I awoke last night at around 3 am, and, it being a hot night, I stumbled outside. As I was looking up at the North Star, a thought popped into my head, “There’s nothing to worry about, nothing that needs to be done – the future’s already been written and everything’s happening exactly as it should be.”

Just at that moment, a shooting star flashed across the sky and was quickly followed by three others.

I went back to bed feeling both content and blessed.

More photos from my brother’s lost journey. I’m dry camping in the forest up on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula – working on the book…

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Even though these will totally screw up Jeff’s Mystical Impermanence Lesson, here are some shots of his Great Northwestern Journey as seen through my eyes…

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A couple of days ago, while exploring the Olympic Peninsula and while reflecting on my brother’s unusual (for him) and spontaneous decision to fly out here, the thought popped into my mind, “Jeff’s here for a reason.”…

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Because my brother is only in town for five days, we’re doing a whirlwind tour of the area. Lots and lots of driving, lots of sun, but still time to get a good taste of what the Columbia Gorge has to offer.

I’m back in Portland. My brother is flying in tomorrow for a few days. I’ve been hounding him for years to see the Pacific NW, so I guess he’s decided that now is a good time as he’s got himself a personal a tour guide.

I like opening my front door in the morning and being surrounded by beautiful, unspoiled forest.

One of the reasons that I came up this mountain, besides to escape the heat, was to find a place in nature where it was peaceful and quiet so I could shoot some videos for my book. The videos are just me doing the talking head about HDI, but I wanted a nice, serene background. Turns out it’s a lot harder to shoot video outside because the light is constantly changing, the wind blows your papers all over the place and flies land on your nose just as you are trying to make an important point.

So I ended up shooting the videos inside. Oh well – it’s still pretty damn nice up here.

I moved from the river to the mountain. It’s been really, really hot lately. Ironically, now that I’m up here, it’s starting to get kind of chilly.

In the photo above, shot from my last camp on the river, I’m about a third of the way up the left side of Mt. Hood.

I’ve finished the second draft of, tentatively titled, A Simple Explanation for Everything. Since the first draft, I’ve probably added about five or six new chapters with an additional 25% to the word count.

HDI theory, this “simple explanation for everything,” eloquently explains some of the greatest mysteries in modern science: the Big Bang, Dark Matter, Quantum Entanglement, etc. But I debated back and forth on whether I should include a section on how HDI theory also explains the mystical: the Human Soul, Reincarnation, Spirit, etc..

Basically, I had to figure out who my target audience was.

The smart choice would have been to break it up into two books, one for the scientific type, and one for the spiritual type.

I, being the stupid type, have opted to target both – unifying the physical with the mystical.

This is a terrible marketing move, but, as I’ve said, I’m the stupid type and really don’t care.