0809, vol.II...

With winter hurtling towards me, I could have been facing my usual seasonal mood-crash, but my mental health is in a much different condition than previous years. With a fast-declining need for medication, I feel much more in control of this and all other elements of my existance. With the help of some amazing teachers, the support of friends and family, the discipline of my daily practice, and the boundless love of my wife, I am waking up in ways I never thought possible. The obvious health benefits of my practice do come with a few interesting side-effects though. Renewed insight into what is really happening in our world, both politically, economically, and spiritually, have stunned me at times, but I also seem to have some exciting new ways of dealing with all this "stuff".
I look around, and see my closest friends enjoying(?) their own awakenings too. The acceleration of critical awareness at this time is very exciting, although the price of this evolutionary jump remains high, as the governing elites panic as they fight to retain control!
The election of Mr. Obama was briefly heartening. I do doubt, however, if we will see any "change" in U.S. policy. I am sure the new president will fall in line as all before him did. In the UK, I think folks saw, in 2008, that party politics is now dead! It's must be obvious to all now, that we 'are ruled (held in slavery) by groups enforcing the same corporate policy.
I am glad that we've been given the opportunity to see the global Banking Scam as it really is. The near-collapse of our current economic model has done much to enlighten the general public, but I'm sure there are some timely distractions just around the corner, to keep a lot of us off the scent!

So, the "festive season" of 08/09 has passed quietly here. It was most agreeable on a personal level. I enjoyed a chilled few weeks, with great friends, and brilliant music, while all around the talk was of "the credit crunch", job-losses, and related despondency.

With the new calendar year, we're confronted with genocide in Gaza to add to the economic woes! Of course, there are several US/UK interests who are profitting massively from our latest war, so there must be a few households avoiding any recession by sponsoring death and destruction in the middle-east! Do NOT support this, I beg you! You have a choice!

So.... 2009 will certainly be an interesting year. More war, poverty, famine, and depression, as the christian/zionist west scrabbles to to retain the last shreds of a failed system. Something silent is still hovering in the background to all this. I still can't quite quantify it, but that feeling of something REALLY BIG about to occur, is surfacing in lots of "ordinary people", and its associated tension is becoming increasingly noticeable. I repeat that this is a very fascinating time to be alive!

PEACE, LOVE, UNITY, RESPECT!

-G!

0809...

Aah... Absentee blogging seems to be the theme for my 2008!
A hundred of the usual excuses apply to my lack of activity here. It would be truly shameful, if it actually meant anything...!
Anyway, the latter half of 2008 was certainly fascinating. After the successes of our mid-summer musical mayhem, the CidFloss DJs went on to contribute to a charity event called Katika Fest. Mr. Hedges and I were really happy to support the selected cause, and were looking forward to a fun fund-raiser. Unfortunately, the event suffered badly from poor organisation, and we even witnessed the assault of two other booked DJs, by members of the organising team... Very Charitable! It seems that certain people on the organising committee had a plan to hijack the programme, alter the line-up through acts of violence, and turn a great day of elcectic sounds into their own sad little tuneless-techno party! It was nothing short of a disgrace!
We're fairly familiar with the instigators of this debacle, and thankfully, we're unlikely to ever work with this pathetic bunch again! Hopefully, they will confine their macho-bullsh*t, beer-fuelled garbage to their usual haunts, and leave all the great posi-vibe parties alone....!

Thankfully, we had our bi-annual pilgrimage to the Boom Festival in Portugal to look froward to in August. This trip is of the greatest importance to the CidFloss Team. It is a time to catch up with friends from all over the planet, and reside in our favourite TAZ for a week of wonderful music, film, talks, art, and sunshine! A few of our team were unable to attend this year (Bisto and El Campino), and their presence was sorely missed, but Dwarfy, Hedges, Derry, Rosie, and I had an amazing experience. Roll on Boom 2010 (?).............!

Autumn saw our usual hectic run-up to FrightNight 7. We had decided to make this seventh ray of light our last Halloween party at Hendre Hall, and we certainly went out with a bang. This year's FN was a huge double-header, with almost 1200 happy revellers coming along over the two nights. I would like to take this opportunity to thank some key contributors to the last FN...
Wonderful decor from Fiona, Amaze&Amuse, Psychometric Vision &Buttons... Astounding Psychedelic music from our special guests, Lorraine, Ash, Psionic Entity, and Astro Druid... and of course, many thanks to all the FrightNight contributors. It's been an amazing 7-year ride!
The FrightNight Collective remains intact (Dwarfy, Vashti, Stevie 'n' I will keep up the good work as the central committee), and we'll be promoting our unique vibes at various events throughout 2009.... More details very soon....