Living at Laurie's : Haiku, Maui

My time spent at Laurie's was rough. It was my first experience on Maui and it cut deep. I opened my heart up to try to truly help this woman and I got burned. Now I am learning to heal those wounds and forgive, it's hard. I looked upon this while I was living here as a way to help this lady, open myself up in the process and save / make money. It ended very quickly (9 Days)  and painfully but it was one hell of a learning lesson in many ways. Here are some pictures of my living situation... 

My house : Tent

Bedroom, Living Room and Closet 

More Pictures : Sacred Waters

Misc. Photos of my time spent on Molokai at Sacred Waters

The view from the Balcony

Collected Flowers Bicycling

The Leafer House - Car charging Station. They were completely Off The Grid

Cats are friends 

Molokai is beautiful

Path Home : Follow Paradise

Fire Fascinates Me

Goodmorning say the Clouds 

House-Sitting

After living at Sacred Waters for about a month, I was introduced by Karen and Fuji (Owners of Sacred Waters) to a man named George who gave me the opportunity to house sit for him. I was absolutely stoked. I had been looking for housing and here was this perfect opportunity. I said yes, bursting with gratitude. 

I stayed there for about a month too. Most of that time was a very internal time. I had a huge house and property to myself, piles of books, oz. of marijuana, pen and paper and plenty of time to my self to think and search within. I spent most of the time reading, writing, smoking, meditating, cooking, doing yoga and admiring nature. 

Molokai is authentic. It is Hawaiin. It is a way of life; Aloha. I fell in love with Molokai. I've never been to place like it and I don't think a place that I will. I'll remember this island fondly for the rest of my life and hopefully return one day. 

Here are some pictures of that time :)

Sunrise from the Roof : Fishpond and and Maui

Making' Taco's

Da Beach Reflects 

Bougainvillea Flowers were all over the property

The House and Backyard

Tree Stumpz

The kitchen. The house was in remodelling phase

See the Sea-Horse

Burn away the illusion 

Table of Everything. Where I spent a lot of my time 

Follow the Yellow..but, it's everywhere. 

Canoe on Shore

Pictures : Sacred Waters : Food

Since I love food...

Breakfast - Papaya, Hibiscus , Water

Banana - Staple Food

Papaya Tree

Breakfast - Tea and Oats

Lunch : Spicy Rice - Avocado, Rice and a bunch of spices / leaves

Coconuts for the Retreat

Breakfast : Papaya, Coconut, Banana, Coconut Water

Drink Up!

Cooking Taro on the Fire

Sacred Waters. Molokai, Hawaii

My first experience in Hawaii was here; at Sacred Waters on Molokai. Where I stayed for a month WWOOFing (Work-Trade for Food and Housing). Here are a few pictures...

 My first home on Hawaii, the beach house. 

Kayaking to the Sunset

Leaves from the surrounding trees on the beach

Kayak and Catamaran 

Papaya Stems make for excellent Pakalolo Pipes

Goodmorning view from bed

Taro Patch. My first work project; harvesting and replanting Taro

Beautiful Flowers make me Smile

The Yoga Deck

Be Thanks

Life sometimes feels automatic. "Happy Thanksgiving" , I am happy for... , "Thanks" and other things that I feel are not said with any emotional backing, they are just words. It can be alchemized to meaningfullness with present moment awareness and depth of emotion but many times these phrases come up empty. Today I noticed this and strove to do other wise; to mean what I say and truly meditate on the things I am thankful for instead of just listing it and shoving it aside for the football game or turkey. 

I honestly think it is awesome we have a National Holiday focusing toward thankfulness. Sure the history behind it has a brutal ending but, the tradition and focus of today's Thanksgiving is a positive one. Only though, if we slow down, truly be thankful and carry this gratitude with us, not lose it when Thanksgiving is over. Let it be a day to learn a lesson and open the heart more in giving, receiving and being thankful. 

Find Truth

I began the search for truth about 2 years ago. This search has led me many places, taught me many things and completely changed my life. Questions arose and I looked to answer them. At first I turned to Science and Quantum Physics. I was fansinated by the fact that there was things we couldn't answer; Physics fell apart at the core level, life didn't follow the rules. This got me thinking that maybe my view of the World isn't as I think it is. Around that time I got Introduced to Law of Attraction by a great friend. This shook my whole foundation of reality; saying that the individual is responsible for everything that occurs in life and thoughts create reality. Immediately I was a little skeptic, so, I turned to google to find out more about this "Law" of Reality. Not only does Science fully support this law, there are countless testimonials giving proof and stating success from consciously using the Law of Attraction. Then my focus turned toward Zen Buddhism and meditation. By this time I had experienced an already vast change in my life, a spark, alive and prospering within me that was transforming my life and views. I began mediating and studying Buddhism intriged by this completely new way of life. Soon after I starting looking into the New Age Movement and the plethora of ideas within this vast label. At first it was over-whelming, a lot of ideas and information. But as I slowly began to shift through it I found things of great value along with practices that stirred confusion. Then Yoga came into the for-front. It amazed me; the yogis of ancient times as well as today, practicing this art for hours a day and the result being a clear mind and honed body. Also, with the wide-spread increase of interest in the West about Yoga information was easy to find. 

 All these things, from Quantum Physics to Yoga and much more, I continued an off and on study / practice of through-out the past 2 years. Looking back I could have never guessed my path would have led me where it has but it has been an absolutely incredible journey.