Tue
03
Aug
2010
The greatest thing in this world is to share what you know and what you have experienced, to freely converse and share ideas is a very important part of well being. I have been living in Thailand now on off for about 10 years and I am always meeting the most interesting characters from around the world.
I realized how special this country is, and how lucky I am to be able to live in a country where I can meet and trade stories with extraordinary people. I want to learn from everyone who comes into my world and yesterday I met two amazing characters that have been involved in the film industry for about 25 years.
I sat and talked with these gentlemen for about eight hours and we shared the most wonderful ideas about how to be a Nomadic Artist in the 21st Century. Now this was a perfect example of a Synchro-Mystical Event. These guys were a GOD send for me, right as I am about to go into creating some films, which is a huge shift from what I have been doing. I feel totally out of my comfort zone, but I love that feeling.
There are times when we have to go out on a limb to grow and in these times we need to stretch who and what we think we are. There was a time when I thought I was a Tao Yoga and Qi Gong Teacher, I even changed my name to Shen Long (Spiritual Dragon) and this was an important part of my character development, but as I discovered in my research I am a Teacher and I am also much more.
Then as I went on to study Performance I realized that actually I have a Multi Dimensional Personality, which is capable of being many characters and this allowed me so much freedom. Who and what I thought I was got totally scrambled and by the end of my course I realized that I am Andrew – it was an amazing moment…I had come HOME.
As I remembered who I was and all the creative projects I desired to do, then I was able to live the authenticity and richness that I had so desired for a long time. The more I accepted my Multi Dimensional self the more I relaxed into the possibilities that I had suppressed in myself for many years. Then one day I found out that Andrew in Japan means the way towards the Dragon…and in China it means gentle hard working Dragon. So as much as I am a Mentor, Teacher, Lover, I am also just Andrew.
I have since changed my name back to Andrew and with this simple realization and understanding of my authentic personality I feel even more free to play with many different characters in my being. The more I explore the more I get new experiences which in my world is a beautiful thing. When my soul gets an experience I am able to integrate and crystallize my life purpose and destiny, it becomes clearer. Then when a project or person arrives suddenly, I leap into the situation because I can feel with my whole being that this is no accident – this is my destiny.