I live naked and barefooted, very close to Earth and Nature, in an 18-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i, and I have for more than 5 years now. Although there are many challenges, I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙

Warm greetings all! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

Hive is so much more than just a web3 social blockchain, it's an interconnected framework of mutual support that spams the world. It provides a financial system that is outside the control of banks or governments, that allows people worldwide to generate assets with which they can surmount their local economic conditions, no matter what they may be.

On this Day of Thanksgiving, I give endless thanks for what Hive, and its incredible community, have given me in my 3+ years on this glorious Blockchain. The technology that makes Hive work, and the connections, friendships, and relationships with the people that make it up, are two equally important components of why Hive is so exceptional, and how to succeed here: learning Hive deeply and well, so that the we may take advantage of the amazing opportunities that it provides, and building and growing our network of mutual trust, good willl, and care.

What and how we do things on Hive matters. It determines how quickly we grow, as well as the strength of our social network of support. Being kind, courteous, respectful, caring, generous, and supportive, whether we agree with people or not, should be the gold standard of how to interact with our fellow Hivers. If we want people to be trustworthy, we must be trustworthy. We need each other for us all to prosper, not only in financial freedom, but in life-long, solid, deep friendships and relationships with people around the world. The value of our assets is based on the people that are links in our (Block)chain.

Our upvotes can help people worldwide to be able to pay for necessities, as well as to grow their own base of asset generation, for their own benefit, and for that of all Hivers that they support with their own upvotes. I'm excited about how I'm growing my account, as much for what I will be able to do with these assets, as well as for being able to give people significant upvotes.

The help and support that we offer Hive newcomers, and even old-timers, makes our own network stronger, and it grows and strengthens the whole Blockchain. Our care and encouragement could be the reason that someone decides to remain on Hive, and to to become a valued and valuable part of the community. I'm always happy to mentor, teach, and tutor any fellow Hiver, old or new, if such assistance is desired. I want us all to thrive on Hive.

Yesterday, Wednesday, I left the Flow House just after 1:15PM, after finishing up my Hive tasks, first transporting 3 full gas cans from the car port to the generator, in which the gas will be used. I also refilled the gas in the generator, in case it might be needed at night. When I had done, I got my machete and collected a wheelbarrow full of assorted edible foliage for cow-milking food. Although I had intended to take photos, I didn't have the time, so I only got one. After getting cow food, I took a shower, then I went back to the Flow House for a short break before heading over to Lea's property to help her with a heavy pruning of an overgrown guava and Jamaican Lirikoi/passionflower/passionfruit. I worked my ass off, and we got a huge amount done, much to both of our satisfaction. Very thankfully, I was able to work naked, as Lea has no problems with nakedness, and is comfortable with me. After we finished for the day, just before sunset, I took a shower, donned my clothes, and Lea walked me down the hui (a group of connected properties) driveway, as I headed back to GaiaYoga. We ended with a hug, and I made my way straight to the Landing to collect my jar of leftover superfood fire coffee, and then to return to the Flow House, to dive into my evening round of Hive tasks, and to catch up on my notifications. I got everything done by around 10:30PM, and after some token management, and a quick scan of my Bastyon and X feeds, I went to bed around 11:45PM. I woke up just after 7AM, still feeling that I needed more sleep, doing another round of token management, starting on this post, catching up a bit more on my notifications, then getting out of bed to go make my superfood fire coffee in the Landing, and to milk the cow with Jo. Once I was done milking, I came back to the Flow House to write this post. We have a community tree planting today, and a community dinner later, and I have a lot to get done beforehand, so it's a really good time to end this post, just before 12:30PM, so that I may get to my few important Hive tasks, before leaving the Flow House a little later in the afternoon, to first take photos for these posts, as well as for my entry in the Shadow Hunters Contest, collect cow food, strain and blend kefir (kefir-honey-cinnamon-cacao), and dig a hole for one of the trees to be planted. I deeply appreciate y'all so very much! Until my entry in the Shadow Hunters Contest, and tomorrow's version of this post! Always forward, onward, upward, and whaleward, ho, together we go! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

2024 Life Goals

1.) Heal my broken heart, reignite my heart sun, and embody a solid, healthy masculine, allowing my electric fire to shine bright, no matter what others, especially women, say or do. 

2.) Bring myself and my life back into balance, integration, and wholeness. 

3.) Do regular (naked) integral practices again, alone or with others. 

4.) Dance regularly again.

5.) Work with natural entheogens (mushrooms, ganja, ayahuasca), with punctuated regularity, as a part of my healing process again. 

 6.) Get, and keep, regular deep, integral energy-body-tantric work healing sessions for women flowing again.

7.) Prepare regular batches of my medicinal teas collected from the land again. 

8.) Make my plant nursery beautiful again.

9.) Live as an integral part of a juicy heart-resonant soul tribe community, with deep, coherent mutual and shared passion, purpose, mission, love, warmth, care, sweetness, reverence, respect, aliveness, admiration, excitement, enjoyment, playfulness, work, fun, laughter, attraction, and all-level connections and relationships. 

10.) Make love with the woman, or the women, that I love, every day, as a sacred devotional practice. 

11.) Begin learning relevant coding/programming languages to more fully contribute to the sovereignty-driven technologies where I am active, like Arch Linux, Hive, Qortal, DeSo, and Bastyon. 

All photos were taken with my Motorola G Play 2024 Android Phone.

Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

If you'd like to find me on other alternative platforms where I have accounts (I spend most of my time here on Hive), click on this signature image below to go to my LinkTree page.

If you'd like to send me a BTC Lighting Tip (made possible by the fantastic work of brianoflondon on @v4vapp), just scan the QR image below. 👇

Signature image created by @doze, and the dividers made by @thepeakstudio, with all tweaked to their present form by me.