Hi Jim, look forward to the video of your trip. I just had to watch this one straight away with a title like that. I'm with you completely on your point of view. Great to hear you talk about this stuff as of course its obvious your a spiritual guy. I have thought of a similar video myself as I have been meditating almost everyday for around 1 hour for 43 years and now I'm not working anymore it feels as good as it did when I first started. All the best Jim and always great videos. 🙏🍻👍
Fantastic Dave, I knew I had fellow travellers on this channel. Meditation saved me from a very self destructive mind set. I now focus on the observer self rather than the habitual negative thought prosses and it brings peace, a peace that allows true appreciation and gratitude for ever moment. Time is short and everyone of those moments are important. Blessing to you my friend.
Hi Jim, the main reason, why I like watching your channel is that feeling your have for life and natural world. I appreciate you sharing some of your inner thoughts. When I go hiking and camping with a close friend, he has a similar beliefs. Which we discuss and over the years it's started to make me think a lot more... thank you for channel and Content. Its always much appreciated. Take care and I look forward to seeing the rest of your walk.
I walk through this land like a lion, bold, claiming ownership as I walk. Don't know why, always felt it kept me safe in an unpredictable world but it's more than that. A strong confidence comes when that mind set is present and it leaves me thinking that that is the way it should be, free, sovereign, on form and totally in the moment. Moved at the beauty of this land, observing nature interacting and very much feeling part of the whole. But then a return and my confidence subsides, much more guarded, less authentic and this has been my experience for years so on a conscious level I intend to bridge the gap and retain that wonderful authenticity and have no stake in the outcome of this world. Thank you for watching and commenting my friend.
Thank you Jim; those were beautiful and insightful words.........you talk more sense in 14 minutes than many people talk in their whole life! Best wishes to you and take care 👍
Thank you Gillian, really appreciate that. I thought about doing this vid only five minutes before I switched the camera on. Didn't know if I'd upload it, but on play back the usual thought prosses was present "don't do it" but sometimes we have to push the boundaries and just say what's on the mind. Cheers mate.
Great to see you back Jim.. I literally just raised a glass to you as you make more sense than most and I'm totally in agreeance with you mate. And I admire your bravery ! Looking forward to your next updates.
Thank you Martyn, I had this one negative thought just before uploading. Brave or stupid. Neither as it turns out because it's just a chat and what's the worse that could happen, people move on. No problem because the best scenario, I get like minded souls raising a glass. Thank you my friend. Opening up like this is a tonic and so good for the soul, at the end of the day it's what this channel is all about. Soul Food. The walk and camp will be up at the weekend. Cheers.
I watch your videos for your passion for the environment you find yourself in, that grin when you find something pleasing is infectious. In my world people are free to believe whatever they wish, provided it does no harm to others or the environment, pretty sure we share that 'ideology', for want of a better word.
I'm pretty sure we do as well Si. At the centre of all my beliefs is Freedom. Free to roam free to think whatever you want and go wherever this life takes you. It's one big adventure full of excitement and joy. Sadly we are held back by the powers that shouldn't be but ultimately it's ourselves, the way we think that's the problem. For me true liberation comes from freeing the mind of negative habitual thought. Comes real easy on the fells but the real inner work has to take place in the daily routine. Thanks as always my friend, really appreciate you being here.
Great insight into your spirituality Jim. Your videos are fantastic, in the way they are so peaceful, calm and really show the landscape and your journey.
Hi Jim, looking forward to this years videos. You've certainly inspired me to explore and get out and I'm not bothered what you believe in tbh. However I believe very similar to you I think. Agree in evil times now. People in general are good souls but those in "in charge" seem hell bent on destruction. We can only be ourselves and look after who we are close to and love. Look forward to your videos this spring and beyond. Take good care too ❤️👍
Morning Stan, this was a tricky one for me to upload. It was completely spontaneous in the moment stuff, so tapped back into that when it came to uploading. It really doesn't matter to me what folk believe, just wanted to make it clear where I stand. The connections we make in life are what it's all about and this channel has connected me to some beautiful souls, just wanted to be honest with you all. Thanks mate, the main walk is now uploaded and will be live at the weekend.
Morning Jim, thanks for the reply. Yes I think being spontaneous is good sometimes. It certainly makes sense to me. I always feel that link of spirituality when out in the forests. Thats why i love your videos, especially new forest ones. I've said before me and my lad love camping in the new forest too. Got one planned for April again. Take Care, look forward to the weekend video ❤️👍
@@StansOutdoorAdventures Great to here Stan, I'll be down there as well come spring as my brother wants to come and do a wild camp with me and has suggested the Forest. Really looking forward to it as it's a magical place. Cheers mate.
@Jim Holden Brilliant, bet your brother is looking forward to that too. I'll say hello if I see you haha. We are back in May and July at our regular haunt near Highcliffe. I still want to do the solent way. Maybe July 🤞 Have a great week Jim ❤️👍
@Jim Holden Have a great camp with your brother if you've not already been. We come down for holiday in 3 weeks so I want to get a few camps done. I'm just watching your part 2 of woodland trees in the forest for the 20th time 🤣 I'm eyeing that patch of grass by the stream next to Holly hatch inc!. Look forward to your next video. Stay safe 🙏 👍
A chat that was unsurprising given the good vibrations that come through your videos, but so interesting to hear you put it in words. Looking forward to your next videos. The Ridgeway and the Great Stones have been in my thought a lot too since my walks last year.
It feels like the right time for me to talk openly of such things Catherine, my belief system has flip flopped my whole life but it's left me unsettled, not quite right inside but recently through acceptance and a strong love for life, my heart has opened and that underlying fear has gone. I feel free of the internal dialog that places doubt before any activity or conversation. Just walking into the future with openness is challenging but also exciting. My walks have much more meaning these days, less ego just having the mental space to sit quiet and enjoy the birds and the sunshine instead of clock watching and convincing myself that I should be way further down the trail than this. The twenty mile a day walks are over, done with all that. Now I just go as far as I like or not at all. But I am eager to get back on the GSW and other trails I'm researching, spring will be on us fast, so all to look forward to. Look forward to seeing you back out as well my friend. Take care and thanks for watching.
Nicely put Scott and very true. To cling to anything in this life only brings sadness, the opposite to joy. My walk will be up at the weekend mate, only a short one but full of joy. Thanks my friend.
I consider myself a pagan. My beliefs are giving thanks for the sunlight and living without causing harm by impacting nature as little as possible. As far as rituals, I like to join with others for summer solstice to celebrate the longest days and winter solstice to celebrate the days getting longer again. We get drunk and welcome the sun in the morning. No sacrifices, no pentagrams, no dark rituals, that's a media creation. Just like any religion you can dip a toe in or go full puritan.
Hiya Steve and thank you for shedding some light on Pagan beliefs as mine are very similar. Welcoming the return of the Sun in spring with gratitude is something we should celebrate for sure, it was a matter of life or death back in the day and the start of planting season, a time of abundance, but for me it's a case of celebrating God's creation at work. I'm fully aware of how the media demonises all belief systems and always has. I read somewhere that in the middle ages the church couldn't get Pagan Europe on board so deception tactics were brought into play sending travellers with rumours of miracles and the like followed by canonized priests with so called proof. Europe and the whole world has been ruled by deception ever since. Free thinking Human beings are a serious threat to the ruling class and always have been. It's about time we put aside our minor differences and come together to knock them off there ivory towers. Thanks again Brother and take care out there.
Thanks for your honesty Jim. I follow Christ and I try to always choose love (tempered with God's truth), but it is hard...Looking forward to spring as well, Take care.
Hiya Dan, this subject and my relationship with God has dominated my life. Most of it I was resisting, holding back, too scared to be honest with myself, but I was having some very special quiet moments, so much so that they became a reference point to keep trying. It is hard of course it is. The nature of this world is Illusory, but once the penny finally dropped for me it became easier. I made a conscious decision to drop out, and I mean totally. I now live in a van on my mates farm, in the middle of nowhere, no TV and it will be seven years this spring. The point to that is that there are two reality's, your own and the collective. I was dancing between the two, or dipping in to the collective on a daily that left me feeling lost in my own. So turned my back on this world and just follow my own path now. I still have to deal with the world of course but now it's on my terms and I truly believe that God created us to be free thinking individuals, freedom loving human beings with open hearts. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Fairplay to to you mate I only got turned onto your channel as I plan hiking around the gower peninsula this spring, but as they they say everything happens for a reason!! Totally agree with your assessment on spirituality. The last few years have certainly been a learning experience to say the least. Thanks again for the message, its definitely needed. Take care.
I love the Gower, and spring is a wonderful time to visit, hope all goes well for you and you have a great trip. Thank you for watching and for your positivity, means such a lot.
Thank you Andrew, I agree completely. Alfred Wainwright once said that when you go into the mountains take only Photographs and leave nothing but footprints. I'd like to add leave nothing but footprints and good vibes. Thanks again for your positivity.
Nice one Jim - I enjoyed that. Yeah, I keep saying when people ask me, 'I'm all faiths and none.' I'm not a cheat or a weak spiritual being it's just that I know I have to be 'non affiliated.' It's what god is calling me to be in order to be of service on this troubled planet at the mo. For sure it's vibration and frequency and as you say when in that right frequency there is no fear - only knowing. Cheers bro. I trust you're well. Mark
Nice one Mark, I love the "all and none" and the "none affiliated" we are pretty much on the same page. This chat was never planned though, I just found myself an early pitch due to my main camera failing and having to change plans. Cutting the walk short left me pondering a question that came in from my previous upload. I was kind of troubled by it, so spontaneously started a rant, not knowing if it would make enough sense to upload. I understood that it could go wrong and some may turn off and some did. First vid that has lost me subscribers but hey I can't worry about that. The point I was trying to make is that we are all on our own journey, it's personal but as a vlogger I can't go on leaving some guessing as to my beliefs. Visiting the Pagan sites left some presuming I myself was a Pagan, and of course I am but I'm also a Christian, a Buddhist and all other faiths. I just can't fully hang my hat on any of them. In my opinion, the only route to freedom, to God is inward. Anyway, really appreciate you watching my friend. Hope all's well with you.
@@JimHolden Yes, Jim I've often said 'I'm all faiths and none.' It describes our universality - I know you get it. Good to hear you talk bro - sometimes you have to and lay things out. I think you did it well. Me? I've had some challenges but working on them. Peace.
Totally with you on that. I believe that we are eternal frequency and electro magnetic antennas( same for each and everyone of our Trillions of cells within us) and all humans are on a frequency band so if you picture a BarCode as the band width and the perfect human frequency is dead centre then what you described as feeling the sensations from a bad person which is what our gut feelings pick up on then that person is way off centre , perhaps through circumstances , they way they have been mistreated ,drugs, alcohol, poisons, pestices, herbicides, food additives and pollutions etc etc. We Transmit and receive in an omnidirectional way just like a communication Antenna . Its important to know what to receive and what to transmit and when we are out in nature, in wild environments near running water, oceans, thunder and lightening , strong winds we are exposing ourselves to Negative Ions which ground us and re centre us (Earthing). First video i have seen of yours, hopefully i might bump into you one day out on a camp in the hills and exchange worldly views etc ATB and God Bless.
Thank you Olan for your awesome comment, I've read it over and over. You put it into words well my friend, something that I'm a bit clumsy with. Love the bar code metaphor and how you explain the dodgy geezer, makes so much sense to me. We live in a toxic environment both for the mind and body but as I've said the Soul knows the truth and once that understanding is reached this toxic world cannot harm us in any way. Really appreciate you popping by Olan and Thanks again for watching.
@@JimHolden You are welcome Jim. My pay scale during 15 years military service was based on communication courses that i did during those years so my understanding of How radio frequencies and antennas work makes total scientific sense to me. I even remember in 1981 they shown us human brain waves on a screen and how the frequency can be effected/distorted by interference from the other electronic devises . I am totally anti military these days and it was years after i left the Army that everything started to make sense and i am still working on it :) If you look into Dowsing Rods and earths natural energy lines/Lay lines etc it just reinforces my beliefs and its easier to explain all this to get a better understanding that we are eternal energy manifested in human vessel. Religion's to me are first generation capitalists but i still respective fundamental lessons in most of them.
I'm a 55 year owd yorkshirenan Jim. If I ever spoke along those lines to my Dad he always said, gi' o'er whittlin' gi' o'er towin'....haha....you know the score!!
I agree with you mate and everything you've said and done so have i lol. I am of the same.opinion. I aggree that yhis place has evil in it and am pretty convinced that this is actually hell. The onky way out is getting that God vibe going. Good focus my friend
I love this video Jim, you showed courage here, thank you. Jesus wasn't a religious man, did you know that? A Christian isn't a religious person. Love you brother, keep up your fine work
Hello Jim. Great to see you posting again. Plenty to think about in what you've said and I'm thinking now. . . I mostly agree with you, but I have moved away from my strict Christian upbringing and now tend to believe that there is not actually an entity called God and more to believing that God is the light and the goodness in every single one of us and the devil is the urges to do selfish hurtful things to other people that also exists in all of us. And it's our own moral battle to determine which wins, but we probably won't get rewarded or punished in the afterlife either way, much as it would be desirable that was the case. . And organised religion being conservative and patriarchal has nothing to do with that light/dark dichotomy, it's just to keep people in their place and not moan about how unfair an unfair society can be. . Ooh that's a bit more thoughtful than I've sent comments on your vids before. Keep posting please Jim!! Take care....
Beautifully put Sarah, I really appreciate your thoughtful comment, thank you. I would never disagree with anyone's belief as mine have been a steady flow from one meaningful thought to another, never really clinging to any of them. I moved into Buddhism when I was a younger man thinking that introspection was much better than recruitment as that's how I viewed Christianity back then, also to spite my step mum as she was and still is a serious Jehovah's Witness, also there is an absence of a creator God, we simply create our selves through the laws of karma, action and reaction. But if I'm honest and that is the nature of this thread. My gut or inner intelligence has always known that this place is a construct. Thoughts of evil in an upside down world have almost sent me mad, fear, not for myself but my children and grandchildren, there future and every other soul out there. But every time despair has set in something or someone outside of my thought prosses has given me a there there then moment, hard to put into words but I know it was external to me. Pondering moments like these leave me with no explanation other than, there really isn't anything to fear as we are here to go through this, to grow but for what reason? Easy to explain once I fully understood the nature of this world and it's god and the minions that serve it. It has no power over us, only influence, it's power comes from our compliance. It needs us to agree to abandon the Over Soul, the one true God and creator of all things and God is allowing this corruption to take place. But there is a time limit and things are heating up for the lower case god as his time is almost done. This is my perspective, to walk in this world like a lion, bold as it's part of a much bigger picture that is slowly becoming very clear. Thank you again Sarah and please accept my apologies for going on a bit.
I reckon Darwinism is the most plausable explanation for most of it and when you're dead .. that's all folks. I don't believe in Gods, ghosts or elves. .. but I still lke Christmas ;)
See I'm the complete opposite, and I'm not looking to start a debate but I truly hate Christmas and can't get on board with us coming from Monkeys, sorry. I respect your views though and would fight for the right for us all to think whatever we want. This video was just me clarifying a fundamental truth about myself to a few friends. Thanks for watching and commenting, really appreciate it.
Hi Jim, I put a post on here a couple of days ago, asking how to contact/private message you re your attending our fundraising festival in sussex, but it has disappeared :-) - is this a TH-cam issue as I put my email in there as a contact, or were you not happy with the post - sorry if that's the case I just cant find a way to contact you other than here ? Thank you Sarah
Sorry Sarah, but it was nothing to do with me, I wouldn't take a comment down unless it was super negative. I have had another comment disappear from a good friend but I wasn't aware of yours. There is a way to get my Email from this page, not sure how but I do get Emails from some subs, so there must be a way.
Agree, totally. When Church and state came together to rule over the masses it was game over for 2000 years. But to me it seems like the masses are waking from there slumber and re claiming there personal sovereignty, and that's all it takes to defeat the control system.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Genesis 32.30. One of many editorial slips by Sir Frances Bacon (aka William Shakespear) edited by Chief Mason King James to detach You from God. All the important work is within, it's the christ chrism within and the Oneness which is more of a force than a materialised man. Repeatedly catching the dusk and the dawn put me in touch with my particular interpretation of God and for me nature is spiritual nutrient evoking the God within, happy travels everyone🙏
Beautiful Paul, really well put and my understanding too. I was aware of a re connection during a wild camp, didn't give it much thought just basked in the beauty of the moment. On another occasion I asked myself what exactly I was re connecting with. I was a lost soul from that moment on, until my analytic mind took me full circle back to just acceptance of the beauty, and the moment. Thank you my friend for adding your unique wisdom to this thread.
Isn't Spirituality also a construct? I have no idea what it is. What is a soul? Is that a concept or something actual? Just sounds like more bubblegum for the mind to cling onto.
I suppose it could be Stuart, if you take the word and use the intellect to understand the meaning, for sure all sorts of constructs appear. Each individual would no doubt come up with something different. But an inward journey over time reveals something odd, odd to the intellect anyway but for the discerning mind and open heart there appears a knowing that is way more powerful than a belief. That Knowing brings a peace like no other, and the mind becomes calm. No clinging, none of the usual doubts that were present before, of course they all race back as soon as you get back in the rat race but this is the nature of the mind. Practice can transform the Human from a nihilistic base to something spiritual. Identifying as spirit brings an understanding of time and space and your permanent place within the whole. But to someone without the will to understand this world I suppose it all sounds like bollocks.
@@JimHolden I'm with you up the point you mention conceptual things like spirit, spiritual, the heart. All I find is just this awareness containing an apparent body, universe, and a chattering mind that seems to think there is past, future, and free will. Non of which, at closer inspection exists.
@@StuartJ The vital thing for me though is love, the love frequency is powerful. Another form of Love is trust, so much stronger than faith. So when I meditate I focus on the Love frequency and trust God completely. Stuart we are never going to agree and that really doesn't matter. This video was just me opening up to a few friends on here. I'm not trying to change the world or anyone in it, got nothing to do with me. I do appreciate the challenging conversation though and I thank you for it.
Hi Jim, look forward to the video of your trip. I just had to watch this one straight away with a title like that.
I'm with you completely on your point of view.
Great to hear you talk about this stuff as of course its obvious your a spiritual guy.
I have thought of a similar video myself as I have been meditating almost everyday for around 1 hour for 43 years and now I'm not working anymore it feels as good as it did when I first started.
All the best Jim and always great videos.
🙏🍻👍
Fantastic Dave, I knew I had fellow travellers on this channel. Meditation saved me from a very self destructive mind set. I now focus on the observer self rather than the habitual negative thought prosses and it brings peace, a peace that allows true appreciation and gratitude for ever moment. Time is short and everyone of those moments are important. Blessing to you my friend.
Hi Jim, the main reason, why I like watching your channel is that feeling your have for life and natural world. I appreciate you sharing some of your inner thoughts. When I go hiking and camping with a close friend, he has a similar beliefs. Which we discuss and over the years it's started to make me think a lot more... thank you for channel and Content. Its always much appreciated. Take care and I look forward to seeing the rest of your walk.
I walk through this land like a lion, bold, claiming ownership as I walk. Don't know why, always felt it kept me safe in an unpredictable world but it's more than that. A strong confidence comes when that mind set is present and it leaves me thinking that that is the way it should be, free, sovereign, on form and totally in the moment. Moved at the beauty of this land, observing nature interacting and very much feeling part of the whole. But then a return and my confidence subsides, much more guarded, less authentic and this has been my experience for years so on a conscious level I intend to bridge the gap and retain that wonderful authenticity and have no stake in the outcome of this world. Thank you for watching and commenting my friend.
Thank you Jim; those were beautiful and insightful words.........you talk more sense in 14 minutes than many people talk in their whole life! Best wishes to you and take care 👍
Thank you Gillian, really appreciate that. I thought about doing this vid only five minutes before I switched the camera on. Didn't know if I'd upload it, but on play back the usual thought prosses was present "don't do it" but sometimes we have to push the boundaries and just say what's on the mind. Cheers mate.
Great to see you back Jim.. I literally just raised a glass to you as you make more sense than most and I'm totally in agreeance with you mate. And I admire your bravery ! Looking forward to your next updates.
Thank you Martyn, I had this one negative thought just before uploading. Brave or stupid. Neither as it turns out because it's just a chat and what's the worse that could happen, people move on. No problem because the best scenario, I get like minded souls raising a glass. Thank you my friend. Opening up like this is a tonic and so good for the soul, at the end of the day it's what this channel is all about. Soul Food. The walk and camp will be up at the weekend. Cheers.
@@JimHolden really looking forward to that Jim and thank you for your reply 👍🏻
I watch your videos for your passion for the environment you find yourself in, that grin when you find something pleasing is infectious. In my world people are free to believe whatever they wish, provided it does no harm to others or the environment, pretty sure we share that 'ideology', for want of a better word.
I'm pretty sure we do as well Si. At the centre of all my beliefs is Freedom. Free to roam free to think whatever you want and go wherever this life takes you. It's one big adventure full of excitement and joy. Sadly we are held back by the powers that shouldn't be but ultimately it's ourselves, the way we think that's the problem. For me true liberation comes from freeing the mind of negative habitual thought. Comes real easy on the fells but the real inner work has to take place in the daily routine. Thanks as always my friend, really appreciate you being here.
All resonates with me Jim and I’m really not surprised to hear your thoughts. Take care of yourself and thanks for your posts 🙏
Thank you Jon, really appreciate that. New upload this weekend.
Great insight into your spirituality Jim. Your videos are fantastic, in the way they are so peaceful, calm and really show the landscape and your journey.
Thanks mate, really appreciate it.
That was lovely Jim, In can Resonate with that:)
Good to see you on our screens Jim and to hear more great content on the way, take care out there my friend, ATB & see you soon
Thank you Jon, the walk will be uploaded at the weekend mate, hope you enjoy it and hope you are well. Cheers.
Hi Jim, looking forward to this years videos. You've certainly inspired me to explore and get out and I'm not bothered what you believe in tbh.
However I believe very similar to you I think. Agree in evil times now.
People in general are good souls but those in "in charge" seem hell bent on destruction.
We can only be ourselves and look after who we are close to and love.
Look forward to your videos this spring and beyond.
Take good care too ❤️👍
Morning Stan, this was a tricky one for me to upload. It was completely spontaneous in the moment stuff, so tapped back into that when it came to uploading. It really doesn't matter to me what folk believe, just wanted to make it clear where I stand. The connections we make in life are what it's all about and this channel has connected me to some beautiful souls, just wanted to be honest with you all. Thanks mate, the main walk is now uploaded and will be live at the weekend.
Morning Jim, thanks for the reply. Yes I think being spontaneous is good sometimes. It certainly makes sense to me.
I always feel that link of spirituality when out in the forests. Thats why i love your videos, especially new forest ones.
I've said before me and my lad love camping in the new forest too.
Got one planned for April again.
Take Care, look forward to the weekend video ❤️👍
@@StansOutdoorAdventures Great to here Stan, I'll be down there as well come spring as my brother wants to come and do a wild camp with me and has suggested the Forest. Really looking forward to it as it's a magical place. Cheers mate.
@Jim Holden Brilliant, bet your brother is looking forward to that too.
I'll say hello if I see you haha.
We are back in May and July at our regular haunt near Highcliffe. I still want to do the solent way. Maybe July 🤞
Have a great week Jim ❤️👍
@Jim Holden Have a great camp with your brother if you've not already been.
We come down for holiday in 3 weeks so I want to get a few camps done. I'm just watching your part 2 of woodland trees in the forest for the 20th time 🤣
I'm eyeing that patch of grass by the stream next to Holly hatch inc!. Look forward to your next video. Stay safe 🙏 👍
A chat that was unsurprising given the good vibrations that come through your videos, but so interesting to hear you put it in words. Looking forward to your next videos. The Ridgeway and the Great Stones have been in my thought a lot too since my walks last year.
It feels like the right time for me to talk openly of such things Catherine, my belief system has flip flopped my whole life but it's left me unsettled, not quite right inside but recently through acceptance and a strong love for life, my heart has opened and that underlying fear has gone. I feel free of the internal dialog that places doubt before any activity or conversation. Just walking into the future with openness is challenging but also exciting. My walks have much more meaning these days, less ego just having the mental space to sit quiet and enjoy the birds and the sunshine instead of clock watching and convincing myself that I should be way further down the trail than this. The twenty mile a day walks are over, done with all that. Now I just go as far as I like or not at all. But I am eager to get back on the GSW and other trails I'm researching, spring will be on us fast, so all to look forward to. Look forward to seeing you back out as well my friend. Take care and thanks for watching.
Jim your thoughts are a treat and very refreshing.
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks Wayne, really appreciate it.
We are but feathers in a breeze. Good to see you.Jim.ATVB2U..Scott Somerset
Nicely put Scott and very true. To cling to anything in this life only brings sadness, the opposite to joy. My walk will be up at the weekend mate, only a short one but full of joy. Thanks my friend.
@@JimHolden hello my friend looking forward to more inspirational antics upon the trail. Scott
I consider myself a pagan. My beliefs are giving thanks for the sunlight and living without causing harm by impacting nature as little as possible.
As far as rituals, I like to join with others for summer solstice to celebrate the longest days and winter solstice to celebrate the days getting longer again. We get drunk and welcome the sun in the morning. No sacrifices, no pentagrams, no dark rituals, that's a media creation. Just like any religion you can dip a toe in or go full puritan.
Hiya Steve and thank you for shedding some light on Pagan beliefs as mine are very similar. Welcoming the return of the Sun in spring with gratitude is something we should celebrate for sure, it was a matter of life or death back in the day and the start of planting season, a time of abundance, but for me it's a case of celebrating God's creation at work. I'm fully aware of how the media demonises all belief systems and always has. I read somewhere that in the middle ages the church couldn't get Pagan Europe on board so deception tactics were brought into play sending travellers with rumours of miracles and the like followed by canonized priests with so called proof. Europe and the whole world has been ruled by deception ever since. Free thinking Human beings are a serious threat to the ruling class and always have been. It's about time we put aside our minor differences and come together to knock them off there ivory towers. Thanks again Brother and take care out there.
Thanks for your honesty Jim. I follow Christ and I try to always choose love (tempered with God's truth), but it is hard...Looking forward to spring as well, Take care.
Hiya Dan, this subject and my relationship with God has dominated my life. Most of it I was resisting, holding back, too scared to be honest with myself, but I was having some very special quiet moments, so much so that they became a reference point to keep trying. It is hard of course it is. The nature of this world is Illusory, but once the penny finally dropped for me it became easier. I made a conscious decision to drop out, and I mean totally. I now live in a van on my mates farm, in the middle of nowhere, no TV and it will be seven years this spring. The point to that is that there are two reality's, your own and the collective. I was dancing between the two, or dipping in to the collective on a daily that left me feeling lost in my own. So turned my back on this world and just follow my own path now. I still have to deal with the world of course but now it's on my terms and I truly believe that God created us to be free thinking individuals, freedom loving human beings with open hearts. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Fairplay to to you mate I only got turned onto your channel as I plan hiking around the gower peninsula this spring, but as they they say everything happens for a reason!! Totally agree with your assessment on spirituality. The last few years have certainly been a learning experience to say the least. Thanks again for the message, its definitely needed. Take care.
I love the Gower, and spring is a wonderful time to visit, hope all goes well for you and you have a great trip. Thank you for watching and for your positivity, means such a lot.
Great to see you again big man
Everyone’s beliefs are to be celebrated but only some of us walk through life with a smile. And yours shines bright on these walks mate.
Thank you Andrew, I agree completely. Alfred Wainwright once said that when you go into the mountains take only Photographs and leave nothing but footprints. I'd like to add leave nothing but footprints and good vibes. Thanks again for your positivity.
Nice one Jim - I enjoyed that. Yeah, I keep saying when people ask me, 'I'm all faiths and none.' I'm not a cheat or a weak spiritual being it's just that I know I have to be 'non affiliated.' It's what god is calling me to be in order to be of service on this troubled planet at the mo. For sure it's vibration and frequency and as you say when in that right frequency there is no fear - only knowing. Cheers bro. I trust you're well. Mark
Nice one Mark, I love the "all and none" and the "none affiliated" we are pretty much on the same page. This chat was never planned though, I just found myself an early pitch due to my main camera failing and having to change plans. Cutting the walk short left me pondering a question that came in from my previous upload. I was kind of troubled by it, so spontaneously started a rant, not knowing if it would make enough sense to upload. I understood that it could go wrong and some may turn off and some did. First vid that has lost me subscribers but hey I can't worry about that. The point I was trying to make is that we are all on our own journey, it's personal but as a vlogger I can't go on leaving some guessing as to my beliefs. Visiting the Pagan sites left some presuming I myself was a Pagan, and of course I am but I'm also a Christian, a Buddhist and all other faiths. I just can't fully hang my hat on any of them. In my opinion, the only route to freedom, to God is inward.
Anyway, really appreciate you watching my friend. Hope all's well with you.
@@JimHolden Yes, Jim I've often said 'I'm all faiths and none.' It describes our universality - I know you get it. Good to hear you talk bro - sometimes you have to and lay things out. I think you did it well. Me? I've had some challenges but working on them. Peace.
Totally with you on that. I believe that we are eternal frequency and electro magnetic antennas( same for each and everyone of our Trillions of cells within us) and all humans are on a frequency band so if you picture a BarCode as the band width and the perfect human frequency is dead centre then what you described as feeling the sensations from a bad person which is what our gut feelings pick up on then that person is way off centre , perhaps through circumstances , they way they have been mistreated ,drugs, alcohol, poisons, pestices, herbicides, food additives and pollutions etc etc. We Transmit and receive in an omnidirectional way just like a communication Antenna . Its important to know what to receive and what to transmit and when we are out in nature, in wild environments near running water, oceans, thunder and lightening , strong winds we are exposing ourselves to Negative Ions which ground us and re centre us (Earthing). First video i have seen of yours, hopefully i might bump into you one day out on a camp in the hills and exchange worldly views etc ATB and God Bless.
Thank you Olan for your awesome comment, I've read it over and over. You put it into words well my friend, something that I'm a bit clumsy with. Love the bar code metaphor and how you explain the dodgy geezer, makes so much sense to me. We live in a toxic environment both for the mind and body but as I've said the Soul knows the truth and once that understanding is reached this toxic world cannot harm us in any way. Really appreciate you popping by Olan and Thanks again for watching.
@@JimHolden You are welcome Jim. My pay scale during 15 years military service was based on communication courses that i did during those years so my understanding of How radio frequencies and antennas work makes total scientific sense to me. I even remember in 1981 they shown us human brain waves on a screen and how the frequency can be effected/distorted by interference from the other electronic devises . I am totally anti military these days and it was years after i left the Army that everything started to make sense and i am still working on it :) If you look into Dowsing Rods and earths natural energy lines/Lay lines etc it just reinforces my beliefs and its easier to explain all this to get a better understanding that we are eternal energy manifested in human vessel. Religion's to me are first generation capitalists but i still respective fundamental lessons in most of them.
I'm a 55 year owd yorkshirenan Jim.
If I ever spoke along those lines to my Dad he always said, gi' o'er whittlin' gi' o'er towin'....haha....you know the score!!
Yorkshirenan is a classic freudian 😂 of course I meant man
I agree with you mate and everything you've said and done so have i lol. I am of the same.opinion. I aggree that yhis place has evil in it and am pretty convinced that this is actually hell. The onky way out is getting that God vibe going. Good focus my friend
I love this video Jim, you showed courage here, thank you. Jesus wasn't a religious man, did you know that? A Christian isn't a religious person. Love you brother, keep up your fine work
Hello Jim. Great to see you posting again. Plenty to think about in what you've said and I'm thinking now. . . I mostly agree with you, but I have moved away from my strict Christian upbringing and now tend to believe that there is not actually an entity called God and more to believing that God is the light and the goodness in every single one of us and the devil is the urges to do selfish hurtful things to other people that also exists in all of us.
And it's our own moral battle to determine which wins, but we probably won't get rewarded or punished in the afterlife either way, much as it would be desirable that was the case. . And organised religion being conservative and patriarchal has nothing to do with that light/dark dichotomy, it's just to keep people in their place and not moan about how unfair an unfair society can be. . Ooh that's a bit more thoughtful than I've sent comments on your vids before. Keep posting please Jim!! Take care....
Beautifully put Sarah, I really appreciate your thoughtful comment, thank you. I would never disagree with anyone's belief as mine have been a steady flow from one meaningful thought to another, never really clinging to any of them. I moved into Buddhism when I was a younger man thinking that introspection was much better than recruitment as that's how I viewed Christianity back then, also to spite my step mum as she was and still is a serious Jehovah's Witness, also there is an absence of a creator God, we simply create our selves through the laws of karma, action and reaction. But if I'm honest and that is the nature of this thread. My gut or inner intelligence has always known that this place is a construct. Thoughts of evil in an upside down world have almost sent me mad, fear, not for myself but my children and grandchildren, there future and every other soul out there. But every time despair has set in something or someone outside of my thought prosses has given me a there there then moment, hard to put into words but I know it was external to me. Pondering moments like these leave me with no explanation other than, there really isn't anything to fear as we are here to go through this, to grow but for what reason? Easy to explain once I fully understood the nature of this world and it's god and the minions that serve it. It has no power over us, only influence, it's power comes from our compliance. It needs us to agree to abandon the Over Soul, the one true God and creator of all things and God is allowing this corruption to take place. But there is a time limit and things are heating up for the lower case god as his time is almost done. This is my perspective, to walk in this world like a lion, bold as it's part of a much bigger picture that is slowly becoming very clear. Thank you again Sarah and please accept my apologies for going on a bit.
I reckon Darwinism is the most plausable explanation for most of it and when you're dead .. that's all folks.
I don't believe in Gods, ghosts or elves.
.. but I still lke Christmas ;)
See I'm the complete opposite, and I'm not looking to start a debate but I truly hate Christmas and can't get on board with us coming from Monkeys, sorry. I respect your views though and would fight for the right for us all to think whatever we want. This video was just me clarifying a fundamental truth about myself to a few friends. Thanks for watching and commenting, really appreciate it.
It would be a boring world if everyone ageed Jim.
I must add though .. "coming from monkeys" is an unfair representation ;)
Hi Jim, I put a post on here a couple of days ago, asking how to contact/private message you re your attending our fundraising festival in sussex, but it has disappeared :-) - is this a TH-cam issue as I put my email in there as a contact, or were you not happy with the post - sorry if that's the case I just cant find a way to contact you other than here ? Thank you Sarah
Sorry Sarah, but it was nothing to do with me, I wouldn't take a comment down unless it was super negative. I have had another comment disappear from a good friend but I wasn't aware of yours. There is a way to get my Email from this page, not sure how but I do get Emails from some subs, so there must be a way.
All religion is just a dispute over titles.
Agree, totally. When Church and state came together to rule over the masses it was game over for 2000 years. But to me it seems like the masses are waking from there slumber and re claiming there personal sovereignty, and that's all it takes to defeat the control system.
Hi Jim you seem like a nice guy You Know 😆
I know you know I say you know a lot, you know what I mean. All good my friend and thanks for watching.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Genesis 32.30. One of many editorial slips by Sir Frances Bacon (aka William Shakespear) edited by Chief Mason King James to detach You from God. All the important work is within, it's the christ chrism within and the Oneness which is more of a force than a materialised man. Repeatedly catching the dusk and the dawn put me in touch with my particular interpretation of God and for me nature is spiritual nutrient evoking the God within, happy travels everyone🙏
Beautiful Paul, really well put and my understanding too.
I was aware of a re connection during a wild camp, didn't give it much thought just basked in the beauty of the moment. On another occasion I asked myself what exactly I was re connecting with. I was a lost soul from that moment on, until my analytic mind took me full circle back to just acceptance of the beauty, and the moment. Thank you my friend for adding your unique wisdom to this thread.
*HUMANISM*
Isn't Spirituality also a construct? I have no idea what it is. What is a soul? Is that a concept or something actual? Just sounds like more bubblegum for the mind to cling onto.
I suppose it could be Stuart, if you take the word and use the intellect to understand the meaning, for sure all sorts of constructs appear. Each individual would no doubt come up with something different. But an inward journey over time reveals something odd, odd to the intellect anyway but for the discerning mind and open heart there appears a knowing that is way more powerful than a belief. That Knowing brings a peace like no other, and the mind becomes calm. No clinging, none of the usual doubts that were present before, of course they all race back as soon as you get back in the rat race but this is the nature of the mind. Practice can transform the Human from a nihilistic base to something spiritual. Identifying as spirit brings an understanding of time and space and your permanent place within the whole. But to someone without the will to understand this world I suppose it all sounds like bollocks.
@@JimHolden I'm with you up the point you mention conceptual things like spirit, spiritual, the heart.
All I find is just this awareness containing an apparent body, universe, and a chattering mind that seems to think there is past, future, and free will. Non of which, at closer inspection exists.
@@StuartJ The vital thing for me though is love, the love frequency is powerful. Another form of Love is trust, so much stronger than faith. So when I meditate I focus on the Love frequency and trust God completely. Stuart we are never going to agree and that really doesn't matter. This video was just me opening up to a few friends on here. I'm not trying to change the world or anyone in it, got nothing to do with me. I do appreciate the challenging conversation though and I thank you for it.