Moonwalking Super-Conscious Monkeys

Wow, time really gets away sometime. I'm back in Melbourne now with Danny and Sierra and two of my Taiwanese friends, Judy and Dillon. I came back a few days early and surprised them and Sierra practically tackled me when I walked into the lobby. We stayed up until the early hours of the morning singing, playing, joking, laughing, and dancing like Michael Jackson. We danced through the streets and everyone watched the loudest group of people out there as we floated on without a care in the world.

The 5 week East coast road trip has come to a close and I know I need to set aside some quiet time to decompress and coalesce all the lessons I've learned before they wander out of my mind. I'll have time to write it all out in detail later on but I'll leave you with a summary before I go for some much needed rest.

We kicked it all off by going to Earthcore in the crater of an extinct volcano where I met Rochelle's friends and watched some great musical acts under a beautiful and dynamic series of sunsets and sunrises. We left there and saved the lives of 3 sheep that has escaped through an open gate by herding them back to safety. After some bushwalks and a few days camping by a river, we came to a town called Wagga Wagga where we met a van of 7 women who were out touring the wineries. They invited us along and we hopped in the van and drank/spilled party punch all over ourselves as the van went along the bumpy roads. We passed through Canberra and Sydney before escaping to the Blue Mountains where I went adventure caving. I took a picture of an ant larger than the diameter of a quarter and we drove to Byron Bay. Met a guy who makes his own didges shaped like dragons, including one that hooks up to a gas tank and breathes fire. He invited us to a percussion party in Nimbin, which happened to be the home of a friend of Piule's. They had a FEAST prepared and we created some powerful earth music in a series of drum circle jams. I helped assemble a teepee and skinny dipped in the creek. I learned the next step in hemp jewelry making and can now incorporate crystals into my bracelets and necklaces. On Christmas, I ate a handful of psilocybin mushrooms, built a bonfire, played more tribal music, ate another feast, and talked of spirits, dimension shifts, mayan calendars, and energy vortexes created by the local explosion of a Mt. Fugi sized volcano 23 million years ago. We visited Rochelle's sister and her family in the resort town of Surfer's paradise where we lounged by the pool, took proper showers, and had a vacation from our vacation. Massive electrical storms rolled in end to end and I watched from the 21st floor as several lightning strikes per second crackled and exploded. I experienced something that gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes and I'll wait to tell the story in full detail. I made a necklace with a stony quartz point for the 6 year old nephew. He is a really sharp kid and has a supportive family around him and I swear, I can feel that he has something strong and powerful to bring to this world. I haven't hung out with kids very much but after a few days with them, I'm struck by how powerful our early experiences are in shaping who we are as adults. I watched hang gliders, went to the Crystal Castle, and returned to Nimbin for Hippy Fest on New Years Eve. I played a drum on stage, met some indigenous Australians and was interested by how different they are than any other people I've ever met (besides a transient man named T on a beach near Arcada, CA). We said our goodbyes and drove 20 hours in 2 days to get back to Melbourne for Saturday night.

Judy leaves for Taiwan in 2 days and we will throw a party for her tomorrow night. Danny and Sierra are working for the next few weeks while I go to the Tasmanian rain forests with my Taiwanese friends. I came up with the idea to sew a druid costume in preparation for the Rainbow Serpent festival. The guys liked the idea and want to be druids too and we plan to trace sacred symbols in the dirt, light them up with tea candles and chant, stomp, growl and grunt a universal message of love out into the cosmos for all beings to hear and feel.

The people of the world are finally ready for a pervasive healing movement and it's up to the lightworkers to turn these abstract hopes and dreams into tangible reality.