August garden in Chiang Mai - 2013

Dear friends and family -

I hope this blog finds you healthy and happy . . . and living in abundance.

Buddha fountain
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None of this was here when I
moved in a year ago. The red
brick path curves around and
weaves to my bench at the wall.

I continually enjoy my life in Chiang Mai. I have a routine. Every morning I get up and work in my garden for one or two hours. When I moved into my new studio apartment (a stand alone duplex unit - $300/mo.) a little over a year ago, our quarter acre lot desperately needed to be landscaped. My intention was to create a paradise around me. My gardens are now everywhere.

I pay for all the supplies, plants, bricks, flowers and statues, and do the work--my labor of love. (thank you Erik and Maew for your help and support) Today I will include photos of what I’m currently working on. Except for a few trees and a little grass, nothing that you will be seeing was there when I moved in. Mounds of dirt and weeds bug me--defined gardens filled with blooming flowers make me happy.

This is the path to my "coffee" bench. To the
right (not pictured) is our outdoor living room sala.

After my garden work I head to a local coffee shop for breakfast. I spend the next few hours working on my novels. Right now I’m on the third draft of Cat Dreams 1. Sixteen year old Cat has wild lucid dreams and takes her twin brother Kit along. Book 1 is a psychedelic rabbit hole adventure in search of their mother, who is physically lost . . . actually lost in Cat’s Dream. (or is she?)

View from my "coffee" bench.
Work still in progress. I will fill
the path with tan gravel. A month
ago this was all dirt up to the
green pipe.

In Book 2 the twins go to a small kingdom in the Middle Earth to rescue their father, and to save the three earths from being ruled by crazy shaman. Fun stories! I suppose I will offer Book 1 for free when it’s completed. Offering Shambala for free was somewhat of a disappointment. I contacted everyone I know, but only a very few people responded. It’s summer and people are busy. But please keep in mind, it's a fabulous story; one worth reading.   www.ki-earth.com   Click on the book cover.

I have a new offering based on my being available for “life” counseling for over thirty years. I had many enlightening experiences in the sixties (I was introduced to alternate spirituality in 1960 when I was 13 - thank you beatnik), was “on the road” (thank you Jack Kerouac) in high school, did the late 60's for all its worth (thank you Jim, Jimmy, CSN, etc), traveled around the world in 1970 -- continuing on with exoteric experiences into the seventies. (I suppose being marrried is a bit esoteric?) I was a Zen Buddhist (thank you DT Suzuki), a Hindu (thank you Ram Dass, Sai Baba and Osho), the student of a very powerful Shaman medicine woman who introduced me to other dimensions of reality (thank you Doris Williams), a student and brother of a master of the Tarot and Astrology (thank you Geoli), a husband (thank you Sara) and father (thank you Alan and Aaron), an owner of many business’s and so on. I spent two years in the mid 80’s sharing Sage, an enlightenment seminar -- living life with heart, action and humor (thank you Brandon, Marilyn and Tenaya). I studied Aikido with a living master (thank you Sensei Koi Barrish). 

My backyard garden w/ Quan Yin

I did hundreds of personal Tarot readings in the 80‘s. Learned how to be social in the 90's. In the mid-2000’s I spent four hours once a week, for four years, with two brilliant friends (thank you Linda Masterson and Jeffrey Courson), supporting each other to offer our services as paid “life coach” professionals. My background in the study of ‘human potential' was/is unique, profound and has been quite entertaining/enlightening.

Ganesha in my front door fountain. Custom
made by my potter friend Anon, water
comes out of his head. I did the tile work.

In 2009 I was introduced to Human Design (thank you Ra & Shavan). For the first time I encountered a scientifically provable and completely logical, personally unique “design of my life.” With Shavan’s help I learned to trust the brilliance of my design and my “Inner Authority,” instead of my mind. (white/empty)

My Human Design chart.
Jan. 30, 1947 7:20 am
Springfield, VA.

I live in a duplex. My neighbor King is a Thai "princess"
from Bangkok. Her shoes. 

The trust (of my red Sacral Center) led to my leaving Kauai in the summer of 2010, which made no sense from a “mind” POV, going from one wonderful mainland home to another (thank you Suzie & Jim, June & Scott, Jerry & Cecille), while always asking my "Inner Authority"  if it was correct to stay or correct to go; following the answer -- all of which I wrote about in my many blogs while traveling around the US. In October 2011 I met a Kauai friend (JB) in Oregon. He was on his way to Chiang Mai and asked if I'd like to come. At that point I had no thoughts or desires to come to Thailand, let alone live here. I trusted the "Yes!" from my Sacral and bought the ticket. Now, unbelievably, almost two years later, I'm living in a wonderful home, in the middle of a million person city, surrounded by the gardens of my creation, making many new friends, writing novels and speaking Thai with the locals. Pom pood pass thai dai. (nit noi) 

Street scene in Chiang Mai

Is this what a Practical Mystic looks like?

The Offer: I was helping several Thai friends last week with Human Design readings. I opened a whole new world of self-realization to them. In doing these readings I realized that I have an effective, easy to understand, kindly offered, street-wise, caring way of sharing this wonderful personal information (even to my Thai friends). I don’t profess to be a scholar/authority in any one field - I'm a Sensitive Intuitive/Practical Mystic.  

(the normal looking guy riding down the street on his bike)

My front porch - fish pond

I know enough about Human Design and Astrology, Tarot, numerology, Shamanism, metaphysical dimensionality, and human potential, etc. to powerfully illustrate how You can be living in your joy and radiance. I believe we are each here on earth for a purpose. What is your unique design/purpose? When I was first introduced to my HD chart, I could plainly see, without a doubt, that I am here to write inspirational novels--to inspire others to their true potential. 

After I wrote Shambala - The Path to Paradise, I was ‘given’ the opportunity create my own ‘path to paradise;’ the walkways and gardens around my house. Writing, traveling, gardening, inspiring others - these are the things that give me joy, all illustrated in my Human Design chart. When we are “Living our Joy,” everything falls in place. Life works.

Looking down on Chiang Mai from the mountain temple

Once aware, we have the choice to live our life in Exaltation (pleasant flow of time and space) or in Detriment (suffering drama). My “Living your Joy” life coaching points you in the direction of a most fulfilling and wonderful life, points the way to your “path to paradise.” Click on my website under #10 “Living your Joy” for more details.  www.ki-earth.com.

Please write when you can - I enjoy hearing from friends. Also - if you don’t have much time - go to my website and spend ten minutes - read a couple chapters of Cat Dreams 1 or Shambala. I think you’ll be surprised. (then you can read all of Shambala - for free!)

Love always,

David Dakan Allison    66-091-307-7825    dakan@ki-earth.com