is this the end?

man on the moon

dear friends,

this week, I went to the Moon — or perhaps I never came back?

it was a very exciting week filled with many twists and turns; waves full of strong emotions. I could really feel the Full Moon in it's full effect :P

here are some of the notable moments from this week

• made a $1,000 wager with my Dad, Louie Ochave — who can make the most money online in the next 30 days?

• my writing process got recognized by one of my favorite "value creators" who helped inspire this very newsletter, the great overlord of the "One-Person Business" Dan Koe (see X post below)

• filmed the first three episodes of the Chicho's 86'd Podcast — placeholder for now, coming out soon on https://www.youtube.com/@livechichos

I feel like the great bamboo chute who has finally sprouted after spending 5 years developing and setting the foundation for itself underground in the soil.

I never thought this day would come. It feels nice to finally breathe the fresh air.

your friend(ly),

jakester

P.S. I may have to start being careful with this newfound attention and spotlight… I have noticed that bigger creators on X have started using my writing and concepts — I can't give the house totally away for free!

Damn those damn Machiavellians! I didn't think it would happen so soon :p

Immersive Music Choice(s)

The Blue Ghost [001, 002]

Nervousness and Excitement.

I cannot judge which emotion is the dominating force here. I truly feel both emotions. The Mind moves in fascinating ways when True Emotions conflict.

What a strange dance, you thought to yourself.

There I was in the cockpit staring towards the Night Sky — the Moon and the Stars seemed much brighter today. It was time. Are we really capable of going Beyond?

What awaits us in the Vastness of Space, in the name of Science?

The ground began to rumble. A jump in your Heart begins to flutter violently. You felt a mini-cataclysm arriving beyond the Horizon Of Your Mind.

Calm Yourself.

You have prepared for this very moment for years. Each simulation attempt. Each training exercise. Each moment of sacrifice away from those you love.

This is what it's for — this was your Dream growing up.

It's time to go to Space. The count-down comes to an End.

The End of the Beginning.

The Great Universal Problem of Us [000, 003]

Death and the End of Stories — what do we do when we reach what's Beyond? When we reach our Dreams? When we reach the End?

We can overcome fear. But we are often met with another greater fear. My fear is that once we overcome our own darkness, we discover that there's nothing left for us in the End. Once we find the "Light" — do we really become any better?

Beyond the Horizon is a Complete Mystery to us as we have no empirical access to what is Beyond the Universe, to what is Beyond Our Own Mind.

There are so many infinite parts of the Universe we cannot comprehend. We can barely comprehend the Universe of others — we cannot enter another's Mind.

Can an Ultimate Truth ever be derived?

Lonely Souls we all must be if we can never derive an Ultimate Truth at World's End. We fear the Love we feel is not real.

Life and Death. Good and Evil. Truth and Lies. Mysterium Encounters.

How do we communicate with each other fully, to having One Conversation? Of having full understanding and compassion for a fellow man?

This is the Hope for Humanity.

To have One Conversation, of the Collective Becoming One through an understanding of One Truth, of Soul Unity.

What happens when you find Two Conflicting Truths?

The Truth speaks to the Soul.

Once you develop the Eyes to See, and the Ears to Listen, you will find friends in the strangest of places. You will find Inspiration in the Things We Call Life.

You will see Signs in the Symbols of the Universe.

Still, this does not necessitate Truth itself.

How do we get to One Conversation, One Dialogue on the Truth itself? On a Holistic Truth?

At the End of the Story, is the Truth ever revealed? Is there even an End?

End of Story & Flight of 10|22|24 [000]

This has been the hardest to write; The End of Story.

I don't want it to end — the excitement, the creativity, the joy through the Act of Creating. Will I run out of steam?

Some days, on the days of the nightmares, I am just tired. I lack sleep. I lack the energy. The heat is up yet I feel so cold, when my Mind feels so cloudy.

Still, I wonder what happens when two truths conflict, when true emotions conflict?

The Excitement and Anxiety. The Joy and Anger.

The Flight of Passions at the Edge of the Mind.

It flairs, active imagination — a fire that creates large shadows and flames.

Can you feel it?

The lightning in the bottle.

The Blue Ghost Fireflies

…

I fell asleep for about an hour.

I was dreaming On the Act of Creating. I was worried I was going crazy, when I awoke. Then, to my right, the light seemed to brighten.

The flow of energy is constantly shifting and imbalanced. The Power in Creative Restraints. Expanding and Compressing. Compressing and Expanding.

In some moments, I must expel immense willpower to create what I envision in my mind — but if you relax and just open the bottle; the energy flows and no willpower is necessary.

I was dreaming On the Act of Creation. I cannot remember the contents of the dream itself, but it was important. Mysterium Encounter.

Quiet your Thoughts, Clear your Mind. This is the key to the Catalyst of Creativity.

You cannot force a great wave to surge. You must ride it when it occurs. The Wave of Creation, of Creativity.

The Red and Blue Spirits [000, 001, 002]

The Act between Red and Blue. The Mirror between Two Worlds.

Of the Red Spirit and Blue Spirit. How will they interact?

Every second we grow closer to death.

I feel this immense warmth in my Heart. It all burns inside. This Fire is waving throughout my Mind, Body, and Soul.

A Resurgence.

What is this overwhelm? This catalyst within?

Red Fire. Red Fire.

Sea of Crises | Mare Crisium [000, 003, 004]

Blue Water Flows. Time continues to flow. We flow back in time to a couple of moments ago. A voice is heard.

the tale of the star king, novus.

there is an outcasted view that we came from the stars.

that our souls came from the stars.

that we are the stars.

we are the stars.

we, the stars.

we stars.

birth of the soul

you are first a soul

that exists in the world of pure.

the Word came first.

a thought born in the vast space of dark nothingness.

a world without words.

a world without labels.

~

there it was; the flaming sword, the whirling flames of waves in the sky.

the end of the soul

what happens when you die?

does your soul die too?

…

Charlie could not believe it. Mimi the Shapeshifter.

The Blue Heron guided Charlie through the night sky. The Full Moon provided the minimal light necessary for Charlie to follow. Charlie held afloat by a piece of driftwood, constantly kicking his fight below the surface. You little duck.

Finally the Orange Sun began to rise across the Horizon, like a Golden Light gracing Charlie with the needed warmth of Hope.

After hours upon hours of swimming, the Blue Heron led Charlie to an island. This was no ordinary island ~ they seemed to be very bipolar from the outskirts of the sea.

"He's here." Mimi repeatedly beckoned out from above.

Charlie was unsure on if Mimi was referring to he himself or to someone on the island. Was this the End for Charlie?

..

The Ol' Shaggy Sage's Story of the Tower [001, 005, 009]

Jake and Spike sat with the Great Shaggy Guru Sage, Ol' Man Tuck.

Society and its people outcasted Ol' Man Tuck to be just some stinky shaggy guy who constantly spat out nonsense. But there was an allure to him that caught the attention of these two travelers. A spark in his eye.

Ol' Man Tuck had a Bear-like stature but had the presence of that of a Dragon. The epitome of the Fu Manchu.

Let me tell you a story my new friends.

~

A Tale of Two Gods [009]

There was one God capable of all good things.

And another God capable of all bad (evil) things.

One day, Mankind was building a huge tower to the Heavens.

If they reached the Heavens, Mankind would be one with the God(s) and those that resided in Heaven.

However, Mankind was inferior to the God they speak of. At the time, Man spoke one tongue.

One Conversation.

One Dialogue.

One Humanity.

They worked in One Unity.

God One, the all good God gave Mankind the resources they needed, the drive of love for one another to work in Unity, to love thy neighbor, to work towards a greater mission greater than themselves — to build the Tower to Heaven.

God Two, the all bad God gave Mankind the need for self-interest, the drive of greed to gain something out of creating, to work in Unity for a common goal co-opted for the intentions of profit and power, to work towards something greater than themselves for greater gains — to build the Tower to Heaven.

What Heaven realized was something strange and novel. Heaven was met with a Moral Dilemma. Do we let Mankind in? Into the Heavens above the Clouds?

Heaven had two options led by the Two Distinct Gods:

1. God One was adamant and in support for Mankind to join them.

2. God Two was cynical and wanted to close the Gates off.

Then, it was decided by the Omnipotent God of the Heavens, the One True God.

Give Mankind different tongues to speak with — a test to see their true colors; to see if One Unity was still possible.

Was this the right course of action?

Heaven wondered.

…

It was decided ~ but let me tell you a secret.

There was only One True God to begin with. The Two Gods were always just One. God One and God Two were the same God we speak of.

Is our God an all-good God?

I believe so whole-heartedly. But I know the Universe can be indifferent. The One Song has highs and lows. And moral dilemmas are hard to overcome, even for a God.

Are we capable of giving God more grace? Of more gratitude?

…

With rewriting comes erasure.

With recognition comes pressure.

With reformation comes reflection.

With reconstruction comes destruction

With reconciliation comes estrangement.

…

My Drive for Hope is hard to turn off.

It makes it hard to sleep!

The Death of the Space King [000, 001, 002]

Jake hears a whisper.

Your faith burns in your Heart.

Charlie stabs Jake with the flaming sword.

…

Suddenly an image of Charlie is shown stabbing Star King Novus with a flaming sword, the flame of the whirling sword.

Charlie awoke from a wave crashing into the ship as the sting of the saltwater engulfed his body. There Charlie was, alone in the ocean blue.

The Commercialization of the Space Frontier [002]

A Lunar Economy. Blue Ghost is a pivotal step towards the Lunar Market. Firefly will be the first company to "soft land" on the Moon.

This is the Next Frontier. A Gold Rush is ominously approaching under the guise of Science.

Commercial Lunar Payload Services - CLIPS

Some verbiage I picked up on while listening to the NASA livestream.

• "we are going to risk human lives, we are going to take shots on goals."

• there will be privately held missions that are more risk tolerant than NASA missions; risk-tolerant does not mean risky

• "we want science"

• The Moon is the first step.

Did we really go to the Moon in 1969? What is the Truth?

Truth & Perception [000, 001]

In my initial interpretation, I found this to be silly — I thought that it meant that the word's of the woman in your life was the law. This is likely true for a Man attempting to live the good life.

To my dismay, my interpretation itself was silly. Nietzsche here was trying to personify Truth. He was claiming that the Truth itself does not want to be exposed or revealed and that she may have her reasons for not showing us her reasons!

Perhaps Truth must be a Mystery never to be fully uncovered in our Human Minds. Who's to say my first interpretation wasn't the Truth?

Moon Landing [001, 002]

I feel this immense warmth in my Heart.

It all burns inside.

This Fire is waving throughout my Mind, Body, and Soul.

What is this overwhelm? This catalyst within?

The Power in the Unconscious and the Collective.

…

There are real dangers when going beyond the mind.

You are near the End.

The Edge of the Frontier.

There is real danger.

…

Do not be overzealous — act as if you are launching into Space, into the Void of the Cosmos.

You must be attentive to what is beyond or you may not comeback.

And it truly may be the End.

The Blackholes and Soul Murderers are indifferent and indiscriminate.

They act accordance to the nature, like magnets in the law of attraction.

…

Your energy attracts them, in the endless space in the brain.

When you create, energy is flared throughout — creating a beacon of light for others to see.

Based on the intensity of the light, you may attract friendly strangers among other things — or not-so-friendly things as well.

“What’s on the manifest of your journey?”

…

Be weary of where you draw your attention as what you draw in your mind becomes reality.

Your thoughts become real.

The creative catalyst.

The digital renaissance.

These things can be real for you.

If you believe.

…

I can give you a shovel, but I cannot dig for you.

The diamonds are found in immense pressure.

Gold is found within the depths of the Dragon’s Den.

…

I cannot force you to brave the darkness and the depths or that would be assisted death — this is something you must decide on your own, a risk you must decide on yourself.

I do not wish death upon anyone.

I do not wish the madness upon anyone.

I do not wish for the demise of others.

I wish for that of a better life.

I wish for others to be able to shape life.

I wish for the lives of others to be met with love and compassion.

I believe I have been to the depths and back. And I often wander there in my free time.

I am a great navigator through my own woods, my own forest.

I recognize the landmarks and breadcrumbs left behind.

I have created all these trails, these paths of awareness that I have paved.

Each windy turn, each shadow of trees are known to me.

But there is still danger that lurks and watches me.

But I do not fear them (as I did before).

I embrace them. I am curious to what they see. Are they afraid of me?

Likely not. And I should treat them with a certain level of reverence. A healthy amount of fear. I should not be so heroic.

As a wanderer, I must drop the heroics and keep my wandering distance. To keep myself safe. Safe from my Own Mind.

At times I do fear My Own Mind.

I fear that I may lose myself to the Divine Madness.

To lose sense of my own memories, of my own sense of being.

To be driven insane on the edge of the mind, at the frontier of the cosmos.

love is what tethers me to reality.

I hope I never sever this.

I will never sever this intentionally.

Solar Flare

The End Credits

This is only the End of the Beginning.

At the New Soul Frontier.

The Digital Renaissance.

If you want to usher yourself into your own Digital Renaissance, I have been developing something that I really believe could help you.

A Creative Catalyst.

I hate saying this, but click this link to Enter my Mind even more intimately. We may work together more closely if fate allows it.

The choice is yours.

https://forms.gle/ijqxEGmixeruVdZc8

cast of characters / voices

000 - the meta self [God-like Eye, the Creator, Narrator, Universe]

001 - friendlyjakester [red kid spirit, creative self, inventor, philosopher]

002 - crazycharlie [blue calm spirit, practical self, problem solver, entrepreneur]

003 - the shadow friend [???]

004 - the hero [???]

005 - spike the space monkey

006 - the devil

007 - the jester

008 - mimi the shapeshifter

009 - ol man tuck the shaggy sage