One of the greatest human attributes is the ability to create.  Our imagination is boundless, but   seems to have atrophied in technological societies.  Allowing technology to do the work formerly conjured up in our imagination leads to a feeling of unrest, dis-ease, disquiet, hopelessness, and malaise.  Due to our electronic gadgets, the creative juices have slowed to a trickle.  The constant barrage of images, sounds and ideas seems acceptable until you weigh in on the downside of this lack of peace.  Nothing can compare with imagination; hence the book is always better than the movie.  Children used to go outside armed with nothing but their own imagination.  Cell phones, portable video games, movies, etc., have replaced the age-old workings of the free mind.  The more information, the less real “knowing” can present itself.

     Being an herbalist, a walk in the woods is interrupted by the botanical names and medicinal uses of the surrounding flora.  It’s not just a weed or a flower or a tree, but an unconsciously categorized plant along with its uses.  Is it food, a plethora of different medicines or a useful tool for survival?  As handy as all this information can seem, the ability to just “be” in nature becomes much more difficult.  In certain situations, such as being lost in the woods, this knowledge is potentially life-saving, but during a relaxing day hike, it’s just more mental clutter.  And that goes for all our “know-ledge.”  The incessant stream of monologue (i.e. talking to oneself) actually clogs our awareness.  Our brilliant organic internal computer spends much of its time churning away over nonsense.  To be internally as well as externally quiet can approach MISSION IMPOSSIBLE status.  And it is getting worse.  I could go on but you know what I’m talking about without having to spell out the details.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-technology.  In fact, it’s astonishing what we have access to in the media alone, but where’s the inner peace?

     That’s another reason I constructed the FLOWER OF LIFE, an original symbol of CREATION predating modern religions.  In order to tap into your true creativity, which everyone possesses, one must get quiet, allowing the answers and ideas to well up from your subconscious mind.  Whether it is meditation, sitting in nature, or whatever it takes to achieve inner quietude, this process is essential.  The reason I created AquaBliss was to fashion a fast track to these altered states of consciousness whereby thinking ceased and  a timeless awareness enveloped you.  Meditation, essentially NOT THINKING, is extremely difficult for most people.  AquaBliss is the easy way.