Stuart Wilde, 1946-2013
Written
by Steven Griggs | www.stevengriggs.com
For
those of you who may not know who Stuart Wilde was, go to Wikipedia or Google
him. He was a force to be reckoned with. He was a creator, speaker and writer
who wrote over 20 books, countless audios, CD’s and DVD’s.
His
books were bestsellers: Whispering Winds of Change, Miracles, The Force,
The Quickening, Affirmations, The Secrets of Life, and The Trick To Money Is
Having Some!, Life Was Never Meant to be a Struggle. He toured with Deepak
Chopra and Wayne Dyer.
Stuart said: “I am a bit of a spiritual anarchist. I am very sort
of, in your face. I'm not for the institutions. I'm pro the individual. I don't
care much for bull ****.”
I
first met Stuart in May of 1999, 14 years ago this week. Stuart had come into
my life at a crucial juncture several years before but of course that’s the way
it usually works- it takes some kind of
crisis to wake you up.
I
had just gone through a painful breakup and was struggling with the many
surprises and revelations my wife had left me to deal with, in addition to
caring for our children.
I
was a bit lost, no actually I was very lost and I felt like I had been living a
lie. Well, not so much a lie, maybe more like a big fib. But either way I was
way out of balance and I was drinking and partying way too much. I was not in
any way solid or in alignment with who I knew I was.
Then
somehow I got turned on to Stuart. I started reading and listening. I had
Stuart’s tapes and then his CD’s in my car at all times. My daughter used to
know some of his passages by heart!
But
after a while I started getting it. I started becoming clearer. Bit by bit I
started pulling myself out of the darkness.
I
kept reading and listening and soon started following him on his website.
With Stuart on Loch Dan in Ireland, May 1999.
(That's me directly behind Stuart)
By
this time Stuart had stopped doing seminars and conferences and had pulled back
from making too many appearances.
In
spite of this I still wanted to find a way to connect with him, so I waited to
see if he was going to speak anywhere or make any appearances. I monitored the
website and waited, hoping my chance would come.
But
it didn’t come. At least not right away.
Then
a year or so later, I saw a notice on the website. Ten people were being
invited to meet with Stuart and spend two weeks with him. There was no date, no
itinerary.
Just
a sign up page.
It
was first come, first served to the first 10 people who would commit to meet
Stuart.
Of
course I jumped at the chance. I signed up immediately and paid for my spot.
And
then I waited.
I
was told that I would be contacted and given a time and a place to meet Stuart.
It could be anywhere in the world and I could not be late. If I was late he
would not wait and I would miss my chance.
A
while later I received the email: I was to meet Stuart in 5 days, at a certain time,
at a certain hotel in London.
Needless
to say I booked a flight to Europe and showed up at the hotel on time. There were
two other people waiting.
A
little bit later at the appointed time a van pulled up and there was Stuart!
I
have such great memories of that trip. We went somewhere special and amazing
every day, Stonehenge, crop circles, Celtic temples, ley lines. We cruised over
to Ireland and camped in Yurts on Loch Dan (the Excalibur lake). It was
amazing!
Not
that it was necessary to go anywhere because just hanging out with Stuie was so
much fun.
I
really connected with him. He called me Stevie.
We
would talk and he told me amazing things about myself and my personal journey.
He talked to me about personal things that he couldn’t have known about.
But
he did.
It
was an amazing time and it changed me.
Someday
I’ll write more about those experiences.
So
I was shocked to hear of his passing and I have thought about him every day
since then, not that I didn’t think about him most days….. . I was planning on
catching up with him on one of his walking trips in London or Las Vegas.
But
that didn’t happen.
Stuie
was so much fun, so irreverent, and so knowledgeable about so many things. He
radiated love and connection and lightness. He didn’t care one iota about what
people thought about him. He was oblivious to all that.
He
was also a people magnet. People loved him. They would travel out to wherever
we were staying just to hang out with him for the day. On that trip I met
Belinda Carlisle, her husband Morgan Mason, and John Hurt and I’m sure there
were some others.
He
showed me the way and because of him, I am who I am today.
I
am thankful and I loved Stuart.
Stuie,
good on ya bro. We’ll meet again.
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