For the Record The leader of this Community is both loved and hated.  He has a mixed reputation on the World Wide Web.  For those he has encountered along his journies across the vast openesss of Cyber Space he has been seen as harsh, direct and rude.  He has his own brand of Tough Love which has been seen as Over the Top, Melodramatic and sometimes cruel. For him, he is one of the most misunderstood people online.  For many reasons this is a known fact.  Not only has he entered chatrooms and stirred up trouble in an effort to impact a possitive difference in the climate of the individual rooms but he has also taken affirmative action against tyranny, false people and prejudice.  Along with his bold delivery of the truth, he has also turned in many people for Copyright Violations and Bandwidth Theft (and will do it again whenever he finds it).  He never backs down from controversial topics and never waivers from his own beliefs. While he genuinely cares about people, he also knows all too well the possiblity of his own mortality in his approaches.  He is one of the most popular and unpopular people you will ever want to meet.  His methods include never pulling punches, sugar coating, or dealing with people in a pansy fashion. While being empathetic and compassionate to people's problems, he also understands when a limit has been reached.  From that point he begins to disect the problem (as he sees it) then delivers his perscription of the truth.  Most of the time what he has to say is hard to swollow but the medicine is always meant to be a healing process for the people he counsels. If you want to face off with him, expect to be confronted with the hard, cold reality of the facts (as he perceives them).  You will hear many things said about him among many people...good, bad and ugly.  His challenge to you is to make your own discoveries about him and aviod being led down a primrose lane by hear say evidence.  He is more than willing to go one on one with you and to reveal the truest essence of his being.  But be very careful when you do, he is not the fake "Love and Light" type. One very peculiar thing about him.  If you threaten to call the police on him, he will drive you to the police station.  Want to file a complaint against him?  He will help you fill out the forms.  When you threaten him like this, his philosophy is simple.  "There's no time like the present."  "So let's get on with the show and get it over with."  Very strange indeed!  Don't you think? While he wants a large Online Family in his Group/Community, he also wants real people who are ready, willing and able to roll up their sleeves and get in the trenches with him in his efforts to impact a world of hate, prejudice and lies with a possitive outcome. Oh by the way, talk about him all you want behind his back.  Say anything you like both positive and negative.  He thrives on this and soaks it up like a sponge.  Remeber the age old saying: "There's no such thing as bad publicity."  One of the things you might want to keep in mind as you are exploring this man is never, ever, even sometimes maybe ask him to shoot straight with you.  You will be leaving yourself wide open for anything he has to say. When you think of Animal Totems and this man, see him as having Cobra, Raven, Wolf and Tiger Medicine.  A combination of unpredictability, magic, instruction and stealth.  He may be a strangely beautiful person to behold but very deadly and tricky when cornered.  When you think of this man named Charles W. Blakemore also known as TheSpirit1, think of him as your dream come true or your worse nightmare.  However, he is the first to admit it when he's made a mistake.  Also, he never apologizes unless he means it.  Believe it or not, he is sensitive to a fault and wears his heart on his shirt sleeve. So to all of you reading this, make a choice to love him or hate him.  Either way you decide to fall makes no difference to him as long as you have made an informed decision and have not been led astray by gossip, rumor or misinformation. For those of you reading this that hate him, keep on talking trash on him.  He feeds on the raw energy that this provides and transforms it into a possitive force terrible to behold.  One thing to remember about him, he is not afraid to admit an error.  Are you sinless and free from guilt?  If not then don't point an accusing finger at him.  If you are sinless and are free from guilt, he wants to see you walk on water.  For those of you who love him...he appreciates your continued support and will never falter from his friendship with you. May the Great Spirit protect you all and fill you with peace.  May you all experience the power of Unconditional Love.  And may all your dreams and wishes come true. To: The World Wide Web, I will not go into detail concerning my personal doctrines.  Nor will I profess to have all the answers all of the time.  I will state that my belief system comes from a collage of various religions as well as what I've managed to gleen from those I've encountered along my life's journey.  To attempt to explain my spirituality would be at best confusing because even at my age it still confuses me at times. My efforts in this Community will be to provide information to our members and family so that all of you may make an educated decision for yourselves.  Furthermore I will remain open to learn and experience new levels of self and Spirit. I will state with all confidence, however, that there is a Higher Power at work here. To do less would be arrogant and egotistical on my part. I further state that I am not a power but the Power works through me. It is there I give the greatest and highest praise. So whether you follow Taoism, Hinduism, Wiccan Practices, Jesus, or any other Entity realize we humans are not alone here and have not been left to our own devices. It is with great pleasure and honor that I launch this endeavor in the name of the Great Spirit aka Universal Consciousness aka the Holy Spirit. I remain at your service.