On this day, October 26, eleven years ago, a powerful soul slipped out of his earth suit and crossed to the other side.
His name was Cory Roussel, and I was honored and privileged to call him my son.
Unlike most, he lived a life untouched by convention — a rare and radiant being who remembered why he came here.
He knew his mission, and he followed it with unwavering precision, even when it shattered everything familiar.
It took immense courage to be different, to walk into the depths of darkness in order to reclaim his own light.
And he did it — fully, bravely, and on his own terms.
A true rebel and renegade, he was sent here to herald a new way of being.
Yet so often, he was misjudged — seen as the screw-up, the black sheep, the lost soul.
But what the world couldn’t see is that his work was never about fitting in or chasing what this world calls “success”.
His mission was the evolution of consciousness — the alchemy of suffering into freedom.
His victories weren’t measured by status or possessions but by the inner liberation he modeled for others who walk through addiction, homelessness, and imprisonment into true FREEDOM.
In one of his letters from prison, Cory wrote that his goal in this life was the “crystallization of consciousness” — to bring heaven to earth in a tangible way by living a life utterly transformed.
To do that, he had to walk through hell — not so that others wouldn’t have to, but to make it easier for those who would come after him.
He showed us that facing our inner demons is possible — that when one person finds the courage to do it, it awakens courage in countless others.
Like the runner who first broke the four-minute mile, Cory broke through an invisible barrier in consciousness, and by doing so, he made it possible for others to do the same.
He and I have walked side by side through many lifetimes. In this one, he chose the harder role — and fulfilled it with fierce grace.
Today, I honor Cory for his contribution to humanity — for being a living embodiment of what it means to be the change you wish to see in the world.
Thank you, my beloved son, for being Love, for being Presence, for being Truth — for being YOU.