Bryan Wilton - Life And The Love Of Life: The Book of Asatru

What are we all doing here if the stories in which we consider to be our lore do not contain any mystical element necessary to help us navigate through life? Are we to be confined to a life where we must have grand expectations of miracles to justify our belief system? Are we always looking for a sign that we are living our very best life? Furthermore, what if every bit of the lore is as true as all of the rest of the religious literature human beings have come to value? Do these writings still contain a moral compass capable of assisting a man or woman to simply get through day to day life? How much information is contained in the great monuments, literature and concepts of these ancient tribes? The truth of what these heretofore faiths now labeled as mythologies represents might be a shocking revelation to our world indeed! At some point in every discussion about ancient civilizations, Great and magnificent civilizations, there must be an acknowledgement that these great societies were not monotheistic (One supreme being alone) as we know it. What would it look like if they provided us the instruction necessary to ensure the survival of not only the information, but an elevated way of life. Spiritually and mentally. It would place us squarely at the center and no longer the fringe of the spirit that the established norms of what modern science holds to be worth knowing. Most importantly, we might fulfill that crucial element of people who have known the truth of things for a very long time and yet have been categorized as individuals who will swallow a camel yet strain at a gnat! Every day, I see or hear some new tidbit of information which lines up a profound and new manner of thinking. But who could possibly put them all together without sounding like an episode of the latest alien conspiracy theory?

On another front, I have seen countless people proclaim that the lore is too heavily Christianized. But what if it appears that way because the lore is where they came up with the foundation for a religion used to conquer as much of the world as possible? The foundations of what we believed were turned on its head and the concept of our unique ability to communicate with the divine, to become something more, was corrupted and an intercessor was put into place. Ever hear of people eating apples in the desert? Not a common occurrence.

Up until now, my books have focused on the layers of wisdom contained in the lore. Each layer removed confronts us with a new depth to our spirituality. This book is yet another layer removed as we approach the core of our being. But it may also serve as an answer to the long time critics, and sometimes deservedly so, of flighty new age beliefs and pull from the greatest of them a treasure in the form of a moral compass we have always known was there, but had confined our vision of it to expectant signs. Still unawares that the greater power of our existence resides within us, our thinking process, and not anywhere out there.

I have outlined these new ideas around our ability to use them to better our lives. But I have framed them within the context of the various great destructions of our world. Again, and again disasters both natural and manmade have destroyed fantastic civilizations. Now I am going to show you a series of ideas which when taken all together; provides us with yet another feast of information. But this one is not only for the mind. This one is for the whole man. A banquet of fresh food for the body, mind and spirit which represents so much more than a mere archeological rabbit hole of conspiracies. This is the book which will provide a moral compass more than sufficient to justify to the world why we went left on our path in life instead of following the conditioned herd.

During the writing of this book I realized something amazing. One day as I was simply being present in the moment, I lost count of how many monarch butterflies I saw. They were migrating to somewhere in Mexico. I took a minute to watch them. Not a single one of them flew in a straight line, all of them seemed to be at the mercy of the wind. Many of them will die without ever reaching their destination. But many will make it. How is it then that with all of the gifts we possess that we simply cannot find our way in life. I assure you the butterfly is not focused on many things other than his destination. He is not waiting on any god or government to make sure he gets where he is going. Though his path may look like madness, the focus on his destination is not. Quit waiting on god's and governments to support you, don't worry if your path has been erratic and troubled in life, focus. Focus with the greatest most powerful and creative tool in the world. Your mind and you will get where you are going

Bryan D Wilton

26 Oct 2017