randnorm saturday event in black rock city 2005
consciousness challenge
12:00pm-1:50pm
look at the things we do that we know are wrong, but do anyway, things that trick us, things that we know are impossible. discover if something was the result of a conscious thought. realize that you can anything once you've made the decision to do it.
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photo by thom van os
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normdate 5.13.6aah...spring is in the air. the sun was shining, there was not a single cloud in the sky, and i'm in nelson! this is one of those places where, even if its cloudy, its still gorgeous outside. it was a perfekt day to head down to the cottonwood falls market and soak up some good vibes and sunshine.
i met up with jim at the market. the falls also seems to be the place to hang out on saturdays cause i also ran into many other beautiful people, including andrea and her precious newborn son abilash.
there was a table set up with many different kinds of homemade poi for sale. i got so many kewl ideas from browsing their selection of poi. i even got to spin a few of them too. there were enthusiasts there to spin with and learn from.
one of the poi spinners turned out to be a guy who i've been interacting with online through tribe.net. his name was silas, and he is a skilled and talented poi spinner. he showed me the soft staff, or monkey chain as its also called. imagine a staff made of chain, like poi, but one single piece. man it looks kewl when someone who knows what they're doing is wielding it. great meeting you silas.
jim and i kewled out by the falls for a bit and listened to the rhythm of life played on drums by the local hippies.
there sure is a lot of power in the roar of cottonwood falls.
after the falls, we headed downtown to grab supplies for the evening. our final destination was an intentional gathering at the home of the mou collective on the east shore. fernanda and her partner brad are getting married next weekend. this party is a fundraiser to earn enough cash to fly fernanda's parents in from mexico to be at the wedding. they are having a silent auction and are encouraging everyone coming to the party to bring something to donate to the silent auction. our contribution was two sets of poi.
with all of our supplies in hand, jim and i stopped by the dancing bear to grab anke. she wasn't ready and was going to catch the next ferry. we blazed out of town towards the ferry docks, only to find that there wasn't enough space on the ferry for our car...we missed it by two cars *grrr* but if there ever was a place where waiting for the ferry wasn't so bad, its here. we chilled out on the beach, tossed a frisbee, and drank beers while we waited.
when anke arrived in line for the ferry she laughed as we approached her car. at least the sun was still shining by the time we got on the ferry.
this ferry ride rulz! so beautiful.
the party was already underway at the home of the mou collective. they had rearranged the place quite nicely. a dj booth was set up outside, the crystal shrines in the living space were moved around, and they had spent the past week building a wood stove sauna.
crystal shrines were everywhere, including the bathroom!
this home is truly the most majik living space i have ever had the pleasure of visiting.
the back area of the house was set up for the silent auction. we decided to czech out what was being auctioned off as we contributed our donation of poi to the collective of love for fernanda and brad. what an incredible idea to fundraise. there was such a diverse selection of items, including a glass bubbler with a special egg (full of blueberry hash), clothing, jewellery, a pure hasher, even steaks and burgers from an elk that the neighbour ken shot the week before.
but no item got as high of a bid as garfield in a tuxedo, top hat and cane, with "i am what i am" on his belly. the bids started at $1,000,000. he was up to $5,000,000 when i last saw him. garfield pwn5!
the home was packed full of beautiful people celebrating our love for fernanda and brad. the outside patio was bumping all night with incredible beats and beautiful peeps. of course this place is majik, its overflowing with love.
there is something about raw and dirty breakbeatz that annihilates me! its as if my senses are being assaulted by thumping basslines, and i'm loving every minute of it. raw, dirty, nasty. if you want a taste of the dirty breakz i rawked out to,
go here and download matt dublin's electric boogaloo. fast forward 18minutes into the set, and enjoy one of the most nasty of basslines you ever heard. that should give you a sample of the rawness that dirty breakbeatz can bring out in you.
the evening wasn't necessarily the warmest, so i spent a good amount of time hanging around the fire. seeking even more warmth, i donned my birthday suit and spent an hour maxin and relaxin in the mou collektiv's newly built wood stove sauna.
as the sweat poured out of me, i tuned into the hypnotizing sounds of a crystal singing bowl that was being played by amit in the space just above the sauna.
refreshed from the heat of the sauna and the sounds of the crystal bowl, i returned to the dance floor and basked in the glow of the radiant goddess riviere. you know that beautiful blonde haired hippie from the sixties, with the long flowing hair and infectious glow? imagine that hippie moved to an island in the
haida gwaii and gave birth to a beautiful child, then moved to the kutenais where she continues to radiate light and love. that would be a good start at describing riviere. beautiful. radiant. loving. being in her presence is intoxicating, and i was honoured to bathe in her aura. too bad the pik i took of us didn't really turn out :(
as i headed inside, rose came by and offered me a drop of liquid acid. despite the stimulant effects of lsd, i was asleep 30minutes later...my body needed a bit of rest. lets put it this way, my dreams were definitely altered. when i woke up four hours later, my consciousness was still in a dreamstate. waking up in a conscious dream in the most majik home you could think of was nothing less than a trip.
ali was playin
seeed, dope ass german reggae, in the living room. i've been playin seeed to the ground since ali shared with me their cd dubby conqueror. dancing to psychelic kingdom in my conscious dream state was perfektion.
Psychedelic Kingdom comeDa we can them a ron ron ronPsychedelic Kings and QueensJoin me in this one-love-dreamNeue Zeiten habn begonnenJungs das Gute hat gewonn'Zepter und Krone hab ich letzteNachtim Schlaf geschenkt bekommenIch wache auf und wer liegt da?Nun bin ich King und singereading german doesn't come close to what it sounds like, so why don't you take a listen for yourself.
click here to download psychedelic kingdom by seeed. if you're lovin the sounds of german reggae, you can
download the rest of the album here. dat shit is bumpin! the link will only be up for a week, so get it while you can. yay free hosting!
sunday morning i was
kokopelli, dancing in my conscious dream.
scotty blended up some delicious breakfast smoothies made from the most tasty fruits. mmmm...
my hands were then put to good use helping to clean up the space. i chose to wash all of the dishes that filled up the kitchen sink. washing dishes reminds me of growing up...that was my chore, and i wasn't allowed out until the dishes were done. my friends used to always joke around and imitate my mother: "leighton, do the dishes!" of course said in a thick jamaican accent ;)
the sun was shining brightly on the east shore. holy shit this place is ridiculously gorgeous.
jim decided to continue his journey across canada, and ended his unexpected four day stay in the paradise of the kutenais. his next destination was banff. it was great meeting you jim. i'm glad i was able to share with you the beauty and wonder of the kutenais. as we said our goodbyes, i thanked him for taking me with him. he replied by saying "thank you norm for taking me with you." hmmm...randnorm adventures for everyone.
i decided to relax in the warm sun in the middle of a perfect circle, and there just happened to be one beside the pond! the mou collecktiv had found a complete trampoline at the dump the day before. who throws away a trampoline? that is perhaps the best dumpster score i have ever seen.
as i tanned in the middle of the trampoline, i was joined by raf and his two daughters jasmine and sola. what happened next was a huge jumping session, of course!
i had forgotten how much fun it is to jump up and down and laugh myself silly. it took two little faeries to remind me that the simplest of pleasures are also the most fun! and wow, kids are direktly connekted to the source...so much energy. as i lay down in the middle of the trampoline taking a rest, jasmine began massaging my back. the energy of a child channeled through touch and pressure direktly connekted me to the divine...and laughing my ass off with them as we jumped up and down connekted us. *giggle giggle* *jump jump*
i watched my shadow as i bounced, my dreadlocks flowing freely.
jumping up and down was so much fun that jasmine and sola both turned down the option of going to riondale for ice cream. ice cream! what kid turns down ice cream?
back at the house, the idea to head down to the beach was taking shape.
it wasn't long before we piled into scotty's truck and headed towards the shore of kutenai lake. 5 minutes later, we were on our own private beach.
in the distance, i could see the temple of divine light at the
yasodhara ashram.
i decided to take the plunge and jump into the lake. the water wasn't the warmest, but the experience was so worth it. there is majik in that water too. fuck it, there isn't a place on the east shore that isn't powerful. there is a temple of divine light there, tabernac!
there was no one else at the beach but us. it was ours.
of course amit created a little shrine of crystals, stones, and an eagle feather in front of his towel.
give thanks and praise to the divine wherever you go, in whatever way you choose.
i can think of no better way to spend a sunny sunday afternoon than on our own private beach on the east shore of lake kutenai.
our bellies were feelin a bit empty, so we packed up and headed back to the house. the next door neighbour ken decided to gift the mou kollektiv's home with elk kabobs. ken is the first person i've met who truly lives off the land, with the land. he grows his own vegetables and hunts his own meat. he had killed this elk the week before. scotty had helped him take the dead animal back to the house.
ken provided a window into a life that i had only read about in books: he hunts for his food! we were eating meat that he had tracked and killed himself, just down the street! he shared with me how he blesses the animal, and gives thanks and praises to gaia before moving the killed animal. he told me how he was able to get the elk to come to him using the mating call of the female elk, he even made the sound of the female elk for me to hear. man, even male elks think with their dicks, and sometimes have to pay for it with their lives.
ken took me over to his home to share with me a
batik that he acquired in malaysia in 1976. it embodied the spirit of the hunter which has always flowed powerfully through ken. the piece was huge, intricate, ancient, and as with all things on the east shore, majikal.
thank you ken for sharing with me what life is like when you rely completely on gaia for survival...okay, maybe with a little hydro electric power ;)
we set up the big screen on the wall of the mou kollektiv's home, created a large cuddle space of pillows, blankets, and sleeping bags on the floor, and passed out while watching the count of monte cristo.
every time i come to the east shore, the world i knew before is shattered and replaced with an expanded awareness, a new way of seeing life, and priceless memories.
thanks for reading my blog. this one was a big entry, then again it was an eventful weekend.
love and blessings in the name of the most high
~*...normaste...*~
