[Sertvfdnhgjk]

well, i guess the title says it all. i am looking to move closer to nature, or, if i get the opportunity, i plan on living on an island ... perferably one where dolphins swim. i have joined a forum where i can get info on island living, but i would like any advice or input from you guys, since i am on the same path (yet different) then y'all. = p i can remember being in school and drawing a small island with one palm tree and calling it "paradise lost". no one else that saw those agreed with me as far as it being paradise. maybe, i once lived on an island in another lifetime. anyway, your insight would be appreciated if and/or when i go live on an island. now, wether it will be a tropical island (fiji, caribbean, ect) or one closer to main land with at least a house remains to be seen.

[lasadeykar]

i second this question. it is time to live a bit of the good life.

[lorrieholdridge]

but perhaps you are where you are at to learn something!

[lasadeykar]

but perhaps you are where you are at to learn something!

is the path of suffering really necessary? can't i learn my lessons without pain?

[Sertvfdnhgjk]

but perhaps you are where you are at to learn something!

true .... i am where i am for a reason, and i have been where i have been for a reason. everything is as it is and is for a reason and for the greater good. but its not to say that living secluded for whatever period of time with beings from another star would not help me, or is not where or what i am supposed to do. for me, i feel and have this want and yearning to get out there away from as much technology as i can ... until it is time for me to return to society.

[lorrieholdridge]

is the path of suffering really necessary? can't i learn my lessons without pain?

sure, seems to me that if you have an opportunity to move to a paradise then that is what you should do (providing you don't have to steal the money to get that opportunity!).

but if you don't get the opportunity it doesn't mean that you are being punished as much as you have other opportunities that aren't as glamorous!

[DebtDetox]

i can not help but think this is a calling as well as happiness for you.

you have all you need to make your dreams come true, trust, believe and act. if you feel strongly, in its time, it will happen, not yours.

have peace on the crystal beaches of joy.

[Sertvfdnhgjk]

stealing the money didnt cross my mind ... the opportunity i was speaking of is the prime creator providing me with the opportunity, with love and the greatest good in mind. that being said, if and/or when i get that chance, i would welcome you all, friends, brothers and sisters, if one feels the need to get away. aside from spiritual growth, this has been a focus of mine ... all in due time. once that dream has been fulfilled (if it is in the divine plan) i will post and you will know, and i would like to extend an invitation for any of you, my friends, to get away (if even a day, week, or so [depending on the island size and my living accomidations]).

hmmm ... a time for a group to meditate together ... with the dolphins. what a wonderous and joyful event it can be. = )

but i still have much to learn and much work to do.

[Anydayhybeall]

i had lived the island life for many years. if you can pass through what is commonly ‘on island’ called ‘the wall’ it does develop you. you become self reliant, self-entertaining and creative. most will not survive the first winter, they ‘go-off’. you never pass up a hitchhiker, (he might be fixing your washer next week). you meet, greet, and talk to all. god help you if even in the most private conversation you say ‘so-n-so is a jerk’. if two cars are blocking you because they have stopped for a conversation you pull out a book and wait. if you say anything you will hear someone snap, “where do you think you are going? you are already here.”
a man by the name of ludwig wrote one of the best overall books on history i have ever read, [please e-mail for title]. he fled hitler and wrote it in santa barbara. he put a quote on the inside cover: “all men are islanders.” problem is that only an islander would understand.

[Sarah Armstrong]

hi greywolfi really can understand you yearn for islandliving!for the time being i have the opportunity to go to a small island in the gothenburg archipelago where i can be totally alone this time of year. in the summer it's more difficult to find a solitary place. it takes only 1 hour and costs 3$ forth and back. i call it "paradisland". the good thing is that i can easily go back to town actually...liliane

[lasadeykar]

written by michael donovan: “where do you think you are going? you are already here.” i think that sums up everything nicely. i am hear for a reason and i shall get to the island when the time is right, i suppose.

like rhonda said, we have everything we need to do whatever we want.

but i don't even want it unless i can share it. i guess that, for me, is the bottom line.

[rJohutozsfds]

is the path of suffering really necessary? can't i learn my lessons without pain?

no thing; no matter how glorified or despised, is ever necessary, unless some part of yourself deems it to be necessary or expects to gain from it.

[Sertvfdnhgjk]

well, transien, it seems like a great opportunity. i would be there when i could.
and as for michael donovan's quote "where do you think you are going? you are already here." you are correct. its seems for me a constant struggle going from one frame of mind to another; especially while talking to others ... especially at work. we are everywhere and we are here where we are at. we have everything we need, but we really need very little. as i stated before, i have much work i need to do. i would like, and at times feel i need, more people like all of you around me. but i know that you are right here all the time.

[lasadeykar]

no thing; no matter how glorified or despised, is ever necessary, unless some part of yourself deems it to be necessary or expects to gain from it.

can i ask you one small thing please? it is not just about you or me. it is about all of us. i am trying to show a completely open and honest representation of what i am feeling. it is not about what i came here for. when i was a young child i wasn't like this. i came here to enjoy and love my family and what i am learning is that, that needs to be expanded to everything.

this is my lesson that i want to accomplish.