There is room at the top for all, Its only the bottom thats crowded yall!

Hey wsup everyone? I hope that you all are out having a great Sunday. I just wanted to take some time out to write about my experiences yesterday at the Los Angeles Conscious Life Expo at the LAX Hilton. It was a very fun day and I gained a lot. I doubt very much that I will be able to properly convey the atmosphere of the event, and the significant moments that made me very glad that I had decided to go. Im sure that all of the subtle details may be better conveyed in person, I may end up making a trip up to the Bay soon so well see how that goes, but in the mean time I just wanted to give a short description of my adventure. It all started a few days ago when Lorenzo emailed me and in that email he mentioned that the event was taking place. I had not heard anything about it and I had little time to prepare for the event. This set the tone for the whole experience. I had already committed myself to a previous engagement with my family and my mom was very excited that I had done so. She really wanted me to spend time with my cousins on her side of the family that I rarely get to see. The event on Saturday took place from 10-10 but the main discussion panel that I was interested in seeing took place from 2-4pm. That was bad because I was supposed to be at my cousins house by 5pm and the 2 locations are on almost opposite ends of L.A. So essentially, if I was to attend the Expo it was going to have be squeezed in. Thats exactly what happened. I unfortunately felt very rushed at the Expo and as a result I was not able to see or hear half as much as I would have liked to. However, when I saw the look on my moms face as I arrived promptly on time it was well worth the sacrifice of leaving the Expo early. My uncle cried when he saw me and my brother together because it had been so many years since he had seen us with our cousins. It could be that or just the high emotions he had from being surprised by all his family showing up without his knowing that anything special was going on. I felt like he was the Godfather. One by one me and cousins came forth, in rank based on age and degree of closeness between the individual and my uncle. Everyone hugged, greeted, kissed on cheeks, it was very old school Mexican, and very touching. It was his 50th anniversary, I think he may be almost 70 now, so it was inspiring to me to think of just how long a mans love can carry him through dark times. But I digress from my original story and the true adventure of the day, the 6th annual Conscious Life Expo.

When I arrived there I found the first place, and thus most expensive, for me to park. I walked quickly towards the Hilton that was being guarded with security and big serious looking door men. I wondered if I had found the right place; surely these limos and hummers cant belong to fellow higher consciousness believers. Haha; just my silly ego assuming that many believers would be like me in any way shape or form. I found much to my surprise that we were all very very different in our dress, attitudes, beliefs, and demeanor. I think there was a common ground. Most of us were smiling, happy, and kind. Other than that we all were different as night and day in age, social status, and race. I think I did see mostly white people though to be honest. I never felt like a minority though. I guess thats because Im white. haha. Anyways, I like a good American decided to go check out the exhibitions. I wanted to see the goods! What can I buy and fast. Wow. What indeed. Crystals, medals, Buddhas, T-shirts, books, videos, cds, massages, pictures of Auras that would be analyzed for a spiritual reading (when I asked how this Aura was caught on film I got a lot of half answers that made it seem like either the tech was bs or the person just didnt understand how it worked), pyramids, glass work, organic food, first class tickets to dream excursions to paradise, and one guy even hand bags! (from Egypt though, of course). It didnt take me long to realize that 2/3 of that stuff was just nonsense for achieving true healing and the other 1/3 just wasnt for me. I don't feel I need anything external to find my own inner brilliance. It was still cool to just check it out. I did buy something of relative simplicity. I did so for my own reasons but it wasnt really for healing, more for decoration. I reveal what it is at a later time but I assure everyone its nothing spectacular, Im just waiting to post a picture until the proper time. Once I made my small purchase I realized something else, I did not come to this thing to buy quick fix heal schemes. I came to learn! So where are all the discussions taking place? There was no simple answer for that. Workshops were downstairs, lectures were up, and both essentially consist of sitting in a small room and listening to speaker. I was confused about which one I wanted to go to and which one had the most to offer. I went downstairs and found that I didnt have access to that particular workshop because it cost extra, the free one was in an hour, and the one I paid for wasnt going to take place for another 2 hours. So I went upstairs only to discover that guess what, you just missed the beggining of these 4 discussions by about 10 minutes, we cant open the doors for another hour. I was annoyed, but I just walked away calmly and walked down the street to Carls Jr. Ahh time to indulge that organic food was scary. Sure this may not exactly coincide with healing as Im chugging down Coke and shredding through a Western Bacon, but hey Im still Steve, and besides if Im going to go organic I want it to be something that I can really see, and not just green mushy blugh stuff. Perhaps an apple. These folks rarely bust out that type of stuff. I guess fruit has too much sugar. I really dont know. Anyways, I eat, read my pamphlet and get a better understanding for how the schedules work. Hour on the hour duh! Id have to plan a bit better. But goodness, its already noon and I have to leave by 5 at the latest. I rush back to catch one lecture about ADHD/ADD kids. I figured it would be good now that Im working in special ed. Im sitting there reading the schedules and something just pops and catches my eye. At the same time as my lecture downstairs is another upstairs title Sonic, Shamonic, Tonic where sounds would be used for their vibratory healing effects. I think about it for half of one moment and decide, this is for me! I love sound, this must happen. So I race upstairs as calmly as I could and walk in to the assigned room eager to hear the sounds. Little did I know at that time that within 15 minutes I would get a very personally uplifiting message from my higher self through the meditative state that the didgeridoo would place me in. Id prefer not to go into the details do to the personal nature and my lack of being able to properly explain it. Lets just say that this man, Astarius Reiki-Om was a very talented healer who had been trained in the arts of sound healing from Reiki Masters. He was very good, very sincere, and very funny! He had most of us laughing nearly the whole time. He gave many funny anecdotes about the relationship between self and the universe and between love and God/Goddess (his term). He started the session with a blessing and a calling of all the master selves present in the selves that were currently in the room to come down and help us to journey back to the beginning when we were all one. It was beautiful, and I think a lot of us in the room really got a lot of the experience. He read a very funny poem about being married to self forever, and choosing self as spouse, always being faithful and loving self, it was very funny, we all were laughing, and it was also very touching. In the end he said something that stuck with me. "There is room at the top for all, Its only the bottom thats crowded yall!" He said many things that coincide with my own beliefs in regard to higher selves (he used the term master selves) and ascension towards ultimate Oneness with the Universe. He said that we were all seeds for the Universe and as such we were the Universe and for some reason the Universe ceased to be it could be recreated with just one cell out of our body. I liked his comparison to the cells of the human body. He said any human could be completely recreated with any cell that existed on his/her body and as such we were all just cells in the complete body of the Universe. Very cool metaphors, very cool analogies, very cool guy. Ill be sure to look him up on the net (he has a website that I should be able to find with little digging) and if I come across any of his cds Ill buy them and share them with you all. Yesterday I didn't feel like I had enough cash to spare on of his cds but I would have if I had brought enough money with me. It was a delightful experience to say the least. I left with a bounce in my step and a smile on my face.

I had to hurry though. It was almost time for the conference that I came for! I raced back down stairs (two flights remember the lobby is in between the lectures and the "workshops"). I wait in line and find that many people are nervous and pushy about getting their seat. It didn't fit well with the nature of the topic we were about to discuss but hey, I guess some people cant turn that part of themselves off. The part that wants everything to work out exactly as they had planned (with good seats in front of course). The event was sold out. People seemed disappointed that they couldnt get a ticket last minute. One man tried to scalp his....it was sad. I was tempted to say something, but I just kept my mouth closed and my mind set on being as calm and chill the whole time without expecting a good seat. I got one! With little effort I breezed right over to a little spot most where avoiding. I guess it really wasn't a good seat because I couldn't see every person who was featured in the panel. I could however see very clearly David Wilcock and Dannion Brinkley, two very well informed spiritual scientists if you will, and the chief 2 people who I wanted to see. It was a fantastic discussion! David, the man I really wanted to hear, spoke the least. He was being over taken by the barking of a few others who felt they really knew more on the topic of 2012. I did however find that the whole experience made me even more of a supporter of David Wilcock. I don't think I could take anyone seriously with this type of intense material if they were turning red in the face and bullying their opinion on others. I liked his laid back attitude, his extremely humorous one liners and facial expressions, and his warmth. As to the topic they discussed it was a great discussion about the 2012 phenomenon. Archaeologists gave their perspective from the Mayan/Yucatan angle. Mathematicians/Physicists gave their angle based on the math that supports the oncoming changes due to some predictions that the numbers seem to confirm (for instance more earthquakes as of late, tornadoes, solar flare increasing, etc, etc). There was a big talk show figure who hosted named, George Noory. He seemed extremely popular, liberal, but I didn't take to him much. I guess he was cool to host the event but he seemed very much like a public figure, and not a down to earth guy. At one point David said "the only people doing research in to this material at this point is just every day average people like me and you". I found it funny that David still considers himself average. After watching him for 2 hours and listening to him talk Id say that I consider him just another good natured guy like myself and the rest of my friends. Many of the other speakers on the panel had religious experiences due to near death experiences and some of what they saw seemed to coincide with what the "psychics" have seen, or what the ancient seers described. Unfortunately. After the event had ended I only barely had time to introduce myself to David and than leave for the parking lot. I had no intention of shaking David's hand or anything like that when I left my house earlier that morning, but as I saw other people going up and bothering him with much more awkward conversation I thought he might appreciate someone just going up and saying thanks. So thats exactly what I did. I walked up, held out my hand, and said "Thank You David! Thank you very much. You keep doing the work and well do the same" He smiled at me so intensely and warmly. It was a lovely moment indeed. I felt he really cared. He asked me "Whats Your Name?" I told him and as I walked away I could faintly hear him saying "Steve Martin...." to himself as if pondering if there was a connection. I did not bother to correct him, for me its just really cool that he knows my first name, the last is not as important, besides he more or less got it right. It wasn't about that anyway. I didnt take any pictures, got no signature, to me hes just a smart man with a lot of great ideas that help me to make my life more productive. A simple thanks was all I intended, and I think I delivered it quite successfully. Afterwards I had a split moment to consider whether I should continue at the Expo and catch some of the other fantastic lectures that were about to begin, or whether I should leave at that very moment so I could guarantee that I would be on time for my uncle's party and thus my mom would be pleased. The last words that were spoken during the discussion were from Dannion Brinkley and he said "Open your hearts and really love more today". So I did just that and stuck with my commitment to my mom. As I drove away from the LAX Hilton I couldnt help but a feel a bit disappointed at my having only seen merely a fraction of what the convention had to offer. Still, I felt very deeply that I had got what I had came for, some knowledge had been gained and some hope restored. I was happy I came.

So what does it all mean in the end? How does it boil down? What is 2012 and is there any reason to really care? The answer to all those questions is very simple and Im glad I went to see that everything I alredy feel to be true is also believed by many other people, from various backgrounds and scientific fields, and although we all dont agree on the outcome, most of the saner speakers agreed about one thing, we need to prepare but we SHOULD NOT FEAR. That was crucial. It seems, take it or leave it, that many societies have known that something big was going to occur in the year of 2012 and the Mayans more specifically concluded that it would take place on December 22, 2012. Now its not a particular date thats important, most agreed that it was a window of time between 2008-20013 that was going to be significant, and the Mayans just chose that date as the waterline, or the date where for sure after that point it would not be the same. The scientists felt that great Earth changes would change, the pyschics and anthropologists believed it would be more about consciousness changing within the human mind. After all, anyone who really buffs up on their Mayan mythology will find out that after Quetzalcoatl comes in 2012 (which these guys take to be a symbol for a worm whole that may open up in the middle of Milky Way) it will be a golden age like man has never seen. Of course they leave that part out in the History channel specials about the 2012 Mayan connection. I guess fear creates more viewers than stories about Golden Ages of Wisdom, Love, Compassion. So what does it all mean? The simple answer for these men, and myself, is simply love. Love each other, love yourself, just love. Be happy, be productive, be ready. It is our belief that the better in order your life affairs are in, which directly correlates to how much love you share with the world, than the better prepared youl be for oncoming changes that will surely occur, whether it be spiritual, physical, or both. Its that simple. Just love. Try to stop being a jackass. Or at least try to stop being as much of a jack ass. Cool huh? It takes a lot of the mystique out of it. Now surely there is more to it than that. There are reasons (scientifically) why love can save the Earth, you know like when a plant is dying and you just think positive thoughts and than it starts to heal (Russian experiment), well its like that. Good energy, that has yet to be scientifically recorded an a mainstream level is emitted from ones self when they love, and that energy can help shield us from external, and internal strife. Not everyone at the discussion panel believed such. Id say it was about 4 out of the 6 speakers that felt that this change would be positive. The other 2 were either neutral, or cynical, but not prepared to accept that emotions could effect global catastrophe. Still it was those 4 out of the the 6 that sounded the most logical, the most reasonable, and the most sane to me. So Ill go with their intuition, and my own, by saying that I feel change is coming, I think for most of us it will be positive, and I also think we should all open our eyes and ears just a little bit more so that we can make the appropriate shifts in our behavior to be more conducive to the world that we will all live in about 2o or so years (Maybe much sooner). Take it or leave it, Its taken me over a year to decide I agree with David and the others, and I wouldnt expect anyone to believe anything on just face value alone. Go to divinecosmos.com and check it out for yourself. One cool thing I also saw was that so many different men have different takes so if you dont like Davids flow there may be someone else who phrases things in a way that clicks with you. Im definitely eager to look up Dannion Brinkley because he spent 40 years in the jungles of Yucatan and come to the same exact conclusion as David without being a "psychic" or being spiritually (at that time) convinced because of his traditional beliefs. It was something that he just saw over and over again in the ruins of the great pyramids all over the Yucatan. So perhaps there are books out there that each of us could appreciate in our own way depeneding on what piece of the pie looks most appealing to the individual. Regardless, it never hurts to love a little more right? Thats all I really needed to convey at this time. Thanks so much for anyone who actually reads this post to the end. I went for a walk today with my dog. I could hear the birds chirping so loudly. The sun was shining so brightly. All of it just for me. I felt like my old self again. And not my old self from this life time, no, another self that always knew exactly where he belonged, and why he was there. I felt like I was back on the path that I have always meant to be on but got sidetracked off lifetimes ago. I realized, I love myself more today than I did yesterday. Rather, I remember today, just how much I really used to love myself before I viewed myself as being separate from the Universe. I love myself, and I love this world, I love all of you. It feels so good to say that without shame or denial. Its the truth yall! Peace!

p.s. lets WOW IT UP TONIGHT BABY!