The Free Radical

Hi! We’re back. After an unplanned weeklong hiatus, we’re ready to resume ‘work.’ And by ‘us’ I mean me and the dogs; they’re always rarin’ to go!

Well, it’s officially winter now, and the views are spectacular! And for those not overly familiar with winter’s quirks, just know that the brighter and sunnier it is, the colder it tends to be!

Conversely, it’s the overcast days that hold the heat and give us a mild respite.

There have been some wild temperature fluctuations which have recently caused the River to become more chatty.

Filtered through one lens of perception, the River’s discourse can seem catastrophic; filtered through another, it is sublimely beautiful.

“The words ‘creative’ and ‘reactive’ are anagrams of each other. This is no coincidence. It is like a toggle switch within the perceptive apparatus of your being. Set to ‘reactive’ mode, the world comes at you like a never-ending calamity, and your time is spent dealing with details seemingly not of your choosing. Settled within ‘creative’ mode however, the world unfolds before you, as you invest your time in choosing the framework of creative experiences for your own personal growth.

“Your challenge is to out-create the ‘reality engineers.’

“There are those who would inveigle themselves into every lifescape of your design, attempting to set their own agendas– to which they would have you react. It is strongly encouraged that you refuse their offers… and go your own way… together– as creators.

“This is not new to you; it has been presented to you many times before. Why do you keep sliding back into the reactive mode? I will give you a suggestion: the very deepest of your generational programming is centred around a fixation on hero-worship. Whether you realize it or not, you are forever seeking and awaiting the hero– and that hero is invariably perceived as residing outside of yourselves. Hero-worship distorts your perception of love… and leaves you seeking out the impossible.

“Think on this. Hero-worship absolutely will not save you!”

I agree. More on that soon…