tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post7913392172623704071..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: Realities, 2013Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-34598616646003353442013-01-15T14:04:34.394-06:002013-01-15T14:04:34.394-06:00Thardiust,
I read that book sometime in my early ...Thardiust,<br /><br />I read that book sometime in my early twenties, when I was particularly fascinated by the American esotere. I remember it resonating on some level, but I cannot tell you a thing about it now, from memory. Not a great sign - not so much for my brain, but for the contents of the book. But since you brought it up, and are a long time reader, should I stumble across it, I will think of you, and if I have the time, I will look at it again. William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-24796981306944130362013-01-15T11:52:49.805-06:002013-01-15T11:52:49.805-06:00You may want to check out a book called The Celest...You may want to check out a book called <a href="https://www.dmt-nexus.me/doc/The%20Celestine%20Phrophecy%20.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Celestine Prophecy</a> because it reflects a lot of what you've written. In terms of doom and gloom I'd be more depressed if modern civilization stayed the same humanity is already in the middle of a thousand+ year apocalypse which began in part with low till agriculture.Thardiusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035376894054058452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-27183106643791283762013-01-08T11:06:07.224-06:002013-01-08T11:06:07.224-06:00Anon,
There seems to be a consensus building. I r...Anon,<br /><br />There seems to be a consensus building. I really do like the sound of that, dancing around the world, gardening and building stuff. As for the world being fucked up for a purpose, maybe. It is all cycles. Though I challenge anyone to "prove" to me that things were a mess in culture before we began to rely on agriculture. See Toby Hemenway for more on that.<br /><br />Candice, thank you for sharing that about your experience. Inspiring. Travelling sounds ever more like a possibility. <br /><br />Anyone want to buy my house. Or maybe I should run one of those contests? William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-51713594292705440482013-01-07T20:34:38.758-06:002013-01-07T20:34:38.758-06:00I know someone else already suggested this before,...I know someone else already suggested this before, but I would definitely recommend WWOOFing if you leave your home. I have done some WWOOFing in Maui and it was a great experience! All the fresh exotic fruit I could eat off the farm and a free room and all he wanted from me was 1-1/2 hours of work a day for 5 days a week! I know others who have done it as well and enjoyed it. There are some places though that might overwork their WWOOFers or some places you might not agree with the way the hosts run things. Since you aren't getting paid, it's pretty easy to leave if you don't like it. Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873746253594080710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-10225882264049994452013-01-07T18:54:35.481-06:002013-01-07T18:54:35.481-06:00I agree with Martin, fwiw. Maybe the universe is ...I agree with Martin, fwiw. Maybe the universe is signalling that it's time to go. Put yourself in another location for a few months, and see what a change in perspective brings. who knows? <br /><br />And, I know you know this, but the world is supposed to be messed up; always has been, always will. If it's not big this or that it's going to be something else. It challenges those with the right stuff to spread their love and compassion and creativity around anyway. Sounds like you have a lot to give. <br /><br />Finally, much of gardening is in the skills. You can reinvest those skills in another time and place. Or maybe your home's new owner can take up the challenge.<br /><br />Maybe you should plan out a world, or at least a US tour, to go dancing and spread your gardening skills around a bit? You could try to raise some sponsorship money to fund it. There must be the equivalent of kick-starters for wealthy philanthropists. Might work.<br />Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-19312856214913506202013-01-06T00:09:01.259-06:002013-01-06T00:09:01.259-06:00Advice? I suppose it was, but, over many years, dr...Advice? I suppose it was, but, over many years, dreams and a trial or three similar to your own I've learned (often the hard way) that it's o.k. to let go and move on - especially if Universe is signalling that something isn't a 'go'.<br /><br />Just sayin'. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410439088299142773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-25594236403678225992013-01-05T17:37:00.141-06:002013-01-05T17:37:00.141-06:00Martin,
Excellent advice. In the lead at this poi...Martin,<br /><br />Excellent advice. In the lead at this point. Blessings.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-36947731598362848842013-01-05T17:05:18.310-06:002013-01-05T17:05:18.310-06:00William -
Perhaps the 'thing' to do is ...William -<br /><br /> Perhaps the 'thing' to do is to cocoon up where you are, prep the house for market as best you can and put it on the market as a FSBO (For Sale By Owner) or auction it off yourself. (Check out "How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days" by a guy named Bill Effros.)<br /><br /> Anyway, with the house sold, the mortgage goes away and your Dad is covered and you'd be free to go dance around the world.<br /><br /> Meanwhile, the dream you've had for that particular house in that particular place will still be intact in your head, heart and soul and maybe you'll discover that it would be better applied somewhere/when else than there and now in freezing cold Minneapolis.<br /><br /> Good luck - and keep on dancin'/truckin'.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410439088299142773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-75376889850269120862013-01-04T19:35:04.904-06:002013-01-04T19:35:04.904-06:00Luciddreams,
It's more complicated. If I don&...Luciddreams,<br /><br />It's more complicated. If I don't find a means to pay for it, I have to put it on the market this spring, as my father is on the mortgage. If it were only me, I don't think there would be much question that I would stay here until they threw me out. I'm leaning toward letting it go. If that happens, your place will likely be one of the stops. Thank you.<br /><br />As to the kid issue, the question doesn't stop. If we want kids to grow up in anything like freedom, we have to keep asking questions. I exist I guess, to help facilitate that. That's all. Obviously, the system is set up so as not to ask such questions too loudly. I merely have the luxury to be a bit more loud about it than most. And my "message" not falling in line with the Left or the Right, with Capitalism or Collectivism, I am assured I think of not being taken seriously enough ever to suffer the fate of a martyr :) <br /><br />WHDWilliam Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-87278080091873960102013-01-04T18:53:15.505-06:002013-01-04T18:53:15.505-06:00regarding your integrity quesiton. I hope yes, ca...regarding your integrity quesiton. I hope yes, cause that's my next experiment. I obviously thought, and felt that the answer was no, which is why I quit my corporate job. <br /><br />Get married and have kids, than it won't matter any longer. Cause then you have dependents and you have to do what you have to do to keep them safe and healthy in our society. That means checking your morals at the door cause they need not apply. <br /><br />You, being single with no kids, I'd say be a martyr (just don't get locked up or killed). Stay in your house, keep creating your vision for it until they show up to forcefully remove you for not paying the mortgage. Should get your six months or so? I'm sure you know how long you'd have after you stopped paying given the job you just quit. <br /><br />I'd like to see you stay, and in spite of all the odds, to continue doing the good work in that place you find yourself. When they show up to make you leave, then you can leave. But at that point it's not you deciding to leave. Then you can decide what's next. <br /><br />At the very least you can stay in the Airstream. I'd be willing to get you a bus ticket, or possibly take a road trip to pick you up in the event you become penniless.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.com