Burning Man = Transformation

Last Saturday night may very well have been one of the greatest and most beautiful nights of my entire life.

How often do you get to:

- Have serendipitous encounters with close friends in the deepest darkest regions of the desert?
- Have deeply bonding experiences with old friends while running around like children?
- Learn deep and significant lessons about yourself and your behavior and purge all your blockage?
- Make superhuman love to the sound of air raid sirens and feel the earth shake underneath you as a mushroom cloud goes off half a mile away?
- Swing on a giant swing with the love of your life while watching the sun rise on the playa?
- Watch Karmic cycles occur with utmost clarity and feel the universe speaking directly to you?
- Dance to sticky beats in the morning sun with someone swinging from a metal tree to your left and someone working a flamethrower on the purgatory cruiser to your right?
- Inscribe pieces of your heart in a book for all to read?

The entire trip was fantastic… just the sort of blend of effort and reward that makes burning man so special… but Saturday night…. WHOOOO BOY… Saturday night i will never forget. It was a deeply contemplative kind of night that reminded me of my first times… first time at burning man… first time raving…. first time falling in love…

It was the kind of night that reminds you where you are and where you’ve been and clears the fog away that you had forgotten was there. I learned a lot of things about myself on Saturday night but the most important of which are as follows:

- This was the first time at burning man that I have not felt the need to burn a part of myself at the temple… For once i do not have anguish i wish to escape from… This is a good thing and means I’m doing something right.

- Ever since Burning Man 05 I have been trying to play as many gigs as possible but this makes it really difficult to party and hang out with my friends… I have spend less and less quality time with friends who i love because of this hobby… having to get my gear somewhere safe after the gig… busy busy busy…. On Saturday night I felt total freedom to relax and to really share myself with my friends, and vice-versa… I had not realized that my own hectic schedule was the source of much of my dismay. I love you guys and miss a lot of you and I will be making an effort to go to more gatherings where I’m not playing so that we can spend time stomping the ground together.

- When I purged my blockage I think I REALLY purged my blockage… There must be a reason that other people didn’t have that same seemingly-adverse reaction… I will take the shamanic approach to this one and assume that I really did release some shit that has been preventing me from relaxing and growing… Perhaps my vow of “taking it easy” has been counter-productive… no shaman ever said “this guy needs a lighter dose…”… it’s the hard ones that are transformative…

- I am fucking in love with WantIt… the fact that I have not camped with them officially these past 2 years is nothing short of sad… next year I will be camped with them… with my family.. where i belong…

I have many people to thank for making saturday night possible and I plan to reward all of them in their own special way… Jay, Erica, Keebler, Mo and Phyllis… Jim, Jay, Misty, Misty, Phoenix, Chappy, Devon, Tamika, Eric, Derrick, Stacy, James, Tom, Molly and of course my Emmy Boo Bear… I love all of you and thank you thank you fucking thank you.

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1 Comment to Burning Man = Transformation

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   ~Don Chapino~
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 11:04 AM
   Nice write up Bub-
   You sound so happy that even I feel Sappy!

   

   

   This was my first BM and I had an amazing emotional time… thanks all!~

   mo corleone
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 12:13 PM
   i’ve still got a LOT to process from this year, but i’m with you on one point: WANT IT all the way!

   Bo
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 4:13 PM
   Wow, you sound so happy… that’s fantastic. I’ll be curious to hear about this. Maybe I can come sit on your porch again – those stories are better in person. I’ve gotta say, I got a big smile when I read the part about not feeling like burning anything at the Temple. I think that’s a really good feeling, to be kosher with all your bits at a perfect moment in time.

   Aaron
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 4:14 PM
   “How often do you get to:” or as I like to say only at Burning Man could you.

   Yes, yes and yes. Saturday night was definetly transcendent.

   Swami
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 4:31 PM
   aaron I did not mean to leave you out of that list… seeing you there had me really stoked.

   Aaron
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 5:29 PM
   Whaa? I didn’t see you on Saturday, so I didn’t feel left out of anything. I do wish that I saw more of you guys, but oh well, thats the way it goes sometimes.

   You can make me an honorary participant in spirit though, that would be sweet!

   friendly_jen
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 9:39 PM
   I had
   a similarly awesome BM. I never mailed you the secret surprise, because of post office drama, but perhaps I’ll have it dust and all the next time we collide!
   delete this comment

   Capitol P
   Wed, September 5, 2007 – 10:51 PM
   Awww
   SeventhSwami on September 5th, 2007
 

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