Liquid Love was intended for the Music CD and leaked onto the internet on 15 August 2008.

Christmas Eve finally came six days after my second soul retrieval session and fifty-eight days after arriving in North Carolina. It was time for the family to gather around for some holiday bliss. The big Christmas announcement was my niece Abigail’s (See Physical Attraction) engagement with her boyfriend, Eran. He had asked her to marry him earlier that morning.

Abigail was entirely beside herself, and as for her engagement ring, it was beautiful. Everyone in the family toasted their engagement and took a moment to welcome Eran into the family. I was extremely happy for Abigail and Eran and grateful to be in North Carolina during the event. I was a very proud uncle. I thought it was interesting that Abigail was the same age (23) as I was when I first met Thaddeus. I was delighted that Abigail and Eran had found each other and wished them all of the happiness in the world. I just knew these two were meant to be together. I hoped it was for the rest of their lives. Abigail turned to me at one point and said, “Okay! Now it’s your turn!” Jokingly, in response, I said, “Well, after all that I’ve been through, I better get a bigger ring!” We both laughed.

The next day, Christmas morning arrived, and it was time to hit the road. After spending the last fifty-nine days with family, I couldn’t wait to return to my adventure and everyday routine. I was ready to settle into my next apartment and return to the gym. It had been weeks since I had worked out, and I was beginning to feel lazy about many things. I wouldn’t say I liked that feeling. I was very grateful for my time with my family, however.

After some consideration, I decided my journey would not continue in Santa Fe. I knew Santa Fe was too small, expensive, and isolated at this stage. I started this next chapter six hours north of Santa Fe, in Denver, Colorado. I chose Denver because it was very similar to Santa Fe’s location, but it was a larger city with more to offer than a single person. Denver also had easy access to the Rocky Mountains and many national parks, and it would also give my family a new place to visit if they ever decided they wanted to venture out of North Carolina.

And so I loaded up my new Ford F-150, which I had purchased a couple of weeks before Christmas, and headed west on Interstate-40.

From the moment I left North Carolina until I arrived in Colorado, I counted over twenty red-tail hawks sitting in trees on the side of the interstate. During my drive through Arkansas, one of the hawks flew out to greet me, passed directly over my truck, and then circled back to his post. I felt like the great spirits were watching over me during this drive.

Once I arrived in Denver, I put my things in storage and settled in with my new temporary housemate, whom I had met through another ad on CraigsList. His name was Julius. I spent New Year’s Eve with him and his friends and had a lovely evening. Everyone was amiable and a lot of fun. Even though it was my first time meeting everyone, I couldn’t help but think how comfortable I felt in a room full of strangers. I never for a moment felt out of place.

Almost everyone left the party before midnight because they didn’t want to be on the icy roads with all of the drunk drivers, so I brought the New Year in with Julius, his friend Nason, and an older lesbian couple from next door. Their names were Bethany and Bethel. These two ladies were utterly fantastic! They were both in their late 80s and had met in their 40s. They had been together for 42 years. I sat and listened to them tell the story of how they met, their time together, and their travels around the world to places like Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, New Zealand, and Australia, to name a few. At 87, they both were still going strong and planned to return to Scotland in early 2008. Bringing in the New Year with these two incredible ladies was a complete honor.

As I continued to live with Julius temporarily, I began my search for a place. During the initial search, I stopped in at the Full Moon Books, Coffees, and Events Bookstore to see if they had a community board with housing listings. They did not have a community board, but they did have a psychic fair that day, January 06, 2008.

As soon as I realized what was happening, I decided to sit down with one of the tarot card readers, Eve. Instantly, I decided that my main focus in our reading would be to figure out which Denver neighborhood would best suit me. After a quick introduction, Eve asked me to pull a few cards, and then she proceeded with the reading. Without help, she immediately began talking about the last two and a half years of my life. She said that I did the right thing by removing myself from a particular environment without going into any specific details. She said it was one of the best things I could have done for myself. She confirmed that my time in Portland was a tremendous time of spiritual growth but was no longer a nurturing environment for me, and that’s why my spirit wanted me to pick up and leave. She said there had been a lot of love there, but it would have turned into a considerable period of jealousy and deception if I had stayed. The reading then moved to the subject of my relocation to Denver.

She informed me that Denver was founded in November of 1858 under the sign of Scorpio and would be very compatible with my sun sign, Cancer. Good things were going to happen for me in Denver, she said. As the “Luxury” card appeared, she said I would experience a period of luxury within the following year. We then focused on specific neighborhoods in the Denver area, and after we figured out which ones best suited me, we focused our attention on my soul retrieval. I wanted to see how my soul retrieval affected my life and spiritual growth. We pulled the “Happiness” and the “High Priestess” card. She informed me that my soul retrieval was a tremendous success and congratulated me on completing such a delicate, important task. We ended the reading; she served me a piece of cake and sent me on my way. It reminded me of a scene out of the movie The Matrix when the Oracle served Neo chocolate chip cookies. I left feeling pleasantly surprised and completely rejuvenated.

Two days later, on January 8, during the first new moon of 2008, I signed a six-month lease on my new place in Lakewood, Colorado. It had a large deck on the north side of the house and a small creek on the property that flowed down from the Rocky Mountains. The location was perfect: only a mile from my gym, the Belmar community of Lakewood, Colorado, and a few miles from the Full Moon bookstore.  I couldn’t wait to settle into my new place with a fireplace.

Not long after I settled into my new place, I noticed an unusual bird sitting on a tree by the creek that ran by my house. It was a type of bird that I had never seen before. After several days, I noticed that the bird kept returning to the same area, day after day. After looking closely and researching online, I discovered that the bird was a Merlin Falcon. According to my research, the Merlin Falcon spent most of its winter in parts of the US, including Colorado. I instantly looked up the shaman’s meaning for Falcon. I was blown away when I discovered that it carried the following wisdom: Assisting in soul healing, Accompanying the soul back to the soul world, Teaching swiftness, Learning the aerobatics of life, Controlling speed and movement, and Understanding magic.

At that point, I realized that the magic I had experienced in Oregon had followed me to Colorado. I was grateful for the wisdom the Falcon had to offer and decided to name him or her Merlin. This sighting let me know that this apartment in Lakewood was the perfect place to continue my adventure.

As I moved my things into my new home and began unpacking, I came across the box that held all my items for my altar. It wasn’t long before I came across various stones and mementos that Dolos had given me as gifts. As I touched each piece, particularly my drum, I remembered all the good times he and I shared. All of those things were still very special to me. I set up my altar and did an in-depth meditation for the first time in several months. I sent Dolos many blessings, lots of love, and a swift kick in the ass during my meditation…and then turned my focus to the future and everything Colorado had in store.

Within the first few weeks, I attended a drumming circle at the Full Moon bookstore every Tuesday night. The drumming interested me and instantly became a weekly ritual. My first night was an incredible jam session for me and everyone in the group. There were some fantastic drums and drummers at the circle. I don’t think I’ve ever beaten a drum so passionately in my entire life. The rhythms just poured from my body, mind, and spirit. I found myself amazed at being able to keep up with what appeared to be several professional drummers.

On Tuesday night, January 22, 2008, I drummed in memory of Heath Ledger, one of my favorite actors.

On February 11, a month after moving into my house by the creek, Paco (See Hung Up) and his American Indian brothers and sisters set out on a 5-month journey, on foot, that would take them from San Francisco, California, to Washington, DC. They were scheduled to arrive in the nation’s capital on July 11, 2008. The event was known as The Longest Walk 2. Since I contributed to a fundraiser that Paco sponsored several months before I left Portland, I was excited to see this event get underway. They walked with the message: “All Life is Sacred, Save Mother Earth.” They also walked for the Seventh Generation, their youth, for peace, for justice, for the healing of Mother Earth, and for the cure of their people who have diabetes, heart conditions, alcoholism, drug addiction, and other diseases.

Since I could not participate in the Longest Walk 2 with Paco and his people, I decided to think of them every time I drummed. Through my drumming, I sent Paco and his people bright light and good health and offered up parts of my spirit for their long journey. Knowing Paco, I knew he would receive my messages through spirit, even though we had lost touch after I left Oregon.

The day after the Longest Walk 2 began, February 12, my sister called to see if I remembered what day it was, and of course, I knew it was my mother’s birthday. She would have been 85 years old on this day. It was nice to remember this day with my sister. Remembering my mother’s birthday made me think back to the second session of my soul retrieval when Dinah told me about a message she received from my mother during one of her meditations. She said the vision that my mother presented to him was that of the Madonna and Child, as if to say that no matter what my siblings tried to project onto me, I was always her special one. I also wondered if she was calling me Baby Jesus. (I asked if perhaps it was my mother’s way of acknowledging this story, too.) Dinah said that I should never forget this image when I think of my mother and my relationship with my siblings. She reminded me that we’re never too old to heal those wounds from our past, and this image would help in the retrieval, healing, and reintegration of that soul part taken earlier in my life.

Over the next few weeks, I fell in love with my new, temporary home in Denver. I especially enjoyed spending time around the creek. The sound of the running water was very soothing and comforting. It reminded me of the creek that Lynn and I used to play in as children. As the days grew longer and warmer, different types of wildlife started showing up. By late February, I had seen several pairs of Mallards, Magpies, Gilded Flickers, Hairy Woodpeckers, Raccoons, Skunks, and some Muskrats. As a considerable nature lover, I was surrounded by so much wildlife.

As the end of February approached, I sensed that all of my soul parts had been returned. I could finally feel that I had healed most of the issues that had haunted me in the past. I felt more present, complete, and ready to take on new challenges and opportunities.

On February 29 (Leap Day), I decided to celebrate the completion of my soul retrieval. I had experienced several intense reincarnations throughout my life, but none of them were as spiritual, healing, or reality-changing as my soul retrieval.

With my soul retrieval behind me, it was time to dive head-on into the next chapter of my life.

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LIQUID LOVE

Your love is like liquid
It fills me, it chills me
Can’t hold it, control it
It runs from my touch

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The taste of it lingers
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I want it so much

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Pouring down like rain
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Let it wash all over me

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It drenches, it quenches
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It lies on my skin
It flows through my veins
Just like warm summer rain
Yes your love is like liquid
I feel it within

Liquid love
Pouring down like rain
Liquid love
Let it wash all over me
Liquid love
Flowing through my veins
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