The Retrograde Messenger
Old Me Here Now: The Retrograde Messenger
I am doing a new blog here. It is just a single episode old if one counts only the posts made for public consumption. I will be sharing this blog across many social media platforms; Most especially Facebook and Google Plus. I have accounts on both with audiences quite different and disparate. Facebook is mostly local people and Folk I have known personally and for a while, while my Google Plus (G+) circles are people from all over the World.
I have been a while in learning to publish these works and have bungled through trying to interact with people on these seperate social networks in an individual sort of way. It is hard to do. A lot of typing and a lot of fact checking and making individual replies. This is because I would comment on a fairly large variety of topics as they were shared by many different people and from many different sources. I learned a lot. I was always a good researcher and now I have gotten fairly familiar with the sources of knowledge available on the internet which are epistemologically sound.
I am a pretty good student and I even learn from my own Wisdom which is partly the purpose of Wisdom. We learn from our own wisdom as well as that of others and this “learning” or Knowledge is Logically sorted to produce a finer Wisdom.. It is a virtuous cycle. I enjoy and support the Virtuous Cycles.
I am a pretty good student and I even learn from my own Wisdom which is partly the purpose of Wisdom. We learn from our own wisdom as well as that of others and this “learning” or Knowledge is Logically sorted to produce a finer Wisdom.. It is a virtuous cycle. I enjoy and support the Virtuous Cycles.
My plethora of online activity has prompted many to wonder if I am a real person or if I am a paid propagandist who is one person or possibly several. I am one man. Just a man and I endeavor that I be a just man. I am not paid by any organization who attempts to guide or influence my rhetoric in any manner. I will never go for coercion of my own Wisdom; you might want to know that. I am here on my own business.
At present I am not paid by anyone at all but I may someday accept advertising on my sites, pages and channels. So far I have no serious offers. I am just a man who prays to be a just man and I have something to say. I have worked harder than you can imagine to develop the skills which will allow me to succeed in this purpose. I do not wish anyone to wonder who I am. You may know if you wish.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I don’t have time or desire to do an autobiography here; that will come if I have my way with it, but for now I will tell enough to identify myself. From time to time I will tell you more about me to show you why I think I might know a little about the things I will talk about. Life is more than length; it is also depth and breadth. I have lived and am living a very rich and full life with both my mind and my eyes open and I have a unique perspective.
At present I am not paid by anyone at all but I may someday accept advertising on my sites, pages and channels. So far I have no serious offers. I am just a man who prays to be a just man and I have something to say. I have worked harder than you can imagine to develop the skills which will allow me to succeed in this purpose. I do not wish anyone to wonder who I am. You may know if you wish.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I don’t have time or desire to do an autobiography here; that will come if I have my way with it, but for now I will tell enough to identify myself. From time to time I will tell you more about me to show you why I think I might know a little about the things I will talk about. Life is more than length; it is also depth and breadth. I have lived and am living a very rich and full life with both my mind and my eyes open and I have a unique perspective.
I am Ray Leon Gravitt. I am in West Bradenton, Fl, USA on Facebook where I also manage a new page titled “The Burning Soul”. I am both Ray Gravitt and OldRayG on G+. My YouTube channels are Ray Gravitt and ray gravitt. One has a short url and the other soon will. My YouTube is a mess but I will straighten them out as I am able.
By the way, my true location is not a real secret. My home address is in Bradenton, Florida. I live by the Cortez Bridge which goes to Anna Maria Island. My home zip-code is 34209. I will give you my exact address if you care to have it. You could stop in anytime you visit Florida, USA. We can kick tires, swat mosquitos and discuss life in general.
My phone number is listed on Facebook and I will leave it that way even though I get odd calls sometimes. The area code to my phone is 406 because I am usually in Montana for about half of the year.
I train horses in Whitehall, Montana zip-code 59759. I am a Level Four Pirelli Natural Horseman and I train “Reiners”. I am very proud of my skills. I have the Level Five abilities but this level may only be granted by Parelli himself and I don’t really have time to go get certified at Level Five. I demonstrate those skills with every horse I handle if given enough time with them. I care not for paper but for ability. Everyone who matters knows me. I am so proud of my relationship with horses that it causes tears to come to my eyes when I think about it. I am supposed to be there on the ranch right now.
I prefer to be in Montana but my Son is here in Florida so I am most usually here during the winter months. It is not an uncomfortable compromise as the weather is great, but when he becomes a legal adult he will likely stay in Montana with me and year round.
My Son’s name is also Ray and he is on Facebook as both of the other Ray Gravitts on my friend list, although one profile is really his mom. I am here in Florida this summer because he needs me. I hope that I may resolve his situation, which is legal family business, before the season passes.
I have another Son who is also Ray Leon Gravitt in Northwest Georgia, USA. I really like this name, but hope to have a daughter to name otherwise. As long as I have Sons, they will be Rays. As I say, “Where there is a Ray, there is a way”. My Dad taught me that. He is also…..You can likely guess it. He was both a Ray and a Sun. Suns produce Rays and Rays produce Sons. Sons or Suns….lights of my life. I love other Stars, too.
I do travel a lot and I am looking into going to going to visit the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula, perhaps even this winter. I also plan a visit to Peru as soon as I can get there. I enjoy travel. I am a Lover of Wisdom, a Hermetic Scholar and a Traveler. LML; Love My Life!
My reasons for imagining a trip to Peru are multiple. For one thing, I may want to live there. Another is that many of my friends as well as some Good Folk with whom I am unacquainted seem to be drawn there. It is likely a good meeting place. I have a friend named Max Igan who is there often these days and I want to see him. I have never met Max but we correspond a bit. He is very busy and has to be choosy about personal correspondence. I follow his work and have for so many years that I am one of the few people with whom he takes time for personal communication. I don’t waste his time, though as his work is very important to mankind. I will catch him in Peru, hopefully. I imagine so.
I may very well visit the Yucatan this year even if I have to ride my motorcycle down through Texas but there is a ferry which runs to the Yucatan from Tampa. I am forty miles from Tampa. I am between Tampa and Sarasota as I write this so the Mayan Temple run is almost certain. The tip to Peru is harder. I really want to go, though and when I set my mind on a goal it is like magic. Really like magic. I am a Thaumaturge and as such I choose much of the reality which does manifest in relative to me. I envision myself Traveling around the Earth.
I Travel. I keep my eyes open as well as my mind. I am like the Oracle in The Matrix in that I say I know enough. That is not to say that I know all I need to know, but rather the opposite; I know enough that I am able to see much and to learn more from what I see. Knowledge, Logic and Wisdom form a Virtuous cycle once it becomes self sustaining. At this point you know enough to learn in a Free-Wheeling manner and all you must do is introduce data. Traveling allows the introduction of data from eclectic sources. I keep my eyes open and I know enough.
“It takes a clear mind to take it or a clear mind to not take it and I can’t figure it out‽ ‽
It Takes A Clear Mind To Make It.”
-from the classic rock song, “Cocaine” by Jackson Brown
It takes a clear mind to make it. This is the truth of the matter. I do not presume to give unsolicited advise here; I am talking about me, remember? I have found that using drugs seem to somewhat impair my ability to be on my best mental level.
I don’t think that I or anyone else has the right to tell anyone what they have the right to tell anyone else to put into the body which they have the exclusive rights to the use of. That means that I don’t think I can pass judgement on someone else’s actions. I don’t go for it in my own life and I don’t victimize others with my personal judgement. By that I mean that my judgement is reserved for my own person and my own choices in regards to my own person. Now if you try to impose your will on me you will learn another chapter to this story which is titled from my favorite Bugs Bunny quote, “I wilt do as I wilt or I wilt tilt and when I tilt I won’t wilt…” Then he found the sword too heavy and had to use his mind instead. He should have started with that. Thinking I mean. I think I own me and you own you.
Well, folks we have spiraled here to see that a man’s mind is his only true weapon if he is threatened and that I know that my mind must be clear. I do not use drugs. Well, okay, I amend that statement to state that I use no drugs stronger than caffeine and chocolate . I choose this for my very own self because “It takes a clear mind to make it….” at least I feel that way. Try to do as you want or do as you will; sometimes you can do both but not always. I will not to dull my thinker with drugs. Some say, “Fine, that’s just more for me!” I reply, “No, it is just and I will to have more for me.” My choice to not smoke marijuana, or drink alcohol or use any tobacco helps me in that this choice compounds the benefit from other choices I have made and I am thus more empowered. More power to me.
Am I at odds with the World? No, I think not. I Love the World and All with whom I share this existence. I mean The All; All that there is, and even those who think they oppose me. No one may….or should I say, none as in “None may oppose me”. I am opposition intolerant and just won’t go for it. Do as you wish and attempt it if you want but know from the beginning that what I will do is use any resistance to make personal progress. Attempts at opposition only offer me opportunity to become stronger. I advantage myself via these opportunities. I make myself stronger and more able to be effective for the good of all that I love. To state it simply, “Goodness is its own defense”. So no, I am not at odds with the World or with any part of it. I may be at odds with illusion and with fear but illusion and fear are not really parts of the World.
That is enough for today. I don’t want to overload anyone but I m taking it upon myself to stand up on a Soap Box and start speaking into the Night like some kind of Preacher to The Owls. I want it to be clear that I am who I am as well as make it clear who I am. I am just a man. A just man I pray. You have the right to know anything you wish to know about me if it is in any way pertinent or relevant to what I am saying. I have a message and I think I am qualified to deliver it. Barely, just barely.
I have looked into The Light but I have also looked into the Darkness.
Look intently into the darkness long enough and you can see things clearly which few see at all.
You may think me a madman because you can’t see what I see. Sometimes I will speak to you. Other times I will be speaking to those of whom you may be unaware.
Welcome to my blog. Well met, Friend. I receive your comments and review them but will allow any with merit to post here. Comments to me which are personal messages may be left here also. I will receive them and treat them as personal correspondence. If you wish reply leave your e-mail address.
I have looked into The Light but I have also looked into the Darkness.
Look intently into the darkness long enough and you can see things clearly which few see at all.
You may think me a madman because you can’t see what I see. Sometimes I will speak to you. Other times I will be speaking to those of whom you may be unaware.
Welcome to my blog. Well met, Friend. I receive your comments and review them but will allow any with merit to post here. Comments to me which are personal messages may be left here also. I will receive them and treat them as personal correspondence. If you wish reply leave your e-mail address.
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