About ME

I am a gemini, and it is said that gemini is an air sign and all up in their heads. Well this is definitely true for myself. The constant chatter is so normal that I don't know what to do if there was silence. I wake up in the mornings with a song stuck in my head that I cannot get to stop. Has anyone had that problem? And not necessarily a bad song either.

I was reading the book THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle, and he talks about the mind and how it is constantly looking for positive and negative, and always in the past or future. The books title talks about getting in touch with the NOW, which I find difficult.

I have been on an esoteric journey for a few years now, finding my own faith in what I believe in. Not a religion, not a part of any group or thing, it does not have a name, nor do I wish to give it one. It is a part of my journey, seeking to find peace within myself and to one day find happiness.

I don't believe it is a small feat at all, but it has led me in many directions, I have seen energy healers, and opened up to alternative medicine. I have taken courses in reiki and mediumship and have met many loving people in doing so. It has led me back to numbers and geometry which I loved as a child. It has opened up so many new insights and has disolves some myths that I had learned in school. I have found a new passion in my life to which I am very grateful.

I find myself this past year or so I have been depressed. I have not been satisfied with my career path, nor my work. I am recently changing jobs, which is exciting at the same time I am nervous. I wish to find that which my soul needs and longs for. That which comes from my heart and my true self. That which I feel is my true path.

My previous passions that I am certain of in my life was first my fastball. I played as a child outdoors a lot of my time. I had a strong arm and a keen mind for the game. It is not baseball, but fastpitch softball. I grew competitive and loved to win. I did quite well most of the time and even was sought after as a pitcher to play in several teams. This allowed me to travel and come out of my shell.

The shell that I speak of is such that I was shy, or labeled so. I did not talk a lot to others, and even for a while when I was very young did not even talk to my parents. I used to let my older brother talk for me as if he knew what I was thinking. I believe to this day that he did and we had a strong connection with each other. A kind of communication or telepathy if you will?

Playing fastball was a great hobby for me, I played for over twenty years mostly as a pitcher. I became a good hitter as well too, seeing I could read the other pitchers well as I was one myself. Interesting that in baseball they do not let the pitchers hit, because in fastball they tend to be some of the better hitters in the game.

Fastball was my first passions, hapkido was my second. I started doing martial arts a few years back from an interest I had always had as a child. I would watch martial arts movies and remember getting quite wound up and excited afterwards to the point where I needed to exercise it outside. Imitating what I had watched. But it was more than that, I have always been drawn to the art for its inner side. The mystique, and power behind it. The masters and that which they were capable of amazing feats.

I traveled to South Korea a few years ago for a international martial arts tournament. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. The food was amazing, and I still remember the night that I went to the night class. We worked out twice a day for two hours each in July. It was hot and humid and the classes were very intense. When I arrived in Korea I had also come down with a sinus infection, but I was not about to let that stop me. The class I attended was not with the grandmaster, but with his number one pupil. He was a qigong master as well as a high black belt in hapkido. In Korea they take their martial arts as seriously as we do our hockey here in Canada. I was in utter amazement by the way this man moved. He could pull a side kick almost vertical while at the same time addressing the class at what he was doing and the right and wrong way to do the kick. He did not speak much english, but it is interesting how much you can still learn just from his actions. I later learned of a story where he healed my teachers father using qigong. An energy technique where you use your bodies energy (without touching) to heal. He healed a broken wrist 90% to the point that his father could still train, that which I found out would normally take 3 months to heal. Upon returning to Canada, I set out on my journey to learn more about these arts that have been around for thousands of years. It has also raised many questions and have found myself looking at our current medical system differently.

My third passion, is geometry and number. I am a draftsman by trade but have always loved numbers and have always looked at them in a different way then I was taught. I am here to try to share this passion and what I am learning today to hopefully share the beauty that I see and discover when I get to play.

I would like to send out my heartfelt gratitude and love to all those that support me in this endeavor. And mostly to myself to give me the strength to share that which I love.

Cheers!
Dean Jones