Topographical map of South Africa, continent version (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
How is it with you, my ancient relations?
I know you are reading my blogs, but I am truly mystified, (and honored), at the frequency!
You see, this blog host, WordPress, gives me views by country on its stats, which is really cool. And South Africa, by a stupendous margin, has far exceeded any other country over the past few weeks. For some reason, across the miles, we seem to be connecting. That, to me, is an amazing and inexplicable statistic, and I would love to hear from you!
Next time you stop by to have a look, please leave me a note . . . maybe tell me your name, and where you are in South Africa. I would love that.
I’ve never made it to the “wall,” the home page of WordPress, the Web site that hosts my blog, as a featured blog, despite having written over 300 entries.
Probably because I write about “esoteric” subjects, and haven’t posted any neat travel pictures, or great recipes for chili, or eco-friendly solutions to world problems: (though I DO make an exceptional, home-made chili, using ground turkey).
Recently, (like yesterday), I researched the trending topics for blogs, and “spirituality” was in the bottom half of areas of interest. People aren’t thinking about the “big picture,” the forest; they are focused, instead, on the little trees of daily life.
I’m not sure that I would call that “living in the moment.” I would be more inclined to call it “majoring in the minors.”
When what is for dinner is more important than being an embodiment of compassion . . . Oh, forget it; this is falling apart. Whatever it was that I was attempting to convey is vaporizing.
The Kali Yuga . . . Google it. There is great opportunity before you, but there is an obscuring cloud that is hanging around you. If you push it aside, you will advance in your spiritual life in leaps and bounds. NOW is the time for “easier” spiritual advancement, but few there are that will make leap. If you choose to be one of those few, you will easily open doors to realms that people in other times will find practically impossible to breach.
Perspective, perspective, perspective. This is a somewhat haphazard post, yet there is something in it that someone needs to know. This isn’t what I expected to write – it fell apart. BUT, there is a kernel, a nugget, somewhere in what I have conveyed that will hit its mark. SOMEONE will stop being captivated by the trees, and see the forest as a whole that can lift them higher than they ever imagined.
Well, WordPress has put out a new, clean theme that I really like, so I made my own Header image to go on it, (incorporating the image bar from the old Rising Hawk Foundation Web site), and there you have it! [The amazing shield painting and hawk artwork on the bar were custom painted by Fantasy Artist extraordinaire Ed Beard, Jr. He is a man of great integrity, prodigious talent and heart, with an amazing wife and children, all of which seem to be talented, too. Where was I when all this was being handed out? Check him out at
http://www.edbeardjr.com/ ]
The castle is a stylized photo of Eileen Donan castle in the Scottish Highlands, ancestral home of my proud Scottish Clan, Clan MacRae.
Overall, I think the type is easier to read, and it’s easier to glance at “teasers” from recent posts at the bottom. Hope you like it! (Let me know).
Check him out at 
