Man, F this all..........................

No hook-ups per se, just the knowledge...one of the most myco-diverse areas of the world, plenty of actives to be found with minimal effort.

 

PBJ, Have you ever been to a NA sweat lodge? its heavy

I really think its odd the way your project your mental illness onto the rest of the world and what you think the rest of the world might be like.

you remind me of Holden Caulfeild

 

Wasn't Kerouac just writing down what Neal Cassidy was saying anyway? I might be confused, but that was my understanding.

 

Native American sweat lodge, but dont mind me, I'm just a phoney

 

googling it can provide a more detailed description, mine involved about a dozen folks sitting in a circle in a yurt with a pit, every round 7 stones are placed in the pit and hot water is splashed in the pit with people chanting and praying, each round is 15 minutes or so and there are 4 rounds. You sweat out toxins and reflect on your thoughts that were created during the solemn time.

the ones I attend are run by a Peruvian / NA shaman (he is a mestizo or mixed race I guess the term would be) he heats the stones up using a mesquite wood fire he meticulously builds with his hands while meditating on good vibes and solid intention

He never asks for anything, but we are sure to bring wood, veggies from garden, and offer to help. No money, but a trade is involved to show our gratitude

and I dont know about a diagnosis, I think maybe you need to stop projecting so much, but then again, what do I know.

I think we are all a little mentally ill, some people just really run with it

 

thinking other people think your thoughts, you are waaaaaay to unique for mass production, so no one thinks like you, so dont imagine they do

for isntance, you imagined kids talking about flo the insurance lady. she sucks and no one should pay her any mind, ideally she will not become a pop cultural icon, imagining other people see her as such strikes me as odd

 

Sorry man I just don't see that as easy. I see it as sucking big time. That you don't see as such is romantically cool. If you come out from the other side of that ****, Thats romantically cool. if you don't, well thats tragic but still romantic.

I don't think Kerouck was all that great either but i like him too. i actuallly dig Kesey and Thompson much better.

You say that you don't want kids and that sort of life. I say i don't want the life you've lived, But i would read a book about yours. I would. Mine would be kinda like Marley and me. I saw the movie on TV but i wouldn't of read the book.

The thing is you never had the experience of having a family of your own but say that its the wrong way to go.
I've done both, the road thing and the family thing, and i can honestly say both are great. everything isn't all apple pie and vanilla ice cream with either one. both get tough when funds run low. but most times everything all right

Loved ones get sick, sometimes severly so, but there are times that i get the same feeling of content that i do from from surfing and that balances things out. sometimes the two combine and enhance each other. getting home after an after work surf to your wife and children laughing and sitting down to a home cooked meal with them is pretty special. i wouldn't trade that for anything.

 

haha. true. you gotta do a little extra work and the man doesn't do your dirty work up there. plus, it's f***ing freezing after November. tax me, please.

 

PJB, your list of destinations sounds like an addict's tour of the East coast, please check out latin america and europe, you will do yourself a huge favor

and I get it, settling and the establishment and mortgae and white picket finces are all kinda lame in a way, family is not, however.

We are put on this earth to make functional relationships with other humans, that's what I think the meaning of life is, I reckon I'm wrong, but that's what the fungus told me once during an insane Tweezer during summer tour back in the day

 

wouldnt it be great if you could have your setup and I could have mine? but unfortunately its not exactly as easy to choose the gvt you want, its not like burger king, I cant get it 'my way'

 

I was wondering to myself today.."What's ole PJB up to , haven't heard from the Dali Lama of SI in a spell"...and WOW!

GO bro! Chief Piercing Eyes once told me (yes I have lived with the natives and partaken in their sacraments) to be like his animal totem -the squirrel. "Just jump. Another branch will appear." If I had not lived a wandering, some times hedonistic, sometimes altruistic, sometimes just flopping around life for a decade, I would not be here today eating habanero beef jerky and communing and commiserating with my surf brethren ( and sisteren) on this here forum. I would not have been married for all these years and been able to have stable relationships. Pay homage to the wunderlust that resides within. And send pics. Definitely send pics. Godspeed.

 

Maybe the average of 6 post a day is more of an indicator of where you are at in your life, than your family situation or abysmal summer of waves we just had. Luckily you'll fade away like the rest of them come December.

 

I'm just happy there are still dudes left in this world like you PBJ.

 

"Every man has a right to decide his own destiny,
And in this judgement, there is no partiality"

 

can i ask why you guys are tearing PJB apart?? we're all humans. to each their own. The only way to understand anything in life to find it out for your self anyway. PJB, I agree with you 100% about complaining about life. Even though i may have family problems, i still have family that loves and supports me. i am healthy, i am able to surf, and have access to freshwater, safe food, and and shelter. that's all i need. thank you to everyone who supports me and to those who supports others who are in need. if no else says it PJB, thank you. we love having you on the forum.