It begins...

I'm Bradley Burlingame, a DJ, music programmer, and special event & music marketing consultant from Los Angeles, California.

I've started this blog, because for me, right now, it feels like there's nothing else to do - in a good way. Know what I mean? Compelled might be a good first word...

I dabbled in meditation & developing my spirituality in college, but until 2002, never really got serious about it. I had 2 accidents which, over the course of 10 days, left me with 2 severely sprained ankles, and doctor's orders to stay in bed.

Think the Universe was telling me something?

"Watch where you're going, kid!"

It was during that time, I picked up a book given to me by my friend, Katie Trout, called Conversations With God (Book 3), by Neale Donald Walsch. I didn't know anything about it, didn't pre-judge it - I just read it.

Cover-to-cover, twice, in less than 72 hours. Read it a third time, took notes, and sat. I was physically forced (most likely by my own doing, no?) to sit and BE.

The book resonated in me deeply. CWG 3 was the perfect introduction. Simple, easy to read, and the text - it's what I knew all along. God was everywhere, everything and in every person.

Easy concepts. On paper, anyway.

Acknowledging it, putting it into practice, and living it moment-by-moment (in this world), can be another thing entirely.

In my teenage years, I was forced - by a mostly well-meaning set of parents - into attending a Baptist-owned high school in Ohio (same school that twisted up Brian Warner, now Marilyn Manson, if that gives you any indication of what was going on there...), and looking back on it now, it was so critical to who I am today. The school was full of hell-fire doctrine and self-righteousness - it did the opposite of what it was intended to do.

It taught me to think for myself, and to accept no one philosophy, one religion, one teacher. It's helped me become what I'm becoming, and will shape this site.

UI will cover all schools of thought, all teachers, and hopefully, give me an outlet for what's lately, a very full head.

This blog is my entry into the world of... eternity, for lack of a better word. It's been created because, as mentioned earlier, it seems like it's important to do. For myself, for you, for humanity.

Sounds cheesy, but look around. Humanity needs all the help it can get right now.

I look forward to learning & growing with you, and hopefully helping you to get to where you'd like to be - and yes, I know, Dr. Tolle, we are EXACTLY where we need to be right now.

I know, I know...

Matter of fact, I want to ask that up to you. Let's make that the first topic of discussion...