Engaging conversations between Michael Lott and Peter Wells reflecting on pieces from Peter's book “Notes from the West Pole”. The topics explore some of our deepest questions: What is one’s purpose? How do we express ourselves fully while living a harmonious life? How do we deal with a divisive pol…
After a small success in society I went around the world and through various cultures, including an overland odyssey from England to India, and returned to California a changed person. I was no longer willing to play the game of winners and losers, now I needed more from myself. I moved to an old sheep ranch in the coastal mountains of Northern California, and lived quietly there with my lady, Diane, and the seasons rolled around, and my view of the world changed and I saw deeper into myself. Then in the sudden silence, I heard the song of the Earth. We are one, it View More ⟶
It all started November 4th, 1968, the night Nixon was elected president. I was walking through the No-Name Bar in Sausalito, a scenic village on San Francisco Bay, following friends to the back patio when, in an instant, as my foot landed on the floor, my life changed. I suddenly realized for the first time that I could do whatever I wanted with my life, and entered a joyous mood, a wide-awake consciousness, that has affected me ever since. It was as though I had been in a dream, closed off in some inner way, and yet completely unaware of it. Now I was awake View More ⟶