"ReWild Yourself". Daniel Vitalis on Soulspeak.

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“Cultural paradigms are fickle, try to see the big picture. Everything that has a beginning has an end. Things that present as dominant and all powerful are weak and compensating. Things that are meek rest in a place of strength. Nothing is what it seems, always look deeper. Respect and value life. Support growth. Expect change. Be not the strongest, fastest, smartest, or best looking, rather be the quickest to adapt.” 
DANIEL VITALIS 

Maine, Maine

He is a trailblazer in the health and longevity movement. A Personal Development Strategist and Nature Based Philosopher. The co-founder of Surthrival  and Find A Spring. His philosophy has helped thousands of people to rediscover their inner physician, their inner teacher, and that part of themselves that is free and independent to think, to feel, to perceive and to lead. He is here to encourage us to re-wild ourselves and get back to our roots and heritage. It is truly an honor to have Daniel Vitalis here on Soulspeak.  The inspiration he brings to us is limitless. 

Who is Daniel Vitalis? Where is he now on his journey?

Daniel Vitalis is just a name, just a legal entity. The person writing this, that’s another story. I am someone who has slipped through the cracks of society, who has followed his heart, and carved out a unique niche for himself. I am someone blessed with incredible luck, but also someone who has endured severe hardships. Today I am a man blessed with a wonderful company and an opportunity to share a message with the world. My journey is forever unfolding, and is deeply personal and spiritual to me. What I share with the world publicly is only a pie slice of my life, the rest is the personal working out of my own salvation. Most of my life is lived in Maine with a wonderful woman named Alexandra and the sweetest dog domestication has ever created.

What life experience motivated you to do what you’re doing now, awakening souls, empowering, driving people to go back to their heritage and re-wild themselves?. 

Who are your major influences, mentors, teachers?

What have you learned from yourself from this human experience? What have you unlearned?

I have observed that there is a drive in me for the experience of the sacred, to understand the creation, to understand the creator. There is a drive in me for freedom and for love. I suspect that these drives are part of our biological programming. I have learned that nearly everything we are told isn’t true or is only partially true, and to always “test the fence” to see for yourself what the real limitations are – if any. I’ve learned that the voice of the heart is always the one to follow, and that the words of others must be processed with discernment. I’ve learned that the universe is benevolent and conspires to support your vision in ways that can not be predicted, and that each person is completely responsible for the life that they are living, even if this can sometimes be difficult to accept or understand.

No one escapes this question. What does the word ‘Love’ mean to you?

Of course the word love has many connotations in our language, but I suspect you mean ultimate love as opposed to, say, loving a car, pair of shoes, etc. Love to me is that ineffable feeling of connectedness between oneself and another – or sometimes even every other. It is also the remaining force when all of the other illusions of this life are stripped away. Its that sense that you are not alone.

What’s in the pipeline? What’s the rest of the year going to be like for you? 

From the perspective of being a public speaker and business person, I am working on a new website that will be a great resource to the folks in the ReWilding community, and of course have some new products on the horizon. I am also looking to make much more of my curriculum available online, and to host some small retreats where I can work with students in a more intimate setting. On a personal level, I am volunteering with a local ambulance service and for a search and rescue team in my area. There is a cultural meme that is very pervasive right now, and its all about seizing your reality by the reigns and forcing your visions to manifest. I am more interested in going where I feel led and following the trail of clues through the mystery. I don’t take the public speaker archetype too seriously.

Life is too short for this. Pressing onward is much more valuable to me than taking time to regret. It’s interesting to note that the person who has regrets is formed by the very experience that they are regretting. Its like saying “I don’t like who I am or how I have turned out”. There are many things I would do differently now, but I am very happy with who I am, despite the obvious improvements that I can always make. I’d like to be a better version of myself and that is something that happens in the now and the future, not something that results from regrets about the past.