Not sure if this will be one of the opening chapters or the actual title of the book…but here goes,…the latest thoughts to be shared (written for the whole world to see…how scary is that…

So, first off, let this be an invitation to sign on, volunteer and apply as an editor…I am so very well aware I am going to need one. If the proof-read is really bad please let me know immediately,…and no not on my facebook page, that feels very humbling (I want/thinks I can only tolerate small doses of humility, as I have swallowed some pretty heavy doses lately)

Any way, ZEN

ZEN is the absolute nothing-ness/emptiness…

ZEN is…the absolute everything

ZEN is beyond….the ultimate consciousness

ZEN is the escape from consciousness

ZEN is the source of humility…ZEN is the source of pride, in ultimate human-ness

One cannot study ZEN…ZEN is …the ultimate truth…

just as ZEN….just is…, you…just are

How do we invite more ZEN into our lives…the opening to ZEN…is that same as

“NO matter where you go,…there you are”

How does one reconcile burn-out….

Is ZEN the remedy or cure for burn-out…is it the tonic that prevents burn-out…

Why do we seem to invite burn-out back into our lives, once seemingly cured of it, once and for all…

Why does it seem that we forget how to meditate, when we need to meditate, the most…

Why do we let “love” escape us,…why do we seem to surrender to resentment and fear…even when we had been escaped “prisoners” of darkness enough times before, to know better.

What do we not seem to “know better”…enough to never need another lesson in humility.

The answer lies in the ego.

It is the ego in which we find all of our sources of potential for burn-out…

To find mastery over the ego will be the end of burn-out and the entry into the realm of ZEN.

May we recognize our need to reconcile, reconcile the love of life long learning and the need to emancipate your mind as to what you had come to know as “your truth”….always be open to the “my truth” of the other…

The ZEN path to enlightenment and ultimate empowerment is paved with the engagement of the world and the exercises necessary to embody the positive energies of the Universe…ones mind and spirit will also manifest the positive energy…and the “manifest destiny”…your legacy will be one that looks like that which is an all- inclusive “law of attraction”

The ZEN path never will look the same to the other…short of that all paths of ZEN are “paved in” love and engagement with all that is “the world”…this planet, all the plants and creatures…and all others, all things… human.

Look to the Universe…be open to it…there lies the ZEN.

Share love with all others….There manifests the ZEN

Let your forgiveness flow freely…erasing the “potential” of resentment, fear or hate…before that dark energy is ever a conversion of one power to another…all energy is not created…it just is…it is always “converted” from one form of energy to another…it cannot ever be destroyed…or lost…just converted…

So, let the path be paved….you are the paver…let your substance be love…you become ZEN, ZEN becomes your essence…and all will be well with the world, you can choose to never feel “burned-out”…again.

BE wise, BE well, BE the change,

Dave

New analogy coming…stay tuned.

Havin’ just met up with a former student…who shared that it has been too difficult to keep tabs…if I write too infrequently…I am motivated to “do better”…BE better.
I had shared at some point I do not like to write when things are challenging, and when I am tooooo busy…but I get the point…how does the reader(s) of this blog know the difference…how do I establish, that whoever visits, need not worry about me…that actually my “vacancy” is often a sign that things are going well…sometimes “too well” (or all those things that keep me “tooooo busy).

So, many folks are asking me my take on world events…or the discussions I walk in on (or stumble into…or read from an internet search or News headline)…this is building up to be the interesting year I had thought it would (in fact, I do hope there is not the “predictable” events that are possible) I do after all, see, as many have expressed…we are at an incredible cross-roads…

And if nothing does come out of the Olympics …elections south of the border and impending federal elections…followed up by our own “pre-olympic” expose.

So, should I post my predictions…how radical do I think? Well that I will have to keep off the blogosphere.

I remember all too well, the fall-out of the Y2K ordeal…while all those “predictions”, now many are not believed for a single word they say…would hate to see that happen…

then again, I guess then…that I would not need to bother sharing here…and I would not have to share an apology, such as this very one right now…lol

Hope you see I still have my sense of humour,

BE well,

Dave

Hi,

All that visit here, typically know me for one thing…or two.

Family and the life-timer friends that are still hangin’ on out there even though we are miles apart in distance…or have their own fast track treadmill lives to deal with…well we can only hope for a reunion soon. That would be awesome, if I could nail down a date and time…and extend the invite (should have done this while the “retreat” was available.  Stay tuned as I  plan to s end out invitation for those that would like to come to Camp Chikopi (another retreat and reunion that should have happened before now).

Now it is sounding like I regret my busy life, just a little too much…well maybe a little, since it does get hard to schedule time even with my kids, Dad or siblings. My hope is that more will evolve over time with Facebook perhaps or, the other “reunion” site that I had joined to investigate it’s potential…meanwhile most of you know I would like to launch the “BIG” site, sooner rather than later. The BIG site had to be put on the back burner, as did the book, and as you have seen, this and all the other websites. I hope to be getting a new face to this site…and a new book…will be posted there, while the other begins the journey to the “publishing kingdom”…only time will tell whether that will be the next big transition…to start a publishing company.

In the meantime, will I take the advice of the many (many of you, I know) about focusing on fewer interests and do one or two well…

As I dust off the manuals and polish the product line…and get up to date on “accounts”, there will always be a priority place for the Cardiofit model…it’s message and yes the “new school” of thought about preventive Health Care. I just finished googling and exploring how many sites now have their “brand” of Cardiofit offerings. No I won’t be claiming to be the first, the one, the only…

but it does do my spirit good to reflect on the fact that I had been ahead of the wave.

I have been skeptical as to whether or not to post “predictions” of the economy, or where I think the buzz will be the greatest regarding the “greening” of consumerism and marketing. We do want this to happen, it will be the one way that “Green” responsibilities will become the next great social consiousness. Not just as a fad or the latest movement, or “shift”. It needs to be the “new paradigm” as I have always said…we need to think “beyond the box” (beyond the blue box, recycling mindset).

So, if anything, my focus is expanding….do I think Green? Well, I think that we need the Primary colours to come front and centre…think “blue” and “yellow” mix to make green…think blue equals water…think yellow is solar (the Sun) and that is where the important focus lies. Spare our water, or perish, the water will evaporate and return as rain, but what the desertification phenomenon is telling us….that we need to “harness” the power of the Sun, while reducing the atmospheric changes that are impacting climate…that are “warming, the global context” and we are on the wrong road, with what our “economy” and “lifestyles” are all about.

Reflect on what will be your legacy…let Us  BE wise, BE earth conscious, there is a future that can be embraced ….our grand-kids are counting on this “new paradigm”…new school of thinking.

BE well,

Dave

WOW!!

I looked at the blog after taking what I thought was a short Hiatus…and yes, I had seemed to dropped off the face of the blogosphere…for over a month…had this been a “commercial site” I would find no “customers’.

So, let’s see who besides, my family have visited to find me absent, but with an understanding (some-what) as to what was going on.

There was the death of my Aunt Shirley, that changed things a great deal (inclusive of missing the “grad-party” of one of my group of students)…sorry about that crew, could not be helped….hope you kept dry and out of the rain. I am happy to hear from many of you about the jobs you had secured even before you were done. Jamin,…where are you….you can find me on the 10th floor most days…

Yes, to all others, I continue on at UH, loving it, in the Renal Care Program… do consider the many wonderful options available to you now, …like never before.

I did get some camping in (with daughter Jess and grandson Cole)…makes me feel young to be re-living that part of my life.

There was much….”re-livin” of my loves of the Bruce Trail, The Grotto, and yes Camp Chikopi….hope to return there next summer….can I sign any of you up….I can offer a discount….and if you chose to help out…then you week in the wilderness…could be free ….FREE serenity and a few bug bites…think about it.

Someone please remind me to post a link and/or description of Camp Chikopi before too long to recruit campers….but also those that want to volunteer and/or donate to a great cause….a week camping for a disadvantaged youth.

So, besides reviving the Camp Chikopi project….the book writing has been at times productive while much time has gone to play time, gardening and yes a couple of Summer time concerts….sorry I missed Blue Rodeo…and April Wine cancelled due to lightening…that was in Bracebridge, so, still loved the visit and the new waterfall discovered….and inspiration experienced, most days of the trip.

So, sorry there was t blank to the “E” factor…must not have copied, like I had thought…will look into that…

Have finally finished the last three books I was reading in tandem…Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zulav…essential reading for all….I feel…as we wish to recognize the “critical connections” of life.

BE well, BE happy, wealthy, but Wise,

Dave