Standing on the Bridge of Dreams
Finally I have got Internet Service connected and will be able to start updating this blog on a regular basis, I am going to change the posting frequency a bit and will not be able to post everyday like I used to do because of the type of connection that I have, but I will do my best to post as close to everyday as I possibly can. The place that I live is so remote that Broadband service is not offered here, therefore I am using an ISDN connection. For those of you who are not familiar with that type of connection, it is faster than dialup, but much slower than Broadband. My days of watching YouTube are pretty much over until ADSL is brought to the small village that I live in.
A petition has been created by the citizens of Shibinai here to bring ADSL to us, but we are not sure how long that process might be, so until then I will have to deal with ISDN. You don’t realize how dependent on technology that you become until it is taken away. Life here is at a slower pace and coming from a large city environment it takes some personal adjusting.
The good news is that we now have a vehicle and we now have Internet access, now the next step for me is to find a job. I am in the process of putting together a resume, for a local English School called Minerva, they only offer part time work but the pay is good and it should give me some good experience and also put me into the loop to make contacts for better opportunities.
Living here in Shibinai has been great so far, the people here have made the adjustment very easy by helping us in every way possible. Even before we received the items that we shipped, our whole house was completely furnished. My wife and I thought, what in the world did we ship and do we really need it. I think when the next opportunity to have a flea market, we will still need to get rid of a lot of things that we thought we needed, but after living without them realized that we do not.
We have taken the car out and just drove around our surrounding area, and the views I have seen are simply breathtaking. The picture above is me standing on a bridge at the base of an active volcano named Tokachi-Dake, the waterfalls below are the most beautiful I have ever witnessed, and the bridge is so high my wife’s legs were shaking when she crossed. If any of you are interested in seeing some pictures that I have taken here my Flickr account is Chamelon. Keep checking it because I still have tons of photos that I have to upload to Flickr, but I have to do it a little at a time because of my connection.
I have truly realized my dream by coming here, and cannot think of a reason at this point that I would want to return to America for any purpose other than to visit relatives. Send me some good intentions on finding employment, I need all of the help I can get. In the next few days I will publish a post that most of the readers are accustomed to from Charles Hamel.com
I truly apologize for the time it took for me to get online, for I had no idea it would take that long, but that is part of the slow life that I mentioned before, just a part of living here that I must get used to. Thanks to all of the well wishers, my email box was full of people telling me good luck and that they wish me the best, you all are one of a kind and very special to me.
Also Norman at Snowman Japan has been the best friend anyone could have, I wish that we could get together more often, and am looking forward to all of the great times coming up. I’ll be back with a post soon, until then take care my friends.
Still Alive
Just wanted to leave an update to our situation here in Hokkaido Japan. We just got a car today after being here for one month, and are still without Internet access. I am thankful to have Snowman as a friend to be able to borrow an Internet connection for a bit.
I apologize to everyone for not being to update this blog for almost a month, but hopefully within the next 2 weeks we should have a Internet connection. It will not be broadband but ISDN telephone connection, but I guess that is better than nothing.
If you think about all of the things that we have accompliashed in only a month of being here, I guess we are doing ok. I have to keep in mind that we live in the deep country now and people are not in a hurry to do anything, like I am accustomed to living in the city.
We are doing great and are getting into the swing of things living here in Hokkaido Japan. I have lots of pictures and information to update but at this time I am unable to update with what I have.
Lots of great things are coming up for Charles Hamel.com and I promise to make it worth the wait. I appreciate all of the well wishes that I have received, and rest assured we are doing great, and after being here a month, I can think of no place I would rather be.
Take Care my friends, and will be back with you all real soon.
One Week Left to Live
What if your doctor told you that you had only 1 week left to live! Would you start acting differently? Ask yourself that question, and then write down on a piece of paper the things that you would like to accomplish in your final week on earth.
Would you apologize to all of the people that you might have hurt?
Would you call all of your loved ones and family members and tell them how much you love them?
Would you give money to a charity or your church?
Would you spend as much time with your family as you possibly could?
Would you pray every day?
Now let me ask you another question. Why are you not doing those things now?
It is important that we live our lives to the fullest, and treat everyday like it is our last. Why wait to do things just because we know we are going to die? How do we know that we are not going to die tomorrow? That’s just it, we don’t! See where I am going with this.
Have you ever heard of “The Lesson of the Moth”? It goes like this:
I was talking to a moth the other evening, he was trying to break into an electric light bulb and fry himself on the wires. Why do you fellows pull this stunt I asked him, because it is the conventional thing for moths, or why if that had been an uncovered candle instead of an electric light bulb you would now be a small unsightly cinder, have you no sense?
Plenty of it he answered, but at times we get tired of using it, we get bored with the routine and crave beauty and excitement, fire is beautiful , and we know that if we get too close it will kill us. But what does that matter, it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty, than to live a long time, and be bored all the while.
So we wad all our life up into one little roll and then we shoot the roll, that is what life is for. It is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty. Our attitude toward life is easy come, easy go. We are like human beings used to be before they became too civilized to enjoy themselves. And before i could argue him out of his philosophy, he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter. I do not agree with him myself, I would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity.
Too often many of us go through our lives on autopilot, without even knowing. We just let each day pass like the one before it. And when we reach old age, we might look back on life with “I should haves” and regrets. I’m telling you it’s time to switch off the autopilot! I observe hardcore religious people avoiding life’s joys, ignoring reason, instilling hatred, while basing their actions upon selections that they think their God meant. Ignoring their common sense, which would actually make them a decent person.
There is a beautiful movie on this same subject. The movie is “IKIRU” and the director is Akira Kurosawa. It is a great movie about the inspirational parable of living life to it’s fullest.
Just keep this message in your mind, and if it makes you change your perspective just a little, then you will have taken another step forward On the Path. Take Care my friends!
The Science of Parallel Universes
The theory of parallel Universes has always been a fascinating subject for me, could this be a reality? Dr Fred Alan Wolf thinks so!
Dr Wolf better known as Doctor Quantum is a author lecturer on the subject of the science of parallel universes. His interest began as a child at the local matinée, when the common thing to show before movies was newsreels of current event. In the newsreel that day it showed the testing of the first atomic explosion, this fascinated young Wolf to study mathematics and physics.
In the year 1963, he received his PH.D. in theoretical physics from UCLA and began his research in the field of high atmospheric particle behavior, following nuclear explosions. He has delved into the human consciousness, psychology, physiology, and the mystical and spiritual, and how they are all related.
His studies have took him all over the world, from the jungles of Peru to fire walking in Mexico. He has participated in education to students at San Diego University, The University of Paris, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, University of London and countless others. But he is best known for his technical papers and best selling books.
Some articles to give you an idea of the subject matter that he likes to tackle are:
“What’s luck got to do with it”
“Soul and Death Q&A”
“The Quantum Mechanics of Dreams and the Emergence of Self-Awareness”
“Awakening your Soul”
His theme usually follows the lines of the relationship between what we call the physical universe and consciousness is a strong one and that they in fact may be inseparable. A lot of the things that Dr Quantum teaches about, I also write about in this Blog. For instance being careful in the words that we choose to use. Here is a Question and Answer from Dr Quantum’s website.
Question: I want to tell you that you are by far the most thrilling, enigmatic and seemingly informed talking heads that spoke in both Bleep and The Secret - hence my decision to come to you for a sense of ‘the truth’. I have a lot of life ahead of me and I want to make the most of it - that is why I so badly want to understand the concept of deliberate creation - I want to use it damn it!
Answer: Thanks for the compliment. As far as your life ahead is concerned, don’t damn it. Your words are very important. For more read Mind into Matter and Matter into Feeling.
Check out Dr Quantum’s book entitled “Dr. Quantum Presents: A User’s Guide to your Universe”
We Are All Blessed
When was the last time that you stopped and took a look at what you had? The way our media is set up, is to show us the things that we lack, and in turn create a desire for things that we don’t necessarily need. It promotes an image that if we don’t have the latest gadget, car or fashion, then we are lacking in life and are poor.
We even go so far as to use our children as a symbol of competitiveness, by buying them the latest “must have toy”. Now by doing this, does it make us feel rich or having a one up on our neighbors, or does it merely highlight our sense of lack? And what kind of lesson is this teaching our children. Trust me when I say it is NOT a positive image to project.
We are saturated by images of our lack in the media. You read it on a daily basis, the small amount of income that pensioners receive, and how they will end up suffering. The fear propaganda of the monetary increase in fuel, which will lead to higher prices in the overall market, which in turn will prevent us from obtaining certain luxuries.
Now these are some serious issues to think about, but we also need to pay attention to the thought process of poverty consciousness. As our fears of lacking grow, we tend to think less of being thankful for the things that we have, and start to concentrate more on the things that we lack.
We should all take the time on a consistent basis to have an attitude of gratitude for the things that we have. People around us respond to the energies that we send out, and the Universe is no different. If we are sending out thoughts of poverty and lack then the only thing that we are doing is creating a magnet out of ourselves for the same. And on the opposite end of the spectrum we have the ability to become powerful magnets for wealth, success and abundance, by the thoughts that we project.
The fear of lack, intensified by the media, creates blockages that blocks the Universe from blessing us with further wealth. These blocks also serve to harden our attitudes to the world and it’s needs, and encourage us to take our lives for granted. Many of us feel that the world is in debt to us, rather than living in harmony and generosity.
What many don’t realize is that generosity is the key to abundance. Living with an attitude of gratitude means living a life of abundance. The more that we stop and count our blessings, the more blessings that we will have. By living our lives abundantly in spirit and action, we attract more abundance. If we consistently focus on our lack, then we will live a life with the perception of lack.
It is easy to have gratitude for the good things that come into our lives, but it is another thing to have gratitude for the hardships that we experience. We all need to realize that every person that crosses our path has a purpose of teaching us something. Sometimes the lesson is like medicine, it might not be a easy pill to swallow, but in the end it is for the betterment of our spirit. So in saying this I am trying to point out that we must learn to give thanks for everything in our lives, the good and the bad.
Living a life of gratitude has a great side effect, it allows us to smile more, and just have a more enthusiastic spirit and experience less stress as we go through life. We all need to realize that we are Rich! Everyone of us! We have been blessed with the most precious gift of all… Life! If we awake each morning with an attitude of gratitude, then the day can hold nothing but wonder, joy and love. Take Care my friends!