Carier wave suspension

So, here I am on the north island; it feels like "the wave of return" is now pulling my journey onwards now at a steady-determined pace.

The ferry ride between the south and north island was beautiful, and the sea was as calm as a sleeping baby - contrary to the rumors of ravishing thunderous waves I've heard told before.

Corey is a wealth of interesting information; there is a great list of book titles coming from him; It really feels like we met at exactly the point in our lives when we are at the same psy-spiritual level of development. Apparently there are some interesting things going on in Denmark; in particular workshops related to channeling which I might look into.

Another idea I've gotten; since reading the Seth book and my talks with Suzanne; is to pursue information relating to my past lives. I think it would be rather interesting to do a past-life regression hypnosis session and see what kind of information I might have locked inside of me... yet another thing to be busy with...
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Originally I wanted to do Vipassana while I was here; but there just isn't enough time to get this done; so it will have to wait for a more appropriate moment; in Amsterdam after I return, I suppose.

Traveling is like a hyper accelerated learning process, each day you grow at a much faster rate than when you are in your daily routine. This may be one reason why people desire to travel so strongly; by breaking all form of routine, and living purely and simply with yourself, completely free; you are confronted with yourself. It is in this pseudo-isolated self-reflection period that you can unravel your loops and twists with far greater ease.

I have seen this benefit in myself manifested very clearly; and I have also seen this be true in my friends who have spent time with me; as well as all [psy-willing] travelers along my way. If I had spent 1 month on the road, I would never have developed as far as I have to this day, it's been a combination of my strong desire to grow; coupled with the duration and diversity of my travels that I feel has been the trigger for my recent [and still unfolding] strong growth period.

The trick, of course, is applying these lessons to daily routine. After all, there is much to be said for structure, stability and security. Through stable structures ideas can flourish and families/friendships can be formed.

It feels like life will never be the same again, as we all change daily; ever shedding old selves and becoming new selves through time. The continual progressive death-birth process of conscious-self development.

Two more proper weeks on the north island; just enough time to unload the van really; after kiwiburn [NZ version of burning man] and a brief visit to Coramandel [interesting Maori/hippy community on a beautiful coast line] and the Teranaki pass [one of the most beautiful volcano tramps you can do in a days walk - supposedly 17kms or 9 hours day walk].

I originally wanted to climb the volcano at New Plymouth; its a frosty sub tropical perpetually in snow wilderness rain forest [yeah, it looks this crazy up there as it sounds] - but there is not enough time to do all this; and somehow my desire to climb every mountain is not currently strong enough to want to go off path for this.

Instead I'd like to check out the top point of the north island; where palm trees, pineapples, mangos grow and the ocean is warm; the last refuge of the Maori people - and yet more small alternative/hippy communities live.

I've been wavering on a daily basis - it feels like its time to leave the country; my time in the south island is definitely done; but my heart - or at least a part of it - will always remain in that magical place. At the moment I really don't feel like I would want to live in NZ - which I suppose is kind of surprising considering I like it so much; but there is still much to see and do. NZ is the kind of place I would move to if I was building a family with children. Everyone here has kids; its the norm instead of the exception; a garden of at least 45m2 is pretty normal occurrence; and then about 10 min drive from town is some spectacular spot; or a hike, or a mountain - the nature is highly accessible - its so accessible, its taken for granted - heck I've gotten to this stage by now; its such a normal thing; its like the canals in amsterdam: they are beautiful; but live there long enough and you forget how nice they are [until you tell yourself you aught to remember].

So, I'm off to a street festival, then Te Paupau, the national art gallery [supposedly a very good one] and then a garden which has all the original rare birds [which used to be common] re-introduced.

Dealing with crowds is very tough, I feel light headed today, the floor is not solid.