The Bend

Hey, gang! Welcome to my life – where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. I’m Freedom and I’ll be your host, coming at you from within the depths of Geistopia.

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It is…Sunday, May 16, Two-Thousand and Twenty-Fun. Time...Quiet.

Theme – So Much Money I Don’t Know What to do with It

Obviously, this is a bit of an exaggeration. . But, there are times it seems that way. In particularly when I am dealing in cash. I will so very often find money in this pocket or that space – some tucked away, some just forgotten. Every time I just chuckle and say, “so much money I don’t know what to do with it.” I do have lots to do with it and sometimes that adds to the equation. It’s not so much that I don’t know what to do with it. But, when the money is good, as it has been these few weeks, I don’t always know which thing to choose to do with it Nonetheless, I am enjoying the illusion. Perhaps it is helping create a better paradigm.

Lesson – Do Less, Have More

This was a Theme throughout the past two weeks. It was actually one of my first Lessons many years ago. I remember it plainly. It was the catch phrase for a new magazine that was out. In the first issue, there was a full page ‘spread’ of it. The words, in white, script letters in the upper left corner. And the rest was this cozy picture. It was someone’s living room. You could tell by the end tables and the arm of the couch. Resting its head on the arm of the couch was a beagle. That page hung on my Altar wall for a very long time. The notion goes right along with Stewart Wilde’s, “Life was never meant to be a struggle.”

The past two weeks have been very abundant for me – across the board. There has been an abundance of income, an abundance of time, an abundance of peace. Something else has been happening over the past two weeks – I have been cutting back on the chasing and the [over] trying. I am primarily focused on delivery driving for income these days. In fact, I am primarily focused on only one app. Overall, I am putting in less hours than previous work has required. I am making more money. I have more free/productive time. [and I am able to manage and control it as I see fit.] All from just one ‘job.’

Do Less, Have More.

This is not to say that I am done with other things. I am not. For instance, I still do my metal salvaging. But, I am not chasing or pushing anything. When those things come back around they will do so naturally – in their own way and their own time. They will be balanced. They will add to what is happening and not take away from it.

Observation – Every Step Taken is Another Step Behind

It is such a negative way to look at it, but sometimes that helps to keep things real. It is true though. Have you ever noticed that as you cross things off your To-Do List that at least two more things take its place. Or, when you accomplish a Goal, do you not set your sights, almost immediately, on the next one? It is the natural flow of things. One In, One Out. This is important to recognize, because sometimes as we work and push to do or accomplish and we are met with this natural interference it is very easy to become discouraged or even depressed. Craze says, “It’s always something.” It is. It is an endless cycle. But that does not mean it is hopeless. An accomplishment is still an accomplishment. Something completed will always be done. Face each as it comes. Recognize what is ahead and acknowledge what is behind.

The Post

I am not sure what to write about this week. I am not sure what is on my mind. [Everything and Nothing.]

I also find that I am struggling with using words. Not that I can’t form them, but instead I find so many of them wasted. We use and waste so many words. I have wasted innumerable in this blog alone.

So I find I want to tell the stories but I don’t want to just tell stories for story-telling sake. If there is really nothing of importance happening, then I suppose it will be a short post. [And, of that I am sure you will be very glad.]

As I have indicated, things on the job/income front are looking good. I mean, I still have a long way to go but I make progress each week. The truth is, financially, I am doing better than any other job. Even after I deduct my gas expense I am well over what The Job was paying me a week. The only employment that came close was The Distributor and, honestly, right now they are running about neck and neck. But, this work doesn’t have me putting in 40 hours in the middle of the night in an environment that makes my soul miserable. So, there’s that.

This is all significant for me. Not just financially either. See, in the past I took a lot of attitude from different parties. The notion was that I didn’t work, I didn’t have a job, etc, etc. [I did work. I had lots of jobs. I just never had anything that was working for me the way I worked for it.] Nonetheless, [dissertation for another time] when I took The Job, that energy shifted drastically. People who didn’t really bother with me before had conversations with me. Suddenly, I was a “working man.” I let it bother me that they had treated me the way they did. I let it bother me that they thought so little of me. When I got The Job and the tides turned, I was offended but I let it roll. Some of those same people have learned of my transition into delivery and some of those same energies re-emerged. I’m not letting it bother me. I am doing better for myself Right This Moment than I have in a long time [if ever.] So whether someone else sees it as a ‘real’ job or a viable income or thinks me to be lazy and irresponsible because I won’t live the life they chose, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter because it is absolutely the best thing for me…Right This Moment.

But, enough on that.

Enough on most things, I think. [I told you it could be brief.]

The week ahead is my ‘make it’ week. By the end of the week I should have a clearer idea of what I am into, what I need to take care of and how things are really flowing for me. As I have said in previous videos, I don’t expect any major shifts for several weeks yet. But, as each week passes, things slowly slide themselves into place.

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So, without hesitation, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light, and Freakishness, Baby.

The Totems & Archetypes

**from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak**

Cardinal - Renewed Vitality through Recognizing Self-Importance

They remind us that, regardless of the time of day or year, we always have the opportunity to renew our own vitality and recognize our own life roles. Whistles are often reminders to listen closely - to pay attention to what is blowing on the winds. Reflects that we should be listening to the inner voice (the feminine) more closely for our own health and well-being. Almost always reflects a need to assert the feminine aspects of creativity and intuition more strongly. Can reflect a need to b more careful about your diet, that what you are eating may be injurious to yourself and affecting your overall vitality. Reflects the rhythm of 12 that is going to become more predominant within your own life. Reflects lessons associated with responsibility and the recognition of the task at hand. May reflect past-life connections with the church, or even a reviving of more traditional religious beliefs, regardless of denomination. Remind us to add color to our lives, and remember that everything is of importance.

Heron - The Call of The Quest andTravels to Legendary Places.

Reflects a stimulation of the childhood thrill and belief in legendary places. [The story(s) we most loved in childhood often reflect the life quest we have come to take upon us in this lifetime.] Can also aid in communication especially through the use of stories. Individuals wishing to write can facilitate the process by working with a goose totem. It will stimulate the creative process and help to move through creative blocks. Also a symbol of fertility and marital fidelity. May reflect a need for more vegetables in the diet. An ability to move forward or backward. Reflects movement. A call to the spiritual quest. It reminds us that as any one individual makes his or her quest, it becomes easier for others to do so as well. We should not undertake any quest in life without having a full view of what it entails. Opening to new possibilities. Affix ourselves to a new path. Great fertility that should be acted upon if growth is desired. Greater vision, physical and spiritual, will occur. Can reflect that you are about to break free from old childhood restraints and begin to come into your own. You can expect to have the imagination stirred toward new travels and distant places - whether in the body or in the mind.

Goose - The Call of the Quest and Travels to Legendary PLaces

A totem reflecting a stimulation of the childhood thrill and belief in stories and legendary places. These stories either reflected an imprint for for this life or they may have even imprinted you with certain seed ideas. Also be a totem to aid you in communication especially through the use of stories. Individuals wishing to write - be it stories or anything - can facilitate this process by working with the goose as a totem. It will stimulate the imagination and and help ove you through creative blocks. Also a symbol of fertility and marital fidelity. It may reflect a need for more vegetables in the diet, and maybe even becoming a vegetarian for a while. It reflects an ability to move forward or backward. It reflects movement, and a call to the spiritual quest. Stirs our imagination and makes us want to seek out new worlds and dimensions. Calling us to follow them on the great spiritual quest. It speaks of the fulfilled promises that great quests bring. Epitomizes the mystery of migration. Reminds us that as any one individual mass his or her quest, it becomes easier for others to do so as well. Reminding us that we should not undertake any quest in life without having a full view of what it entails. In this way the journey is facilitated for others. Reflects an opening to new possibilities. New directions and new possibilities. Reflects an openness to new ideas. Usually indicates we are about to affix ourselves to a new path. Reflects great fertility that should be acted upon if growth is desired. Greater vision, physical and spiritual, will occur. Can reflect that you are about to break free of old childhood restraints and begin to come into your own. You can expect to have the imagination stirred towards new travels to distant places - whether in the body or mind.