Numinous Nomad

Over the past 18+years during my time & travels as a Peace Pilgrim, I have met & communicated with many thousands of people, and many of them have ended up at some point asking me what they could do to help spread the message of Radical Kindness &/or what they could do to become a powerful force for positive change in our world -- in essence; how they could "Join the Team" ... In case you too are interested in helping me (and the rest of humanity and our entire planet and all its current & future non-human residents) by doing the same, this video answers that all-important Question.

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 4), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you all to join along online. The first set of these “Sauntering through Havenwood” videos was made and posted here back in the Fall of 2022, and now I have repeated those walks in the Spring of 2023 – partly to allow you to experience the equally brilliant beauty of the place in the season of rebirth & renewal, and partly to allow you all to witness how much work has been done in these woods since last year ... So, with that all in mind, here is my commentaried stroll along Havenwood's central circuit; the trail I have informally named The Blue Path. Wishing you all great Peace this season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 4), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you all to join along online. The first set of these “Sauntering through Havenwood” videos was made and posted here back in the Fall of 2022, and now I have repeated those walks in the Spring of 2023 – partly to allow you to experience the equally brilliant beauty of the place in the season of rebirth & renewal, and partly to allow you all to witness how much work has been done in these woods since last year ... So with that all in mind, here is a "silent" walk (without commentary) along Havenwood's central trail circuit: The Blue Path. Wishing you all great Peace this season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 4), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you all to join along online. The first set of these “Sauntering through Havenwood” videos was made and posted here back in the Fall of 2022, and now I have repeated those walks in the Spring of 2023 – partly to allow you to experience the equally brilliant beauty of the place in the season of rebirth & renewal, and partly to allow you all to witness how much work has been done in these woods since last year ... So, with that all in mind, here is my commentaried stroll along Havenwood's exterior circuit; the trail I have informally named The Perimeter Path. Wishing you all great Peace this season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 4), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you all to join along online. The first set of these “Sauntering through Havenwood” videos was made and posted here back in the Fall of 2022, and now I have repeated those walks in the Spring of 2023 – partly to allow you to experience the equally brilliant beauty of the place in the season of rebirth & renewal, and partly to allow you each to witness how much work has been done in these woods since last year ... So with that all in mind, here is a "silent" walk (without commentary) along Havenwood's exterior circuit: The Perimeter Path Wishing you all great Peace this season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 4), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you all to join along online. The first set of these “Sauntering through Havenwood” videos was made and posted here back in the Fall of 2022, and now I have repeated those walks in the Spring of 2023 – partly to allow you to experience the equally brilliant beauty of the place in the season of rebirth & renewal, and partly to allow you all to witness how much work has been done in these woods since last year ... So, with that all in mind, here is my commentaried stroll along one of Havenwood's inner circuits; the path I have informally named The Spring Loop. Wishing you all great Peace this season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 4), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you all to join along online. The first set of these “Sauntering through Havenwood” videos was made and posted here back in the Fall of 2022, and now I have repeated those walks in the Spring of 2023 – partly to allow you to experience the equally brilliant beauty of the place in the season of rebirth, and partly to allow you each to witness how much work has been done in the woods here since last year ... So, with that all in mind, here is a "silent" walk (without commentary) along one of Havenwood's inner circuits; one I have informally named The Spring Loop. Wishing you all great Peace this season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 3), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you to join along online ... With that in mind, here is a "silent" walk (without commentary) along one of Havenwood's inner circuits; one I have informally named The Spring Loop ... Wishing you all great Peace this holiday season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 3), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you to join along online ... With that in mind, here is my commentaried Fall of 2022 stroll along one of Havenwood's inner circuits; what I have informally named The Spring Loop ... Enjoy!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 3), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you to join along online ... With that in mind, here is a "silent" walk (without commentary) along Havenwood's exterior circuit: The Perimeter Path ... Wishing you all great Peace this holiday season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 3), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you to join along online ... With that in mind, here is my commentaried Fall of 2022 stroll along Havenwood's external circuit: The Perimeter Path ... Enjoy!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 3), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you to join along online ... With that in mind, here is a "silent" walk (without commentary) along Havenwood's primary circuit: The Blue Path ... Wishing you all great Peace this holiday season, and every season thereafter!

After working in the Havenwood forest off & on for the past 30+ years (and quite intensely over the past 3), I thought it would be a kind gift to record myself walking some of the primary trails I've been tending there and allowing you to join along online ... With that in mind, here is my commentaried Fall of 2022 jaunt along Havenwood's primary circuit: The Blue Path ... Enjoy!

This is the short video I made in the fall of 2018 to announce & explain my Walking HOME Pilgrimage, a 3000+ mile Peace Trek I walked from Stuttgart (Germany) to Chattanooga (Tennessee) back in 2019 ... ............................................................ Greetings, dear Friends! Well, the time has indeed finally arrived ... After roughly 13 years of "getting ready" I am now fully & freely adopting the lifestyle of a Peace Pilgrim -- abandoning my personal identification and past identities (you can still call me Scaughdt if you wish, though I will be most often going by "Numinous" from here on out) -- walking the Earth with but "the clothes on my back" -- fasting until offered food and sleeping wherever offered shelter -- sharing The Way of Peace (which includes such things as developing sharing-based self-sustainable communities, being intentionally Kind to those who "deserve it the least", and respecting ALL sentient lives by going vegan) with anyone who asks and selflessly serving everyone else in whatever ways I can ... I won't be carrying a cell phone (I don't own one) and won't be using any money along the way -- which means that pilgrimage updates will be sporadic at best, and yet I will be checking in per Facebook & email whenever an Internet connection is offered, so if you would like to follow along, you can either email me at rediscoveringpeace99(at)protonmail.com or you can head on over to my Facebook page ("Scaughdt" -- which contains lots of other interesting information and is open to the public) to see generally where I am and what has happened to & for me along the Way. I have no specific end-destination in mind, and no time in which to "arrive" anywhere in particular, though at least in the beginning of the jaunt I will be walking on or near to any number of the Camino de Santiago tributaries that connect Stuttgart with the NW coast of Spain. Then, if & when I do make it to the coast, I will look for a ship-captain who will take me over the Atlantic Ocean to continue walking & serving in the United States. That, at least, is the VERY loose plan ... Of course, the saying "Make plans, God laughs" comes immediately to mind, so we'll just have to wait & see how it all unfolds! I will link my website address (which contains not only links to the down-loadable books I have written over the past 10+ years, but also my Blog) and my Facebook page address below for all who are interested in remaining Connected. Other than that, I wish you all long & healthy lives filled with Meaning & Joy & Wonderment & LOVE. Take Care, my Friends -- and remember to keep passing that Care along to others (especially when feeling least inclined to do so; especially for those "least deserving" of the same)! Scaughdt, out ... Peace & Compassion for ALL, in my Website: www.inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/InspiringAltruisticMoments my published Works: www.inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com/blog/?page_id=36113

Here is a (relatively) short video I made in 2017 explaining what got me to finally Go Vegan (back in 2013), and what I think veganism must very soon come to mean for both humanity and the world ... P.s. And hereafter are a few relatively concise words for anyone who feels that this video is in any way impolite or "rude" ... Peace. ....................................................... EXPLAINING APPARENT RUDENESS My dear Friends, I have an explanation to offer ... I totally get it when you who are non-vegans get a little irritated with me over my pro-animal posts & animal rights communiques. After all, I certainly don't particularly like it either when other folks illuminate my own inconsistencies & moral weaknesses ... I am thankful for those "rude awakenings" after the fact, of course -- after I have had the humility to see my own failings therein and the courage make the necessary shifts in my behavior -- and yet the act of awakening itself is admittedly never a comfortable one. That having been said, it is not an accurate reflection to claim that I am "pushing my beliefs" on anyone when I do so -- not in my daily life, not in my everyday conversations, and certainly not here or on Facebook. I have chosen to live a life that fully & completely respect the rights of others -- ALL others. I live this life openly and, when asked, I champion it passionately. That is not forcing anything on anyone ... I never get up in anyone's face (knowing that it would be fully counterproductive to do so) and I never condemn anyone as a person (even though I most certainly do "condemn" all choices that are cruel &/or unjust). Indeed, the truth of the matter is that vegans do not push beliefs on others at all. That farmed animals are confined and abused is not a belief – it is a fact. That it is completely unnecessary for humans to eat animal products to live longer & healthier lives is not a belief – it is a fact. And that non-vegans paying for animal products directly prolongs the massive suffering & insane injustice of the meat & dairy industry is not a belief – it is a fact as well. In conclusion, then, my pro-animal/anti-cruelty posts are not telling you what to eat, my Friends. They are only illuminating what you are already eating … They are not telling you what to support. They are merely informing you what you are already supporting … And they are not telling you what to do. They are simply reminding you of what you are already doing. As such, if you are one of those non-vegans telling us to stop pushing our beliefs on you, it seems to me that you are simply confused as to who is really pushing whom. We are part of one large Family -- a Family that includes our animal cousins alongside our human ones. If someone were confining &/or abusing &/or murdering your family members or your classmates or your co-workers, I am almost certain that you would stand up and do something to stop them. As such, I think you understand quite well that me factually and non-judgmentally illuminating your actions that are confining & abusing & murdering our other, equally worthy Family members is not rude at all ... It is actually Kind. It is Kind to you, that you might one day soon repair the harsh discord that exists between your actions and your values; and it is Kind to the animals, who will then no longer suffer therefrom. Thanks for allowing me to clarify this extremely important matter. Peace to ALL ... S "Going vegan is about seeking and facing the truth in a world of lies. Going vegan is about you reclaiming your power to minimize your contribution to unnecessary suffering. There is nothing that feels better than being empowered to live a life in alignment with your values and beliefs, that also contributes to the healing of our environmental and spiritual crises. And in the end, what more is there to living a happy life than feeling good about the life you’re living? We may not always be able to cross the fences and save the animals pleading for our help, but the least we can do is hold ourselves accountable for how much or how little we perpetuate an archaic system of violence." ~ Doorae Sunrise Shin

Part 2* of a pair of videos I filmed back in 2016 explaining what the United States is perceived to be by the majority of its citizens (a democracy), what the United States actually is (an oligarchy), what will happen within the next several decades (if not sooner), and what we would all do well to do to create lives that will be able to smoothly weather that almost certain storm. P.S. The quality of the video/audio is admittedly poor, and yet the content is as awesome as it is important -- so ENJOY! *Part 1 is efficiently summarized in the first portion of this video, so I didn't feel the need to upload it as well.

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on July 09 of 2007 -- covered a variety of topics, including what being a Peace Pilgrim entails, what "peace" is and how to know when we are truly "at peace", what services I have engaged as a Peace Pilgrim, how I survive without money, the various forms of human intention, my lack of any religious affiliation, why I chose to become a Peace Pilgrim in the first place, how I deal with hostile encounters, and why Love functions so brilliantly as a means of conflict resolution.

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on July 09 of 2007 -- covered a variety of topics, including what being a Peace Pilgrim entails, what "peace" is and how to know when we are truly "at peace", what services I have engaged as a Peace Pilgrim, how I survive without money, the various forms of human intention, my lack of any religious affiliation, why I chose to become a Peace Pilgrim in the first place, how I deal with hostile encounters, and why Love functions so brilliantly as a means of conflict resolution.

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on July 09 of 2007 -- covered a variety of topics, including what being a Peace Pilgrim entails, what "peace" is and how to know when we are truly "at peace", what services I have engaged as a Peace Pilgrim, how I survive without money, the various forms of human intention, my lack of any religious affiliation, why I chose to become a Peace Pilgrim in the first place, how I deal with hostile encounters, and why Love functions so brilliantly as a means of conflict resolution.

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on July 09 of 2007 -- covered a variety of topics, including what being a Peace Pilgrim entails, what "peace" is and how to know when we are truly "at peace", what services I have engaged as a Peace Pilgrim, how I survive without money, the various forms of human intention, my lack of any religious affiliation, why I chose to become a Peace Pilgrim in the first place, how I deal with hostile encounters, and why Love functions so brilliantly as a means of conflict resolution.

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on March 17 of 2008 -- covered a variety of topics, including the types of service I have engaged for others and why the main presentation I offer is titled "Re-Discovering Peace"; how selflessness itself functions, the higher nature of giving & receiving, how to experience wonderment in the everyday, the role of fear in living and the role of consciousness in awakening to living more fully, and how to become more fully Human(e).

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on March 17 of 2008 -- covered a variety of topics, including the types of service I have engaged for others and why the main presentation I offer is titled "Re-Discovering Peace"; how selflessness itself functions, the higher nature of giving & receiving, how to experience wonderment in the everyday, the role of fear in living and the role of consciousness in awakening to living more fully, and how to become more fully Human(e).

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on March 17 of 2008 -- covered a variety of topics, including the types of service I have engaged for others and why the main presentation I offer is titled "Re-Discovering Peace"; how selflessness itself functions, the higher nature of giving & receiving, how to experience wonderment in the everyday, the role of fear in living and the role of consciousness in awakening to living more fully, and how to become more fully Human(e).

This interview -- shared at a local Chicago cable TV station back on March 17 or 2008 -- covered a variety of topics, including the types of service I have engaged for others and why the main presentation I offer is titled "Re-Discovering Peace"; how selflessness itself functions, the higher nature of giving & receiving, how to experience wonderment in the everyday, the role of fear in living and the role of consciousness in awakening to living more fully, and how to become more fully Human(e).

A short explanation of the inspiration for & the purpose behind this "Re-Discovering Peace presentation" video series ...