Heijoshin

Heijoshin

The term Heijoshin is actually three words that combines this state of being. We will start with the first:

"Hei" translated in Japanese means "peaceful," calm," or" steady" the closest English translation is "even" or "level" as in "even handed" or "level headed".

"Jo" has a more precise meaning in English translation meaning "always," "constant," or "continually"

"Shin" Is understood as more than just the "heart" that pumps blood throughout your system, but defines the mind, the spirit, the emotion, the character, the whole inner essence of the individual. A soft heart, a hard heart, a lion heart, an evil heart, a cruel heart, a righteous heart a kind heart.

For lack of a more direct translation we will call it a "Peaceful Mind".

Heijoshin is not simply a single attribute but a culmination of of several character traits. Each aspect of Heijoshin may take years of effort, experience, and humility to develop. There are three key areas one most focus on to develop a balance of all three.

(1) The intellect-understanding, wisdom, compassion

(2) The emotions-self control. Lack of is considered a weakness. understanding what state you are in.

(3) The indefinable element known as character, or integrity.

To be able to cultivate this trait takes much patience, fortitude, and brutal honesty to oneself.

This demands a lifestyle of discipline, effort, sacrifice, and commitment. This character trait will help guide you in such a confused and unhappy society. Because we all have different experiences, personalities and circumstances, we will all follow different paths to achieve this same goal.

The paradox of this all is that it takes a conscious effort of training and continual effort to reshape the mind yet what we seek is the byproduct of this training which is something that should be natural and spontaneous.

As one trains diligently one becomes more intimate of the consequences of what one is training for. It is then that one understands the frailty of life and death and the consequences and responsibilities of ones actions. In Iaijutsu (sword battle) the outcome is clearly evident that one lives and another dies, this is unlike karate-do or other "Open Hand" arts where the "loser" may only become disabled or unable to continue the fight. It is through diligent training that the practitioner gets a better appreciation of how tenuous life can be held in the balance. The samurai like other warriors understood that when they awake it could be the last day they would live, a very real thing so one must live as if it is their last day. After all, who knows how long they will live? A healthy person can die just as quickly as one with a terminal illness. I know this well practicing medicine in the Operating Room for over 18 years.

If you knew that you were to die in a week, what would you do? Would you live your last days fulfilling your own needs such as extracting revenge or maybe robbing a bank? Would you sort all of your personal matters or possibly try to reach out to society and give as much as you can with your money and time? Maybe you will ask for forgiveness to those your have hurt as well as forgive those who have hurt you by contacting them. Maybe, just maybe you will then interact with those around you in a more compassionate way. Those who have faced death will have an epiphany of what really matters to them and all of those things they thought were important suddenly are not. The real question is who knows when their time on this earth will end? Why does it take facing death to get a better understanding of oneself? This is the "Human Condition" of how emotions rule how we think thus act. One must walk this earth with the reality that there may not be a tomorrow for them. This is Heijoshin.

This state of mind allows the practitioner to calm their mind thus transmitting this "Calm Energy" to their environment which is felt by those in the forest as it does with those around them. This should happen without thought of it. This state of Heijoshin allows one not to disturb the residents of the wild by transmitting a calm energy not only by mind but also through the way you move within the wilderness while under this calm influence. You will know you are in this state by how the wilderness reacts to you. The creatures of the wild will not fear you and may even come to you, if this happens then you are in the state of Heijoshin.

Bottojutsu at Pyramid Lake/Heijoshen

To be able to walk in the forest alone at night without a gun let alone a flashlight requires much courage. Courage is when you understand the consequences of your actions but do not allow them to sway your goals. This is not something you can buy or pretend to have but acquired through training. Those who have come upon these great beings at night will confess that they feel inadequate even with a gun. As Roy Schrieder said in Jaws "We need a bigger boat!". It is what has allowed the great to succeed and those without to fail. This is the history of Man. One of the hallmarks of courage is the ability to control your emotions. Emotions are not simply feelings about something but a complex cascade of biochemical and hormonal sequences of peptides that match the state of mind you are in. Emotions start at the level of neurons. When you think a certain way like lust, hate, anger, self pity, fear ,love, repulsion, frustration your neural connections begin to connect allowing this cascade process to occur starting at the hypothalamus then to other glands thus sending these neural peptides/hormones to every cell in your body giving you the desired feeling. It is this way of thinking that brings the neural networks or groups of neurons or nerve cells together creating neural networks. It is when you have these thoughts (emotions) on a daily basis that these neural networks have a long term relationship with each other called an Identity.
Can this sort of thinking be addictive? You betcha!!! The same receptors on the cell membrane for emotions are the same ones used for drug addicts. Just as a drug addict will use the same drug a person will use the same emotions to achieve the same effect at the cellular level. As time goes addicts will need more of this emotion or drug to get the same effect. So you can see how emotions can be addictive. We cannot direct our eyes anywhere without evoking some sort of emotional response. Ever wonder why some people are always hateful, lustful, or always feeling sorry for themselves? It is not just an excuse but an actual chemical addiction. Addicts will seek out the drug of their choice or as in emotions those people will create situations where to bring about these sort of emotions. The one thing a hater cannot stand is when you refuse to hate them back, this gives cause to their emotion. This how they deal with the everyday trials and tribulations of life like an alcoholic needing a stiff drink. An addiction is simply something that you cannot stop like an alcoholic who can't have just one beer. This does not mean emotions are bad because they are meant to chemically reinforce connections between humans like love and compassion. It is when they are abused or used inappropriately that they become a problem. While in these states the body transmits an energy that animals will interpret. Ever hear Ceasar Milan ( Dog Whisperer) talk about giving off the wrong energy? Humans however through vocal communication, have relied on speaking for the transmission of information. Humans have relied so much on this sort of vehicle to transfer information that most have lost the ability to feel others energy or true feelings. Politicians understand this and evoke them in their favor. You know, Weapons of Mass Destruction? Fear is an emotion that those addicted to will seek out like horror flicks or place themselves in a situation that allows themselves to be fearful. I love roller coaster rides because they scare the crap out of me however it is not an obsession as those addicted to this sort of emotion.
Ever wonder why animals may be attracted to some people and not others? We as a society have become so lost in the superficial words of others that we have become numb to that ability to feel this energy. This is not something that can be turned on and off like a switch but is a part of you. It is not something that can be faked like a politicians smile. We cannot look at something or think of something without evoking some sort of emotional/hormonal response. We can physically/biochemically change ourselves by just a thought. What is an erection? fainting? embarrassment? This is not science fiction but science fact. We as humans choose day by day moment by moment what we transmit to the external environment.

How does this relate to Sasquatch? Like the animals of the forest they do not care what you say, who you know or how much you make. They only feel your emotional state by energy emitted, posture, and movement within the environment. How can I change this sort of thinking? This is where Heijoshen comes into play. Read on........

Tameshigiri in Reno

There are people out there that really don't understand why I carry these sort of weapons out in the wilderness with me. Some think it to be reliving some sort of comic book dream you know, like when you were a kid and took a towel and made a cape and pretended to fly around. I have even been called a Ninja........it is only ignorance and emmotion that prevents them from getting a better understanding. A little history of the Ninja.......It is said to have come about in the Province of Ego Weno in Japan when a samurai and mystical chinese priest had met on a mountain. The priest told the samurai that he could teach him the way of stealth thus the birth of the Ninja. The true ninja as the ninja today (Special Ops, CIA, NIS,etc..) did not walk around all in black but rather blended in to the environment such as waiters, housekeepers, cooks, and gardeners, etc.. Do you think you could pick someone out all in black amongst the guests of a party? Try finding them amongst all of the people who are serving you. I wear black consistently to allow them to recognize me a well as utilize the shadows of the forest and that is just the beginning. I will touch more on this later.

Interview with Autumn Williams

Okay Autumn had just interviewed me and put me in the hot seat, now it's her turn. I ask her of what she thinks of what I present as evidence. Her thoughts are similar to what I am thinking "Is this just the same people or is it something else?" The size of the tracks does not make them exclusive to this species (less than 1% if the human population has a foot length greater than 14 inches) nor do the "whirls" on parts of the toes. My tracks are from 11 inches to 8 inches. The tracks have both whirls and vertical dermal ridges which I have never seen before on the same foot. I have practiced medicine for about 18 years in the surgical setting specializing in orthopedics and trauma which gives me greater insight than any other of my professional counterparts. I have never seen both types of dermal ridges (vertical and whirl patternsl) on the same foot yet they exist on many of my casts. This is why I consider them to be the "Platypus' of Primates" because they share the traits of both man and something undocumented and dermals is just the beginning. All in all we had a great time just hanging out and sharing our thoughts. I wish her the best in her endeavors.

The Patty Trackway

While at the Oregon Sasquatch Symposium I speak with Bob Gimlin. Unfortunately there was never any images of the trackway in its context from the 1967 film so the next best thing was to talk with the only living person who had seen the trackway being made by the subject in question at Bluff Creek. I ask Bob to describe and draw what the trackway looked like as he remembers. He describes the trackway being in a straight line. This in itself does not exclude the possibility my documented trackways are not being made by humans even though they lack a straddle. I then show him one of the trackways I had documented and he stated that they were a match. This is not conclusive by any means but only supports my work. I think the hardest thing for people to wrap their mind's around is that this sort of gait is not from an anomaly, injury, or disease process...it is their anatomical characteristics. I feel that this may be in part due to the acetabular or hip cup position. Quadrapeds are designed to walk on all fours so their hip cups are placed differently than a bipedal creature like ourselves. The real interesting part is an observation I had made a while ago. Have you ever picked up a dog to stand straight up? Which way do their back paws point? Imagine a dog walking bipedally, what sort of trackway might it make? This observation reinforces my idea that it shares many different characteristics of man, ape and something else for this I have dubbed them the "Platypus of Primates". Recently I met a bow hunter of many years who had a sighting and then went and observed the tracks after the sighting. This retired Deputy Sheriff also drew the same in line trackway and recognized the same pattern in my images. I will touch more on this man's story in a later blog.

Doing the Patty Walk with Autumn

This was taken last year. Autumn had seen some of my work and contacted me. After talking with her she decides to invite me up to see her. I was quite flattered that she had invited me let alone acknowledged my work. I make the trip and she grills me on specifics and many other things. She then has me "Do the Patty Walk" which is a duplication broken down and taken from the video by Dr. Jeff Meldrum of "Sasquatch legends meets science". It was very difficult to reproduce for which I thought I did a very poor rendition of. However, the trackway that was left was very similar to what I have documented many times before with this group. She mistakenly says I created the tracks but then corrects herself. I do not think Autumn would associate with me if she thought I was a hoaxer but I am certain that there will be others that will take this out of context to fit their needs. Take note of who does and connect the dots. The real question is when you understand who the deceivers are.......What are you going to do about it? If you do not act then you are just as guilty as those who deceive. This takes great integrity, honor, and fortitude. Are you ready to make a change or will you follow the herd? We will see. Your individual choice makes a difference, make no mistake!!