Step 1:  Listen to the following shows. Each show is about 10 minutes long.

Step 2:  Do you know Soul? 

• Yes? (Skip this step.)
  
• No?  Explore Soul’s talents with these links:

• 100+ BlogTalk Radio Shows
• Pay Me What I’m Worth
• Soul University

Last step?  Which works for you?  Sign-Up or explore more?

• I’m ready to support this mission!  I’ll click this link to learn more about the benefits of signing up.

• I need to  learn more! I’ll join you on a week-night, LIVE conference call.

When are these calls?  9 p.m. in ALL the following time zones:  Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific & Hawaiian

• Click this link to register for this call.
  
• Attend this call to receive a lovely gift.
  

We keep all calls focused (on your questions), FUN (yes – enjoy some hearty laughs) and interactive!

In gratitude we bow to you for sharing time with us.  

And ONE MORE BOW to you for each person you share this post with! (Please do click the share buttons below to share them with your online family.)

This post sets the stage for a 3-part series featuring Soul’s bodacious mission!

In this show, we explore many important life questions.  Do you say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to these questions?

1. Are you happy?
2. Are you healthy?
3. Do you know / experience peace daily?
4. Spiritually, do you feel unconditionally loved?
5. Do you live in a home you love?
6. Do you own your home, is it paid for?
7. Would you to own your own home?
8. Do you need professional support?
9. Are you becoming more spiritually awake?
10. Do you have enough time to relax?
11. Are you as philanthropic as you’d like to be?
12. Do those you support have the same desire to help you?

Can you answer YES to all these questions?  If not, listen to this show!  Explore Soul’s mega-mission to help you ‘get to yes’ on these (and other) life-enhancing questions.

To learn more about Soul’s mega mission, check out these shows:

• Got CELEBRITY Support? Want some?
• Support caregivers and receive rewards.
• All For One And One For All.

Next step?  Which works for you?

1. I’m ready to support this mission!  I’ll click this link to learn more about the benefits of signing up.

2. I need to  learn more! I’ll join you on a week-night, LIVE conference call.

When are these calls?  9 p.m. in ALL the following time zones:  Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific & Hawaiian

• Click this link to register for this call.
  
• Attend this call to receive a lovely gift.
  

We keep all calls focused (on your questions), FUN (yes – enjoy some hearty laughs) and interactive!

In gratitude we bow to you for sharing time with us.  

And ONE MORE BOW to you for each person you share this post with! (Please do click the share buttons below to share them with your online family.)

Did you know your host – Soul (bio) is on a mission to support caregivers.

Really! Who takes care of caregivers?

Listen to this show to learn how our plan to support caregivers will support all those who help us provide this support.

To explore more about Soul’s mega mission, we created a mini-series.  Here’s the links to each show:

• Mission Overview
• Who cares for caretakers? Why should YOU care?
• All For One And One For All

To explore Soul’s talents, click these links:

• 100+ BlogTalk Radio Shows
• Pay Me What I’m Worth
• Soul University

Next step?  Which works for you?

1. I’m ready to support this mission!  I’ll click this link to learn more about the benefits of signing up.

2. I need to  learn more! I’ll join you on a week-night, LIVE conference call.

When are these calls?  9 p.m. in ALL the following time zones:  Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific & Hawaiian

• Click this link to register for this call.
  
• Attend this call to receive a lovely gift.
  

We keep all calls focused (on your questions), FUN (yes – enjoy some hearty laughs) and interactive!

In gratitude we bow to you for sharing time with us.  

And ONE MORE BOW to you for each person you share this post with! (Please do click the share buttons below to share them with your online family.)

Did you know your host – Soul (bio) is on a mission to support all those who support him?  Why?  Why not!  Isn’t it time celebrities start supporting all those who helped them blossom and grow?

To explore more about Soul’s mega mission, we created a mini-series.  Here’s the links to each show:

• Mission Overview
• Got CELEBRITY Support? Need some?
• Support caregivers and receive rewards

To explore Soul’s talents, click these links:

• 100+ BlogTalk Radio Shows
• Pay Me What I’m Worth
• Soul University

Next step?  Which works for you?

1. I’m ready to support this mission!  I’ll click this link to learn more about the benefits of signing up.

2. I need to  learn more! I’ll join you on a week-night, LIVE conference call.

When are these calls?  9 p.m. in ALL the following time zones:  Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific & Hawaiian

• Click this link to register for this call.
  
• Attend this call to receive a lovely gift.
  

We keep all calls focused (on your questions), FUN (yes – enjoy some hearty laughs) and interactive!

In gratitude we bow to you for sharing time with us.  

And ONE MORE BOW to you for each person you share this post with! (Please do click the share buttons below to share them with your online family.)

On 12/21/10 I celebrated my 50th birthday,

I wonder. Do you consider reaching 50 years old a mile marker?

As a former case-manager for people living with AIDS, I know of at least 47 people who died well before their 50th year. My father died at 52. His death on Christmas day in 1965 came a few days after I blew out my five birthday-cake candles. (Yes, I turned five just a few days before Dad died at age 52.) Mother died in ’97 at the age of 76. How she ever made it to 76 after raising nine children, (most of them as a widowed single parent) is truly a testament to the power love bestows upon us!

All things considered, based on better health at 51 than when I was 25 (when I was close to 300 pounds) I’ve a notion I’ll be around for some time to come.

On 12/21 I celebrate my 51st birthday. On this day, I start my 52nd trip around the sun. To honor this journey, If you feel inspired to share a gift, I invite you to share that gift with any of the organizations noted below.

These organizations have played or play a role in supporting causes near and dear to my calling. (You’re welcome to share directly with that organization by clicking on their link any time you wish.)

What’s my calling?

As a monk and shaman, to be of service.

Service often means being there for others at no cost (financially).

Being realistic, I give as much as I receive. More gifts I receive the more I give when others need more.

For those interested in something more than a sound-bite about Soul’s journey (the short little audio links beneath each of the organizations below), we offer you our BlogTalk Radio series (starting with 12/2; ending with 12/21) to learn more about:

• who Soul Dancer is
• how the organizations below made this list
• how you can help these organizations directly.

HEADS-UP! In some of the first shows, you’ll hear me talking about a massive fund raiser. As you come to know me, you’ll discover I rarely do anything small-scale! (Smile!)

The following links point to 21 unique Blog Talk radio shows.  Each show integrates an organization (featured below) into how this organization played a role in creating the person I am today.

12/2 • 12/3 • 12/4 • 12/5 • 12/6 • 12/7 • 12/8 • 12/9 • 12/10 • 12/11 • 12/12 • 12/13 • 12/14 • 12/15 • 12/16 • 12/17 • 12/18 • 12/19 • 12/20 • 12/21

Finally, what a delightful surprise to receive gifts to help me do what I do (to be of service without always asking for money).

Click this link to share a gift – any time. I LOVE surprises!

THANK YOU to the following generous souls who support my mission to be of service.

Allison E, Arlene C, Beverly F, Cheryl G, Cindy S, Dave L, Dennis B, Eddie D, Elizabeth K.E., Gaillen W, Hazel B, Hope J, IVA Media Group, Jean O, Jodel M, Joshua K, Karen S, Laurie K, Linda L, Lisa C, Maria S, Mark G, Mark M,  Mary L, Paris L, Passive Millionaire Industries, Richard K, Savage Marketing, Stewart B, The PEOPLE Academy, Inc.

Click the audio player to set the stage for a trip down Soul’s memory lane! Click to listen more.

We start our trip in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Soul Dancer’s birth-state.) Soul honors his Mother’s birth state as well as two dear Aunties by remembering the Jane Boyd Community House.

Click the audio player to learn more.

Our journey moves from Iowa (Soul’s home state for 18 years) to Minnesota (Minneapolis – actually). Soul called Minnesota home for 22 years!

From 1990 – 1996 he completed his Bachelors in Human Relationships and his Masters In Social Work at the University of Minnesota.

Click the audio player to learn more.

While completing his MSW degree, Soul interned at UMN’s GLBT Programs Office.

This internship created a legacy that continues today. With the help of many, the FIRST EVER official University of Minnesota GLBT Alumni Network was born. Soul is President Emeritus of this alumni group.

Click the audio player to learn more.

Before, during and after his University days, Soul enjoyed volunteer work on many fronts.

More then 75% of his volunteer efforts happened with OutFront Minnesota.

Click the audio player to learn more.

Next? Illinois! Chicago to be exact.

For two years, Soul experienced Chicago by continuing his volunteer work at The Center On Halstead.

At COH, he met Rickey Sain, Sr. Rickey introduced Soul to his life-time partner, Jim Boushay. Sain & Boushay founded Resources Unlimited. Resources Unlimited provides progressive, thought-provoking research, direction and vision.

Click the audio player to learn more.

Yes, Soul is a nomadic monk!

Soul moved from Illinois to California to call San Diego home for a few years.

While enjoying sea-side life, he met Rod R. Villemaire, founder of the All Bird Rescue Foster Network while writing and publishing Pay Me What I’m Worth. Rod purchased Soul’s book. Rod credits Soul’s work as part of the many ingredients that helped him envision and implement birdplanettv.com/.

Click the audio player to learn more.

From Encinitas California, Soul moved to Hawai’i's Big Island (known as ‘Hawai’i’ on most maps).

Where on the Big Island? A luscious, tropical space known as SPACE!

Click the audio player to learn more.

Having settled into Island life, Soul decided to cross-off a long-over-due (over 20 years worth of overdue) to-do!

In high school, he enjoyed singing in an award-winning choir!

Fast forward to today, his vocal chords are put to good use as a baritone in the Puna Mens Chorus.

Click the audio player to learn more.

Since 1980, Soul has traveled to over 20 countries to study and teach a wide variety of spiritual traditions.

During this time, Soul started and continues to maintain a network of professionals, shamans, monks and related leaders all dedicated to being of service. This network is known as the Souldancer Network.

This network provides access to unique, powerful personal, professional, organizational, social and spiritual development materials.

Click the audio player to learn more.

Okay! That concludes our trip down memory lane!

Click the audio player to listen to our grand finalé!

The holidays of November

drive us into December

our days fly by to soon to find

a New Year in mind.

Soon we savor Valentines Day!

May Valentines day

inspire a way

to enjoy yourself

in good spirit & health

all year long, single or mated

to feed our souls until it’s sated

from loving moments one day at time.

Season winds wind us to find

another round of holidays near

graced with all you hold dear

a time to share in joyful play

your bounty of love from Valentines day

(c) souldancer

i’d rather be a ripple • more than a rain drop • if we should meet • in word, deed or stop

for raindrops splash • while ripples wash • across space and time • from shore to shore

i’d rather be a ripple • of insight or joy • to nourish life • to feed a soul

as storms come and go • ripples fade effortlessly • in circles • gently dissolving • with each traveled tier

i’d rather be a ripple • of a kind memory • a masterful art • of ease and grace

may such ripples inspire • a soulful desire • to learn, laugh and grow • to feel and know

kind beauty, gentle grace • in both word and deed

as we rain or ripple • with each step we wake

feelings, fears, • young and old • stormy stories or gentle glories

raindrops or ripples • a choice we make

© souldancer

How does history maintain or dissolve fear? Do we ever really dissolve fears or do we evolve it into new, more complex critters? And how does love play into all this?

Isn’t fear an absolutely amazing attention grabber? Clearly, fear is a motivational expert. (Expert marketers KNOW this!) It just rips to the core of things doesn’t it. Fear is such a part of our life, we enshrine and perpetuate fear in multiple forms. In doing so, is this part of our process to dissolve it? As we learn and understand fear by normalizing it, does it lessen our fears? Or does it simply make us more savvy with how to ignore our fears?

Historically, we seem to LOVE FEAR! Don’t believe me? Look in your checkbook or review your credit card statement. For that matter, observe what generation after generation pay (monthly, semi-annually or annually) for:

• good health
• a stable mind
• a safe home
• a nourished soul

and you’ll uncover historically repeating products and services designed to alleviate just about any fear.

Upon a more close inspection, the relationship between history and fear is a long, robust one. You don’t need to dig to far into the past to uncover the ripe relationship between fear and history. For example, the next time you:

• reach into your pocket or purse to get your keys out you do so because wish to protect what you cherish.
• enter a password or personal identification number (PIN) to gain access to something of value. You enter this number not because computers need it to locate your file, it’s because you wish to protect whatever is behind that PIN. How far back in time have people feared loss of valuable items?
• stay in a comfortable routine while your dreams of something better remain just that dreams. For may, following their dreams most often means giving up most of what they protect to face fears head on.

Keys, passwords and routines enjoy a common goal: protection. Protection implies a need to safeguard something. How many days months, years, lifetimes do we safeguard something before we recognize such protection is based more on fear of loss than love for something. History once again fills many pages with countless stories on the fear of loss. Given the warring nations of today, what battles are fought to protect something? Such wars kill people, daily!

I wonder if our world has experienced a day where NO one killed someone out of fear? Can you name one other item people historically fear more than death? (Public speaking and taxes – right? ) Time to explore how we might dissolve fear from our history pages. You’ll most likely say, That’s impossible.

That’s where love comes in. Love has this magical way of evolving the impossible to the possible. We all know love is more powerful than fear. We KNOW this when we experience unconditional love. And love is most powerful when experienced real time. Historical love requires roots based on some set of historical needs such as “I love you because I know you. We have some shared history I wish to maintain.” Do such roots feed love to enable people to grow and prosper or bind it to historical expectations? Ever hear: “Don’t ever change, I like you just the way you are!” (Should you EVER hear these words, you’re wise to wonder, “If I NEVER change, what would life be like? “)

History is filled with fear of change.

To fear change is to fear growth.

Growth is all well and good, providing it doesn’t happen too fast! Right? Have you ever observed someone dramatically change (for the better) in a short amount of time? If so, did you feel glad for them or did you worry how such dramatic change might be short lived (because it happened so quickly)? Did you fear or expect they’d go back to their usual self (the self you’ve come to know) because their history shows such quick changes always seem to be short lived?

Sure, it seems all to common to recall someone who experienced a rapid decline in some sort of way in short order. And we tend to accept that as part of life with little or no question. When you stop and check your memory files, how many people do you personally know who fell, and just never seemed to get back up. Have you check lately? Did they get back up? If so, how? Are you glad or skeptical? Sadly, it seems the glad part lasts as long as a freshly released soap bubble. As soon as that bubble bursts, words like, I feared that would happen crop up into conversations.

And folks unwittingly SUPPORT this decline with attitudes of, “well, what can you do? “ Worse yet, we attempt to feel better about ourselves when we do something for someone we know they can do for themselves! Instead of helping them get back on their feet, history shows countless societal programs designed to keep one foot broken!

Historically, fear weaves its way into daily life when we sanction skepticism while “holding suspect” more soul nourishing feelings such as joy, happiness and love. Don’t believe this statement? Do you know of someone who always, ALWAYS seems happy. Every time you see them, they’re filled with warmth and compassion no matter what. Do you ever wonder,

Are these people REAL? Don’t they ever have a bad day? I bet they’re totally fake so I’m going to be as mean, rude and nasty as I can to them just so I can PROVE I’m right – that they’re FAKE!

How many history pages document fear in the form of judgment? If you judge someone for any reason without spending the time to truly understand that person’s life, you feed fear. Fear of the unknown. So, now what! Consider taking this challenge:

Become a more loving person, one day at a time. One step at a time.

To love yourself, inside and out, 24x7x365, you’ll find yourself genuinely, consistently happy, compassionate and warm 99.99% of the time. The small little 01% happens when fear fogs your vision.

Reality check: what percentage of time are you genuinely, joyfully living life? During your waking hours, are you happy 50% of the time? 90% ? 11%? Just remember, your answer is also for this moment in time only, it changes with each breath. Take a vow to dissolve fear one bite at a time. Each day, fear dissolves and unconditional love blooms! Could ancient wisdom be true? How many times have you heard this before: “To love our self first and foremost is the most powerful path to loving someone or thing else? “

The more we love ourselves, we allow fear to dissolve, effortlessly and gracefully. The key? Unconditional love.

Yea right! Sure thing Soul! Whatever you say! Are you thinking “Get real here! Who on earth has time for all this touchy-feely nonsense. Everybody has an agenda, right? Everybody wants something so they attach all sorts of strings and expectations to love.”

(Thank you FEAR please take a bow for that global statement!)

Are you everybody? Do you always have a hidden agenda? How many strings do YOU attached to your love? With one simple desire to love yourself unconditionally, you’ll firmly take your first step on a path of dissolving fear, one breath at a time. It’s not a complex process. And have you ever noticed how most folks LOVE simple things? Have you ever noticed the more complex something is, the more fear there is? More working parts to worry about? More strings to watch out and care for.

As we add more complexity, we exponentially increase the unknowns. Historically, we fear what we do not know. Historical records well document how complex societies have completely crumbled. Why did they crumble? As we experience a widening ocean of fear fed by ever-expanding complex streams of information, traditions and social norms (print, TV and web news, continued wars, prejudice, pollution, greed, corruption) one has to wonder, when will we learn from history?

History loves to document fear in the form of disasters of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some disasters may erase our history. Paradoxically, they also inspire us to face our fears as well. History pages also love to share the romance of good will by documenting the outpouring of help post disaster. Those same history pages also document how fear slowly weaves its way back into life in the form of getting back to normal.

Which makes one wonder. Is history truly our teacher? If so, what type of students are we? Care to find out, then you might wish to read, History: Teacher or Student?

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(c) souldancer