Blogging away

[Lon Milo DuQuette]

Great Network friend Frieda suggested I blog 'even for a day' and so I'm going to take a few moments to recap what's going on in my life at the moment.

As I approach my 61st birthday (July 11) I find myself as busy as I've ever been in my life. I left my 9 to 5 job back in 2003 and have been struggling pretty hard to keep our little rented duplex roof over our heads by just being a 'full time Lon'. This is quite a challenge because being a 'full time Lon' entails (as Joseph Campbell said) "following my bliss" in such a way as to also provide for my family. But I wouldn't have it any other way and I consider myself the luckiest man on earth because my bliss is the Great Work.

I take my inspiration from Constance, my high school sweetheart and wife. We started dating in 1963, started living together 42 years ago this June 15, and were married November 9, 1967. She is also my conscience, my health provider, and my most constant and ruthless critic. (The gods created harpies for a reason!) Early on we agreed that I would know everything, and she would always be right. Together we are like the left and right hemispheres of a brain.

At the moment I'm finishing up a new book (working title: Low Magick -- Redeeming the Better Demons of Your Nature). I peck at it during the day, but my serious writing takes place in the wee hours between 3 and 7 in the morning. To keep from getting burned out I write several chapters at the same time. I even have two or three of my other writing projects (Introductions and forewords to other people's books) on my desktop at the same time also. It's funny, when I get totally tired of writing one thing when I turn to another my mind is fresh and ready to roll.

I try to take an afternoon nap, sometimes a long one. The naps and the strange night sleep patterns are currently allowing me to do a lot of work on my astral projection and lucid dreaming experiments. Lately my 'dream' life and 'waking' life are blending quite comfortably with each other... like moving in a continuous background meditation. I'm starting to sense that same timelessness/dimensionlessness (is that a word?) during my waking hours that I feel in a good solid lucid dream. Now and then, however, I drive Constance crazy with my sleep talk during projection experiments. I pop out most unexpectedly during sleep and get so excited that I'm out and conscious that I try to wake her up and tell her I'm out. I forget that my vocal chords are attached to my body that's still in the bed. The 'out' Lon, however, is still connected to the 'in bed Lon' just enough to TRY to talk. But I just can't seem to get my breath and vocal chords to work right. The 'out Lon' is saying, "Dear! Look! I'm out! I'm out! I'm standing right here! Look! I can float to the ceiling!" but the 'in bed Lon' is making hideous noises..."ahhhhhhAHHHHOOOut a!" I'm excited and ecstatic, but to Constance I sound like I'm being tormented in HELL.

Anyway.... this hasn't been much of a blog report. I DO go off on things. I will try to be a better GW blogger, but now I've got to wrap things up for tonight.

My best,

Lon

[Lon Milo DuQuette]

I remember that pub well! Wonderful to hear from you and thanks for the kind words. You've cheered my morning more than you might imagine.
Lon

[Cosmic Claire]

Hey Lon,

Meeting you was one of the best things that ever happened to me! It was at a pub in Leeds when you gave a talk on your Tarot book on your English tour, must have been just after you gave up the day job. Got on your mailing list which eventually led to an invite onto this group which has been a revelation. I must dig out that minidisc recording I made of the talk and review it some time!

All blessings to yourself and Constance:-)

And Thanks!

[Lon Milo DuQuette]

Saint Constance of the Well, Our Lady of Perpetual Motion is still moving perpetually, and still keeping me in line.
We remember Jonathan G. with the fondest and warmest of memories. Please relay love and best wishes. ;-)

[Daniel L]

You have an awesome way with words Lon :) It is great to get info on what you are up to these days. It is great to see you here today!!!

[Judith Hawkins-Tillirson]

93 Lon!
It's wonderful to read some 'real-time Lon' & to know what you're up to [so to speak of ceilings]. I hope you'll continue to dash off some blog entries with some little regularity! xxxj

[Vanese Mc Neill]

@ Lon - I LOVE YOU!!! You make me smile and giggle too

@Jaefar - I have had that EXACT experience in altered consciousness - you think you are being perfectly coherent- but alas far from it - it is all soo much fun, these lands we live in

[Jaefar S.A.B.N.W.]

It is good to actually use the follow your bliss bit in the greater context of films like Sukhavati:Place of Bliss. Most of those who tend to mention it tend to not understand the term Sukhavati nor go after it in a way relevent to the material surrounding Joseph Campbell's quote.
Whether it's the active imaginations dreams and visions, deeper psychedelic phenomenon, or the experience of the soul and other metaphysical entities, I think most who experience such things make that same connection of reality to both. I fail to see why. I don't remember a technique or process. Do you think it just happens?
The thing about remembering saying something and not saying it is like what happened when I video taped myself with ZAA, The Enochian Aethyr of Solitude. I thought I was very clear in relating my experience out loud, but it mostly came out in a whispering in the clearest part of the VHS.