According to the BBC today, in the year 2030 food prices will double, so what are you going to do about it?

Also on the BBC today they are marking the anniversary of the doomed Titanic.

Interesting don’t you think?

Interesting in this way.

I know a man named Derek who talks about how things used to be, how things were and how it was all great, nice and wonderful in the past.

He tells me with a lack of positivity and belief that things will be fine sometime, someday.

It’s a very zoomanic process, dream of days gone, hope for days ahead with nothing but being distracted right now.

Distracted by the web, by facebook, by email, by TV, by jobs, by radio, by anything apart from knowing and being there right now.

Of course this is the way of today, right now, Zoomanity. Focus is always somewhere else apart from here right now.

The problem with looking back is it gives a feeling of what was or even loss. The problem with focusing on the future only it gives a feeling of what can be not what is right now.

This is the way of Zoomanity, the gift given to us by the repeatists. I’m just back from a café where two women were sat near by. They talked and talked and talked about how things used to be. Then in period between both sat in silence almost in reflection their own losses.

Yet there they were, two beautiful… continue reading

As I walked along the side streets of Manchester, I see a pathetic looking youngish man sat in his own filth, in the doorway of Aramani clothing. Ironic I thought, two extremes living side-by-side, extreme poverty and extreme blatant consumer wealth.

The next day the long haired, long bearded man was there again. The very next day he was still sitting there in broken silence waiting to be moved along by the 5 foot wide security guard and treated like some kind of under-life that should never be seen or heard.

Every day I walk past, the guy wrapped in a filthy blanket, sitting on the big stone step at the door of Aramani, he is there.
I have to admit I talk about him to my partner. I say things like 

"I wonder how he got there?"

"Surely he can get out of his situation?"

"How can a man allow himself to go so low?"

"He might be homeless but is there a need to be so dirty?"

This raises a question.

Am I judging or observing?

You see there are lots of things seen with the eyes, lots of things recorded into the ears and stored into the brain and lots of things talked about in coffee shops across tables covered in little brown circles where the last coffee drinker sat just moment before.

Let a lot of what we talk about is based on the thoughts of others, based on hearsay, based in a visual moment that is then translated into… continue reading

So the search continues.

There she goes, jumping on another plane, heading to another strange, hot location in search of something.

In 3 years she has walked out of her job, changed her friends and acquaintances, flown over 3 continents, read and underlined and noted countless manuals, hired an endless list of guru mentors to guide her, almost climbed mountains, felt her faith vanish and then grow, then vanish then grow and when all is settled … off she moves again.

When asked about her search she always replies…. ‘I know I’m close’ … then carries on looking for something.

Sound familiar? The salvation of oneself. The bettering of oneself. The growth of oneself.

Yet the problem with this searching is very simple.

Each of us are a human being with extra-ordinary capabilities. There are times when we need to be guided into a path that will show us the keys to unlock our greatness.

But the truth is we are all unique. We look the same, eat the same, drink the same, all have a heart, brain and arms but the fact is what works for one – as precise as it may be – may not work for another and usually rarely works the same for another.

So she or he will carry on the search, looking to uncover, discover, recover themselves until they finally reach what they will feel is their own salvation.

Here’s the problem.

When the search goes outside of yourself, it rarely results in discovery at the end of a search.

The reasons are quite simple.

Most if us have the capability to find our own peace. That own path starts inside of yourself. That could mean facing up to certain issues, previous events, inherited habits and more.

I knew a person like the… continue reading

Bullets fly over his head time and time again. Thud, crunch, smash each time another and other bullet hits the wall in front of him. It leaves the old man with a feeling that at any point soon the bullets will break down what remains of the wall finally ending his life. Continue reading →

This is the part of you that knows, that has always known, that has been covered, been locked away, been held back so many times by the thoughts of others.

Yes you are learned and you your historical learning is your route to a better life. Even more important is the feelings within you that you have put aside, you have ignored and you have rarely listened to.

This is the time for you to tune in and make changes for the sake of your own life and the lives of those around you. Continue reading →

Here we go again.

Another 365 days that start with a promise, a promise to self usually about how incredible, how amazing, how wonderful this year will be over the last.

Jane felt that way 7 years ago and all the years since.

She’d been through a horrible divorce. On the back of that her company she worked at for 17 years collapsed. Then just to make matters worse another very personal disaster came into her life and left a huge gap to follow.

That was all in the year 2003.

Jane recalls on the eve of 2004 of making a new resolution to create a new business, a new career and a new life, god did she need a new life and fast!

Sounding familiar?

Anyway it was the eve of 2004 and Jane had created a vision board, written down her plans, she could see all the new things that she not only wanted but really needed and needed fast!

It had to be different this time, this year could NOT be the same as the last.

The party, the celebrations, the promises, kisses and hugs of new years eve came and went.

January 2nd, 3rd and 4th Jane was on fire, bursting with energy, making promise after promise to herself.

By the 15th, 16th and 17th she was fading and fading fast.

The date was now 27th of January 2004 and Jane was back to square one.

Fed-up, down, low and sick and tired of her life.

Back to her job.
Back to her singledom.
Back to her total, absolute frustration!

By the time March arrived Jane despised her life with a passion. Sad I know  but that was the truth, hers, Jane’s reality.

What, why and how had it gone… continue reading

It’s been momentous and wondrous, I can adore and savor the flavors of those moments looking back.
The dramas, the tribulations, the bitterness and hate of other people, the love and adoration of the few. The highs and lows, the beauty and the beast. The rich, colorful painting of 2010 and the remnants it has left within my body. Continue reading →

The Gap

Susan sits alone in her apartment. Head between her hands, alone, in tears, alone.

Her man has gone, gone for good and he won’t be coming back.

Susan feels her days are empty, her chest filled with fear of being alone, in the morning, during the day and the long endless evenings only to be finished in a huge bed with no man to hold her, touch her, squeeze her and whisper into her ear words of love.

He has gone, gone for good and is never coming back.

The sad thing for Susan is this… this is the 3rd time she has faced this scene, it’s become like a movie on a loop, the past 11 years have been the same.

She finds her man, gives him everything, loves every part of his body and soul, shares every desire, every dream, every waking and sleeping moment.

She did that with all 3 and all 3 have left.

That’s her life, she has accepted it and now she’s alone.

Not for long though.

Susan will recover in a week or so. She’ll date in a week or so and as always (because she’s sexy as hell) she’ll find another man, just as good as the last, stay with him for 3 or 4 years and then the cycle will repeat.

Male or female… sound familiar?

Let me explain.

From the day we are born we are in a relationship. With mother, with father, with brothers and sisters, friends relatives and then lovers and our children if we have them.

You are never out of a relationship

When a relationship breaks down we experience something. That something is a thing I have called THE GAP.

The gap is a very real hole that we have a huge… continue reading

Updates and News with Alan Forrest Smith.

I have so much to share with you today I have no idea where to start.

I’d just like to share with you if that’s OK with you? If not delete me forever!

What I do know is this… I have taken time out to think and regain myself at a much deeper level than ever before.

I have discovered how to strip out the crap in my life, the myth, the trickery, the fakery and return to humanity.

This will reflect in my relationships personal and business but ultimately if you follow me (I know one or two of you) do you are going to notices even more changes than usual. I know if you know me … you won’t be surprised!

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The NEW Stuff From Alan Forrest Smith
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3 New Books

>>>Book No1.

Escape from Zoomanity which is almost complete.
( more at www.EscapefromZoomanity.com )

Escape from Zoomanity is all about you taking back control of your life. It’s about you discovering your own humanity and creating the life you need to thrive. It’s about freedom and excitement. It’s about you! Story after story, lesson after lesson, Escape from Zoomanity is maybe the most revealing piece I have and will ever write.

I am working on this as I write to you. Also I am being guided by the same editor and writing coach that worked with Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor, Mark Victor Hansen, Dan Poynter. She is incredible, the best!

Ann is working on my next two books with me.

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>>> Book No.2 Life Resurrection
(even more to come very soon on that)

If you have been through devastation in your life and are not sure how to rebuild… continue reading