On this podcast, we speak with Christopher Howe of The I AmWalking.org Project.
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.”
~Ayn Rand
Sometimes that inspiration comes as an impulse. Sometimes it comes as a feeling. Sometimes it’s felt as a deep desire. Sometimes it’s a message spoken through our inner voice. And sometimes we experience inspiration though a powerful vision or dream, so powerful that not following it feels so contrary to our very existence.
For each person, it is different. The challenge, is to overcome our inner fears, often times heard through ther ‘voice of reason’, arguing against your inner most inspiration. Which do you listen to? Many never listen to their inspiration because of fear. Many never live their dreams. Many opt for a life driven by ideas that are not really their own, rather the ideals of convention, culture or society. Many people live out their entire lives without living their dreams.
Not the experience of Christopher Howe, a wonderfully inspired man featured in this podcast.
Chris is a friend we’ve been blessed to meet on our travels who had the courage to follow his inspiration. Even though his path is unique to his vision, we’re certain many of our listeners can identify with being inspired, overcoming their fears and making a commitment. We are hoping you find inspiration on Chris’s path and find your inner strength
Living a life without limits is the highest state of existence.
~ Lao Tzu
Christopher Howe is a modern day pilgrim, who has embarked on an intercontinental walk from Los Angeles to Brazil, carrying prayers collected along the way, praying and meditating. Two and half years later, he has just entered the most dangerous part of his journey, his cross through the Amazon jungle, from Peru to Brazil.
“Education must remove hatred between the pilgrims on the various roads to God. There is only one God, one Goal, one Law, one Truth, one Religion and one Reason.”
~Sri Sathya Sai BabaChris says, “The moment I said yes to it, it was like the whole world changed…”
In saying yes to his vision, Christopher began his spiritual pilgrimage in trust.
Walking only with a small backpack, this project is a demonstration, a documentary, an inquiry, in what it means to walk into the unknown with faith, taking small steps, crossing the borders of our thinking to access new realms of possibility through our declarative word.
The iAMwalking Project was created and inspired by two visions Christopher Howe received in 2008, walking from LA to Brazil, into the heart of the Amazon, inviting, collecting and exchanging prayers from people he meets along the way. He carries, meditates and prays with the prayers as if they were his own, and for the person, as if it was himself.
The prayers are documented and posted onto his website where others can also comment, support and pray for them. This process of clearing the past, healing it with another, connecting to and giving it to God, allows us to arrive in the present, with a fresh perspective on what is possible here and now.
To connect with Christopher Howe’s iAmWalking Project, please go to his web site here.
Lainie Liberti is a recovering branding expert, who’s career once focused on creating campaigns for green – eco business, non-profits and conscious business. Dazzling clients with her high-energy designs for over 18 years, Lainie lent her artistic talents to businesses that matter. But that was then.
In 2008, after the economy took a turn, Lainie decided to be the change (instead of a victim) and began the process of “lifestyle redesign,” a joint decision between both her and her 11-year-old son, Miro. They sold or gave away all of of their possessions in 2009 and began a life of travel, service, and exploration. Lainie and her son Miro began their open-ended adventure backpacking through Central and South America. They are slow traveling around the globe allowing inspiration to be their compass. The pair is most interested in exploring different cultures, contributing by serving, and connecting with humanity as ‘global citizens.’
Today Lainie considers herself a digital nomad who is living a location independent life. She and her son write and podcast their experiences from the road at Raising Miro on the Road of Life.
