Who am I and why should you care?

This week I made a film about me, so that you may know who you are following. I felt it was time.

My life took an unexpected turn back in 2013 when I quit the London rat race and set off on a barefoot journey around the world. Since then I discovered crypto social media platforms like Steemit, Whaleshares & Minds and have worked hard researching subjects which interest me to create articles on these sites and earn crypto in anticipation of the next bull run.

These subjects of interest have led me down many crazy rabbit holes, the last of which has left me with a feeling like I need to share this message with those of you who are listening:

It is my current understanding that we are moving now into a period which will be testing for us as a species. I believe we are going to see more and more extreme weather which will result in massive agricultural crop losses leading to increased food prices, at a time when the world is poised on the brink of a global recession.

So, the most valuable thing you could be doing this Spring is learning to grow your own food.

To find out more about the Grand Solar Minimum & the upcoming Ice Age:
https://whaleshares.io/@samstonehill/a-cold-reality-we-are-not-ready-for-the-upcoming-ice-age

The hidden history of humans: https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@samstonehill/our-ongoing-quest-for-the-origin-of-civilisation-and-the-purpose-of-pyramids

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The following words are taken directly from the film:

My intention with this film is to let you know exactly who I am and what kind of subjects you can expect to see from me in the future.

The influence of my father

I am the youngest son of US industrialist Harry Solomon Stonehill who built an empire in the Philippines in the 1950s after being posted there as a GI in the 2nd WW. He created 17 corporations with the intention of re-building a broken country and ultimately became one of the most powerful men there. But as we all know with great power comes great responsibility and as the first person to grow tobacco in the Philippines he challenged the existing status quo of US tobacco exports and found himself in a position where he was being asked by the US government to help them out with certain political favours. He refused and in doing so he sealed his fate.

I am grateful they didn't just assassinate him as is often the way in these situations. Instead the US were able to manipulate his deportation and confiscation of assets worldwide. They ostracised him and made sure he was never able to return to the Philippines, tying him up in court cases which lasted almost forty years, ultimately costing him every penny he had.

I want to read you the opening paragraph from his unpublished autobiography which he wrote shortly before his death in 2002:

"Ever since my parents brain washed me into believing America was a magnificent nation, completely altruistic and sincerely devoted to helping under privileged peoples, even to its own detriment, I had believed it with all my heart until I saw what they could do to one of its citizens if that person did not bend to its powerful bureaucracy or political dictates.

This is a story about the good guys and the bad guys. General the good buys win the battles against the evils of the world and the bad guys end up paying for the consequences of their actions in many different ways. I am of the opinion a great injustice has been done and I believe in this instance, the good guys have committed continuous criminal acts in collaboration with the U.S. Federal Judiciary, the U.S. State Department, FBI, CIA and Department of Justice. And in doing so have reversed their roles with the bad guys."

I tell you this story because I was deeply affected by by his belief system. He taught me not to trust governments but more importantly (unknown to him) he taught me that having money in no way guarantees our happiness. On the contrary, the more you have, the more susceptible your life is to problems, and once you've experienced excessive wealth it is very difficult to be satisfied when you simply have enough, because it is a drug. And like the many businessmen of the world, all of them jostling for position, he was addicted this drug.

So, unlike my father I am not interested in building empires, but rather learning to be independent of them. Before the first ww my grandparents were farmers in Poland and now that I've broken off the consumerist mantle I am ready to get back to my roots and learn how to use the land.

Five years ago I was caught in the 9-5 rat race of London, accumulating junk and living for the weekends. I started out in the UK film industry and was lucky to work on Guy Ritchie's 2nd film Snatch and with Gerard Butler on his first film as lead character. I aspired to Hollywood, but felt out of place amongst the people from this industry.

I picked up many bad habits over the years which eventually landed me in a rehab clinic in SA but even after two years of sobriety I still felt like something was missing so in the Summer of 2013 I terminated my bank account, gave away most of my possessions, packed the rest into a bag and set off on a barefoot journey around the world shooting time-lapse films, at which point I started this YouTube channel. I walked a section of the Camino de Santiago, spent a few months in Barcelona and was guided all the way to Thailand where I met Sabrina on a bus and today we have two kids, currently based in the South of France, not far from the Spanish boarder.

Crypto was the key

I've been able to maintain this new lifestyle because in August 2016, while living in Indonesia, I discovered Steemit and by writing about the things which interested me I earned a whole bunch of crypto at the perfect moment to see it grow in the bull run of 2017. I saw the value of Steem increase x52 times from 7 cent to $8 in a period of around 8 months.

Since then I have become very interested in crypto and now that we have gone full cycle and we're back in the accumulation phase again, I am busy writing articles again and accumulating crypto any way I can. Unlike 2017 this time around there are an insane number of collaborators building applications on the steem blockchain & competitors with blockchains of their own, seeking to continue the evolution of decentralised social media.

The ones I am using are steem, whaleshares, weku, bearshares, minds, DTube & BitTube. Am happy to answer any questions you may have relating to these crypto rewarding platforms.

What kind of films do I make?

I post a few different styles on DTube, BitTube & YouTube.

I love shooting time-lapse & drone footage whenever I visit a new part of the world.

My video diary films show what my family & I are up to and give you a little insight into the way I live my life.

When I feel inspired by certain subjects I make more informational films.

I'm particularly interested in subjects which improve our understanding of the world and I don't trust anything as truth until I've researched it. In many situations I will demonstrate what I have learned by doing it on myself.

To give you an example of this, 3 months ago I decided to re-grow my receding hairline and after researching the subject I found it was possible using natural techniques. I experimented with a few of these techniques and in the end settled on this wooden bristle brush which I now use for ten mins a day massaging the desired areas. The brush cost me around $10 and it has been pretty successful as you can see. Still needs to grow out a bit but I am seriously happy with the results and super grateful I didn't listen to the advice of my doctor who suggested Rogaine.

It is a little bit sad that in this modern world of information simple techniques like this are not more commonly known but while corporations run the show profit margins will always be more important than truth. So it's up to people like us to do the research and share what we know freely, encouraging others to do the same.

This year I am going to be correcting my short-sighted vision so that I can see the world without glasses again. And no, I will not be getting laser surgery.

I will also be whitening my teeth and closing this gap. And no, I won't be needing a dentist.

Beyond the recent conquest to fix up my 43 year old body, I am currently looking at a subject which feels more important than anything else I have ever come across. While living in Bali a few years back I was asked to film a Graham Hancock lecture on ancient civilisations where I even had the pleasure of meeting him.

I've been a big fan of his since reading Fingerprints of the Gods many years ago, but this peaked my interest again and now that I am absolutely convinced humans have been here way longer than we are being told, I'm looking at the more important question of what happened to them. It seems to me that life on earth is controlled by a natural cycle which has been intentionally hidden from us and there is a lot of evidence to suggest that we are moving now into a period which will be testing for us as a species.

The first thing we are going to see is more and more extreme weather which will lead to massive agricultural crop losses, dramatically increasing food prices at a time when we poised at the brink of a global recession. So from my perspective the most important thing you could be doing this spring is learning to grow your own food, thinking specifically about how to optimise the nutritional output of your land and available growing space. Micro greens and sprouts are particularly effective because they are night nutrition and only take a week or two to grow.

Beyond that my advice is this:

• Get off the banking system and start using crypto.

• Get off the grid and start using solar power.

• Learn to harvest rainwater and make it drinkable with home made filters.

• Stop relying on the medical system and learn to use nature as it was intended.

• Get off mainstream media and research subjects for yourself so that you can make informed decisions.

• Educate your own children because schools are the first step to a lifetime of servitude to a government who doesn't doesn't care about you. Better to teach them the kind of skills which will retain their value no matter what is happening in the world.

And finally, get your spiritual house in order. There is nothing more important than this. Forgive your enemies, be kind to strangers, meditate regularly and follow your instincts. You are a non physical being in a physical shell and just as we attend to the health of our physical bodies so too must we attend to the health of our non physical bodies if we are to thrive here.

So, that's where I'm at right now but I'm always open to new ideas.

Looking forward to your comments ;)

Who is @samstonehill?

He was a London based filmmaker until he sold everything and set out on a barefoot journey around the world, currently based in the south of France.

He is travelling with his partner & two children and with no bank account he has been living on STEEM & crypto for over a year.

All content created for this account is 100% original (unless otherwise stated), produced by @samstonehill who invites you to use & share freely as you wish.

Sam is the creator of:

The Aspiring Steemit Whales & Dolphins group on Facebook which seeks to help newcomers make the transition from Facebook to Steemit, providing them with detailed notes and personal assistance with their posts... resteeming them when he can.

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@teamsteem @timcliff @jesta @good-karma @someguy123 @blocktrades @pfunk @klye @krnel @blueorgy @ausbitbank @thecryptodrive @ura-soul @pharesim

Without them our beloved Steemship would not fly.

Learn what this means HERE and place your vote HERE

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