Saturday, March 6, 2010

Countryside or Urban: It is Part of the Blueflash

I lived in Ithaca, for 12 years, 1975 to 1987...300 days a year of clouds, rain, snow...

Now I live in San Diego, the opposite...320 days of sun....

I am not bragging, but rather sharing my particular story of why some people live longer, and thrive in sunlight.....

But, its deeper...

Countryside has its particular benefits...peaceful, low profile everything...

That's the point, everthing...

It is about stimulation.....what gets you going....

I remember that first fall and winter in San Diego...it was to me then like endless summer...

Countryside had its appeal in my 20's and 30's....we owned a farm. I swore I would never have a garden...having been brought up weeding, roto-tiling my father's big garden...I even swore I would never have a lawn...I had to push a gas-powered mower for about 10 hours per week in the summer months...

We all laugh now....Countryside had me with a big riding lawn tractor....
Countryside had me roto-tiling a big garden about 125% the size of my father's big garden....

It was great, the smell of fresh tomatoes...cut grass...

But, my ultimate sense of place was not to be a gentleman-farmer........

I needed the stimulation of a city....a region..Southern CALIFORNIA..

I moved back to a city I now call home...San Diego!

The Blueflash seems to want us to be in the place we feel most comfortable...

These are big differences...Countryside or Urban....I am glad I got this clear in my mid thirties....

But even after being in the place where I felt most at home, it took many more years before I figured out what I was supposed to do.....

Those years, even being in a great city, San Diego, felt endless....until the moment I saw my destiny...then it felt just like I had paid my dues....

I think it makes a difference if we are in a place we love, where we can feel at home and let the natural forces go to work...

I will cherish the memories of Countryside. But I really, really cherish the moments now on the West Coast of America!

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The Four Great Flashes of Life

This blog exists to support those in conscious search for their life purpose. I believe we can find one that makes our life whole, rich, where everything comes together and makes sense. I've researched this and write on the topic. It is my own passion and central purpose to help people find theirs....the blue flash is the far end of the light prism, rare light....it suggests that when the moment occurs, your life is like a new day.....blue sky....energy...hope...dreams come alive...

Some may have seen as the sun goes down over the horizon... it is seen by only a few... the last part of the prism of light, as the sun disappears, there is a flash of green... this is really a metaphor for seeking special moments in nature, God's gift to us in the environment of nature... we do need those moments... crisp air in a winter morning after a fresh snowfall... the whisper of mist from a waterfall on our face... I have seen the green flash once... on the beach in Hawaii... it is a real phenomenon...

The Pink Flash is romantic love which touches most all of us sooner or later and some of us several times. It is like a whoosh... before you know it, you are so bonded with another in a rush of romance... it can be ageless, unplanned, can end in joy or pain... we all need this to be truly human, and yet we are learning about it all our lives... the lessons go on and get some of us so engrossed and confused, we often think we are starting all over again... yet we must learn from each one and must follow our heart... no easy answers here, just that we cannot avoid this so human part of our full life... when the pink (heart) flash truly hits, you feel like you are in a free fall... its power in life is among the greatest gifts.

Whatever a person's faith, there are moments when each of us seems to be spoken to directly or given a clear signal by the Creator. I call these ``white moments". Time stands still. There is no worldly explanation. Logic is defied. But an answer is given. A gift seems to be delivered. A messenger shows up. Something unexplainable occurs. Some people spend more time with this, actively pursuing the Creator' guidance. Others deny the Creator, yet admit that they see answers that they cannot trace to a source. Can we pursue answers actively? Can we learn to invoke these powers? A full life seems to include the awareness that we are searching and that this search gets richer and richer as we grow... in the life-long pursuit of happiness, it is hard to avoid some moments that are unexplainable and seem too unreal to be true...

The Blue Flash is the moment when one sees one's life purpose. Laying out in front of your feet just like a pathway. Some see it as a picture. Not everyone has this one. Those lucky ones who do describe the moment with excitement. It always takes place with some other loved one present, always takes place in a peaceful place, and people describe that their themes of life come together in a single concept or idea. It can be a company, a career goal, an idea of a central project for one's life... why we seem to justify our existence, education. It seems to occur at mid life, rarely early. People seem to need some pain and confusion and wandering before it is achieved. BUT, those who find it and follow it are the happiest on earth. They seem also to be the bravest, the toughest, and most willing to help others find it. It becomes a passionate pursuit of happiness at the highest level.