“Drivin’ Sideways in Detroit!” Nothing ever goes away
Hurricane Duane Thomas
We all have to quit talking once and awhile and start LISTENING and DOING. We need to contribute to society, and not just bitch and whine about it. It’s the ole’ “shoulda-coulda-woulda” thing. Yeah, well. I know I shoulda…and I coulda…so I am..gonna. (Hey! that a new one!)
These months, and days of late, seem to be speeding up to a new beginning, or an old conclusion. Im not sure which one just yet. Im just trying to put one foot in front of the other, stay under the radar and get outta all this alive and in one piece.
Ok, so I haven’t been feeling so good lately. Just slowing down I guess. But, none of that seems to stop the world any. So, Im trying in earnest to spend some time out in the astral world traveling. Its much cheaper, and there’s no expensive plane fare….
Those who know me, know its something I do and have been doing most of my life. It a gift that keeps on giving. So, I “travel” as much as possible without really leaving my current space. Sometimes its for me needing to work out something in my life, and at other times, its to help someone else in theirs. Enter Jill. A newer friend from an older life to revisit with. She is one of the old souls and has yet to fully realize it.
Meeting online, she showed an interest in auras, astral travel, intuition and contacting the loved ones and friends gone on. She didn’t know it at the time, but the answers she was seeking really had no questions to go from. Everything she needed, she already knew. We all do. But, I disgress.
I recognized her from before-before, in another time and place. It was just a re-meeting of the souls who had known each other before. I think now, she’s coming around to realize this. And, Im glad. It was my place to respond to honesty, familiarity and curious inquisition. I told her, I could do no more, no less than provide her with answers to questions she had. Its what those of us with this “blessing” in the esoteric world do for each other. None of us are any different. We are all on the same paths. Some are just farther along than others, and some have yet to begin their journeys of self. It doesn’t matter. Travelers, we are. All of us. That’s it in a cosmic bubble of a nutshell.
We struggle to get through each day wondering what the purpose of it all means. But, does it have to mean anything? Maybe we are just supposed to brazenly go forward, ask no questions, keep our eyes on the prize…and learn to duck. I don’t think that’s it at all. Life is more wonderous than we stop to give it credit for. A sunset, a sunrise, a babys cry, a blooming flower. Ever seen a hummingbird?
I revisited my old home on a lake last week. We talked about how I used to feed the birds and how the squirrels knew it and would steal all the birdseed. There were so many birds of all kinds, I began to note daily all the different kinds that came to the patio to eat. I remember counting something like 24 different species. One day, I bought a hummingbird seed cake thinking…(well…Ive never seen any anywhere so…what the heck), and I hung it up.
The next day to my surprise and delight, there were hummingbirds floating in place outside my window. I was amazed. I thought…where are they all the rest of the time? I haven’t seen any. I don’t know anyone else who had. And this lake is a big one so…Where have they been before I got their seed? And there my friends is the reason Im back blogging today. Jill and the hummingbirds.
We tend to look for things in life that are already there. We just don’t see them. Either we are too wrapped up in our daily existences, or too focused on the next Venti Latte or Monster-drinks. I think that’s it. Life is way too short for us to jam everything in from doing this and that, going here and there, listening to this, texting that, downloading these, uploading those, my tablet’s on the brink, my I-Phone is dead, hey, why is my Kindle freezing up? Slow down. To everything thing, there is a season. No need to go thru life with our hat and gloves in the trunk just in case, our extra phone chargers in the car, an energy bar in our purse, and chapstick in our pockets. Have we gotten so involved in this life, that we are ready for the next moment, now-at this moment? Should we be like this? Has technology and convenience become our new travel-aids?
I share this with you as I did and do with my friend Jill. Its all much easier than we think. And I think its important to be able to mediate on things once in awhile without our text message alerts going off. We need to see where we’ve been… before we can know where we are going. Whether some of you believe in astral projection, deep meditation or O.B.E.s (out-of-body experiences) or not, Im here to testify to you that they are real. It is real.
You can visit loved ones. You can see the past. You can allow your mind to book your next set of travel plans. I can tell you with all seriousness, anyone can become closer to the Universe. Astral Project/O.B.E.s/Meditation is not for everyone thats true…because not everyone will not be successful. But that is the point. You don’t have to. Its just as important to try. That’s all. Where we have been before, we will again…and again. Into the future and back to the beginning…over and over.
All that we are, and were, and all that we will and can be in the future is there already. We just need to follow our hearts, slow down, ask for help and guidance whenever we feel we need it. The better we get at this, hopefully you will all be like I am. I can recognize old souls, familiar ones, those needing help, those of light…and yes, even those of the dark. Even though they too can teach us…I tend to stay away and keep my distance from people and spirits like that. I can spot them a block away. Their “auras’ give them away. All this should lead those reading here to a enlightened conclusion I hope.
If we put out the hummingbird seed…they come. If we put our efforts into ourselves and slow down, our sub-conciousness can breathe a bit. And when we breathe better, we can focus better. This of course will have little bearing on our hectic lives in the everyday existence, but thats the point of all Im trying to tell you here. By slowing down, we can listen to our hearts. We can learn to be still. There is much to see and hear when we sit still and quiet and alone in a chair. And of course, not all will be pleasant. That’s ok.
There is so much to learn from ourselves on the inside…that we really need to slow down the outside. There is so much to discuss about belief in the afterlife, astral projecting, out of body travel…that there is not enough room to talk anymore about it here. That is for another time and another article.
For all you that have followed me here at “Drivin” Sideways in Detroit!” for all these years, I thank you. And I promise we’ll get into all things mystical and esoteric real soon. I owe you at least that. We don’t have forever here in this current life, and who knows when we will be back in the next one?
What we seek in life is out there…or should I say…IN there. Learn to be still. Those that have gone on before are still with us today. You just have to listen for them. They are there. And meditating regularly opens up your inner mind to wonderous things, places and people you thought were gone or are forever unavailable as they passed on and away. That’s not true.
I promise to help all that ask, seek love, peace and kindness with equal tolerance to those who are depressed, angry and hopeless. For all are in kind with one another. All lessons are valid. Learn to share. Seek that which is still there. Learn from it. Nothing every really goes away. It only turns into something else.
Use the rest of your life searching and traveling for the truth, for all is within in you. You don’t have to go far to find yourself. And if you think astral travel and the like is not possible, I am telling you are wrong. Seek out your ancestors, your passed loved ones and friends. It is important we all reach out to them to learn how to make our lives better for the remainder of the time we are here.
In closing for now my friends, learn how to be still. And if you practice with full heart…thoughts, feelings and loved ones who are gone from this place…will suddenly come to you when you look for them. They’ve never really gone. We just didn’t see them until you called for them….
Just like the hummingbird who I never had seen before…until I put out the seeds. Perhaps its time for you to put out some seeds?
Peace, Love and Light…as always yours….Hurricane Duane
