Inner light

Lately, I have been asked by a lot of people about the mask and the ceremony.  Most questions center around a central theme.  What is it exactly?  This question is extremely easy to answer for myself.  However, explaining it to others is something that I struggle with at times.  It may be easier to help people understand through my own experiences first and what I get from this work. 

My life is all about one thing.  To end suffering in the contemplative or spiritual sense.  Life to me is about transcendence.  So this mask work for me is exactly that.  The cultivation of wisdom that extends beyond words, but excludes nothing.  The more that I carve into this mask the more I am beginning to realize that my practice isn't just mine anymore.  I can't be secretive about who I am or the way I approach life.  This is something that is extremely difficult for me.  But my desire to help people in life is stronger than my fear.

Working with the mask is a way for me to bring my practice out to people, to show them not only my practice, but to create a space in which people can deepen their path.  People come to ceremony with different things to put on the table.  When you want to know what this practice is about, it may be easier to start the questions from elsewhere.  Where are you in life?  What do you need to work with? 

I call this blog the Travelin' Man.  Originally the intent for the name was that I am going to be traveling around the country.  However, I think it is beginning to take on a different sense.  This mask is a completely new journey for me.  The end of one life and the beginning of another.  I have been preparing for this work all my life.  I am a travelin' man because I am on a journey to express the inner light of my life.

I hope that this approach helps to shine a little more light on what this work is all about.  This is a process for me, just as it will be for you.  I may not have all the answers to your questions, but I do understand what many of your are asking.  I hope that the answers to your questions will come through ceremony.

Thank you

Pictures coming soon!