Doing' anything. In fact, doing nothing is the point. Nothing is the goal. Silence must be embraced, stillness must, once again, become the natural way and racing thoughts must be tamed. Only then will the soil in the garden of the soul be fertile enough for the seeds of rebirth to germinate.

Live now, my friends...