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My Journey of Discovery
Created on 2004-09-18 03:39:48 (#4570750), last updated 2007-01-03
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| Name: | Bryan |
|---|---|
| Location: | The Mitten, United States |
| Website: | I'm in here, somewhere.... |
Words and a few pictures on a flickering screen, connecting people through wires in the air.
Quite a thought, isn't it? I think so, and a new and interesting way to meet people out hither in the world.
It is quite a task of informing you "about me." First of all, I am a very humble person. So talking about myself in this fashion is challenging. But I will do my very best to give you a feel for me and what I'm all about.
But be warned, typed words on a screen are quite different than spoken words flowing out into the air.
I trust that you can hear my truth.
I was born to very loving, caring, and supportive parents, who gave me an excellent upbringing in the rural suburbs near small town blue-collar middle class America. My mother tells me that as a child I was very inquisitive and curious, as I still am today. If I had to list my most important quality it would have to be my attitude. I am a very positive and loving person. I listen more than I talk. I watch closely. I find immense joy in helping others. I have a tremendous awe of the natural world. I am a calm, relaxed, easy-going patient person.
If I were to break it down into a sentence it would be something like this: I am a combination of matter, energy, and consciousness interconnected through my personal ancestral spiritual aspect, in turn part of the greater collective human spirit, and in turn, part of the larger collective planetary consciousness.
A tri-part being of mind/body/spirit walking my path through life, seeking truth and following my curiosity wherever it leads me.
Thus far in my 26 circles around the Sun, I've been many places and experienced many things, flowing outward and beyond into the wild reaches of raw experience. Encountering many different people in many different places.
I've been quite nomadic at times in the past few years. Never staying in one place very long, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Continually growing and expanding in awareness of how and why I am and the miraculous miracle of life.
I find myself being and feeling most happy and alive in various out of doors activities. Exploring, hiking, backpacking, gathering wild food, growing food, the wind through my hair and the sun on my face.
After 15 years of indoctrination and psychological conditioning from "public education" I felt the need to deprogram myself from its ways and break free to discover who I really am. Granted, I deeply appreciate being able to read and write and had some fantastic mentors throughout my schooling who helped me along a great deal. But the vast majority of it all had me broken to the point where I'd go through the motions, but never did they get me to fully participate. I grew frustrated and displeased with myself, because I didn't fit there, yet I had no idea where I did fit.
Which, eventually, led to stoking the fires of my own curiosity, and taking my education into my own hands, outside the walls of an institution. So most of what I would call my education doesn’t result in any "degree" or other such labels. My perspective, my world view, who I am, has been shaped by my experience and not by socially acceptable authority figures spoon feeding me illusions.
While I have deep respect and honor the choices that others have made in their educational decisions, my education has been self-directed. Thus, is my own seeking, my own education, has taken me down a vibrant path with armloads of books, to thousands webpages, and of course an immense tapestry of relationships with my elders and guides, and so much more. It has all been part of my journey of discovery.
Currently I work/play/live/love at an organic farm near the shores of a freshwater ocean. In the past I've worked at a Boy Scout camp teaching merit badges and facilitating group communication initiatives on a ropes course. I pushed a button if people fell of a ski lift for part of a winter. Taxi driver for a short bit. "Daycare worker" for a few months. I've given two helping hands to harvesting fruit the past few autumns. For a time I was the "office person" for an outdoor school, I started a publishing company there and self published a hand full of books. I ran my own business for a while, selling music cds on the web. Wanderer. Seeker of truth. Thinker. Lover. I view Life as an unfolding adventure, following my curosity and truth wherever it takes me.
Thank you for taking the time to read about me.
I wish you blessings on your journey.
Delein is a greek word meaning "to make manifest"

Quite a thought, isn't it? I think so, and a new and interesting way to meet people out hither in the world.
It is quite a task of informing you "about me." First of all, I am a very humble person. So talking about myself in this fashion is challenging. But I will do my very best to give you a feel for me and what I'm all about.
But be warned, typed words on a screen are quite different than spoken words flowing out into the air.
I trust that you can hear my truth.
I was born to very loving, caring, and supportive parents, who gave me an excellent upbringing in the rural suburbs near small town blue-collar middle class America. My mother tells me that as a child I was very inquisitive and curious, as I still am today. If I had to list my most important quality it would have to be my attitude. I am a very positive and loving person. I listen more than I talk. I watch closely. I find immense joy in helping others. I have a tremendous awe of the natural world. I am a calm, relaxed, easy-going patient person.
If I were to break it down into a sentence it would be something like this: I am a combination of matter, energy, and consciousness interconnected through my personal ancestral spiritual aspect, in turn part of the greater collective human spirit, and in turn, part of the larger collective planetary consciousness.
A tri-part being of mind/body/spirit walking my path through life, seeking truth and following my curiosity wherever it leads me.
Thus far in my 26 circles around the Sun, I've been many places and experienced many things, flowing outward and beyond into the wild reaches of raw experience. Encountering many different people in many different places.
I've been quite nomadic at times in the past few years. Never staying in one place very long, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Continually growing and expanding in awareness of how and why I am and the miraculous miracle of life.
I find myself being and feeling most happy and alive in various out of doors activities. Exploring, hiking, backpacking, gathering wild food, growing food, the wind through my hair and the sun on my face.
After 15 years of indoctrination and psychological conditioning from "public education" I felt the need to deprogram myself from its ways and break free to discover who I really am. Granted, I deeply appreciate being able to read and write and had some fantastic mentors throughout my schooling who helped me along a great deal. But the vast majority of it all had me broken to the point where I'd go through the motions, but never did they get me to fully participate. I grew frustrated and displeased with myself, because I didn't fit there, yet I had no idea where I did fit.
Which, eventually, led to stoking the fires of my own curiosity, and taking my education into my own hands, outside the walls of an institution. So most of what I would call my education doesn’t result in any "degree" or other such labels. My perspective, my world view, who I am, has been shaped by my experience and not by socially acceptable authority figures spoon feeding me illusions.
While I have deep respect and honor the choices that others have made in their educational decisions, my education has been self-directed. Thus, is my own seeking, my own education, has taken me down a vibrant path with armloads of books, to thousands webpages, and of course an immense tapestry of relationships with my elders and guides, and so much more. It has all been part of my journey of discovery.
Currently I work/play/live/love at an organic farm near the shores of a freshwater ocean. In the past I've worked at a Boy Scout camp teaching merit badges and facilitating group communication initiatives on a ropes course. I pushed a button if people fell of a ski lift for part of a winter. Taxi driver for a short bit. "Daycare worker" for a few months. I've given two helping hands to harvesting fruit the past few autumns. For a time I was the "office person" for an outdoor school, I started a publishing company there and self published a hand full of books. I ran my own business for a while, selling music cds on the web. Wanderer. Seeker of truth. Thinker. Lover. I view Life as an unfolding adventure, following my curosity and truth wherever it takes me.
Thank you for taking the time to read about me.
I wish you blessings on your journey.
Delein is a greek word meaning "to make manifest"
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