Conversations with Avant-garde Sages - The Wizard LLC

Conversations with Avant-garde Sages
became more interested in different types of spiritual text and the
Tao Te Ching always really spoke to me right from the very
beginning. And I guess it was in one sense I just loved how
minimal it was, it was just so clean to the point, and it was also, for
a 20-year-old, it was a very small book [Laughs]. But I opened
myself up to wanting a teacher, and low and behold this one
particular person popped into my life, very unusual, he didn't fit
the mould in any regard. But he spoke, as he always called it, it
was STAR, Simple Truth Absolute Reality, and that's what he lived
by.
It was 18 years, we had never been separated for more than 24hours
in that entire 18-year period. As a matter of fact he passed
away at my house here about a month ago. Man, that was of
course a very trying experience, I went from being his student to
being his caregiver, and that was really quite an emotional time.
But it was also something that it was a whole other level for me.
He was not able to talk as much, and things like that. I don't
know, I guess in some ways it pushed me to want to write, to
express.
I asked him, I said, it was about a month before he passed, I said…
I feel like I want to, as I open myself up to wanting to learn, I'm
also opening myself to want to share. And I asked him what he
thought about that, and he said, "Well when people start asking
you questions, that's when you'll know". And I said, "Okay, that's
good enough for me". But I felt the need to want to share my
writings, just my thoughts, and musings if you will. And low and
behold here I am on a radio talk show, which is pretty neat.
TRIP: Well one of the things that is noticeable about a sage is that
when you come in contact with a sage, it doesn't seem to matter
where in their book you might want to read, or where you kind of
engage, there's a sensibility, there's almost a feeling that you get,
and I got that feeling when I cruised through your website.
BRIAN EZZELL: Thank you, Trip, I appreciate it. Thank you.
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