Kansas City, Missouri – Two more events to go

I’m writing this while we are on our way towards Atlanta – just another 800 mile drive. I feel a bit sad that it’s all over, and at the same time happy that new things will begin. “All endings are also new beginnings” as I read in a book along the way.

When arriving to Kansas we noticed that this was a humid place. Not only was it hot, but the humidity resembled that of the southern states. Someone told us that Kansas would be humid due to the water in the earth. That may be so, but when we arrived a thunderstorm began, and it rained all night. The next morning we were tired from too little sleep, but we got up, having decided to have a great free hugs event with Angie, Sofie and Maggie and friends. We started around noon, because we were waiting for people to arrive for their lunch break. After having hugged for a little while, we were approached by security guards from 2 sides.. They wore guns and everything.. I thought “Oh oh – what now – will we get arrested? For what? But fortunately they only told us that we could not use the “Free Hugs” signs. They said that we were on private property, and weren’t allowed to use them. So we relocated.

Kansas City has a lot of fountains, so we started giving free hugs near King Neptune and his water horses. We had a great time, and gave away a lot of free hugs, and the all of a sudden I thought Santa Claus himself turned up, from the looks and behavior of him. As it turned out we had met Terry Livingood, who does impersonate Santa around christmas, but who is also a renowned author of “Awakening to Self Mastery” a great book on how to apply all that we know into living it and experiencing it.

In the evening we had an informal pot-luck at Angie and Mikes house. It was great food, great people and a great evening. I had the feeling of being blessed from this and so many other meetings, because I could see that all these lights of love have been shining for a long time by themselves, and now we are really starting to come together to make an even brighter light. The time of individual leaders can now be expanded into multiple leaders of spirituality, and eventually everyONE will be a spiritual leader.

Fortunately Angie had arranged the event for saturday to begin a 2 pm. That way we had time to sleep in and get ready without hurrying – it was wonderful. I somehow had an expectation of more people coming – maybe around 30-40, but in the beginning we were around 12, and didn’t feel comfortable starting without the rest. Well, we waited for another half hour before we decided to start. In that half hour, I started to think whether we are doing something wrong, since so few people turned up. My ego started saying that I am not good enough, and also that I wanted more attention than what I could receive from only 12 people. I was just about to start feeling down, when my soul started giggling at the folly of my little drama. I couldn’t help giggling along. Once we had begun our event, 6 more people joined us, and this time my ego got a boost, and again my soul started giggling.
It seems that I am often being run by my ego, and only so often catch myself in time to not react, but instead act. I am happy that I have been able to build in a delay button in myself, so I don’t react right away, but usually wait until I have had time to think/feel first – it helps me avoid some of the things I don’t want to experience anymore. (more ego stuff)

We began the event by singing our songs “Feel”, “Imagine” and “Bridge over troubled waters” They have been great to sing again, although some of us got a bit tired of them on last years Love Tour. After the singing, I introduced the Lovetour idea and purpose to everyone there, and I must have carried the message, because once again we received donations – this time more than 120 dollars. In total we have received more than 3000 dollars in donations on this tour, and it has really helped us not to go over our personal limits. We had hoped to raise at least 20.000 dollars to cover some of our expenses (The tour budget was 30.000 – covered by ourselves) Thank you to all – named and anonymous – for having supported us. We all deeply appreciate your help in making this tour a success.

We went straight to the laughter yoga, and once again I was amazed at the speed of which people are able to break through their inhibitions and start laughing like children. It is such a gratifying experience.
After the laughteryoga Gary talked to us about intentions using John Lennons lyrics from “Imagine”, and afterwards Terry talked about how to create what you want. It was inspiring.

We began the angel shower with only 20 minutes left, but made sure we could go on – and it was needed, because we spent the next hour and a half reminding each other what love is, and who we really are. The first angel shower I participated in was very impactful, and the next ones sometimes feel less, but if I remind myself to stay open and not look for some certain experience, I always have a profound experience. It’s tricky that you have to remind yourself not to expect, to get what you want.

As always it was difficult to part with new friends, and we ended up taking Terry to dinner, or so we thought, because he paid for us. Thanks for everything Terry – the talks, the sightseeing in Unity Village, the books and your presence.

Angie – your good spirits and great joy of life is catching. I could see that you had a very happy family situation, and that your life was opening up in new ways all the time. Thanks for being awake with us in this time and supplying us with everything we needed.
Another thanks has to go to all the hosts, who have been supplying us with their house, food, bathing and so on for no pay. We could not have done this tour without you! I know how straining it can be for me to accept strangers in my house (I like solitude when I am not touring), so I can only imagine how it must have been for you to have as many as 7 people roaming your territory

And yet another thanks goes to all of you that came to our events to find out more, remember and support. Although this tour was an outward journey, it was also an inward one indeed. Thanks for supporting us in realizing our selves in company with you.

The love team