My dream is to build Castle Freedom...

...Do you want to help?

My dream is to build Castle Freedom (tm), the first castle in the history of the world dedicated to peace and freedom and built by the cooperative efforts of thousands of people around the world.

On March 23, 2004, after a couple of weeks of seriously thinking about what I want to do with the rest of my life, I had a vision. I saw a castle on a mountain in western North Carolina that was built as a monument - not to war - but to peace and freedom.

It will have great restaurants, a large convention center, office space, luxury condominiums and apartments, a great hotel, and plenty of space for walking, thinking, and meeting people who share the dream.

Of course, building a castle was impossible. We all know that, right?

So, I continued thinking about other things I can do, things that were more realistic, things I could actually accomplish.

Nothing else stirred my imagination and got my heart to pumping.

I kept coming back to that vision of a castle on the mountain - a place that would stir other people's imaginations, perhaps yours, and would draw people from around the world to work together in building peace, freedom, and harmony.

But, there was no way I could make this dream come true. I started running the numbers and kept coming back to a rough estimate of one hundred million dollars and the efforts of hundreds of people. How could I make that happen?

I'm not rich, never have been, never really wanted to be. In fact, I'm not doing this to get rich.

Thanks to a lot of great thinkers and authors, including Henry David Thoreau, Napoleon Hill, and Wayne Dyer, I have learned how to live a life of freedom and doing what I think is important. I work at home, care for my Mom, and set my own schedule. Working at home and owning your own business is a dream that many people share and it is entirely possible in the 21st century.

Since I have learned how to live a life that suits me and provides the freedom to do what I want, would it be worth dedicating the rest of my life to helping you and many others to do the same?

I had to really think about that for some time.

What can I do to help you?

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I could be the one to set this ball into motion and then we can work together to make it go faster and farther.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. -- Henry David Thoreau

I immediately registered Castle Freedom and that site sat there for about three years with a simple page saying that more was coming soon. In October, 2007, I changed the site and put the Castle Freedom blog in its place.

What prompted the change?

Over the last couple of years - since I had the vision of building Castle Freedom - I keep running into people and websites extolling the power of the Law of Attraction.

Earlier this year, I got a copy of The Secret and the more I watch it, the more I'm inspired by it.

A few months ago, based on advice I found in one of the Law of Success forums, I purchased a copy of Ask And It is Given, by Esther and Jerry Hicks. I didn't get around to reading it until late September and into October.

Now, I don't know what you think about books written about advice from channeled entities. I still have mixed opinions, and I think many of those book are worthless.

However, no matter the source of the information and the wisdom they contain, I have found books like Seth Speaks, by Jane Roberts and Robert F. Butts, and Ask And It is Given, by Esther and Jerry Hicks, to be full of valuable information and advice.

So, in October 2007, I was reading Ask And It Is Given and came across Process #9: Scripting. When I read the following paragraphs, my determination to build Castle Freedom crystalized and I knew the time was right to release my dream to the universe and see who will be attracted to share this dream and help to make it a reality.

On page 208, I read:

So, this is how the Scripting Process works: Pretend that you are a writer and that whatever you write will be performed exactly as you write it. Your only job is to describe, in detail, everything exactly as you want it to be.

As you are having fun playing this game, and are not taking it too seriously, any of your hindering beliefs are less likely to be activated. In other words, by pretending that your typewriter, word processor, computer, or notebook is magical, and that whatever you write can be realized, you accomplish the two things that are necessary in the achievement of anything: You focus the lens of your desire, and you offer no resistance.

Well, that made a lot of sense to me. As a programmer, I've written hundreds of thousands of complex instructions for computers to follow to perform very complex tasks, so why can't I do the same thing and create the reality I want in my own life?

After all, what we're talking about is setting goals, planning on how to achieve them, and then taking action to make it real.

I continued reading about the Scripting Process. On page 209 of Ask And It is Given, I read the following paragraphs...

Because of the whimsical approach of this game, you are less likely to bring to your point of focus thoughts of doubt or disbelief. As you stay light and playful, you will be able to maintain a specific focus in the absense of resistance, and again, you will have achieved the perfect balance for the creation of anything.

If you play the game often, and enjoy it when you play it, you will begin to see amazing evidence of the power of the game. Things that you have written will begin to occur in your experience as if you are directing a play upon a stage. And when someone you are interacting with says words to you that you have scripted, you will be delighted as you recognize the power of your own intent.

You are the vibrational writers of the script of your life - and everyone else in the Universe is playing the part that you have assigned to them. You can literally script any life that you desire, and the Universe will deliver to you the people, places, and events just as you decide them to be. For you are the creator of your own experience - you have only to decide it and allow it to be

When I read those words, and the rest of the chapter on the Scripting Process, something clicked. I knew I had just crossed into a new chapter of my life and the time was right to let you know about my dream of building Castle Freedom.

So, I started my first scripting by creating the Castle Freedom blog. I will be sharing with you the vision I had and the castle and conference center I've been building in my imagination. Now it's time to start putting the foundation under my castle in the air.

It may be a bit confusing since I'll be writing about Castle Freedom as I imagine it, even though that reality still lies in the future.

Go Confidently - Henry David Thoreau
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I hope you will come to share my dream and will tell your friends about it, too.

What are the best uses of a modern castle?

On my Castle Freedom (tm) lens on Squidoo, I am consolidating information about the project and there are a couple of modules where you can vote on the best uses of a modern castle and whether you are interested in helping.

What do you think is the best use of a modern castle? You can vote for as many of the list items as you want or you can add your own. All off-topic and non-helpful additions will be deleted, but I welcome your constructive ideas.

Let's talk about building Castle Freedom

I've opened a new Castle Freedom forum on my A Year From Now Forum and I invite you to come and discuss how we can make this dream a reality.

Progress notes and update information about creating Castle Freedom (tm) will be posted in the Castle Freedom Updates section.

Do you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions about building Castle Freedom? The Castle Freedom Discussions section is the place to talk about it.

You are invited to come and share your thoughts with us.

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