ROCK THE BOAT, ROCK THE WORLD

Greg talked about how society, through various systems, basically teaches us how to NOT rock the boat…how when rocking the boat disrupts the system. I fell into this trap of not rocking the boat and lived this as the current to my life. That is…. up until doing this work!

It started young of course. I remember when I was in 2nd grade I had asked my father if I could put a sign out on the front door of our house saying “NO SMOKING PLEASE.” This way, when my uncle and his family came that Sunday afternoon they would smoke outside and not in the house. My father said no. I had very strong feelings about smoking at the time, especially since my school just did a huge campaign about cigarettes and death (– it scared me), so I made the sign anyway and sneakingly put it on the front door. I came out from my room after the family had arrived to find them smoking outside by the poolside. I was ecstatic…”Wow,” I thought, “They listened to me, they’re smoking outside.” It felt so good, so powerful to be heard. After that feel good moment I had to myself…I was reprimanded for my actions and was sent to my room. I rocked the boat…. I disrupted the system. I learned to not do that again. That day a part of me, my power, shut down.

Today a part of me, my power, powered up and I have separated myself from a vessel that does not serve me. Thank god I am in this work; the ship that sails the truth and maintains steadfast speed by each individuals drive to authentically express themselves. Thank god to Greg for taking the helm and being the Captain to keep this collective in accord to the divine will. I’m ready to rock the boat in a way that will rock the world into another dimension!

Thank you Greg for your devoted navigation!

community

i remember greg speaking about community and how it must be protected against our silly little sabotaging patterns – that are unconscious and destructive. to learn how much we effect each other, it’s both comforting and annoying. speaking up, rocking the boat, ask questions, especially when something doesn’t feel right. something we aren’t taught.

I’ll admit, i don’t usually do that – in fact it’s really been bugging me to do it – especially in social situations and at work. for instance, i just had this experience – it didn’t feel appropriate but i just went along and even assisted in the vary action i was questioning – all simply because we were all having fun! this is my challenge, to stand up and feel uncomfortable, by speaking my truth.

i am very inspired to start now. it’s the only way forward….

i want to start taking notes during the sunday “gag” call!

running from pleasure and seeking out fears

this is my visual expression – the dessert (Joshua Tree)

to run from pleasure and seek out my fears, it sounds a bit sadistic, which i like. in fact i remember when my pleasure was full of danger, going closer and closer to destruction…. i have always been attracted to darkness…living on the edge…no fear!

make space for opportunity, by shelly

greg was speaking directly to me last sunday; it was exactly what i needed to hear!!!!  i’ve often feel guilty for not filling up my days, hours and moments searching for purpose. and that day i heard, the more successful route is to do nothing, make space and allow for it to come. and when it does – jump! take the risk, listen to your intuition and believe in it! (it will most likely not make sense!) ahhh, what a relief it was to hear this. i was crying the other night, telling my boyfriend it hurts to not be at full capacity. how i have so many gifts to offer and i’m not using them in my career/job. in fact, i often feel like it’s a waste of my talents, i have few responsibilities and i’m not not doing my passion. i’ve felt like this for so long – over 7 years – and i don’t know what i did wrong. is it my fault that i am just admin assistant, barely making enough money to live on?? it hurts, the pain from the of lack of a career. this belief system has deep roots and greg completely unearthed them, giving me hope to endure the waiting with these words…

“Turn on, tune in, drop out”

“Turn on, tune in, drop out” is a counterculture phrase coined by Timothy Leary in the 1960s. The phrase came to him in the shower one day after Marshall McLuhan suggested to Leary that he come up with “something snappy” to promote the benefits of LSD. It is an excerpt from a prepared speech he delivered at the opening of a press conference in New York City on September 19, 1966. This phrase urged people to embrace cultural changes through the use of psychedelics and by detaching themselves from the existing conventions and hierarchies in society. The phrase was derided by more conservative critics.

The phrase is derived from this part of Leary’s speech:

Like every great religion of the past we seek to find the divinity within and to express this revelation in a life of glorification and the worship of God. These ancient goals we define in the metaphor of the present — turn on, tune in, drop out

Leary later explained in his 1983 autobiography Flashbacks:

Turn on’ meant go within to activate your neural and genetic equipment. Become sensitive to the many and various levels of consciousness and the specific triggers that engage them. Drugs were one way to accomplish this end. ‘Tune in’ meant interact harmoniously with the world around you – externalize, materialize, express your new internal perspectives. Drop out suggested an elective, selective, graceful process of detachment from involuntary or unconscious commitments. ‘Drop Out’ meant self-reliance, a discovery of one’s singularity, a commitment to mobility, choice, and change. Unhappily my explanations of this sequence of personal development were often misinterpreted to mean ‘Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity.

outside

look for the outside wave to carry you in!