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THE ENDLESS WAVE | PART ONE
So there you have it: I am highly skeptical of what many would call “woo woo,” yet I’ve also personally experienced “wow.” Part of my cynicism stems from my father and partially because in the two times I’ve gone to a psychic, it was total bullshit. I paid my money and just felt they said nothing. I sense this might be several other people’s experiences as well. But as I said, in the past ten years, I have also experienced some things that stopped me and made me say, “Wow.”
I’ll give you an example as to how this conflict between woo-woo and wow runs in my mind. A few weeks before I reached out to Nathan, I had just fin- ished recording a podcast with an interview featuring a sociologist. He had written a book called “Skateboarding and Religion.” I started to Google skate- boarding and spirituality to find out if there were people I could share this podcast with or if they could be potential interview subjects. This is how I found Nathan.
Turns out that Nathan had posted a comment about this very topic at the web- site of a skateboarding rabbi. He mentioned he had written a blog post about exactly what I was interested in — skateboarding and spirituality. I clicked and read Nathan’s words. They really resonated. Ironically the date of the post was 11/08/2013. I was born on August 11 (08/11). When I mentioned this to Na- than, I was told that he’d actually written the post on November 8! As you can see, it’s pretty easy to go from Wow to woo woo, too.
For right now, I am trusting in the process. So far, it hasn’t let me down. I am very glad that I got in contact with Nathan. I sense I have much to learn from him.
The question then is how does one move from woo-woo to wow? If you’re reading all parts of this book, then you’re also experiencing what Nathan has written. If you’re a bit skeptical, you might find yourself questioning what he’s written. At the same time, I think there is a part of us that wants to explore the areas of spirituality, free of judgment or prejudice. The ques- tion is can we allow ourselves to do this? I am hoping this book provides an opportunity.
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