About Me
That's me on the left with Bill Bartmann.
My name is Al but my friends call me Namaste* (pronounced Na-mas-stay) (explanation & definition at the bottom). I’m an achievement driven, psychic, law of attraction practicing, world traveling, rebellious, hedonistic, loving, humanitarian entrepreneur. Want details? See below…
ACHIEVEMENT DRIVEN
I wake up and work on my dream, I go to work thinking about my dream, I come home and work on my dream, I go to sleep thinking about work my dream. Working on my dream is my all consuming obsession, it is also my greatest source of happiness, which is why I call myself a happy dreamaholic. It’s also worth mentioning that I’ve been doing non-stop self-improvement since I was 19.
PSYCHIC
I’m primarily claircognizant. Up until two months ago, I’d been lazy about developing this gift. I just know things, what more is there to do? Recently, I had an experience that made me realize I really need to develop this further, so I don’t dismiss key bits of guidance by accident.
LAW OF ATTRACTION PRACTICING
The Rosicrucians taught me how to manifest when I was 8 years old. Since then I’ve manifested everything from girlfriends to a Viking knife to a diamond. In 2009 one of my success stories was published in the book LIVING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION by Robin Hoch. Right now I’m manifesting financial abundance using a resistance removing technique I call Unblocking. I’m documenting the process so that one day I can turn it into a book about how to consistently get results using the law of attraction.
WORLD TRAVELING
Multi-month vagabonding trip to Southeast Asia 2005, a month in India in 2006, between 2007 and 2011 I only got away from work for a week in Mexico, looking forward to the next long term trip in 2012.
REBELLIOUS
I LOVE getting the “moral minority” riled up. I’ve been gleefully breaking their rules all of my life. Perfect example, I sold Playboy and Hustler magazines out of my Junior High School locker.
HEDONISTIC
I love Irish bars although I only drink once or twice a month.
I love massives (http://tinyurl.com/wildest-party-on-earth) but again I only go once or twice a year.
I don’t believe in “settling down” but instead finding a peer who I am excited to share a future with. A strong, confident woman who like me wants to have it all: the money, the travel, the positive impact on the world, and as many lovers as her heart desires.
LOVING
Who am I?
I’m not my name, that’s how people identify me.
I’m not my profession, that’s what I do for a living.
I’m not my successes or my failures, those are just actions I’ve taken.
I’m not the stories of my past, those are experiences I’ve had.
I’m not even my body, I know cause I’ve left it.
I’m not my thoughts, many times thoughts are created by my ego.
Who am I, if I’m not these things? I’m who ever I am “being” in the moment. Sometimes I’m being generous, other times I’m being blunt, as often as possible I’m “being” loving. Why? It feels amazing and I’ve found it to be the most powerful way available to live one’s life.
HUMANITARIAN
I’ve invested my entire adult life into figuring out how to help people achieve their dreams. One day I’m going to be responsible for helping more people to achieve their dreams than anyone else ever has.
I’m also a big supporter of Kiva.org (micro loans to 3rd word entrepreneurs), NFTE.org (entrepreneurial education for at risk youth), and SmileTrain.org (cleft lip operations).
ENTREPRENEUR
I was 10 years old when I decided I was going to get rich. Other kids spent their time playing, I spent mine working. My high school class voted me “Most Likely To Succeed.” I went off to college. While other students were partying, again I was working. I dropped out after only 8 months with the goal of clearing my first million by 21. I didn’t do it but I did start making serious money when I was 23. At first I was stoked out of my mind! Then I fell into a harsh depression. What happened? I’d been telling myself since I was 10 years old, “As soon as you make it, you’ll be happy.” To my utter disgust and disbelief I found out that the naysayers had been right, “Money really can’t buy happiness.” I literally went into shock. I felt painfully empty, all the meaning I’d given to life was gone. I couldn’t pull myself out of it and I attempted suicide. It was after that failed attempt that I found my life’s purpose. I decided to dedicate my life to making sure no one had to go through what I had again. I’d read the books, listened to the audios, gone to the seminars, recruited millionaire mentors and they were all wrong because money does NOT buy happiness. My question became, “If money can’t, what can?” I’ve spent the past 10 years searching for the answer, testing what I found on myself and others, drawing conclusions and researching some more. I wanted to quit many times, my search has come at a steep price (years of mind numbing hours of research, that put me in debt up to my ears, which is why I’m currently crashed on a couch) but it was either figure it out, or wack myself so I kept on working. If that last sentence seems odd to you, either you are loving life so much it would be insane to think about eating a bullet or your life sucks, and rather than eat a bullet, you are grinning and bearing it. Personally, I have zero interest in grinning and bearing it, either I figure out how to love life or I’m out. Thankfully, my research slowly but surely paid off and I found my answer in the form of a lifestyle. I don’t care what your background is, what country you are from, what language you speak, what religion you subscribe to (or don’t) living the lifestyle I suggest will bring your more enjoyment, RIGHT NOW, than the one you are currently living. I’ll be publishing the details of this lifestyle in early 2012 when I launch an organization for people who want live this way. I have every reason to expect that this lifestyle will become the default choice for future generations.
* The story of how I ended up with my nickname is a long one. It involves a millionaire in Seattle in 2003, talking to a guy dressed up like a giant bunny rabbit at Burning Man 2005 and uncovering my soul’s promise in 2010. If you want to know the details, just ask =) Many times I’m asked what does Namaste mean? Namaste means “I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light, and of Peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, We Are One, NAMASTE.”
