CHOICES - The Journey Magazine
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From the Publisher
A few years back, I heard Jack, a manager
for a softball team I was playing for, make
a comment that really caught my interest.
He said that during the course of any game,
there are two, maybe three plays that play a
pivotal role and pretty much set the tone for
the outcome of the game. It could be a timely
hit or perhaps a great defensive play. Or it
could be an error on a routine ground ball or
a rally ending double play. I remember him
saying that and I started noticing, that more
often than not, it was true.
When I decided that “Choices” would be the
theme for this issue, for some reason that comment
from the softball manager came to mind.
I started thinking about how over the course of
my lifetime that I have made millions and millions
of choices. But within all those choices,
there were a couple of them that set the tone
for many of the others. The first one was when
I was in my early teens and I started smoking,
drinking and dabbling in drugs. Looking back,
I realize that I did it because I didn’t like the
thoughts I was having or the way I felt. That
it was an easy way to change those thoughts
and feelings.
As I grew older, the use became more frequent
and really controlled my life for a number of
years. As my use grew, the choices I made
were based mostly upon my use. It became
more of a need to use rather than a want. It
was also like I had lost the power of choice.
That I had to use to live.
At the age of thirty two, I made the second pivotal
choice in my life. That choice was to stop
drinking and using. I did that because I didn’t
like the thoughts I was having or how I felt. I
wish I can say it was easy. It wasn’t. But the
rewards have been much greater than what I
experienced in the first major choice I made.
Most of the choices I make today can be traced
back to living a sober life and finding healthier
ways to deal with life’s challenges.
I’m really not sure if a third major choice is in
the future for me or not. I just hope and pray
I make the right one.
May we all make the choices in our lives that
keep us on the road to happy destiny.
~Namaste’ Clyde
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September.October 2011 | Issue 60
The Front Porch | 5-9
From Reggae to Recovery:
A Music Legend Finds There Is a Solution | 12
I-TAL’s DAVE SMELTZ INTERVIEWED By Rishi
A Man of Science Gets a Change of Heart | 16
By Dr.Terry Gordon
If You’re Going To Sit, Then Sit | 20
By Eva Starr
Making the Choice to Live Well | 24
By Lauren Duke
The Yoga Listings | 22
Bring the Inside Out, and Begin Now | 28
By Kimmie Rose Zapf
Choosing My Own ‘Road Less Traveled’ | 30
By Mandi S. Babkes
Soul Food | 32
By Eva Starr
Horoscopes | Inner Views | 34
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here on the Front Porch, so please send us any material you’ve written/recorded or anything you are enchanted by. Press releases
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The Journey’s 10-Year Anniversary!
It’s hard to believe, but the next issue, November/December 2011, will be our tenth anniversary issue.
In honor of this occasion, we have chosen the theme of “Remembering”. We invite our readers to submit their remembrance of
past issues or anything that may have influenced them to higher consciousness through reading The Journey. Please submit
to info@thejourneymag.com. We plan on having a page set aside in the next issue for this opportunity for all that wish to share
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being a reader, a contributor, sales person, distributor, or any part of the staff, without your part The Journey would not have made
it to this ten-year mark.
Thank you all for your help and here’s to the next ten years!
On The Cover: Remembering Eternity
Autumn Skye Morrison
“My purpose is to create. In that process I find stillness and rhythm, my teacher and passion. I believe
that art can be a life shaking experience, or an intimate rendezvous. For me it is both. Placing intention
in every creation, I aim to share honesty and awakening. To celebrate this fantastic adventure. To inspire
and be inspired. Starting with seeds of ideas, I work intuitively, not clinging to a preconceived outcome or
a completed concept. Texture, colour, and mixed media bring the image into our physical space, creating
an interactive and sensory experience. Each canvas takes me on a journey, and as my paintbrush follows,
each time I am lead back to my center. Through exploration of “being woman” and “being human” I express
my journey and my highest realization of who we are, through the language of paint. In this shifting, and
challenging Time, I aim to inspire those around me to see the boundless potential in the each moment. May
my paintings be a mirror, a reflection of your universal light, your human essence, and your timeless divinity.”
Born in Nova Scotia, Autumn Skye moved with her family West across Canada. She spent her youth between the majesty of
the Rocky Mountains with her Father, and the lush coastal rainforests with her Mother. Autumn Skye has been painting since
she could hold a brush, developing a deep wonder for nature and the world around her. Amidst journeys to explore the world and
share inspiration with the ever blossoming community, Autumn Skye otherwise lives and paints in her home north of Powell River
on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. In her studio, she overlooks a sweeping expanse of ocean, islands, mountains,
and sky. She considers herself among the blessed of the blessed.
www.autumnskyemorrison.com
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Polarity Therapy as Energy Medicine
By Randall Gibson, M.Ed., LMT, RPP
Energy Medicine is an emerging term for hands-on (and sometimes
not so hands-on) healing that focuses on the electrical
and subtle energy systems of the human body.
Polarity Therapy is a very integrative system of energy medicine.
It is unique in that it includes exercise, nutrition, bodywork
and mental attitude as ways to balance and correct restrictions
and problems in the human bio-energy system.
The founder of Polarity Therapy was a naturopath, osteopath
and chiropractor in the early twentieth century who was not
satisfied with the results of Western medicine.
Dr. Randolph Stone had studied everything we knew about
healing and saw that something important was missing.
He left his practice to discover what it was. After spending
fifty years in China and India studying traditional medicine,
exercise and nutrition, he realized that the missing piece
was the concept of “energy”.
Dr. Stone merged his Western knowledge with a much
older understanding of human beings as expressions of
a single, dynamic field of energy with two opposite poles.
He called this new method Polarity Therapy. His physical
techniques and manipulations performed with the intent
of unblocking this energy in the body became much more
powerful and effective. These roots in both Eastern and
Western medical practices are what allow Polarity Therapy
to blend well with massage therapy, physical therapy and
other modern modalities.
For more information, contact the American Polarity
Therapy Association www.polaritytherapy.org.
Randall Gibson runs Polarity Healthcare Seminars which
offers training and continuing education for bodyworkers
and healers. Courses include Polarity Therapy, Touch For
Health Kinesiology and Craniosacral Therapy. You can
view his current seminar schedule by visiting
www.polarityhealthcare.com
“There are two primary choices in life;
to accept conditions as they exist,
or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
~Denis Waitley
Unusual Facts:
Strange but True.......
• Walt Disney had wooden teeth.
• The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Perriwinkle
Blue.
• Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their
hooves fall off
• The coast line around Lake Sakawea in North Dakota
is longer than the California coastline along the Pacific
Ocean
• Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated
for an Oscar with “Midnight Cowboy.” Her entire
role lasted only six minutes.
• Kitsap County, Washington, was originally called
Slaughter County, and the first hotel there was called the
Slaughter House.
• Dinosaur droppings are called coprolites, and are actually
fairly common.
• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked
by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• One of the smallest plants ‘Cyclococcolithus leptoporus’
ahs and elaborate outer shell of patterned scales. They are
so tiny that 500 would fit on the head of a pin.
• Back in Medieval times family pets often slept up in
the thatched rafters of the dwelling where it was warm.
However when it rained, they were often washed down...
Hence the saying, It’s raining cats and dogs.
• In 1471 a chicken in Basel, Switzerland, was found guilty
of laying a brightly colored egg “in defiance of natural law”.
It was burned at the stake as “a devil in disguise”.
• Some people believe an acorn should be carried to bring
luck and ensure a long life.
An acorn at the window will keep lightning out.
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“You may believe that you are responsible
for what you do, but not for what you think.
The truth is that you are responsible for
what you think, because it is only at this
level that you can exercise choice. What you
do comes from what you think. “
From ‘A Course In Miracles’ ©
Foundation For Inner Peace
The Whole Foods Co-op, Erie, PA
“The longer I live, the more I realize
the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me is more important
than facts. It is more important
than the past, than education, than
money, than circumstances, than
failures, than successes, than what
other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance,
giftedness or skill. It will make
or break a company ...a church ...a
home.
The remarkable thing is we have a
choice everyday regarding the attitude
we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past ...we
cannot change the fact that people
will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on
the one string we have, and that is
our attitude ...I am convinced that
life is 10 percent what happens to
me and 90 percent how I react to
it. And so it is with you... we are in
charge of our attitudes.”
Charles Swindoll
The Whole Foods Co-op is a full-service natural foods market and organic café and bakehouse. The Co-op is a cooperative business,
which means we are owned and democratically controlled by its members.
The origins of the Whole Foods Co-op were in 1978 at the Food Basket, 540 East 14th Street in Erie as part of an initiative to
provide hard-to-get foodstuffs to the area’s Hispanic community at affordable prices. Today, the Whole Foods Co-op serves its
4000-odd Member-owners and the community at 1341 West 26th Street in Erie.
More than simply a place to find wholesome and delicious food, the Whole Foods Co-op is committed to this mission:
• To be the premier provider of affordable foods and products that enhance health and well-being
• To enrich the community through education and excellent service.
• To create an atmosphere conducive to maximizing the potential of all concerned: member-owners, employees, customers, sup
pliers, the community and the environment.
• To be stewards of the environment in all our endeavors.
• To embrace the Seven Cooperative Principles:
• Voluntary and open membership
• Democratic member control
• Member economic participation
• Autonomy and independence
• Education, training and information
• Cooperation among cooperatives
• Concern for the community
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Unusual Facts:
Strange but True.......
• Every time you lick a stamp, you’re
consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
• Shrimps’ hearts are in their heads.
• Both Hitler and Napoleon were
missing one testicle.
• Stalin was only five feet, four inches
tall.
• The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually
named after Grover Cleveland’s
baby daughter, Ruth.
• Armadillos get an average of 18.5
hours of sleep per day and can walk
underwater.
• Polar bears’ fur is not white, it’s clear.
Polar bear skin is actually black. Their
hair is hollow and acts like fiber optics,
directing sunlight to warm their skin.
• To escape the grip of a crocodile’s
jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs
-it will let you go instantly.
• Killer whales kill sharks by torpedoing
up into the shark’s stomach from
underneath, causing the shark to
explode.
• The only planet without a ring is
earth.
• If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its
stomach will explode.
• The raised reflective dots in the
middle of highways are called Botts
dots.
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important
tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make
the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all
external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment
or failure - these things just fall away in the
face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best
way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have
something to lose. You are already naked. There is no
reason not to follow your heart.” Steve Jobs
Fire the Grid : Become
Each human being on our precious
planet feels that we are living a time
of major changes. The Earth is giving
us clear signs that she is on a path of
transformation and because we live and
depend on her, we are experiencing this
with her. As you know, what we are living
in our lives, our outside world, is in
fact a direct reflection of our inner feelings
and thoughts. This is a call to bring
us all together as ONE. On November
11, 2011 at 11:11 GMT we will gather
collectively as one Heart, one Soul, one
deeply loving thought. We are inviting
people from around the world to raise
their love and joy frequency to the highest
level and visualize from our hearts
a world of harmony, joy and peace. A
world with clean water, pollution free air and soil, where everyone cares for each
other with intensely positive feelings. We can achieve this in different ways: we
can meditate, pray, chant, drum or dance. If you are near a sacred site, please go
there. You can use the powerful energies of the Earth as an amplifier..
All is interconnected. Separation is an illusion. There is only UNITY. The hour
is at hand to bring a new consciousness to humankind and to begin the Era of
Universal Peace.
Join us and lets create our new world together!
Namaste ~ Annie Tremblay (Anael)
www.firethegrid.org
to organize and event or simply participate:
http://www.meetup.com/Fire-the-Grid-I-Become
“If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no
Hitlers. We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that
they are responsible for their lives. Mankind’s greatest gift, also its greatest
curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or
from fear.” ~Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Choice is bondage,
choicelessness freedom.
The moment you choose
something, you have fallen
in the trap of the world. If
you can resist the temptation
to choose, if you can remain choicelessly aware,
the trap disappears on its own accord, because when
you don’t choose you don’t help the trap to be there
— the trap is also created by your choice.
The man who chooses remains disturbed. Serenity
means a state of choicelessness. Just like a mirror, it
simply reflects, with no choice. An ugly man comes,
it reflects. A beautiful man comes, it reflects. It has no
choice; there is no question of choice. Just reflecting.
Don’t choose. Don’t say this is good and don’t say
that is bad. Remain alert, that’s all. Don’t say this
is a saint and that is a sinner. Remain alert, that’s
all — and accept the total. The sinner exists, the
saint exists: the total accepts both. You also accept
both. With no condemnation of the sinner, with no
appreciation of the saint, you become choiceless. In
that choicelessness you will be balanced, and you
will be total.
Freedom is choicelessness. The sage does not
choose: he lives moment to moment, without any
choice. He allows life to flow through him. He allows
God to do whatsoever is his will; he has no will of his
own.
In choicelessness, love starts overflowing.
~ Osho
Do you have something interesting you
would like to share with our community?
The Front Porch is a place for community news and sharing,
updates, notables, and much more. We are excited to announce
that book and CD reviews will also take place here on
the Front Porch, so please send us any material you’ve written/
recorded or anything you are enchanted by. Press releases for
the Front Porch, as well as submissions for the rest of the magazine,
are encouraged, please go to the Front Porch section of
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guidelines.
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Art of Living
The nature of human beings is to take action. Even inaction is a form
of action. The desired outcome is to consistently take right (wise)
action. (in Sanskrit - choosing “shreya” over “preya”) Watching TV,
worrying, accepting a situation, planning, day-dreaming are also actions.
To take right (wise) action, we need good “buddhi” (intellect and
discriminating faculty of mind) and good (positive) thoughts. Nature of
thoughts drives feeling, feeling drives attitude, which gets manifested
in the form of action. Repeated actions become habit and that forms
our personality. Buddhi (or good intellect) comes from (a) restraint of
senses and (b) reduction or elimination of fear, ego, jealousy. These
come from calm mind and inquiring into our true nature - “who am
I” - Soul (“atma” which never dies) and not body and intellect (both
are prone to decay). Achieving true evenness of mind, and the power
that genuine detachment brings is the end result of a disciplined mind.
That (evenness of mind) comes from regular meditation. Brain and
body take rest when we sleep. Mind may not. Meditation is a way to
give rest to the mind. Pranayam (control of vital energy through breath)
helps one prepare for meditation. Control of the breath constitutes a
starting point toward attainment of control over the functioning of the
autonomic nervous system and control of mind. Aasana, balanced diet
and reading of scriptures/knowledge helps one prepare for Pranayam.
Art of Living Foundation
promotes knowledge, and
inspiration to help people
live happy and active life that
benefits the community and
world. www.artofliving.org/cleveland (216) 236-4182.
Need to make an important
decision or choice?
Ask yourself: What takes me toward my Divine purpose
and what takes me away?
Place your hand on your heart, breathe slowly, deeply
and feel the answer. This takes the head out, connecting
with our spirit, our true authentic essence. By calming
the mind chatter, we connect with the Divine residing
inside. Often times the choice is affected by a past,
present or future life event. Discover within.
Register for Past and Future Life Exploration
with Tina Sacchi, Master of Holistic Arts,
who will be facilitating at The Journey Expo
Cleveland. www.TinaSacchi.com
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From Reggae to Recovery:
A Music Legend Finds
There Is a Solution
By Rishi
Papa” Dave Smeltz is known as the father of Reggae
in Cleveland. The founder of the legendary
“band I-TAL, Dave gave us an opportunity to get to know
him and the history of the band.
The Journey: I look at interviews like this as a kind of
“spiritual genealogy.” So of course the best way to start
is at the beginning. Who were you, where you came from
and your early childhood, family etc?
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Dave Smeltz, center, with I-TAL in the ‘80s
Dave: My family consisted of my mother and grandparents.
My parents divorced right after I was born. Within
a week or two.. My father was an actor, on and off Broadway
in New York. I grew up on the east side of Cleveland
until the third grade and we moved to Shaker Heights.
My father was really out of the picture and I never got to
see him in my early years. Later on, I did get to talk to
him and spend time with him, but not a lot.
The Journey: Were you raised in any specific religion?
Dave: Not really. No real church history. As far as God
goes, I thought he was some white guy with a long beard
throwing thunder bolts. And I couldn’t identify with that.
My mom and grandma would go to Protestant Church.
They took me a couple of times but I complained about
the pews being too hard and I never had to go back. I’m
an only child and was used to getting my own way. Very
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selfish and self-centered starting at a
young age. Actually, as I look back I
really didn’t feel like I fit in when I was
very young. I felt different from all the
other kids because I didn’t have any
brothers or sisters, no father was ever
around. Even my name – Smeltz – was
different than any other black kids.
Just felt apart from everyone.
The Journey: Did you graduate
from Shaker High?
Dave: Yes, I majored in partying.
I graduated in 1974, was supposed to
a year earlier but didn’t get enough
credits. Spent too much staying out
and not studying. By high school I had
found a group that I felt comfortable
with. The guys that were smoking, drinking and doing
drugs. I grew my hair into an afro and did what I could to
be a part of this group. That was the first time I felt like
I belonged with a group of people.
By my early teens I was hanging out in Coventry.
We’re talking the late ‘60s and that was the place to be if
you were into the drug scene. Once I started using it didn’t
take me long to really get into it. Acid, pot, mescaline,
hash, whatever was around. Anything to get me out of
my fears and insecurities. What was I looking for? I just
know it was a tool or an instrument to get me out of me.
I can’t really say it was spiritual, but it was comfortable
because I didn’t have to deal with life. So using seemed
to be a solution to my fears and feeling of being apart
from everyone else.
The Journey: Let’s back up a bit. When did you first
pick up?
Dave: I was probably 12 or 13. That was beer. I didn’t
necessarily like the taste of it, but I liked the effect. So I
would drink for what it would do for me. Started smoking
cigarettes at 15. I remember I tried a Kool non-filter and
felt like I was going to die. But I got a buzz from it and I
kept smoking.
Of course all my new friends were drinking and smoking
so I felt like I was fitting in. Trying to get the insides
to feel better by playing the role on the outside. Really
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just searching for some
way to feel powerful in
my life.
The Journey: So
the drink and drugs
worked.
Dave: To a degree. I
tried other ways. I grew
the afro because the
Black Panthers were
around and they had
power. I wanted to be
a part of that because
I could see the respect
and power they had.
So I would walk around
screaming “power to
the people” and free
Huey [Newton]. I didn’t
even know who Huey
was. But they should
free this dude because
Dave on stage this summer everyone thinks so and
I don’t want to be looked at as different… I thought everyone
had it going on but me.
The Journey: So when did the music start?
Dave: I always loved music. Used to go to a music
store in Shaker Square where they had music booths
and you could go in and listen to all the new albums. The
Beatles, Bob Dylan, Temptations, James Brown, Wilson
Pickett, I really loved Motown. Started listening to people
like Janis Joplin. This is when I started to run with stoners.
They turned me on to a lot of different types of music that
were very similar to the type of music I had been listening
to because the root of the music came from Motown. So
I felt that music was universal and felt the connection to
all these types.
We got a space above the Coco
Lounge, to, I guess you could say,
rehearse. Sometimes doing more
partying than rehearsing.
The Journey: When did you start playing the guitar?
Dave: My mom had gotten got me this little guitar
when I was in sixth grade. It had a little 8-inch speaker
and I blew out the speaker in the first couple of days.
The Journey: Did you take lessons?
broken. But he told me what those forms were. That was
about the extent of my lessons. Learned the banjo, a little
harmonica. But pretty much self taught.
The Journey: Did the music help you to settle your
mind? You’ve shared how difficult is was for you with the
fears you had and with that is a lot of chatter in the mind.
When you listened to or perhaps felt the music, did you
find a peace of mind?
Dave: Yes, it helped a lot. I like that you make a distinction
between listening and feeling the music.
That’s why I felt that music was universal and I loved
all of it. I felt the connection to it all. Listening is more
of the outer and feeling it is more inner, deeper. Its like
when I play now, someone will ask what chord are you
playing? I’ll say, “I don’t know, its what I feel.”
I only saw [my father] about
three times in my life. Never
really got to know him. When he
died and I went to New York to
bury him and clean out his
apartment, I could see he was
just like me. Pretty much lost. I
could feel his loneliness.
The Journey: When did Reggae enter your life?
Dave: There was a TV show with The Manhattan
Transfer and Bob Marley was on one night. Never had
heard of him or Reggae before. First exposure to both. I
remember connecting to it and thinking I really like this.
He came to Cleveland in 1977 or ‘78. The feeling was
even more intense. It was like I felt a universal heartbeat.
In Reggae they call it one drop – it’s the third beat. And
of course at that time when I would listen to Reggae I
would add a little herb to it and wow - look out!
The Journey: At this point were you in a band?
Dave: Just jammed with some friends. We would
drink and smoke and played around a little. Sounded
great to us. In our heads anyway. But we stuck with it. I
had a friend, Bob Caruso, I knew from school. He played
congas. We got a space above the Coco Lounge, to, I
guess you could say, rehearse. Sometimes doing more
partying than rehearsing. But we also started going to
different clubs, checking out different bands.
One of the places was the Coach House that had
open mic nights. We got up and played one night. Afterwards
the owner came up, Dave Valentine, and said he
liked reggae and that we needed a bass player and he
played bass. In an apartment above the Coach House
lived a guy named Gair Linhart who played harmonica
and organ. So we picked him up to play with us. Dave
knew a guy named George from Jamaica who worked
Dave: No, I pretty much taught myself. Later when
I went to Ohio State for a year, I had a friend that told
me names of the chords I had been forming. I had been
forming them differently because this finger had been at University Hospital. We asked him to come hear us
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and see if we caught the sound right. George liked it and
said we got the right sound and we invited him to join.
He played the tambourine. Dave Valentine introduced
us to Bob Allen who played drums and John Wagner
played guitar.
The Journey: How did you pick the name I-TAL?
Dave: I was reading a magazine that had an article
about Marley and he talked about Jamaican Patois.
Kind of like a combination of African and West Indian
dialect and Jamaican slang. You put I before everything
to identify the connection to the God self. Like tomato
becomes I-mato, banana is I-nana. So I-TAL is from
natural. It felt right. I was smoking a lot of pot and I felt
that was very natural. So we had the guys, a name and
a home base to play because Dave owned the Coach
House. We were pretty successful right away. I think
a lot of people started coming because there wasn’t
anything else like it.
Unfortunately, my progression
in getting high went with the
progression of the band. Coke
started coming into vogue and
everyone wanted to party with
me. I started doing a lot of
blow. That was the beginning
of the end.
The Journey: Were your mom and grandparents
supportive?
Dave: They were very supportive. They tried to keep
a blind eye to getting high, but they would come to the
clubs and listen. Actually, my father had come to town
and came and heard the band with my mom at The
Mistake, down below the Agora. This was the first time
I had ever seen my father. I only saw him about three
times in my life. Never really got to know him. When he
died and I went to New York to bury him and clean out
his apartment, I could see he was just like me. Pretty
much lost. I could feel his loneliness.
The Journey: Did you resent your father?
Dave: I did when I was a lot younger. All the kids
in the neighborhood had fathers and I didn’t. Again, it
made me feel different. So I blamed him for how I felt.
I’m OK with it today.
The Journey: So the band took off right away?
Dave: Right away, like I said we were unique. We
met a woman named Ellie Nore who would come see
the band. Ellie looked good and she could shake the
tambourine and she could do great back up harmonies.
Also, she could play the keyboard. Chris Dunmore
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became our drummer. Carlos Jones came down to the
Coach House to see us and he would play bongos off
to the side of the stage and we ended up inviting him to
join. We became family. It was magic when we got up
and played. To this day I still get told by people what
the band did for them. Unfortunately, my progression
in getting high went with the progression of the band.
Coke started coming into vogue and everyone wanted
to party with me. I started doing a lot of blow. That was
the beginning of the end.
The Journey: Did the partying become daily?
Dave: Yes, it was no longer a social thing. I needed
it to function. Or so I thought.
The Journey: Did it cause problems with the
band?
Dave: Absolutely. Like where is Dave? Check the
bathroom. I was the problem. They weren’t using like
me. Eventually dissension between me and the band
started. There was some stuff they wanted to play that
I didn’t. I started to feel apart from rather than a part of.
So as I said, the progression of my drink and drug use
went with the progression of the band and eventually
the progression of the break up of the band.
I used any money I could
scrounge up to get high. I
actually learned that crack
will detox you from heroin; you
just have to use a lot of it.
The Journey: So the “family” was disbanded?
Dave: I took George and Ellie and started a new version.
Got some musicians from Kent Sate.
The Journey: Did the progression of the drug abuse
go with the transition?
Dave: Definitely. We were still popular and got some
great gigs. The more popular you are the more accessible
the drugs were. We went to Indiana for a gig and a cousin
of one of the band members basically owned a drug house.
I found myself doing heroin for the first time. Didn’t shoot
it up. Never did. Someone had told me you can’t get addicted
if you snort it. Found out that wasn’t true.
The Journey: Did any of the band members ever say
anything?
Dave: No, for the most part I always showed. Somehow
I was able to do what was needed to be done on stage.
I guess I can attribute it to a God-given talent. Somehow
it comes through – even through the drug-induced haze.
And of course they weren’t going to say anything to me
because I started the band. At least not to my face.
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A Man of Science
Gets A Change of Heart
By Dr. Terry Gordon
S
Science teaches us to accept as fact that which our
five senses experience. Anything beyond that is considered
by most in mainstream medicine to be heresy.
Before the invention of the microscope, scientists couldn’t
see microbes. That didn’t negate their existence. But facts
change with new revelations; technological advances open
the doors to discoveries that undermine our previously held
positions.
An interesting shift occurred for me about 10 years ago.
The pace of my life was grueling. Beginning at 6:45 a.m. I
would perform the first of five or six heart catheterizations,
angioplasties or pacemaker implantations. Between procedures
I would see the many patients hospitalized under my
care, finishing in time to get to my office by 1 p.m. to see
still more patients.
One morning I was in the middle of a typical day of hospital
rounds. I had run from one patient’s room to another.
Quickly perusing the chart of a new patient I was about to
see, I took in a deep breath and with a façade of calmness,
entered his room. Art Blair was a friendly gentleman in his
mid 70s who had been admitted to the hospital the previous
evening complaining of chest pain. As I entered his room, the
first thing out of his mouth was: “Whoa, Dr. Gordon, you’re
killing yourself!”
I was taken aback. “I beg your pardon?”
“I can see your aura, Dr. Gordon. You are surrounded by
marvelous energy, but it’s terribly fractured. Man, you’d better
do something about this,” he said shaking his head slowly,
“or something very bad is going to happen to you.”
I didn’t have time for this. In a nice way I shared with him,
“You know Mr. Blair, I’m the doctor. I’m here to help you.”
I completed his evaluation and shared with him my plan
of treatment. As I turned to leave his room my thoughts were
already focused on the next patient. On my way out, Mr. Blair
musically beckoned to me: “You know Doc, when the student
is ready, the teacher will appear.”
I didn’t respond to his comment as I rushed from the
room, but remember thinking, “What is this old geezer talking
about?”
Medically, I suspected he had blockages to the arteries
supplying his heart. So the next morning I took him to the
lab for a cardiac catheterization. As I made the preparations
to begin his procedure, an emergency arose in the coronary
care unit. Another patient began having a major heart attack.
We had to abort Art’s catheterization.
About half-way through the emergency procedure, I
stepped outside in the hallway just to make sure Art was
doing OK. He was asleep on the gurney in the hallway in no
apparent distress.
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When I was finally able to
get Art back in the lab, I apologized
for the delay. He said with
a radiant smile on his face, “No
problem, Doc. I had two hours of
g-r-e-a-t meditation. You realize
that meditation would benefit you
immensely? It would help you to
re-connect with your higher self,
the one that you have forgotten.”
Then he added, “Do you
want to know what I saw in my
meditation?” Not waiting for my
response he continued, “I saw that you are going to find two
blockages in my heart.”
I smiled at him as I responded: “Well, Mr. Hotshot Meditator
Man, let’s see how good you are.” I felt pretty confident
that I would prove him wrong. I have performed thousands of
these procedures. I never know what I’m going to find.
As I completed the procedure, Art must have seen a smile
cross my face because he asked, “What’s so funny, Doc?”
“Well, Art,” I paused, “perhaps we should have delayed
your catheterization for three hours rather than just two so
that you would have had more time to meditate. You have
just one blockage.”
Art Blair was a friendly gentleman
in his mid 70s who had been
admitted to the hospital the
previous evening complaining of
chest pain. As I entered his room,
the first thing out of his mouth
was: “Whoa, Dr. Gordon, you’re
killing yourself!”
Art wouldn’t let go. “Are you sure, Doc?” he asked. “I
know I saw two in my meditation.”
I reviewed the films with him, showed that in each view
there was only one blockage. It was a critical blockage, but
he had only one occlusion.
What happened next brought gooseflesh crawling over
my skin. He looked at me with such conviction, his crystal
hazel eyes piercing mine. Emphasizing each word, he slowly
said, “Terry you’re missing something.”
I reviewed his films one more time. He was so insistent
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If You’re Going
to Sit, Then Sit
By Eva Starr
ack in 1998, a movie came out with Gwyneth
Paltrow called Sliding Doors. In the movie, a
woman’s love life and career both hinge, un- bknown to her, on whether she catches a train. We see it
both ways, in parallel.
I’ve seen this movie at least three times and have
had many deep-rooted discussions over it based on the
choices we make in our own lives. The movie brings to
question whether our choices determine our fate, or if our
fate is pre-determined and guides our choices.
If you haven’t seen this movie I highly recommend
it; if you’re an over thinker (like myself) you, too, will
ponder the idea of a parallel existence leading to the
same destination.
There’s a meditation I created for my Louise Hay
groups when we come to the part of the course that deals
with making life choices. I would guide the students into
a relaxed meditative state to a fork in the road. Then I’d
ask them to visualize what it would be like if they took
the fork to the left or the fork to the right – taking them
through a variety of feelings, thoughts etc., leading them
six months, one year, then five years down the road.
It was a powerful meditation, which provided interesting
results. The key is that the decision is based on the
combined will of spirit and instinct. Ultimately this is a
most desired place to be when making our own choices
– the alignment of head and heart.
In my daily meditations, I vacillate between using an
Angel deck and an animal deck. There are occasions
when I draw the Antelope card, an action card. It will tell
me to make a decision and take action of some sort or
another. If I’m going to sit, then sit; if I’m going to stand,
then stand; and if I’m going to run, then run.
Before I take any action I need to make a choice. If
I’m in tune with spirit and my intuitive side, then I can go
into the silence and hopefully make a choice and then
proceed into action mode.
The key here, as with any of the choices we make on
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a daily basis, is to be at peace with the choice. Ah yes,
I know you don’t like to hear it. But isn’t that the key to
everything: to be at peace with whatever happens?
All the Gurus talk about it. Byron Katie calls it “loving
what is.” The Course in Miracles refers to the choice
between the Holy Spirit and the Ego, and if we’ve chosen
an error thought we ask the Holy Spirit to “let us see it
differently.”
Ester and Jerry Hicks tell us that it’s a simple choice
of what thought feels better and to “gravitate toward the
next feel-good thought” up the emotional ladder. Yes,
it’s enough to make even the ascended master student
go insane.
It was a powerful meditation,
which provided interesting results.
The key is that a decision is based
on the combined will of spirit and
instinct – an alignment of head
and heart.
Being the mother of two daughters, I’ve had my share
of dilemmas with the word choice. If they chose me for
their mother, then is it their choice if they travel down a
sinister and treacherous path? Will they eventually reach
Nirvana anyway – just a little bit later because they chose
to get on the train (as in Sliding Doors), or in fact missed
the train?
And do I, as their mom, have any say about their
choices?
The world we live in has made becoming a nun or
monk a great deal more enticing. The plethora of choices
is enough to drive a crazy person sane. You heard me
right; the homeless people might know something we
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don’t if they’re making the choice to live a simpler life
on the streets…I’m just saying.
How do we deal with the buffet of choices in front of
us on any given day? Which cell phone to buy? Do I take
the job even if I strongly dislike it because jobs are hard
to come by? Do we say yes or no to the boy or the girl?
What to cook, what to wear…the choices are endless.
Think about nature; the squirrel doesn’t lie there on
his psychiatrist’s couch having anxiety attacks over what
nuts to gather; the birds don’t take Prozac because they
can’t figure out what tree to build a nest in. The animal
kingdom and nature mosey about their business allowing
the Creator to guide them along.
My thoughts on this are to go with the Antelope; if
you’re going to sit, then sit; if you’re going to stand, then
stand; and if you’re going to run, then run.
Just make the choice. Don’t second-guess it. Be at
peace with whatever choice you make. You do know
you’re going to get another chance to choose all over
again, the next moment, hour, day or week. May the
choice be with you.
Eva Starr’s spiritual journey has taken her coastto-coast,
studying various schools of thought. Starr
now resides in the San Diego area, devouring the
alluring buffet of wisdom the West Coast has to offer.
Continue to communicate with her via evastarr.com
and reachforthemoon.net, or at evastarr24@yahoo.
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Yoga Studios
Family Karate - 8901 Mentor Ave. Unit E, Mentor - Adult fitness
program includes Yoga, Tai Chi Chuan, and cardioKarate for one
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and class times check out our website www.Karate4Family.com
Or call 440-255-7300
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227-9710 for more information.
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Yoga Flow - Three locations in Pittsburgh. Soon to be a fourth.
Come practice in the warm. Classes for beginners, intermediate
and advanced. Yoga for everyBODY! Check our website www.
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Loving Hands Yoga and Reiki - Small, friendly Hatha yoga
classes for all levels. Healing Reiki therapy for body, mind, and
spirit. 10% discount for new clients! www.LovingHandsYoga.
com / 216-408-5578 / 2959 Hampshire Road, Cleveland Heights,
OH 44118
Yoga Teachers
Virginia Collins - RYT, CYT In-the-Now Yoga at Swedenborg
Chapel, 4815 Broadview Rd. Cleveland. Body-Mind-Spirit Integrative.
Accommodating all needs and ages. www.circleofinnerlight.
com or 216-398-7743. Yoga as a way of life!
Clyde Chafer, certified yoga instructor with various workshops
in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas. Private classes available.
Also group and individual cleanse and detox programs. Please
call 440-223-1392 for times and more details.
Yoga Events/Workshops
Yoga Teachers Training - T.R.Y. 4 Life 200 & 500 Yoga Alliance
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janis@try4life.com 440-356-5991 or 330-995-4104
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and supplements. Please call Clyde Chafer at 440-223-1392.
EFWA, Karma Yoga’s 200 hour Teacher Training/Yoga Studies
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to help you become a complete teacher of yoga or deepen your
own personal practice. The program is facilitated by Clyde Chafer.
For more information, please call Clyde Chafer at 440-223-1392
Tantra Yoga workshops with Psalm Isadora at The Journey
Expo Cleveland Sept. 9-11. Three enlightening workshop to help
you find freedom and bliss. More information and ticketing can be
found at www.thejourneymag.com
We are expanding the magazine to the Columbus, OH,
Pittsburgh PA and Buffalo NY areas and will be staging
another Expo in Pittsburgh next year.
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Making the Choice
to Live Well By Lauren Duke
finally made it home on Sunday to
a house that looked like it hadn’t
been maintained for months.
On top of that, I had just taught Iback-to-back yoga classes, my pants
were thick and I was sweating in the
80-degree heat.
On a day like this, it’s hard not to
be anywhere but the beach. Usually
I try to maintain whatever it is that
supports while I continue on with my
life. But not this time.
Something shifted the last couple
of months and my life began to run
circles around me. Maintaining anything
seemed next to impossible. The
last thing I wanted to do was go clean
my kitchen. The last thing I wanted
to choose was to try to get a handle
on my life.
When things are out of control,
sometimes it’s easiest to just leave
them that way.
I walked in to my house, looked
straight into the kitchen and saw that
the juicer, which my lovely partner
didn’t clean again, had made the best
of friends with a gang of oversized
bull flies. Maybe if I ignore it and
just walk right into my room it will
disappear.
So, I did that.
I sat down. Ahhh, a moment
of silence. BBBBUUUUUUZZZZZZ.
I got up and shut the door.
BBBBUUUUZZZZZZ. Darn, it’s still
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there. The bull flies have taken over
and they can’t be compassionate
enough to give me a moment to relax
before they ruin my day. Don’t they
know I have been working all morning?
No respect anymore.
Something shifted
the last couple of
months and my life
began to run circles
around me. Maintaining
anything
seemed next to
impossible. The last
thing I wanted to
do was go clean my
kitchen.
I took one abundant breath, trying
to breathe into all of the places
overwhelmed with tension and got to
my feet. I closed my eyes and another
deeply profound breath moved me
closer to the door. I felt like Braveheart
in his kilt standing on the top
of a mountain preparing for battle
–except without the breeze getting
my panties in a tussle.
I walked to the kitchen and
stood there observing, plotting and
researching the most appropriate
strategy for me to attack this foreign
territory. I decided the sponge and
counter surface cleaner would be my
allies here.
I started spraying the surface
cleaner, (it’s organic; don’t worry) in
the direction of the giant bull flies. Not
bothered by this substance (which
I’m pretty sure is the closest thing to
water you can get) they continued
buzzing above the fruit and veggie
particles drizzled around the juicer.
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Time for plan B. Choices, choices,
choices.
My next choice was impulsive. I
decided that a text to my beloved –
shear anger about his stupidity and
negligence for leaving the juicer
dirty for three days – is the best
way to handle this. He texted me
back: “Don’t worry about it. We will
deal with it later. Come down to the
beach.”
I became infuriated at his lack
of understanding. I paced back
and forth around the dirty, bull-fly
infested house. I could feel the heat
burning a hole in the lining of my
stomach as I walked. I thought, “Now
I have an ulcer. Great!”
I heard a little noise by the side
of the refrigerator. I walked over and
saw a new little friend staring up at
me. It was a mouse. And he was
laughing at me and mocking me
and basically telling me I’m a drama
queen, which triggered a lot of my
childhood memories with my sister
so I started acting like a kid.
I felt like Braveheart
in his kilt standing
on the top of a
mountain preparing
for battle –except
without the breeze
getting my panties
in a tussle.
I was sobbing and jumping up
and down and throwing a full-on
tantrum. I grabbed the broom and
started beating it between the tiny
crevice next to the fridge. It didn’t
fit so I tried to ram it in. That didn’t
work so I got down on the floor and
started trying to use the strength of
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my legs to move the refrigerator.
I faintly remembered hearing the mouse taunting me
as he ran back and forth from the tiny archway to his
shelter where I couldn’t reach him. And there was nothing
I could do because the space between the refrigerator
and the wall was simply too small to put my hand into,
or anything else for that matter, and the fridge was too
heavy for me to move on my own.
I sat on the couch and cried just like when I was a
kid. “Things apparently haven’t changed much,” said
a voice from the kitchen. Dammit! I knew that mouse
could talk.
At this point I wished I had some rat poison or some
of those old acid tablets I used to take when I was a
teenager. But then I remembered one of my old teachers
talking to me about Ahimsa (non-violence) that in every
other respect at this point, I had completely tossed out
the window.
The moment I thought about what my teachers have
shared with me I started to feel calmer. I began to remember
all of the things I had learned. I walked outside
and took a deep breath to re-evaluate the situation with
the talking mouse and buzzing bull flies.
The mind is a funny thing. It’s tricky – always trying
to convince you that the world is going to end if you
don’t save it.
I slowed down for a moment. I wiped my tears away.
I saw this amazing monarch butterfly sitting on top of
the lilies across the drive. For a second I thought that
thing started talking to me too and I thought I was really
losing it.
So I closed my eyes and re-opened them. It was
gone. I could hear some kids playing in the next yard.
I took another deep breath just to pause. The air was
warm and I realized I had choices. The pausing cleared
my perspective.
I realized I had created a soap opera; my stomach
hurt from getting so upset. I remembered my dharma
and my duties.
Pausing in this moment allowed
me to put my feet back on the
ground. It allowed me to
recognize this wasn’t that big
of a deal. It’s just life.
I thought about my mom cooking, cleaning and loving
three kids totally on her own. I thought about my father
dying from too many heroin needles in his life. I thought
about my sister’s addiction to crystal meth when she was
16-years-old. I thought about my sweet little brother’s
rosy red cheeks (even though he is 20).
Pausing in this moment allowed me to put my feet
back on the ground. It allowed me to recognize this wasn’t
that big of a deal. It’s just life. And life happens every
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single day, all day, to all of us.
I walked into the kitchen, armed myself with the sponge
and the organic counter cleaner, turned on some music and
took care of my life.
I realized in that moment that I could live my life or I
could let my life live me. I chose to live my life. So I cleaned.
I cleaned and cleared so I could feel the bigger energy that
helps me connect with the things that are really important.
We still have the mouse. I accept that – for now. I realize
that nothing is ever going to be perfect unless I choose to see
flawless perfection even when things seem like a hurricane.
The best choice was for me to just calm down and to clean.
So I did just that.
Lauren Duke is the founder of Green Flash Yoga in
Cardiff by the Sea, California. Her Web site is http://www.
greenflashyoga.com/.
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Bring the Inside Out,
and Begin Now
By Kimmie Rose Zapf
am sharing thoughts from my heart with you today.
I love all of you. What is happening in our outer
Iworld in relation to our relationships with loved ones,
jobs and health is a reflection of what is happening
within us.
As it is within, so it is without. Our current reality is
a mirror of what is going on inside us. If our outer reality
is unhappy, chaotic or unfulfilling, it is a direct result of
what is happening inside.
It does not matter one iota what we change on the
outside, if we haven’t done the work to change on the
inside. Our reality will continue to lead us to patterns of
detachment – not moving forward and accomplishing
our goals, or working toward feeling free of guilt and
separation from those who matter to us.
So if you feel you are not capable in the inside, then
this is what you will reflect on the outside. We have total
and complete control over only one thing in life – our
thinking.
As it is within, so it is without. Our
current reality is a mirror of what
is going on inside of us.
Most of the time people do things because they think
they are helping a situation; the rest of the time, it’s not
out of poor intentions, but rather from making decisions
based on hurt, fear and anger.
Start today by putting the past in the past. Look at
yourself in the mirror and say, “I am OK with me.” Stop letting
the “should have” and “could have” rule your life.
Let go of other people’s expectations
for you. For every person who has
been hard on you, remember that
someone was hard on them. Break
the chain of harshness by being kind
to yourself.
Forgive yourself first and it will be easier to forgive
others. Allow yourself to know what is really going on
inside. If you are numbing yourself to feel happy by using
substances or other addictions – like shopping or overworking
– then you are not allowing yourself to feel what
is going on in the present moment.
Accept it when something hurts; feel it and notice
that in this very moment you can be happy and change
it by doing something about it. Ignoring it only puts a
bandage on it temporarily.
Let go of other people’s expectations for you. For
every person who has been hard on you, remember that
someone was hard on them. Break the chain of harshness
by being kind to yourself and refusing to live up to
someone else’s expectations for you.
Whenever someone criticizes you unfairly, realize that
they have just made it that much harder for themselves
to fulfill their own perfectionist ideas when they make a
mistake or fail.
Take this moment to remember where you’ve come
from and why you no longer want to live that way. Be
grateful for what you do have – great relationships, a
It is not until we change our thought patterns to focus
on what it is we truly desire that we can effect meaningful
and lasting change.
Detaching brings temporary happiness. It keeps us
from feeling what may hurt or what is going on inside
of us. Eventually it catches up to us, manifesting itself
through health issues, relationship problems and feelings
of not being worthy.
Worthiness has nothing to do with how much you
give another person or how much you are accepted. It
has everything to do with believing in the choices we
make, and feeling OK with the person we look at in the
mirror each day.
Start today by looking in the mirror and knowing
what your heart truly intended. If you feel you have let
someone down, ask yourself: “Was that my intention?” home, people who love and appreciate you, abilities,
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interests, hobbies, pets, health, etc.
Look for the good in your life and you will no longer
need to “try” to feel happy – you will simply be happy on
your own. When you do this your outer world will begin to
change because your inner world is more peaceful.
Look in the mirror and smile and know that this moment
is brand new. Pick up the phone and say what you
really want to say. Don’t let fear keep you from showing
others how much you love them, and it will be easier to
love yourself and to be loved.
Understand that love doesn’t have anything to do
with money, outer beauty or acceptance. Love is simply
love.
If you try, you will see it was never as complicated as
you thought, and that you have more control over your life
when you allow love to be your guide. Watch the miracles
begin to happen. Relationships will heal and abundance
will manifest.
Make the choice to begin now.
Kimmie Rose Zapf is a professional intuitive, vibrational
astrologer, author, public speaker and radio and
television host on CBS Radio and Telos Television Networks.
She is available for personal readings, classes and
seminars. For more information, call her at Lite the Way,
(734) 854-1514 or visit www.kimmierose.com. She will
be presenting workshops at the Journey Mind, Body &
Soul Expo in Kirtland, Ohio September 9, 10 & 11. See
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Choosing My Own
‘Road Less Traveled’
By Mandi S. Babkes
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omething is happening, a shift more apparent, more
poignant, and more sacred than anything that has
ever happened before in my life. I am so completely
finding completeness. Hard it may seem, to forgo Sthose feelings that often encompass me with pessimism
and hopelessness. I am choosing to free myself from this
vicious cycle. I am resonating on such a different level
that it almost scares me. My path is allowing me to reveal
and let those things go that have haunted me for years
and to embark on a new-found journey of self reflection
and renewal. I am discovering the person I truly am and
want to be. I am drowning out the unimportant concerns
and pretentions in my existence, the superficial “stuff,”
the worries and self -defeating practices that have proven
to be my deterrent. If I can continue to move past these
obstacles, this shall be my most amazing accomplishment
and life’s work in the making! Let the process continue,
the journey be blissful and my life and the lives I impact
be beautiful. -An entry from my personal journal
My mother lay speechless and
fragile for days. One day, I sat with
my mom, holding her hand, and
sang “The Rose.” Within moments,
she uttered, “Talk to me, help to
guide me.”
I have chosen to travel on my very own “road less
traveled.” For many years, this road guided me in directions
that were less than fulfilling. Engulfed by suffering,
I was stuck in a static and sad state of existence. I was
infected with negativity and chose to believe that there
was no way out.
The death of my mother was my ultimate defeat. I
recall her life and death so vividly, the moments when her
mortality became a reality. I chose to commit myself to
saving her. I refused to believe that she was really facing
death and I would not accept her bleak state of affairs.
She was not going to die.
Sitting at her death-bed sobbing, I finally got the
courage and made a choice to allow her to pass. “It’s
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OK Mom,” I said. I sensed she was holding on until I accepted
her departure. I did not want to say these words.
I wished to give my mom peace, but I also felt defeated
and cheated.
But an unbelievable moment had happened shortly
before I expressed these words –an experience that I will
never forget.
My mother lay speechless and fragile for days. One
day, I sat with my mom, holding her hand and sang “The
Rose.” Within moments, she uttered, “Talk to me, help
to guide me.” At this very second, I recognized something
powerful. Despite my anger and sadness, I was
mesmerized by her prayer. It was as if my mom’s spirit
was speaking to me, and it was at this moment that I
chose to let her go.
One would think that, with my acceptance of her
death, my life would have become easier. On the contrary,
I still felt anguish. Although I chose to permit my
mom to die, I struggled to accept the loss. I felt like a
failure for not being able to keep her alive. As I let her
go, I let myself go too.
My own health challenges became inflamed and
overwhelming. Pained and out of control, my ego was
crushed. I chose to surrender and give up on life, allowing
my emotional and physical existence to crumble.
I had always possessed an interest in health and natural
healing. It had been my hope that this interest would
have enticed my mother to change her own treatment
patterns, but this was not an option in her “old school”
world where doctors were gods.
After her death, as I began to
despair, I lost my passions for so
many things –alternative healing
being one of these. I suffered
from illnesses myself, and chose
to succumb to doctors who gave
me death sentences.
After her death, as I began to despair I lost my passions
for so many things –alternative healing being one
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of these. I suffered from illnesses myself and chose
to succumb to doctors who gave me death sentences.
I allowed myself to believe they were right. I was
over-medicated, surgically wounded and emotionally
scarred. I began to choose a life of resentment and selfdestruction.
I was lost and fearful, allowing my woes to
chip away at my very foundation.
But then something happened.
Louise Hays suggests, “Whenever we are ill, we
need to search our hearts to see who it is we need to
forgive.” I began to look into forgiveness – primarily
for myself and my choices.
I became determined to acquire a sense of personal
happiness and transform my dreams into reality.
And so my journey began. My choices have proven
to be my ultimate accomplishments. I have chosen
to look within, to “sit with myself,” and unleash the
demons that have haunted me for so many years. My
passion for healing resurfaced. I chose to pursue a
masters degree in holistic health and nutrition, graduating
with honors.
By choosing to heal myself and my life, I can now
follow my dreams. By accepting my circumstances, I
have awakened my true essence and have embarked
on a rewarding path of helping others achieve their own
sense of wellness and enlightenment.
These are my choices that have shaped me into the
woman that I contentedly have become.
My choices have allowed me to let go of ego and
welcome in aversions and shifts, to establish a personal
and emotional intimacy with myself, and to be conscious
of my life in its entirety. I have chosen to embrace
the past and recognize that all of my experiences,
though not always pleasant on the surface, have, and
will continue to, affect me in a positive way.
I have chosen to embrace love, adventure, discovery
and positivity. Ultimately, I have chosen to love
and respect myself.
I have come to realize that life is a mountainous
journey, with peaks and valleys. With each valley, we
must make a choice; climb back up or admit defeat.
I once chose defeat, but I now choose to ascend on a
constant quest to feel enlightened. I have chosen to live
by these very words that I created during my transition
– words that have become my mission statement:
We have the power to change those things in our
lives that are far from great and make the greatest of
things even greater.
Mandi S. Babkes is a board certified
holistic health and nutrition counselor,
Quantum Reflex Analysis practitioner
and proprietor of Holistic Health With
Mandi. Her practice and passion incorporates
natural healing, disease prevention,
detoxification, live-sourced supplementation and raw and
living foods, physical fitness and lifestyle coaching. E-mail
inquiries to msbabkes@comcast.net Visit www.holisticandrawwithmandi.com.
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Soul Food
By Eva Starr
Being spiritual doesn’t mean you are a doormat and wear
a sign that says “Use me, abuse me; it’s OK, I forgive you.”
Soul Food is dedicated to all my readers as an offering
to share my metaphysical musings and the lessons
that I have encountered throughout my journey here in
this classroom we call Planet Earth. I encourage your
questions and quandaries as we grow together toward
solution and enlightenment.
Dear Eva:
I’m fairly new to the metaphysical world and have
been working diligently at feeding my newfound spirituality.
My dilemma is this: I’ve met a guy who I’ve fallen
deeply for. I feel like I’m in quicksand and the more I try
to dig my way out the deeper I sink.
I find myself allowing certain things he does or
doesn’t do to go without comment. There is a part of
me that is in conflict over this, yet I feel that I should be
more spiritual and not judge, while being more forgiving.
Inside I’m suffering, but don’t want to lose him. I can’t
bear to spend another night crying myself to sleep. I’m
reaching out to you, please help me discern between
what’s loving and what’s not.
Confused in Cleveland.
mine for the novice is Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your
Life. Grab a copy, read it and carry it everywhere.
Start with defining your boundaries and don’t let
anyone cross them. Look at it like this: What if this was
your daughter or someone else you cared deeply about?
What would you want for them?
As to figuring out whether your choices are right or
not, the answer is simple: How do you feel inside?
I think you’ve already answered that because you’ve
told me you are in conflict and are suffering. When it
comes from a place of truth there is no doubt, no sleepless
nights crying into your pillow. Surrender my dear
to God’s will; he is your father and will watch over you.
Start loving yourself the moment you read this and don’t
ever stop for anyone.
For myself, I might want to look at
why I am attracting these people
into my life to begin with. There may
be a lesson in it for me.
Dear Confused:
I first want to reassure you that you are not alone
in your dilemma. Many people, when embarking on a
spiritual path, find themselves in a state of confusion as
to the new choices they are now faced with in their entry
into the world of metaphysics. Please take comfort in
knowing this is a quandary we all go through.
Being spiritual doesn’t mean you are a doormat
and wear a sign that says “Use me, abuse me; it’s OK, I
forgive you.” What it does mean is that you have a fresh
understanding of who you are, which is a child of God, a
divine being deserving of love. That love starts with you
looking in the mirror and recognizing the inner beauty
radiating from inside because you are that child of God.
This is a constant that does not change; the only thing
that changes is your perception.
Once you start loving the self, you will no longer
allow another human being to treat you in a manner less
than you treat yourself. There are a plethora of books
out there dealing with this subject. A personal favorite of
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Dear Eva:
In my day-to-day life, I come across various friends,
co-workers, and/or family members who seem to shoot
down some of the choices I’ve made in my life. There
are times when I go home after being with them and feel
like a vampire just sucked all the blood out of me. I don’t
want to be rude, and some of these are people I am in
contact with on a daily basis due to work situations or
family. I feel drained at the end of the day and can’t seem
to motivate myself for my own spiritual needs. What’s a
person to do?
Drained
Dear Drained:
The good news is you’ve recognized there are indeed
energy vampires in your life; pat yourself on the back.
Now that you’re aware, you can actually be proactive in
how you deal with them. Allow me to share a quote by
John Assaraf: “I just do not hang around anybody that
I don’t want to be with. Period. For me, that’s been a
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lessing, and I can stay positive…”
There are several ways to do this. First, you can
surround yourself in a shield of white light, similar to
a protective bubble before you start your day or leave
the house. When your co-workers start going into their
Drama Queen mode, simply smile, nod your head and
move on. No response to the bloodsuckers is the best
response. They’re looking for attention. Detach.
As for family members, you can say, “Tell me something
positive that happened today,” and if they can’t,
then smile and say, “I love you but I’m going to go do
something uplifting.”
It’s similar to the bully on the playground: As long
as he has an audience he will continue to push your buttons
and bully you. Once you quit playing his game, he
moves on to his next victim.
For myself, I might want to look at why I am attracting
these people into my life to begin with. There may be
a lesson in it for me. You are No. 1 (next to God of course)
and you have a right to love yourself and surround yourself
with people who honor and respect that.
Speaking as a person who fishes, if all else fails
“cut bait.” Yes, there simply are times in our lives where
we have no other choice but to cut bait – hook, line
and sinker. Sharks can smell blood a mile away, and if
they’re headed over to your pond, it’s time to quit making
deposits in the blood bank. You can do this, I have
faith in you!
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InnerViews
By Kimmie Rose Zapf
Aries
September – This is a good month for making new
friends. Your energy is open, engaging and ready for new
things. You bring a spark to life that others can’t match.
That is what draws people to you. Enjoy!
October – Forgiveness is important during this time
as old issues surface. It’s important to leave the past in
the past. New things begin to happen when you can see
clearer without the misunderstanding blocking the way.
Taurus
September – Financial issues come to a head when
someone decides to be honest with you about their
spending habits. The importance of being understanding
will help them get their financial house in order. Kindness
and patience are key.
October – Romance will seem in disguise this month
but will actually be in plain sight. The vibration of love is
all around you whether it is in books, television, movies
or your own life. Open your awareness and engage with
your heart.
Gemini
September – Things are distorted now because
people are not allowing themselves to fully communicate
their true feelings with you. Make an intention to be present
for them so they can let go of what is bothering them.
Sometimes a good ear is all someone needs.
October – You seem to revel in family oriented activities
and find more meaning in your life because of it. The
lesson learned is to live in the present and forget the past.
Don’t take revenge for past actions. Leave it to God.
Cancer
September – Instead of holding onto old wounds,
allow yourself to see them as openings to new opportunities
in your future. Don’t be afraid to speak from your
heart and everything will go more smoothly with those
around you.
October – This month offers long-term romantic
partnerships to those who authentically hold the energy
of unconditional love in their heart. Otherwise, be ready
for relationships that are not honestly rooted in love to
crash and burn.
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Leo
September – Connections are made outside your
normal circle of friends. Go to parties when invited and
join new groups. Indulge yourself in music, art and beautiful
things. An open and expressive heart invites light
romantic flirting.
October – The tide is turning for you this month as
old issues dissolve and a new energy steps in. A fresh
start or new approach will help things get moving again.
Take advantage of this shift, not just for yourself, but
everyone involved.
Virgo
September – People are more than receptive to your
ideas so this is a good time to share them. Money issues
look up and miscommunication in your relationships also
gain clarity with this shifting of energies.
October – Your work or relationships may be feeling
like a wild rollercoaster ride lately. This energy is clearing
and releasing things that no longer serve you so something
better can come forward. Have faith that everything
works for good.
Libra
September – Take time to consider what is most important
to you, but don’t minimize the needs of others.
Even if you come to the realization that you aren’t happy,
don’t take it out on those around you. You are the only
one who can change your life.
October – Happiness comes with taking steps toward
the goals you have set. No one can fault you for speaking
from your heart. Don’t hold others responsible for the
situations in your life. Take ownership and you will find
your personal power.
Scorpio
September – The last six months have tested you
in many ways and now you can look back and realize it
was all worth it. Sometimes it takes things falling apart
before something better can be created. From out of the
ashes the phoenix rises.
October – This month is a time to celebrate the good
times in your life, especially your work accomplishments.
Opportunities for business trips and a new love interest
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are possible. Existing relationships have the potential to
move into something deeper.
Sagittarius
September – Watch yourself this month and remain
focused on what you want. Choosing a different path
for your life can be wonderful, but some old emotional
triggers could easily lead you into making the same old
mistakes if you’re not in a state of awareness.
October – Good things come together for you in the
area of love this month. As you find yourself more open
and receiving from people, they will be comfortable sharing
their deeper feelings. In return, this is a great time to
communicate your true feelings too.
Capricorn
September – Nothing is going to cheer you up or
make you feel alive until you sit down and have a talk
with yourself. Ask what it is that you really want to fix or
change. The answer will be revealed as you understand
that others will serve as a mirror to help you.
October – You have many natural talents that are accepted
and encouraged by those around you. When you
tap into your creative abilities you, too, are surprised by
what flows from you. When you follow your heart, you
find your bliss.
Aquarius
September – You may find yourself wanting to withdraw
from the hustle and bustle of daily life and become
more introspective. Don’t be alarmed. This is a healthy
process that leads you to getting to know yourself better
and move forward in more confidence.
October – As you work your way through changes
both big and small, a new personal cycle begins for you.
Your feelings of restlessness and disconnect have been
helping you make positive changes. Trust the process
and know everything is as it should be.
Constantly Updated!
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Pisces
September – Don’t look out into the world with what
you have and don’t have. Know that your abundance is
always within your fingertips unless you believe otherwise.
Money issues may pop up testing your ability to
manifest.
October – Changes at work have taken a lot of your
energy and it’s time for balance to be restored. As you
spend more time at home, your romantic relationship will
deepen and intensify. All feels right in the world again.
Kimberly Rose is a professional intuitive, vibrational
astrologer, author, public speaker and radio and television
host on CBS Radio and Telos Television Networks. She is
available for personal readings, classes and seminars. For
more information, call her at Lite the Way, (734) 854-1514
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Dave Smeltz.....Continued from page 14
Plus the other part of was that some of the new band
members were partiers like me. Actually 4 or 5 members,
who at one time were part of the new versions of
the band, died. All the direct result of drinking and drugs.
It wasn’t till after I got sober and realized the insanity of
what was going on.
The Journey: How long did the band last?
Dave: Until about 1992. I did a gig and decided that
was it. Pretty abrupt. But I was sick. I needed to stop. We
were playing out every night and I was using to get myself
up for the gig. Then every morning I was throwing up.
Just up and left. We were on the road and I came back
to Cleveland. Also, I had met a woman in South Carolina
that would come to our shows down there. We became
a couple. I might add that she was not a partier like me.
Anyway, she came to Cleveland and we found out she was
pregnant. My older daughter was born. Five years later
my younger daughter was born. We got married and we
were living in Cleveland Heights. Not much money. Both
of us were going to school. Her for Occupatioinal Therapy
Assistant, and me for Physical Therapist Assistant. Finally
got out of school and we both went to work. My mother
helped us get a house.
The Journey: Did you keep using?
Dave: No, well yes....I put down the coke, heroin
and the drink, but still smoked pot. Thought I needed
something to take the edge off. Then we had a party to
celebrate our graduation. My ex-wife had told me that it
wasn’t so much that she minded me drinking, just that
I drank too much. So I thought OK, I just wont drink
so much. We got the band back together for the party.
I started drinking that night. We opened up a bottle of
champagne and that was it. I was off and running. In
no time I was down on Superior buying crack. Started
snorting heroin again. I’m working in a hospital and I’m
copping before work, lunchtime and on the way home.
Sometimes nodding out at work.
The Journey: Did your ex-wife suspect anything?
Dave: She was concerned that I was losing so much
weight and was upset that I came home from work and
would bypass the kids and go right to the bathroom. Like I
said, I would cop on the way home. I tried to pretend there
was no problem. But she knew something was up. This
was about 1999. Finally I found a way to get out of work
due to an injury I sustained. Twisted my back. Though it
did really hurt, I used it to not only get out of work, but
I also got a prescription for methadone to help with the
pain. Only paying $1.30 for 60 tabs. So not only do I get
out of work with pay, but I get my drugs cheap and I can
tell the ex-wife I need it for pain.
After a while the high wasn’t enough so I started
snorting heroin and smoking crack. I am such a physical
wreck that my ex-wife is thinking I have cancer. She
ends up taking me to the Clinic and they check me in
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and start giving me liquid morphine. After a couple days
and a bunch of tests, they can’t find anything wrong and
they send me home. Then my ex-wife starts waking up,
she finds some pot and starts realizing that I am using.
She wants a divorce and leaves with the kids. We had
gotten in a fight and I kicked a broom across the floor,
hit her ankle and shouted at her. The police came and
I was arrested for domestic violence. Spent the night in
jail. My mother picked me up and told me I needed to
get some help.
The Journey: Did you get honest with your mom?
Dave: I did. She arranged for me to get counseling.
I went and copped instead. Man, the people we hurt so
we can get high. My ex-wife and I had some money we
were going use for a down-payment on a new house.
Thousands of dollars. I took that money. I was restrained
from being in the house, so I got a room at a flop house
off of West 25 th Street– the kind of place where people
don’t even make it to the bathroom and just piss and crap
wherever. I spent every last dime on drinks and drugs. I
did pay her back every last dime after I got sober. I had
to use just to get up in the morning. Had to get out of
my mind because I couldn’t deal with the thoughts of all
the rotten things I had and was doing to everyone around
me. Like I said, I went through all the money, ended up
sleeping in my car. Not too much fun sleeping in your car
in February in Cleveland. Then in a homeless shelter.
The Journey: Did anybody recognize you?
Dave: No. I had lost a lot of weight and looked like
any skinny junkie. Also, I didn’t want any of my friends
to know what was happening in my life, so I had isolated
myself from them. I used any money I could scrounge up
to get high. I actually learned that crack will detox you
from heroin; you just have to use a lot of it.
The Journey: Any exposure to recovery?
Dave: I had gone to an emergency room at the Cleveland
Clinic and told them I was going to kill myself. I
thought they were putting me in a detox ward or treatment
center. Ends up it was a psych ward. That’s where they
put people who say they are going to kill themselves.
They did have meetings there and a guy gave me
an NA book. They weaned me off the drugs. Got out of
there and I immediately found a bag of dope I had hidden
and was back at it again. My mother let me stay at her
house. I started hallucinating. Cocaine psychosis. I was
delusional. This was the beginning of the end.
Begging my mom for five dollars every morning to
get high. Finally she kicked me out, saying, “You’re crazy
and don’t know what your doing.” She said don’t come
back until you got some help. I got my mom to let me
back in under the promise I would call Orca House and
get in for help. I called and they said I could come in the
next week. They said don’t use for a week. It was the
longest week of my life. My mom dropped me off and
gave me ten dollars. She said I love you and go do what
you need to do. As the car turned the corner, I looked
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Dave’s mug shot
at Orca House and I looked down the street and started
walking and went and copped. Spent that ten dollars on
dope. That was my last hit.
I went back to Orca House and somehow got the
clarity to realize it was over. I started my recovery. My
sobriety date is April 20, 2001. I started hearing things
differently. I believed that maybe I could live sober. Started
working the 12 steps and did everything I was told to
do. They told me to get a sponsor and I got one of the
roughest guys who would come there to talk to us. I did
whatever they told me to do and wouldn’t you know it,
my life started changing.
The Journey: How long were you in Orca House?
Dave: 104 days. Then I was sent to the Pass Program
for eight months. That was one of the best things to happen
to me. It was a building that housed 72 guys and I
shared a room with four of them. That’s really where my
recovery took off. I had to learn to deal with other people
without getting high. I knew I didn’t want to get high anymore
and this took me to the test. Somewhere between
going to Orca House and Pass something changed. It was
like [moving from] knowing I can’t get high to not wanting
to. There is a big difference. I know now that I did my
best to cut myself off to the Creator of all things. But that
Creator never left me. I can’t do this by myself and that
Creator brought the people into my life to help me.
The Journey: Did you go back to work? Did your, ah
... back get better?
Dave: Oh yea, my back got better. Funny how those
things start to change when we begin to wake up. Got a
part time job in home-health care. The woman that hired
me was a true angel in my life. She hired me knowing
that I was in a halfway house. She had a relative in recovery
and gave me a chance. She has since passed but
her brother hired me back on because of how much his
sister believed in me. It’s a miracle that I even still had
my license for physical therapy. My mom renewed it for
me while I was in jail for domestic violence. She actually passed me the
forms to sign through the bars of the jail. It took some time though to work
again as a therapist. I had to write a letter to the board and I got honest
about my using. I had to get reinstated. So I owe big. So many people
played roles in my recovery.
The Journey: So you got out of Pass, went back to work, got your
own place and re-established your relationship with your mother. Were
you scared?
Dave: Yes, very much so. But I went to meetings every day, talked to
my sponsor, started sponsoring. Got crazy with the 12 steps. I did everything
I was told to and my life kept getting better. Still does. I was scared,
but I had a solution. Before that, I thought I had a solution (the drink and
drugs) but it stopped working. Now I had real solution.
The Journey: Did you play your guitar during that time?
Dave: I wasn’t allowed at Orca House or the Pass program. But once
I got into my own apartment I started playing by myself.
The Journey: Did you see your kids?
Dave: In the first few months after getting sober my
ex-wife filed for divorce. I wasn’t able to see them for about
a year, being in treatment and then the halfway house.
Once I got out, I went down to South Carolina where they
were living and was able to see them. It was awkward at
first, but I was able to rebuild a relationship with them.
My ex was very angry with me. Rightfully so. I did a lot
of damage. But I am making amends.
...something changed. It was
like [moving from] knowing I
can’t get high to not wanting to.
There is a big difference.
The Journey: So who is David Smeltz today?
Dave: Still finding out. But I’m finding I like Dave
today. I like being sober. I like the people in my life.
Sometimes I still feel apart from, but it’s getting better.
I still feel emotional pain today. The difference is I don’t
blame others for it. I take responsibility for it. Which
means I can do something about it. Again, today I have
a solution. I was able to be there for my mom when she
got ill from heart disease and leading up to her transition.
I’m able to be a better father to my children. I’ve gone
to South Carolina many times over the years and they
have come and stayed with me. I’m teaching my younger
daughter the guitar today.
It’s also interesting how things have changed for
me with bringing in meditation, making it a big part of
my life. It really helps me calm myself down and find
one focus. Now, I’m not against people who smoke pot,
because I sure did my share. I guess you can meditate
smoking herb and use other things to get you there. But
… I find that I don’t have to rely on something to get me there.
I do the work to get me to where I want to be. I rely on my
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are going to teach them computer skills to make it easier
for them to get work when they leave Clean House. We
are in the formative stages of putting it together and are
looking for donations and funding to purchase a house.
I am just trying to give back for what has been given to
me. A life beyond my wildest expectations.
The Journey: So, there is a solution…...
Dave: Yes, there is a solution.....
Clean House
will have a booth
at The Journey
Expo Cleveland
2011 at Lakeland
Community College on September 9, 10 & 11.
Dave with I-TAL at the 2011 Hessler Street Fair
inner self. I guess you can say I am awaking.
The Journey: The inner self you were always trying to
find? Perhaps the one where the true power lies?
Dave: Exactly.
I like being sober. I like the people
in my life. Sometimes I still feel
apart from, but it’s getting
better. I still feel emotional pain
today. The difference is I don’t
blame others for it. I take
responsibility for it.
Dave Smeltz will be appering
wiih the band I-TAL
for a special reunion concert
on Sunday September
11 at the Expo starting at
1 pm.
Admission is free with
a paid admission to the
Expo. More Information can
be found online at www.
thejourneymag.com
The Journey: I know the band has had several reunion
concerts. How did that come about?
Dave: I guess I called some of the original members
and we got together and played a benefit at the Grog Shop
a few years back. Since then we have played a handful
of times. I am excited about being a part of and playing
at The Journey Expo in September.
The Journey: Anything else you would like to add?
Dave: When I was in the halfway house I remember
that there were many people who were helping us to get
back into society. There were attorney services, life skills
to teach guys how to do banking, take people to meetings
etc.... I thought back then if I ever can, I am going
to be a part of helping people like how all these people
were helping us.
So here it is years later and I have a project going
called “Clean House.” It’s a halfway house that is going
to help men to become part of society. We are going to
implement the 12 steps of course, but also bring in martial
arts and some other spiritual and healing modalities. We
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