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Journey of Life.. Bus Tour is about to Begin

Dec 1, 2012

KJ
Stage· 207 messages
Dec 1, 2012
KJ

Kenna James · 5:04 PM

I've got my cup of coffee and am ready to tawk some spirituality! It's 9 am here on the west coast.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:07 PM

hey buddy, sorry about that
KJ

Kenna James · 5:08 PM

I've notice that the first letters of your first and last name are not capitalized. Is that by choice ed?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:08 PM

not choice
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:08 PM

just happened
KJ

Kenna James · 5:08 PM

Knowing that you are so unassuming I figured it was your natural humility coming out
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:08 PM

so welcome back on the bus
KJ

Kenna James · 5:09 PM

thank you my dear old friend.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:09 PM

thank you guess it was by choic just unconsious
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:09 PM

how is is for letting the universe conspire to get us back together
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:10 PM

and now in a new platform that allows us both to drive and guide at same time
KJ

Kenna James · 5:10 PM

Yes!! interesting point you made. First question for you ol wise one - Is it "Choice" ..... if it's not conscious?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:10 PM

haha here we go
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:11 PM

yes
KJ

Kenna James · 5:11 PM

perhaps unconsciousness is a choice then?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:11 PM

choice was made back in the preparation stage
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:11 PM

to allow the truth to take its position
KJ

Kenna James · 5:12 PM

I don't understand....can you elaborate....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:12 PM

as we are learning who we are and the values we want to come to the forefront we
KJ

Kenna James · 5:13 PM

preparation stage?? You mean I prepared for this and this is what I got!!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:13 PM

are actually changing our manorisms and our defauts
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:13 PM

in order to do this there is a preparedness
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:13 PM

needed
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:13 PM

yup
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:13 PM

we get what we prepare for
KJ

Kenna James · 5:14 PM

Wait now....whoooooo! easy on those turns bus driver!!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:14 PM

how we handle it is another preparedness we go through
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:14 PM

am i driving???
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:14 PM

wow
KJ

Kenna James · 5:15 PM

Yes....but I think you just ran over someone....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:15 PM

would like to give you the whell for a second
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:15 PM

wheel
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:15 PM

its ok the person will get up if they prepared for it
KJ

Kenna James · 5:16 PM

We were talking before about naming this bus tour The Happiness Tour....for people searching for Happiness....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:16 PM

yes
KJ

Kenna James · 5:16 PM

They better be "Prepared" for a long tour....or Tawk....in this case!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:17 PM

did i make someone question HAPPINESS?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:17 PM

Because Happiness is not a destination, yet so many of us try to make it one.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:17 PM

all i did was spell my name with non caps
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:17 PM

great point
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:18 PM

why do you think people tr to make it a destination?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:18 PM

She doesn't "make" me happy....I don't like my job, I'm not happy there....etc.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:19 PM

happinss then is a feeling we have while on the journey to a destination
KJ

Kenna James · 5:19 PM

Because it's such a desirable thing to want to attain and hold onto.....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:19 PM

why
KJ

Kenna James · 5:19 PM

No, it is not a feeling....that's the thing that I believe confuses
KJ

Kenna James · 5:20 PM

"Why"....Is that a question?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:20 PM

? forgot to puntuate
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:20 PM

i am a terrible speller
KJ

Kenna James · 5:20 PM

Why is not really a question, but more a reason not to connect to something.....
KJ

Kenna James · 5:21 PM

Why do I have to go to school? A young kid screams......
KJ

Kenna James · 5:21 PM

He doesn't want an answer, he just doesn't want to go to school!
KJ

Kenna James · 5:21 PM

Shut up and get on the bus!!! LOL!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:21 PM

he is looking for an answer....because he/she wants to keep playing
KJ

Kenna James · 5:21 PM

I disagree!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:21 PM

or stay in the place where they are
KJ

Kenna James · 5:22 PM

Yes!!!
KJ

Kenna James · 5:22 PM

Never underestimate how hard someone will work to stay where they are at!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:22 PM

ah ha...wise coach....that was the original intent of the tour on the bus
KJ

Kenna James · 5:23 PM

Get your ass on the bus! I tell him. You'll find out why after.....not before!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:23 PM

to let people know that they are OK WHERE THEY ARE!
KJ

Kenna James · 5:23 PM

Yes!
KJ

Kenna James · 5:23 PM

But we can't tell them that of course!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:23 PM

no we cn tell them....but they only learn by experience
KJ

Kenna James · 5:23 PM

Otherwise they wouldn't get on the bus! This is our paradox my wise old friend.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:24 PM

So I don't think we should tell them that till the end when we drop them off back at the same stop they got on the bus.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:25 PM

haha...if we did a good job of driving and guiding we will not need to tell them
KJ

Kenna James · 5:26 PM

True. On that bus trip is the very thing of what you titled our talk...The Journey of Life.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:26 PM

are we taking people on our tour or rather taking them on their own tour within themselves?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:26 PM

Perhaps discovering each other on the bus is worth the journey.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:27 PM

good question. I think we take them on a tour and look at things outside themselves....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:27 PM

thinking our only real job is to slow or speed thedriving depending on where the peole get on
KJ

Kenna James · 5:28 PM

eventually we'll get to them....or Us....or You!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:28 PM

at the same time make sure the guiding is focussing on signs and posting along the way that have been written within their own maps
KJ

Kenna James · 5:28 PM

that's the tough part if there are a number of different people. They all like to move at different speeds.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:29 PM

On this metaphoric bus tour.....one must learn to look for signs I suppose....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:30 PM

yes...that is or challenge... we need to make sure the driver and guide roles that we all take at different times are in full
KJ

Kenna James · 5:30 PM

The first sign should say - HAPPINESS TOUR - this way and point them onto the bus!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:30 PM

awareness of who is riding the bus
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:31 PM

ok...so you believe happiness is the main key
KJ

Kenna James · 5:31 PM

Well, right now...it's just you and me.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:31 PM

why peole will want to get on the bus
KJ

Kenna James · 5:31 PM

main key to what?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:31 PM

to want to get on the bus
KJ

Kenna James · 5:31 PM

Yes....I think that Happiness is a common thing that most human beings are searching for
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:32 PM

ok definetely one of the top things
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:32 PM

however there are other
KJ

Kenna James · 5:32 PM

and will entertain the idea of taking a ride with us. If they believe we can deliver them there....however, the way we started this tawk, perhaps they won't get on now. lol.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:32 PM

such as?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:32 PM

ha ha
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:33 PM

sorry if i just took the wheel and blasted out
KJ

Kenna James · 5:33 PM

it's cool....grab it!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:33 PM

was kind of excited to have a chance totawk with you again
KJ

Kenna James · 5:33 PM

thank you.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:33 PM

lets slow down
KJ

Kenna James · 5:34 PM

okay.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:34 PM

guess there isnt anybody on the bus with us yet
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:34 PM

first question i had to ask you
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:35 PM

was do you think spirituality was a good topic genre to place this tawk under?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:35 PM

Yes, I do. It's perfect.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:36 PM

okay...i was thinking that we def do have spirituality s a foundation
KJ

Kenna James · 5:36 PM

We are talking about ideas, thoughts, feelings, emotions....those are all spiritual in my book.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:36 PM

but it might not be what other people think it is
KJ

Kenna James · 5:36 PM

True. Let me ask you....how do you define spirituality?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:37 PM

and should we be concerned what "others" think?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:37 PM

that's a one-two jab question....lol.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:37 PM

everything you said...however they are the components
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:38 PM

spirituality is a broader or umbrella
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:38 PM

topic
KJ

Kenna James · 5:38 PM

Hmmmm....go on....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:38 PM

everything can fall under it...however i separate it from the physical world
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:39 PM

we can have feelings, thoughs, and all the others in both worlds
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:39 PM

thoughts
KJ

Kenna James · 5:39 PM

True. spirituality to me, just means non-physical, so we are on the same page. That's interesting when you say both worlds....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:40 PM

well guessing that comes from believe that one world has a bginning an end and the other doesn't
KJ

Kenna James · 5:40 PM

Do you believe there is a YOU spiritually speaking?
KJ

Kenna James · 5:41 PM

look at that question....lol.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:41 PM

spiritually hearing must be mastered first before i can spiritually speak
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:41 PM

up until that moment i was physically speaking
KJ

Kenna James · 5:41 PM

wow.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:42 PM

then i listened to myself for the answer to your questing
KJ

Kenna James · 5:42 PM

wow. kind of mind blowing for 9 in the morning.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:42 PM

love it.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:42 PM

its 12 here...
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:42 PM

and have been listening for 3 hours pror to speaking
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:43 PM

haha
KJ

Kenna James · 5:43 PM

Ha ha hahahaha.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:43 PM

Listening to what?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:43 PM

knew we would both be laughing at the same time
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:43 PM

my spiritual voice within
KJ

Kenna James · 5:43 PM

When I do that I just hear ringing in my ears.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:43 PM

of course with many interuptions
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:44 PM

haha
KJ

Kenna James · 5:44 PM

Oh, so you have many voices coming in and out?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:44 PM

just shut the ringer off
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:44 PM

its your alarm clock
KJ

Kenna James · 5:44 PM

Yes, but I call them people!! lol.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:44 PM

haha
KJ

Kenna James · 5:45 PM

Sorry, had to answer my own question. My spiritual voice was too loud.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:45 PM

yes...that is why we need time to meditate and get away form people
KJ

Kenna James · 5:45 PM

Ah...good point.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:45 PM

peace...tranquility...love...all the virtues that we all have can be felt, heard, and magnified
KJ

Kenna James · 5:45 PM

I just moved out on my own. That's another way.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:46 PM

I don't have the screaming woman.....
KJ

Kenna James · 5:46 PM

Of course I don't have the sex either, so it's a trade off....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:46 PM

yes ., but when you stick your head out of the door in vegas...man there are many peole there 24/7
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:47 PM

like NYC
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:47 PM

NOISE...
KJ

Kenna James · 5:48 PM

Yes. Ekhart Tolle calls it the Noise in the Head.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:48 PM

i am glad that we had a chance to get the tires moving again on the bus
KJ

Kenna James · 5:48 PM

which explains all this ringing.
KJ

Kenna James · 5:48 PM

are we moving yet?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:48 PM

haha
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:49 PM

it is what we have tuned into
KJ

Kenna James · 5:49 PM

shouldn't we wait for at least one other person to get on?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:49 PM

when we are fine tuning into different channels
KJ

Kenna James · 5:49 PM

I mean the purpose of a bus is to transport people, right?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:49 PM

its sometines hard to getrid if the static left as we move the frequency
KJ

Kenna James · 5:49 PM

Yes!!! I like that
KJ

Kenna James · 5:49 PM

Thank you for that.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:49 PM

haha
KJ

Kenna James · 5:50 PM

Yes, perhaps I need to find a frequency.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:50 PM

funny...guess when we are tawking
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:51 PM

oops...i keep running over your thought
KJ

Kenna James · 5:51 PM

LOL!!!!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:51 PM

how long have you been on 1 frequency
KJ

Kenna James · 5:51 PM

Too too funny my friend. We are just learning to drive the bus.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:52 PM

and guide at the same time
KJ

Kenna James · 5:52 PM

my whole present life as far as I recall.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:52 PM

okay
KJ

Kenna James · 5:52 PM

This life is a frequency I suppose
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:52 PM

so why would you think you need a new frequency
KJ

Kenna James · 5:52 PM

It's what I tune into and call "Kenna"
KJ

Kenna James · 5:53 PM

because I'm tired of the same old station!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:53 PM

cool...Kenna...is an AWESOME frequency
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:53 PM

out to help as many others as possible right?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:54 PM

you can keep the staion and change the programming
KJ

Kenna James · 5:54 PM

Hmmmm.....yes, that is the path I'm on.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:54 PM

most popular radio stations keep their # and change the music
KJ

Kenna James · 5:54 PM

Thank you for that.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:54 PM

or talk TAWK!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:54 PM

you deserve it
KJ

Kenna James · 5:55 PM

I am learning to listen before I Tawk! That is new programming.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:55 PM

after only a few minutes with you, anyone can recognize they are on a good frequency
KJ

Kenna James · 5:55 PM

So kind, thank you.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:56 PM

yup...that is one i have been trying to change for as long as i can remember
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:56 PM

listenng is the KEY
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:56 PM

to others and especially to ourselves
KJ

Kenna James · 5:56 PM

I'm happy that we are on this journey together and that this tawk will continue....that we can hop back on this virtual bus and continue our discussion....
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:56 PM

yup love the platform
KJ

Kenna James · 5:56 PM

We definitely need a Key....otherwise how can we start the bus?!
KJ

Kenna James · 5:57 PM

Special thanks to Blake and everyone at Tawkers for creating this great platform.!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:57 PM

yes for sure Jordan and Blake and the whole TEAM
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:57 PM

took a dream and made it come true
KJ

Kenna James · 5:58 PM

Yes! Now that's Happiness. :)
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:58 PM

i love the idea that we backed off our original platform and waited for this too continue\
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:58 PM

yes agreed
KJ

Kenna James · 5:58 PM

We've arrived at our first stop. Let's leave off there and pick this back up, what do you say?
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:59 PM

absotuley! its been a pleasure
KJ

Kenna James · 5:59 PM

I love you.
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:59 PM

peace be with you my FRIEND!
EG

ed goldsmith · 5:59 PM

love you too
EG

ed goldsmith · 4:31 PM

Hey buddy, I took the bus in for preventive maintenance this week...so we will be ready to go on our next scheduled journey!
EG

ed goldsmith · 4:33 PM

While having the mechanic check all the important check points I decided to list the KEY WORDS that were used during our last journey...
EG

ed goldsmith · 4:34 PM

Found the words we used were very inspiring, especially if we use them as SIGN POSTS along the path the bus took...
EG

ed goldsmith · 4:38 PM

Here is what I listed- CHOICE...CONSCIOUS...PREPARATION...HAPPINESS...WHY?...OK WHERE YOU ARE!...SPIRITUAL WORLD...MEDITATION...VOICE WITHIN...FREQUENCY...LISTENING...KEY...and the last word we both ended our inaugural TAWK with was LOVE!
EG

ed goldsmith · 4:41 PM

Thinking without any real preparation of knowing who was driving or guiding the tour we passed some AWESOME road signs that we could use as exits or stop over points for future TAWKS,