its been a wonderfully rainy summer here in arkansas. yesterday it was pouring while the sun was fully shining and my partner Rae and our three year old son Izaya ran out to play in it and look for a rainbow. they didn't find one but had a blast and later Rae said she saw one in the back yard. by the time we came to look it was gone - must;ve been a special sign just for her.

i went to my fisrt rainbow gathering in 1998 i think when i was 19. i had ran into and old "homeless" fella at a gas station outside of tuscon named little hawk (rest in peace brother). he took off his leather hat and showed read to me what he had written on the inside brim:
When the earth is ravaged, the waters are poisoned, and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow.

i didn't know it at the time but little hawk was one of the rainbow family's founding fathers. i got to spend some time with him at front gate where he kept watch over the family at the ithaca gathering after izaya was born at the west virginia nationals. he told me that he was raised on the hopi reservation until he was thirteen years old and that the prophecy is one of theirs. he was an angel, a wizard (little hawk is another name for merlyn) and a hopeless drunk. it made me sad to see the eyes lose their clarity and him switch from telling prophecy to cursing those around him and babbling incoherently. we wanted to take him with us and record his stories but his dark side while drinking (most of the time) was more than we could handle... i've just learned that he recently passed of liver failure.

anyway little hawk was the first rainbow warrior i'd met even though i didn't know what that even was. it was another year or two before i dropped out of society thinking "this is crazy! work until i die or am incapacitated and THEN retire?!" i declared at 19 i would't do anything i didn't want to ever again for money and went on a quest for truth. i knew what i had been told by my church, schools, government wasn't the whole truth and i wanted answers. through a series of synchronicities i was led to my first rainbow gathering. there i realized that i wasn't the only one who found "the rules" a farce and left them behind.

america has a modern day gypsy culture of people who live in the national forest going from place to place and staying for 14 days at a time - setting up kitchens and feeding each other free food and living how their hearts lead them. their unofficial name is "the rainbow family of living light" i've had a live to love kitchen at a couple nationals - gatherings on the fourth of july where tens of thousands gather on the fourth of july to pray for peace. the main philosophy of the rainbows is that if you've got a belly button, then you are a rainbow family member - one human family.

if you are curious i encourage you to ask the universe to show you to a gathering or lead you to meet some family... we are all family - that is the point, but there are those who are aware of this and identify themselves as rainbow warriors of love and light.

i guess the moral of my story is - you can quit your job and leave your bills behind and go live for free in the woods with some beautiful people and start living life to the fullest. the economy is collapsing so if you try to hang on to all your toys the nothing will rip them from your hands and you will be left with nothing. but if you release the illusion of "having something makes me happy" and embrace nothing then you will be filled with the only thing that matters - love... through relating with the earth and her children in a good way your broken vessel will be made whole.

my message is to all those who are suicidal - i was too, but i just couldn't see killing my body helping any - i had to kill my mind - the programming of hundreds of generations that said you must suffer and work until you die - and the ego which that created. please try it just get up and walk away with no money and just a backpack with some pens and paper and a change of socks and underwear.

KILL YOUR TV -free your mind - its ok to walk away - try it and you will find that you don't have to work to provide for yourself - that is your god/dess given right - you'll find that there is joy in working to help others though.

if everybody in america stopped working right now the revolution would be complete in a day. there would be no more war and no more slavery. i know it sounds crazy and believe me it is. you must acknowledge that you are crazy in order to regain your sanity. it is crazy to work 40-80 hours a week to provide things for your family that they can use to substitute for your lack of presence in their life.

ask to be shown where to go, what to do - check out:

www.welcomehere.org

www.livetolovetolive.com

if you want to come see what we're up to in arkansas you are welcome... we are in the process of purchasing 100s of acres adjacent to the ozarks where all will be welcome to come live in peace and joy and love. leave your suffering and misery in the cities - they are toxic and doomed and come be free and let the earth cleanse and heal you while learning to live off the land and how to live with your family again.



if you would like to donate to our cause to help us buy land you can donate at the livetolovetolive website - it is not tax deductible - but if you stop paying taxes and free yourself from slavery to the dollar then thats even better, right?





i love you - be loved - its worth a try