Be The Light At The End Of The Tunnel!
Indonesia is on my mind. We can learn a lot from this amazing part of the world. Perhaps the most important thing is that happiness is not related to material wealth. This is not to say that money is bad. Money is only a tool. It can be used to do good or bad. Send me all your money - I will do amazing things with it!
So funny, the world today. So many people wanting to shout that the sky is falling. The economy, the environment, 2012... go figure... I, for one, have never seen so much hope in the world. Think about it. This coming year two electric car models are being released. It's possible to get one and then park a solar panel right next to it in the driveway. It's possible to eat a healthy, all locally produced diet. It's possible to be happy right now. It's possible to make a living doing anything. Tune in - turn on - drop in!
This is my new blog space, where I will write about my vision for the future and upcoming and current film projects, surfing, music, art, food and social consciousness. This has got to be the most exciting time to be alive. There are infinite possibilities.
I have been surfing since I was 9 years old and I see the world in surfing terms. Right now there is a big wave coming. The way I have always pictured it is like a wave approaching a point of land. See, as a wave travels across the ocean it becomes organized into a band of energy. The farther that wave travels, the more defined and organized it becomes. For example, in California, if a wave comes from a storm off Antarctica it will be far more organized than a wave from a storm only 500 miles off the coast. And so on. But these waves in the deep water of the open ocean can never become the beautiful, arching, peeling, pieces of magic that surfers live to ride until they reach the shallow waters and feel the bottom. As they come into contact with the bottom they grow, change, stand up, and become something new. They change form and break. In their breaking is revealed their highest beauty. They peel down that point of land as a majestic expression of the immutable magic of nature... and then they die. So wonderful how in their death is contained their greatest beauty.
I have for a long time thought of the progression of our society as a wave. The events of the early part of the new century are us first feeling, and then hitting, the bottom. I have hope that the wave will now stand up, change form, and peel.
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Music - Surfing - Love - Conscious Expansion This is the electronic media project of Joshua Eli Milne. Welcome and enjoy.
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Welcome To Soulsurfer
Soulsurfer is the music of Joshua Eli Milne recorded in-between surf sessions at Frog Creek in Carpinteria, California.
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About Me
- Joshua Eli Milne
- Carpinteria, California
- email me at sbsurfguru@gmail.com or give me a call at 805-617-8916 or find me as joshuamilne on insta or Flying A Surfboards on fb
About me-
Joshua Eli Milne
1. I was born in Venice Beach in ’70 so if you ever wonder why I am such a dyed in the wool hippie liberal I think it is just part of my genetic makeup. I believe that my soul chose that place and time for a reason.
2. As I have grown up I have come to see my parents as truly amazing and beautiful people. Of course they are flawed… but we all are… in just the perfect way. As I learn to manifest my own vision and abundance in life I look at my parents and their panoramic views, relaxed lifestyle, and their 4pm daily walks on the beach and smile knowingly.
3. I am in love. I mean this in the truest sense. I am IN love. It has nothing to do with the other. Everything to do with the self.
4. I was the worst speller in each and every grade in school. I was made fun of mercilessly. It was an awful and painful experience. I have been working on it my whole life and feel tremendous joy at the accomplishment of being able to make it through a page or two without a mistake.
5. I have written 4 feature length screenplays, 2 hour-long TV drama pilots, 2 half-hour comedy pilots, 1 young adult novel …(hundreds of songs and poems) and am currently about a third of the way through my first full blown novel – this one is for adults. My mantra - The longest journey is completed by taking one step at a time. I have not-yet made a cent from my writing. I will never give up.
6. I was a tour guide for three years. I led camping-adventure tours for a company called Trek America. I spent 6 months leading tours around the Western US, 6 months crisscrossing Canada, and 2 years leading tours all over the entire countries of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. I have seen more of Mexico than anyone (including anyone who is Mexican) that I have ever met. Try me.
7. I have three moles on my body. One on the side of my nose, right next to my right eye. One on my right scapula. And the other one is a secret.
8. I had a pivotal moment in my life when I was 13 years old. I was standing at Topanga Point in LA County. I had just come in from surfing and there was a pretty sizeable swell running. Out in the water there was one surfer among the crowd who was just ripping. Shredding. He displayed such graceful freedom and powerful control – throwing huge arcs of spray into the air with each turn. I was in awe. It was the most beautiful thing I had seen up to that point in my life. I remember praying to god as far as I understood god at that age and vowing – asking – praying; this is all I ask of you God. That you allow me to be this good one day. I want to rip as good as this guy….. And I can honestly say that at least in this one area of my life I have totally succeeded. Thank you God.
9. I get more joy, spiritual oneness with the universe, and deep understanding of energy, love, and passion from my relationship with the ocean and surfing than I can possibly explain…. (although I will sometimes go on and on trying)
10. I have three children. Ella – 12, Iris – 9, and Rowan – 7. I have a great relationship with my two daughters. My son lives somewhere in the Midwest and I have not seen him since he was 1. I do not know how to get in touch with him. His mom and he disappeared a few years ago. I’ll tell you the whole story if you ask.
11. I had, at one point not too long ago, written off politics. I figured that our country was doomed and that it was probably a good thing for the Earth if western civilization collapsed. I am currently holding a vision of deep hope. I truly believe that we can make it. I see the explosion of consciousness happening all around me and inside of me.
12. I never watch TV. Ever.... well, sometimes...
13. I am addicted to KPFK, NPR, Air America Radio and KCRW. I read a newspaper once in a while but I am very suspicious of the information they choose to present and the way they present it.
14. I have just completed a short documentary film about a local artist. I produced, directed, shot and edited the thing all myself. I think it has turned out beautifully and I am really looking forward to showing it to people… as a result, I am visualizing more film projects. I want to use this talent to have fun, be of service, and to raise consciousness.
15. I was once becalmed in a 32 foot sailboat between the islands of Kauai and Oahu. We had no motor on board and were stuck just bobbing there for more than a day. I ate an entire package of Starburst Fruit Chews while I sat in the hot sun looking at the island of Oahu off in the distance. Then I proceeded to get the worst bout of seasickness that I have ever had. I threw-up a Technicolor Rainbow over the side. I will never forget how it looked hitting the sparkling blue water or how good it tasted.
16. I have dreamed of sailing around the world since I was 11 years old. I will do this eventually. Maybe sooner than I think.
17. I love to collect seashells and pieces of driftwood on the beach. Just this last summer I surfed every day in the month of August (really) and I collected a driftwood branch at the end of each session. I lined’ them up along the entry wall of my house and really enjoyed seeing them every day till I moved.
18. I won $1,281.00 at a slot Machine in the Cal-Neva lodge in Tahoe. 3 Yellow #7’s with lightning bolts through them. I was 19. I was on pure liquid LSD. I was with my Mother and my Grandmother. God was watching the whole thing. They paid me…. Talk about manifesting your reality…
19. I sometimes forget to recycle.
20. I love beets. I make beats. I am beat.
21. I started playing guitar when I was 18 in the dorms at FT. That’s a pretty late start to get great at anything, but after a lot of practice (a lot of practice!) and 20 years, I am finally starting to get good at it. I have been playing around for years recording music at home on various setups. I love doing it. I love writing songs.
22. I have a scar across my nose from the fin of a 5’10” fish that I used to have.
23. I am letting there be an awareness that I am none of these things. That these stories and facts are just constructs of the ego.
24. I have been teaching myself to use the Adobe CS4 suite all week. Mostly I have been playing with Dreamweaver and designing/making a couple websites.
I have flown all the way to Spain to see a girl. I have taken the bus all the way to El Salvador to surf a wave. I can change the world by loving myself.
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