Your Sacred Spot.

The elder promised me that if I did as he requested, that me and my world would be transformed. Transformed in an instant. Transformed forever.

Your Sacred Spot

Begin simply. Choose a natural place close to where you live, or close to where you go everyday.  Better yet, [...]]]>

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Your Sacred Spot.

The elder promised me that if I did as he requested, that me and my world would be transformed. Transformed in an instant. Transformed forever.

Your Sacred Spot

Begin simply. Choose a natural place close to where you live, or close to where you go everyday.  Better yet, let a spot choose you.

The elder told me that once I knew where “the spot” was, I was to go there everyday.  Every single day for a year.  Rain or shine.  Hot or cold.  Busy or bored.   “Go sit, be still, in your Sacred Spot – everyday.”

Every day I went there. I walked in slowly. I carried only a notepad, a timer, and a pen. No mp3 players. No cell phone. Just me, sitting still, experiencing my world.

I learned a lot about the world I lived in. I discovered when the first robin of spring showed up. I learned what time of day the deer walked past.

In the winter it was dark, and I was cold. I was all alone then, when I was sitting outside in my sacred spot.

In the summer the days were longer, and I was warmed from within, reminded of my childhood. Often I would hear rabbits, and sometimes I would hear children playing nearby.

Spring inspired me, awakening something within. Being a witness and a participant to the miracles of birth, seeing baby birds, touching sprouting plants, hearing the gentle winds moving through the budding trees.

Autumn invited me to turn within, as the leaves returned to nurture mother earth, a gentle peacefulness from within grew. We all prepared for winter.

I experienced more completely than ever before, the cycles of nature, and the workings of my mind and spirit. I made friends with local cats, birds, deer, and squirrels. I made friends with myself in a whole new way.

I learned about commitment, I learned about focus, I learned about what I thought made me happy, sad, grumpy, and blissful. I learned about you, I learned about me.

Today, I still carry memories of my sacred spot and the lessons it taught me, with me today, everywhere I go.

I remember the elder, I honor him here.  He was right.  My sacred spot transformed me, and it has transformed the world that we all live in.

Your turn!  Enjoy the Sacred Spot Video

Your friend,

Mr Twenty Twenty

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Let’s make some [...]]]> I don’t like drugs, not even commercial cough syrups. But when I feel like crapola, I am tempted. I just want to make it go away. So I almost asked Carol to go to the store, to buy the forbidden cough syrup, and then I remembered, Grandma’s Secret Cough Syrup.

Let’s make some TOGETHER!

Take about 8 cups of water, add in 2 BIG ONIONS from the garden, some GINGER ROOT – wild preferred, a few hot pepper flakes and boil.

After about 10 minutes on a soft boil, with you lovingly giving thanks all the time, pout about 6 cups of the liquid into a bowl. Add in honey. Keep stirring with love in your heart and mind. Stir in honey. Stir in honey.

Drink the 2 cups left over broth and eat the goup, she always said it was good for you.

Let the syrup thicken. If it is TOO THICK, Make more broth, and add it in.  Drink the left overs.  Remember, it’s good and good for you!

As you can tell from the recipe, Grandma wasn’t big on EXACT AMOUNTS.

She was big on ALL the ingredients.  Don’t leave ANYTHING out!

Ingredients:  Onions.  Water.  Ginger.  Hot pepper flakes.  Honey.

Did I miss anything?

Oh yes, the MOST IMPORTANT ONES.

“Remember, the love and the thankfulness.”

Maybe that’s why it works so well.

Mr. Twenty Twenty
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Grandma used to say, “Share some Tobacco”.

PS: I am not a medical doctor, so this is not Grandma’s Secret is not intended to treat or cure anything. Let’s just say it tastes good and is fun to make.

PPS: Maybe I will get Carol to take a photo of the finished product. I know Grandma’s Secret Syrup is not as beautiful as iPhotographGod material, but you might enjoy it too!

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I look around and notice things.

Too me it seems as if most of the world has gone crazy. Trading what is natural and real and what is right in front of them, to chase something [...]]]> “We indians simply sat and smoked the pipe. Very quickly, on a very deep level you got to know people..”

I look around and notice things.

Too me it seems as if most of the world has gone crazy. Trading what is natural and real and what is right in front of them, to chase something that they never seem to reach.

A bit about the shallow and the deep.

Years ago I was a regional assistant director in one of the big networking organizations. They taught us to have people use a formula to get to know one another. Shallow.

Here is what professional networkers were taught to do

The F.O.R.M. method.

Family: “Are you married? Do you have any kids?”

Occupation: “What do you do for a living?”

Recreation: “What do you do for fun?”

Move on. (You’ve gathered INFORMATION, now it’s time to trade cards, make notes, and move on to the next new friend.)

Total time invested, maybe 7 minutes max.

Real connection made? Hardly

Something beautiful…

The Sacred Pipe Alternative.

The Sacred Pipe was smoked often in an Indian’s life. One of the key times we smoke is when you met someone you wanted to get to know better.

Join me for a moment. Imagine…

Two men walking along a path. They see each other at a distance. As they get closer, one gestures to the other, they both stop, one of them offers tobacco, the other loads it into his pipe. The pipe is smoked and shared.

About 30 to 90 minutes are spent together, sharing life, sharing tobacco. It begins with a silent moment, then the lighting of tobacco. Sitting, mostly in silence, just being together. Connecting beyond words. Noticing what shows up. Noticing the feelings inside. Noticing each other.

We here share tobacco with many people. Most of the time it’s an invitation to sit and enjoy a cigar together. It could be with someone we meet, after we eat lunch in the park. It could be after a day of training a group. During that time together, we may share a story or two, but mostly we share lots of quiet time together.

While smoking what my elders call “the thank you plant”, we get to know each other at the level of essence rather quickly.

You get to share YOU, not what you or I do, not what you or I have, not what you or I are chasing.

You get to share, and to be with you.

It’s like holding hands with the divine within. It’s like holding hands with the divine within you and within them.

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Your friend,

Mr. Twenty Twenty

Share Tobacco

Hey mate,

First I want to thank a regular reader for emailing me and asking about the “inner side” of Native Eyes.

The BIG Benefit of Native Eyes: Inner Peace.

Let me ask you a question, when you think of the woods, walking in them or living in them, what state of mind shows up [...]]]>

Hey mate,

First I want to thank a regular reader for emailing me and asking about the “inner side” of Native Eyes.

The BIG Benefit of Native Eyes: Inner Peace.

Let me ask you a question, when you think of the woods, walking in them or living in them, what state of mind shows up for you?

For me, living with Native Eyes allows me to experience deep levels of Inner Peace.

I live with deep inner peace, not just because I can survive in the woods with my edible and medicinal plant skills, not just because I can track and trap animals for food in necessary, but because I know I am a part of the flow.

“I am a part of the flow, the unfolding of nature, the expression of the divine.”

With Native Eyes I connect with nature. I don’t have to conquer or fear nature. I am nature.

I suspect strongly, from personal experience, that this is our “natural state”.

Let me ask you a question…

If I could show you a fool proof way of living, of perceiving the world that cures addiction, corrects blood pressure, erases anxiety and tension, and promotes a high level of inner peace, would you be interested?

Would you commit today to take the time to experience what it takes to open up your Native Eyes?

That’s why I am here, not just here on this site, but here on planet earth. My experience of “the big picture” is that life gets pretty cool once you start becoming more aware of your connection with “all that is”.

It’s a pretty cool message to share and to ignite in others.

If this message appeals to you, contact me at 2020@exhostage.com or register for one of our events.

Imagine living – really living – with Native Eyes.

It’s about gaining the experience, and exploring the skills and philosophy that does open your eyes, heart and mind to what’s possible and to what you really are.

Have a great day!

Your friend,

Mr. Twenty Twenty