Life-Changing Event

That came in 2006 when I was vision questing in the holy mountains of Peru, the Indian holy mountains. We were trekking with a group at the time, exploring what is known as the Rainbow Lagoon. This was a very sacred and holy place for the shamanic lineage that I am associated with, my shamanic family, so to speak. We were receiving rites of passage, these initiatory rites, these rights to really move deeper into our purpose, to claim our authenticity, to activate within our own DNA the journey that we are to take, although unknown, but it was the journey to take. I was trekking at about 14,500 ft, and we did a ceremony that was specifically dedicated to the rite of the Earthkeeper. The rite of the Earthkeeper was a rite that initiated the initiate into this deeper place of service. The key there was that I heard my calling of service, and the calling of my service was relational to the rite of the earthkeeper and the initiation to tend to, from the little pebble of sand to all human beings, to all life in whatever form it may be, to tend to the well being of Earth and to tend to the well being, of course, of my own personal Earth and journey. But ultimately, that was the moment that said yes, this is my authentic purpose, this is my truest self. And it was quite a moment because it came on the heels of what would almost be the antithesis of where I had been living my life. I will never forget my literary agent said, Adam, you were the Earth conqueror and now you are the Earth keeper.