Opinions and Thoughts of LightHouse Dann Verner - Just as he is!

Imagine if you thought today was actually tomorrow and then realized it was actually yesterday. Confusing pondering for sure. Such is my mindset when I gaze upon modern society. I am dumbfounded as to why the vast majority either sees not or chooses not to show concern. Whatever happened to love thy neighbour? Whatever became of lending a helping hand? Where has honour above all dispersed to? I look at the world we have created for my sons and I worry.  I worry that they will mature with the mindsets that violence happens, marriages are disposable and respect is a fable.  So, every night I drift into R.E.M. with a kaleidoscope of fears and anxieties dancing through the windmills of my mind. And I worry for my babies. I am frightened for what they may have to experience in their adulthood's because we, the priors, had no sensibility. Do you worry? Do you have the moxy to change what we have instilled into the id of our youth? Me thinks we best get ...

Milli Vanilli Was Not The Worst So, we all know what is happening on this gorgeous planet. We all say things have to change. We all pledge to assist in saving the Earth. Then, we all jump into an over horse-powered vehicle, attend the drive through at Tim Horton's, light a cigarette and scratch the itch that damn polyester sweater gave us. Wonder what is up with that? This old LightHouse has some good news and some bad news for you all. The good news being that no matter how much damage we cause Earth Mother, no matter how much garbage we dump into Her ocean's, no matter how many chemicals we spew into Her air – She shall repair herself. She does not need us to assist Her in cleansing Herself. Earth Mother knows what She is doing. She was doing this long before we decided we are the superior ones. She has cleansed before. The Ice Age, The Dark Age, The Black Plague, Smallpox, Earth quakes, Tsunami's, The GREAT Flood, Pompeii, Milli Vanilli an...

"Been a long time since I left adolescence" It seemed like a marvellous plan at the time, me leaving home to become a roaming long haired leaping gnome. The Elders tried to warn me of what lay ahead on the path called life. I never did listen well. I would walk many a charmed path and I most definitely crawled through many a briar ridden uphill struggle to reach a life lesson. I have no regrets, but the ones I am tormented by. The darkness within for the many wrongs I mastered. I can only suffer in my own guilt till such a time as I face The Judgement and plead my case. Living my most memorable years from the late sixties till present day, I have Blessed my soul with meeting over ten thousand souls - visited many places and if Jimi Hendrix was to sing to me, "Have YOU ever been experienced?" I would reply "Yes, yes I have." I began dabbling in drug culture at the ripe age of ten. Shocking as it sounds, truth so it is. Times were changing then. Co...

Reminiscence   – yes, do it! For within our past lays what is within our future.  We learn from our days gone by – be it good or not so good – life lessons for the wandering soul, the stay at home persona and the youth on the grow. You humans are flawed and this is a trait best served on the platter of knowledge with a side order of “Now I knows”. Who has not gained experience from hindsight? Who has not risen after falling into the murky waters of “Oops!” In my half century plus upon this Atomic Mother Earth, I have fallen, crashed & burned, swallowed the acrid waters of defeat, wallowed in the churning pools of success and danced within the jaws of Satan himself . Many an occasion have I believed my end had finally arrived, (as it did seven times), only to discover that although I danced in His jaws, I walked with The Original Hippie, or as you humans have named him, the Son of God.  I am not a ‘holy’ man by any means. I have a belief in The...

I went for a walk today, wearing nothing but a t-shirt and jeans. This made me reminisce about the past when this could not have been. Ten years ago I would have required to wear a parka and all the bells and whistles that accompany such. Global warming – the myth? No, the reality.   Mind you, I am located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. But, having resided here for nigh on thirty years, I have slowly witnessed the disappearance of winter storms. Yes, we have had a bit of snow and some extremely chilled days, but not like those of days long past. I enjoy this mild winters – mainly due to listening to other people who complain constantly how they hate this winter weather. It is amusing to hear such whining. Imagine if they all were in Newfoundland & Labrador right now! Here is an average winter’s day for them ……..   WHAT WOULD THESE PEOPLE DO IF FACED WITH THIS???? So, one must ask one’s self, “What will it be like in another decade down...

I love the spring - it brings upon me the opposing feel of Autumn. All is fresh and anew. The dampness of the rains are infused with the sweet aroma's of fledgling plants. Their tiny sprouts ruggedly forcing upwards through the muddy soil, so as we all can witness the powers of Atomic Mother Earth and the beauty She can give. With the launch of this new season, one must also initiate the sequence of self-adjustment that allows our physical and mental selves to regroup and refresh the mindset. Time should now be taken to analyze ourselves in order to set in place the necessary wisdom and gained knowledge to assume the role of maturity. As an adult human it is the persona's duty to walk boldly into the void of so-called modern society and allow fellow mankind to learn and emote the knowledge gained in the winters of our minds. We are both teacher and student in this path of life. Other soul's lives give unto us the wisdom gained from their mistakes, victories and life le...

I was born in the year of the 'rooster' on a 'blue moo n' and just happened to be a 'blue baby' . What a mind fart that is. Perhaps this is where my eccentricities arise from..also my 'Third Eye Sightedness'. Unlike the ever famous 'box of chocolates' my life has been a 'bar of toffee' - hard to chew, but delicious till the end. My latest venture into Transcendental Meditation has acknowledged within my " Light " that I should focus more on "Wisdom's of Life" and such. I have had so numerous life lessons in my half a century upon this universal plain of space and time. I have learned that, for instance:... The first thing to remember in this space and time is: "Peace is more then a mere verbal utterance, more then a concept devised by four British Lads, one Ravi Shankar, and Bob Dylan having a beer at their local pub." "All purposes have a meaning and all meanings have a purpos...