Sunday, December 6, 2009
Location: Las Glorias, Mexico

I’m slowly beginning to understand the Mexican phrase ‘manana’. It seems every time I have my plans firmly nailed down, things slip away into the future. I’m having flashbacks to the teachings I gathered while on the Piikani Reservation, of learning how to slow down and allow things to happen in their own time.

The only problem with this way of being in the world right now is that I actually do have a timeline. I am working towards finishing production in June of next spring, come hell or high water.

This brings me to a phrase I’ve been hearing down here from my current host and potential interview (if manana ever comes;-) Gustavo. He told me the other day this phrase, “Creer es Crear” which translates ‘to believe is to create’.

It’s a magical view of reality, one that I personally subscribe to in my own life. My time in this place is the perfect example. I arrived here alone and isolated in a new country. I was set to leave when I noticed a Native looking alter in hotel’s main palapa. I slept that night feeling deep intuition about this place, that there was something here for me to see or explore. However I needed to overcome my personal fears and anxieties and trust my heart rather than the fear-based chatter of my mind.

The next morning I awoke and firm in my new belief that I was here for a reason. I walked straight into the kitchen and began to speak with Horacio who had initially greeted me to this place. Since my arrival he and I had a few conversations about spirituality, energy, and ‘the way’ towards personal and societal transformation. He gave me the contact info for a Shaman in Chiapas, Mexico and encouraged me to go visit him on my travels. Bueno!

As I stood there for some reason almost shaking, I spoke to him about my film project, my journey and that I would like to interview him or get his advice if he had time. This conversation lasted an hour ending with him telling meI really needed to talk to Gustavo, the hotel proprietor who would likely be happy to do an on-camera dialog about all my topics. So, happily, I waited for him to arrive.

Gustavo and I have since spent a lot of time together talking, shopping in town for hotel supplies, and planning a trip to this magical bay he keeps speaking about.

A one night stay has transformed into five and counting and although we have shared lots we have yet to do an on-camera dialog or go to the bay. This is as much my fault as his since I have also been busy with other filming opportunities and talking with my new friends from Oregon who picked up and moved to ‘retire’ in Mazatlan full time. Theirs is also an interesting story of ‘Creer es Crear’!

So now I sit waiting for Gustavo writing this blog under the big palapa at the hotels center. Gustavo was brought here to run this place by his own path of magic and spirituality. He speaks to me of learning not to ask the universe WHY but instead FOR WHAT? For him these days it seems the answer he's discovering is a dream to convert this place it into a place of not only relaxation and holiday but also of spirituality and personal growth. But he also says it will happen in its own time, it's a process, and in the here and now, it's already perfect. Everything is exactly where it needs to be... and everyone ;-) He told me when he first arrived he didn’t want to be here, but he saw a sign in nature that gave him hope, and he said to ‘God’… “OK, I get it, but hurry up.”

That’s how I feel here and now, I get it, there’s something to learn here, but hurry up! Or maybe it’s me who has to believe that Manana will come TODAY… since ‘Creer ES Crear!’

There are worse places to be held hostage by the universe ;-)

peace,d

After writing this blog, Gustavo and I ran into each other, sat down for a beautiful on-camera dialog, and then he invited me fishing with his son and some fisherman friends :-) Instead of a fishing rod I used a Tecate beer can wound with fishing line.. shrimp as bait.. I didn't catch anything.. but one can only be so blessed ;-) Here is a pic of his son Tavo and friends reeling in big ones! In a few hours they were grilled and served up with caramelized onions Sinaloa style.