Some dazzling new music.....

So I came across the band "Dazzle Ships" while surfing through the internet and found their music to be interesting enough to want to pass along. The group consists of Tyler Haran and Hatii De Leon and their music is reminiscent of 80's new wave with a touch of the 21st century. The songs all have a detached, haunting, innocent feel to them due in large part to the mysterious sounding vocals. They recently released a four song EP that includes my personal favorite from the bunch, "Least Resistance". If you have a taste for 80's new wave like Siouxsie & The Banshees and Joy Division you should enjoy this group...... Dazzle Ships

Time To Smell The Roses (and talk 'bout some rock!)

So now that I'm up to my 3rd blog post, I've decided to mix things up a little. When I started this blog last week I thought it would be all about my thoughts on "reality" but, after only two posts, I realize that my love for music needs to make it's way in here as well. So, from time to time, I'm gonna give shout-outs to indie artists I find interesting or entertaining. This first one isn't exactly a secret to a lot of folks (the youtube count on this puppy is around 500,000) but they were a secret to me up until a few days ago. They are a band called Loomis And The Lust and they come with a catchy song and catchier video for a song called "ADD". Check these guys out, hopefully you'll get a hearty laugh or two out of it.....enjoy :)
Loomis And The Lust "ADD" (Official Music Video

  So I feel a bit overwhelmed as to how to best go about this blog. To be honest, 

until a few days ago, I hadn't the slightest inclination to share my thoughts with the outside world. Well, not through a blog that is. In some respects, I have always wanted to share my thoughts with anyone who'd listen, but writing songs was the only way I felt comfortable.Not sure how long I will stick with this blogging business, so for now I'll just take it one blog at a time.

 So what is this matrix I speak of ?(after all, it is what this blog is supposed to be about, right?!) The matrix is everywhere, no just kidding, I'm not Morpheus. But yeah, in a sense it is something that pervades all that I experience. To me, it is simply the way my mind attempts to color everything that happens, the way it judges/categorizes people around me, and most importantly it is the way my mind sees and judges me. To the extent that I buy into these notions, I will eventually start to see "proof" that these ideas are valid ones. Something as simple as a quick thought that says "watch out, I'm gonna drop the glass" more often than not becomes reality. When anything "bad" happens to you, try to reflect on what was going on through your mind the moment before it happened. It may be so subtle that you can hardly notice, but with practice, you may start to notice little things and become more aware. The other problem  lies in the fact that sometimes shit happens that you swear was completely out of your control. Sometimes it may be so (herein lies a mystery of life) but way more often than not, I find that I was thinking something that I can definitely connect to whatever occurs. Life has really turned into an experiment for me, I may be totally off on all of this, but I have seen enough to want to investigate further. Perhaps I'll start sharing day to day experiences and going over what I was thinking/feeling at those moments. Perhaps if you are reading this you'd like to share your thoughts with me. With much love and kindness, I hope you find your way to a life of peace.

Losing My Mind

Yes, losing my mind has been a slow and difficult process but the rewards are slowly creeping in. 
I am not talking here about losing it in the Howard Hughes sense, or any other form of mental illness. No, what I have been losing slowly over the past few years is my dependance on using a tool that quite frankly was using me all along. Beginning about ten years ago, after reading a book called "The Seat Of The Soul" by Gary Zukov, and perhaps culminating a couple of years ago after reading Eckhart Tolle's "The Power Of Now", I now find myself operating on a different level. I am. Yes, I am......and really it all begins and ends right there. This is the most fear-free I have ever been, ironically, it's also been a time of situations and events that could easily have sent me to a psych ward in the past. I have decided that beliefs don't serve me very well since eventually I would end up serving them. But for now, I'll operate in this reality under this one belief: it is essential to my well-being to be completely aware of anything and everything that is going on in my mind.