John Weiskopf

On February 12, I was supposed to ride a Century Bicycle Ride (102 miles) with my “Team In Training” group for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Palm Springs, but my ulnar nerve had a different idea. For me, there will no bicycling for six weeks after my surgery.

Out of commitment and gratitude for my Leukemia & Lymphoma Society donors, I rode 102.86 miles on Saturday Jan. 22 after our Team in Training rode 81 miles; I did an additional 21.86 miles through Marina Del Rey, Venice, Santa Monica, and Brentwood and then back to Playa Del Rey’s Lagoon Park. Patty LaVigne and Chris Trent from Team in Training rode with me. Judy and I (with my left arm bandaged) will be with our “Team In Training” team to support them on February 12 in Palm Springs at the Tour De Palm Springs.

I rode Saturday January 22, 2011 to fulfill my commitment to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to thank those who made donations to the LLS cause, and to remember those individuals and family members who have struggled against Leukemia and Lymphoma. You will see the names of people inscribed on a bracelet which I had made and wore at my Century Ride on Saturday. I read their names aloud to my team before we rode off at 8:00 a.m.

Today, I finished a most unusual Children Picture Book Story called “ADELE’S CHRISTMAS TREE.” I copyrighted it with the Library of Congress when it was finished. I wrote the story last January, 2010 when we were taking our Christmas Tree down, but could not write it until I finished writing the screenplay for THE ASCENDANCY and the 360 page Young Adult (YA) rewrite of THE ASCENDANCY novel. I began writing the “ADELE’S CHRISTMAS TREE” roughly around September 20, 2010. It goes to my agent(s) in fifteen minutes.

“ADELE’S CHRISTMAS TREE” is a most unusual and current Children’s story that should do extremely well in the marketplace. My first venture into this type of writing. I loved every minute, every rhyme and meter.

“I remember the Betty & Barney Hill incident vividly, all the press, the interviews, and the subsequent television MOW, the book rights which were bought by James Earl Jones (who played Barney in the movie).

This book authored by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden, Betty Hill’s niece, was in 2007.

I found the book to be intriguing, almost overly methodical in presenting local, Air Force reports, hypnosis logs, contradictions of various professionals as to what they believed or not and why, efforts to suppress the abduction claim, efforts to support it. All-in-all, this was an excellent read.

I’ve read many books on the subject, and usually try to read those publications which are thorough, and as objective as possible. I heard an interview with Stan Friedman and Kathy Marden which aroused my curiosity.

The more our society’s technological advances expand, our satellites gather more information which is publicly accessible or is exposed as a result of various leaks from private groups, and our ventures into space open more, the more, I believe, that we are going to learn about the enormity of our universe. Part and parcel to that are the undeniable and unavoidable questions, “Are there other civilizations out there? Are we alone?” Recently, the Hubble Telescope has recorded images of the “Hubble Ultra Deep Field” in the constellation of Formax where there are over 100,000 galaxies (like our own Milky Way) in a very small slice of the night sky. Each one of these galaxies has millions of star systems, of which many probably contain planets and solar systems like our own. This is science, not science fiction.

To anyone who is interested in the possibility of life elsewhere due to scientific advancement and discovery, the UFO phenomena, whether you believe in it, or you are “sitting on the proverbial fence,” I strongly encourage you to read this book.

What a Great Nation America is! Envision and founded upon great ideals. If part of our nation suffers an injustice or just bad luck, we all feel it, especially in the digital age that has brought us closer together in many ways, on many levels. Worldwide, we share everything, information, drama, voyeurism, pain, happiness.

The Gulf is our problem. In our press, our dialogue with one another, in the stresses heaped open us by the loss of jobs, families struggling, personal and professional dreams put on hold, we tend to snap at one another. “Put blame where it belongs.” That is the saying, isn’t it? Regarding what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico, we MUST go beyond blame. We must think healing. We must feel it. We must see it.

Why do you go to the beach? Sure it’s for a vacation, or to play in the sand, or body surf in the waves or have fun at the various amusement parks at night. Every country in the world cherishes its beaches. Look at the condos there, the nightlife, the ads for the perfect getaway. BUT WHY? Behind all of that, it is THE OCEAN. Ocean is Origin. Ocean is life. Ocean is mystery of life. It is in us. We stare out at limitless expanse of water and we wonder, like we do when we look up at the stars.

The Gulf of Mexico is a stunningly beautiful, clear turquoise. Oil is spewing out by thousands of gallons as you read this, staining that turquoise brown from inside out, killing fish, whales, birds, their eggs, their progeny. Who knows what the long-term effects will be?

No profit is worth what is happening to our planet. No cutting corners. No hedging our corporate bets is worth any delay. This is OUR PLANET. Expediency to protect our Mother Earth, not hedging an investment, should be our ONLY focus.

Please take a minute over our Nation’s 234th birthday the next few days to think about this. It is not THEIR PROBLEM. IT IS OURS. IT IS YOURS. Because it is YOUR PLANET.

Please look out wherever you are at Mother Earth. It can be at the ocean, at a sunset, at a great tree, or simply at the color and symmetry of a flower.

–John Weiskopf

“The Ascendancy” is a 21st Century fantasy-adventure about the volatile world in which we live today. Dr. Thomas Allen Nelson says, “An inspiring and compassionate twenty-first century epic adventure, part Paradise Lost and part Wizard of Oz… An evolutionary and cultural vision that blends the grim equations of survival and extinction with the regenerative powers of courage and hope.”

I finished the motion picture screenplay for “The Ascendancy” two weeks ago. My attorney sent it out to major producers over the last week. A gifted, graphic artist Jesse Randall drew this graphic, which encapsulates the magic and awe of “The Ascendancy” story.

Thanks to Jesse and all those who supported this great endeavor. “The Ascendancy” is the first novel/film in a trilogy series.  -in Gratitude, John M. Weiskopf

Last night, Judy and I saw an incredible one hour show on Nova called “Ghosts of Machu Picchu.”

If you get an opportunity to see it, do so. It is fascinating about the Incas who lived over 500 years ago and had the most remarkable skill of farming, architecture & design, ritual, military weaponry, knowledge of skull surgery, masonry, irrigation systems, astronomy, and more. It is a current 2010 documentary, worth every minute. The DVD will be available from Amazon on April 27, 2010.

Dr. John E. Mack is one-of-kind genius. The loss of his life when he was hit by a Czech drunk driver in London was our loss. John E. Mack was a Harvard professor of psychiatry, who wrote and won the Pulitzer Prize for A PRINCE OF OUR DISORDER, a biography of T.E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia. His book PASSPORT TO THE COSMOS is one of those rare books that is courageous and eye opening.

In his preface, he writes: “I would like to make a plea that my readers begin with an attitude of not knowing…” He goes to write: “My own approach has been that of a clinician allowing abduction ‘experiencers’ to tell their stories without initial judgments or interpretations… in working with other human beings, we have always relied heavily on empathy and intuition, on the use of ourselves as instruments of knowing.” If you are open to the subjective experiences revealed by his interviewees, whether they were real or not, the material in PASSPORT TO THE COSMOS puts forth an incredible treatise of disciplined research and intelligence. John Mack’s conclusions in his book are that these people, who experienced abduction phenomena, were neither crazy, nor deluded, but were normal, integrated people with adaptive and balanced mental states. Without judgment, you will see what Dr. John E. Mack so clearly saw. He will teach you, if you listen. He was truly a great man and a real loss to mankind. We are fortunate to have one record in PASSPORT TO THE COSMOS of his profoundly disciplined observations, clinical methodology in approaching a most controversial topic, and finally reflections about a topic that will become increasingly importance in the years to come, mainly Alien Intervention with mankind.

By John M. Weiskopf, author of THE ASCENDANCY

Yesterday, I returned from a trip to Las Vegas where I had a nearly three-hour past life regression session with Dr. Charles Tramont, and later that evening I was a guest at his and his wife Nancy’s home. It turned out to be a five-hour dinner and conversation. It was deep connection with two remarkable people, Chuck (as he asked me to call him) and his wife Nancy. Never before have I felt such profound and deep connection with people (other than my wife Judy), as if everything which I have grown to believe in the deep quiet recesses of my heart and soul were echoed and shared by Chuck and Nancy. I felt home.

Dr. Charles Tramont (Chuck) has written a brilliant, ground-breaking book entitled From Birth to Rebirth: Gnostic Healing for the 21st Century.

I first heard Dr. Tramont on Coast-to-Coast on December 9, 2009 and was subsequently drawn to contact him. From there, I arranged the January 21, 2010 meeting with him. The past-life regression via hypnosis reinforced many intuitions and meditative experiences, which I had about my past lives, but more importantly filled in and confirmed some missing pieces and connectors. The session gave me clarity. Dr. Tramont is brilliant and creative, his methodology ground-breaking and courageous. My session with him was as compelling (albeit more so since it was deeply personal) as reading his book From Birth to Rebirth: Gnostic Healing for the 21st Century. The Sunday before January 17, 2010, I called Dr. Tramont to confirm the upcoming Thursday’s session. During the twenty-minute conversation, we both made a significant and unusual connection, and he asked me to join him and his wife Nancy for dinner, a most unusual occurrence. I was pleased about the dinner invitation, but also surprised.

At dinner that night, we talked about everything. It was a seamless five hours of sharing ideas, experiences, and philosophies. Dr. Charles Tramont (Chuck) and his wife Nancy are so-incredibly connected to each other. I found them to be kind, intelligent, open, aware, courageous, and genuine. For me, it was a profound life-changing dinner. I am deeply am grateful for this remarkable re-connection.

HAITI. So many of us feel helpless. I know I do. Haiti crosses my mind at least 20+ times a day. But I realize that I can do something. Real & Spiritual. Life is not fair. We are reminded this so powerfully when something of this nature happens, or like the tsunami in Indonesia. I ask myself, “What if I was born in Haiti?” On this plane, we have no control over where we are born, or to whom our parents will be. BUT  we can share compassion and love to help equalize the injustice of fate. You can help financially. CNN announced if text word HAITI to 9099, you will automatically donate $10 to the Red Cross that it can use for the Haiti effort. The $10 will show up on your next cell bill. You can help with heartfelt intent (prayers) to send the dead/dying to the light, massive world thoughts to console those who have lost anyone. 15 seconds of closing your eyes, visualizing those who need help (be as specific as you can), send it from your heart & compassion.

My wife Judy sent me this Hubble image. Magnificence. Just click on the word NASA. In awe, I stand humbled as I know in my heart that we are all linked parts of a great moving & loving force. I am grateful. NASA.