We're getting ready to head out to the Evocation weekend in Dayton, where we will study some more of the depth mind science teachings of our ninja lineage. Whenever I prepare for a trip like this, I recall that the person who comes home in a few days is a different one than the person who departs tomorrow. These teachings really change you. I've actually put a couple of major decisions in my life on hold just for a few days, knowing that the man who returns Monday is a better man, a more intelligent, fulfilled, and connected man who knows his purpose with that much more clarity. I vote for that guy to make those important decisions.

A few of my students are traveling with Mary and I. They'll change too, and our relationships will change. It can't be helped - once we are all there together at such a powerful event, reflecting on our place in the universe together, we are changed individually and collectively. A couple of my students asked me what the seminar content will involve. Although I have been studying with An-Shu Hayes for over a decade, I have little idea what the content will be, and it really doesn't matter. The content is just the form through which the lineage transmits millenia-old wisdom. My direct teacher draws his wisdom from such legends as the 32nd grandmaster of Japanese ninjutsu and the god-king of Tibet. Those living legends draw from legends of history, back into a past so deep that the details are forgotten.

All of that wisdom comes to those of us who are able to be there. There's no way around it. There is no substitute for being there. It's not particularly fair that it works that way - certainly some who should be there, who deserve to be there, have some logistical issue that prevents it. Some may be there who haven't done much to qualify themselves, or who don't know the significance. It doesn't matter - all who are there will be blessed by the insights and connections, and all who are not there won't be.

That stark reality has led me to try to have enough control over my lifestyle - time, money, friends, obligations - to be able to be there consistently. It's hard. I keep working at it.

Meanwhile, we built the Boulder Quest Center to make the world a little more fair, to give the people of Colorado easier access to this incredible lineage where millenia of history pour into the soul to make an individual and the world a better place. We also built it so that we would have a community of friends who could process and study these amazing powers together.

If you can get to Dayton (or Japan, or Tibet), more power to you. In any event, come to the dojo in your town. It's not fair, but the truth is, the magic only happens for those who can be there. Be there.