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'what I say is responsible - and I am responsible for saying it.'
this is a long page and at the bottom is a piece entitled SEX AND THE SEX WORKER
who has learned all that he knows
No-one else has
the
guts
to offer these kind of workshops
on such a regular basis and
there is no-one else brave
enough to
invest their life's work and financial savings in opening a retreat specifically for such
a venture, but then,
it takes a special person and someone
with the initiative,
the strength and the power,
to follow his heart and not
his wallet and offer something he
truly believes in to help, assist and guide many to
find enlightenment and joy in this otherwise hard and troubled world.
This he does, NOT for
the praise or glory and most certainly NOT for the money,
as Hamilton Hall
is a
NOT FOR PROFIT VENUE
and he does not take a
wage, but because
he
believes in YOU - in humanity -
in LIFE, and living it to the
full.
There is
no-one in the UK today
offering workshops quite like
If you don't try, how will you ever know ? To this aim, he has donated his time, his life's savings and his blood sweat and tears and there is no-one more dedicated and passionate no-one as keen and no-one better placed
and he's cute... ha ha ha
'PLEASE do not take me seriously when I call myself a Sexual Guru... a Master... as EVERYONE is a guru, a master, and NO-ONE should EVER set themselves up as some proclaimed expert with all the answers and all the expertise, as that is their ego running out of control and saying they are better than you. Any 'Guru' will only have a few answers and never the whole package and as soon as you follow a guru, you are limiting your journey to only the truths that s/he shares. We are all exactly the same, we are all searching, we are all trying to do our best and we are all on the same journey called life. So relax and enjoy your life and never - ever - accept that anyone, anywhere is special - or a guru - or anything else, for you are just as special - just as unique and just as Devine.'
For some current comments from John about life, love and the universe, click below http://www.hamiltonhall.info/comments.htm
If you want to learn from a nun, - you know - someone with little experience of life, love and the universe, then go to any of the other workshops available... BUT if you want to learn from someone who has ten - a hundred or even a thousand times more sexual experience than anyone else you are ever likely to meet, and who has learned his stuff through experience, then this is the man - this is the workshop training, this is the place for you.
Some have a hard time with his honesty and
his past lifestyle, but he sees this as their problem and not his.
If anyone has issues around someone else then it is only because of fear
or the lack of understanding, and if anything in life instills a negative
reaction within, then it has to be questioned as to why ? ( although
we know why... don't we...)
and
and hosted 2 large seminars called for the gay and lesbian community.
John is ahead of many with his motivation and trendsetting ideas and works from his heart. He openly admits to making many mistakes and often gets things wrong, but does so from an innocent perspective and is quick to learn where he has gone wrong, for no-one is perfect and he agrees that he is a work in progress, just like everyone else.
looking a bit tired dear ! ! !
After several life changing spiritual experiences
which led him to know that his life's journey
was to take him away from his home
and everything he had known for 15 years;-
he closed his business, sold his house
and returned to Bournemouth, the home town he
had left as a teenager. Here, he put his money where
his mouth was, and followed his heart, to do what he considered
to be the 'right thing'
and opened Hamilton Hall
as a self development / spiritual retreat
for the gay community. There are few as enigmatic - as passionate - and as excited about sharing this journey as John and few in the gay 'community' who offers as much from their hearts and not for the money, the prestige or the fame, but for the betterment of others, with no strings attached. Since 1996 he has led numerous workshops , And as he jokes:-
mmmmmmmmm sexy huh..... NOT. John does accept that some people may have issues around nakedness and/or
sexuality and that some seem to think that others are 'weird' or 'perverted' if
they are more free and open concerning these issues. he does NOT offer therapy.
( slapper...)
And I have a passion. After two decades on my own with a couple
of 'flings' - I now have a lover who brings me great warmth,
companionship and love, and although he lives in Switzerland, we visit
each other often and he is good for me as I hope I am for him.
I also have good and dear friends who are important in my
life and help keep me in one place with support and encouragement, something
that is so important for us all. They are there for me, as I am for them, at any
time, and there is nothing I wouldn't do - and there is nowhere I wouldn't go -
for them. Unconditionally. I keep getting requests for more information, so here goes:
not bad for an old man - huh ??? I was a Bereavement Counselor Edited the magazine for a group called 'Stretch' as a volunteer Director of the London Gay Naturist for over 18 months Creator, Director and driving force behind the Gay Spiritual Group, Co-hosted 'Connections 2' with Kairos and solely
organized 'Connections 99'
Wrote, Produced and Edited ‘The Pink Path’ newsmagazine for GSG Wrote, Produced and Edited ‘The Vine’ magazine with a readership of around
30,000 Both of these publications were free, and relied heavily ( about 85% ) on my personal financial input to survive and were only stopped when the work and finances became too much for me to continue with. I have always relied on hard work to pay for everything I have ever managed
to do. I love my life and have found much joy. © Hamilton Hall Promotions / John Bellamy / 100804/090406 If you wish to use any
of our articles or writings elsewhere, we believe in the sharing of
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'I especially love this page because it's all about me me me me me. ha ha ha ' John Bellamy . For some current comments from John about life, love and the universe, click below http://www.hamiltonhall.info/comments.htm click below right for more details
Something society desperately needs to get to grips with
.
I believe that society desperately needs to learn some
truths in order to find an enlightened path forward.
This can start with our attitudes surrounding sex and the sex workers, as only
when we find truth within ourselves and
forgiveness towards those who aim their weapons of destruction in your
direction – the weapons of ignorance, intolerance, denial, indifference, and
often complete hatred;- can any progress be
made, and too many people are ignorant as to the value of a healthy
emotional & sexual life.
Truth, like
anything else, has to start with you personally, and when you
find your own worth,- and your own
power, - can you then share that with others. Once you have found
yourself, others will listen, and some may even follow.
SOCIAL WORKERS
I believe that sex workers ( or for those who ask me what a sex worker is --- a prostitutes - ) are SOCIAL WORKERS and without them there would be a whole new mess for society to sort out. Sexual frustration is a powerful, dangerous and deadly physical and emotional tool, and in the hands of a small minded society, kept in ignorance of the truth - this can, and does, create havoc.
The sex worker helps alleviate societies frustrations - by taking it off the
boil before it erupts, and this helps create a calmness in humanities loins.
Society appears to be a sick and irresponsible
child and sex workers, I believe,
are the nannies.
Many within society, viciously attack the sex worker with hatred
and bile while remaining totally ignorant to the true value and meaning of
their work, and ignorant as to the person themselves and their lifestyle.
It seems that some are content to remain that way - maybe out of resentment,
jealousy or simple envy,
Men, in their often child like ignorance, compared to the wise woman, seem to bully and dominate the very thing that they fear the most… women… and an independent sexually active female may often be some men’s ultimate fantasy, but men are all too often scared shitless of a strong women, especially one in control of her sexuality. They then damn her as being a whore or a lesbian and say she’s butch, when the truth all too often is that they cannot cope with a women with a free mind of her own.
The original wife to Adam in the Garden of
Eden was Lilleth, who was a
dominant women made from one
My sister was a sex worker - an escort - in London, and sadly, because of the attitude of society towards sex workers, she never accepted her role. It caused her a great deal of emotional, physical and psychological turmoil. It tore her apart. After years as a top dancer and fashion model, thinking she knew nothing else, and needing to earn some money - she turned to the oldest profession. * see below
I was also a full time
sex worker for almost 20 years and was
the longest and most established gay male sex
worker in the UK, until I retired some years ago.
Oh, I would get the inevitable
'John
- why don't you get a proper job, you are very intelligent and clever and
handsome so surely there must be something better you can do....'
and my response would be to tell them how much money I had earned that year, AFTER TAX ( yes, I always claimed my income and paid tax) and that would shut them up.... and besides, many gay men would just LOVE to be good enough,- hung enough,- sexy enough,- emotionally stable enough,- etc. to be a sex worker; and denying that fact is naive and a blatant lie.
I suppose I took to it like a duck to water – while my sister, bless her,
splashed around and kept being sucked under – only to erupt to the surface
and be flailing around in all directions, causing herself to get sucked under
yet again. Her ‘inner panic’ would always
overtake her and down she would go again.
Society had won. Another dead whore.
Good enough to fuck, but
not good enough for sympathy,
friendship, understanding, acceptance - - - - or love.
Another person less to resent and be jealous about, and all because she was
using her sexuality, not only for her own enjoyment, but as a tool in
order to manipulate men, ( as these little boys see it ) and
to make a good income for herself, independent of any man.
And that just pisses most straight men off.
Having a strong personality gave
me something that enabled me to get a grip on the industry,- while she was
unable or unwilling to accept any help from me. But with a little self
realization and self work – she could have survived intact,- but working on
the self was far too scary for her, too introspective and ‘too deep’, and
so she swam out against the tide, into deep
uncharted water and allowed more and more of the problem to overcome her, and
she was beyond my help. Beyond anyone’s help. The tide of despair and self
loathing brought on by the problems of being a sex worker swallowed her up. Sexuality. For we live in a very sex negative society where anyone enjoying themselves, is frowned upon and damned, and the smoke-screen of denial is dangerous and destructive and even to be found in the sexually active gay world. just leave London and see what a load of small minded gay men you might meet out in the burbs...
But why is society such
a sick child when it comes to sexuality ? Why have we had so much negative
input concerning what is a completely natural act ? The Original Sin was Eve having to have children through sexuality as a punishment for leading poor defenseless little Adam astray with the apple in the Garden of Eden. This was said to be God's punishment, but is pure man made nonsense. Poor little Adam, seduced by little old Eve... he was defenseless against her sexual charms ( oh spare me the clap trap...)  Mary Magdelene
in the Bible was called a whore, when she
was no such thing, and in fact, evidence shows she was more probably a
black priestess and healer from Ethiopia, damned by the woman hating men of
her generation that surrounded Jesus and who saw her as a threat -
and that misogynistic attitude has come through the ages and has caused
untold harm, death and destruction of the human soul and psyche.Screwed up men edited the original biblical documents into this 'collection of books - library ' (Bible) and when it came to sex, they realized they needed to control sexuality to control the people, and biblical documents were edited to strengthen their case. We have now had almost 2,000 years of screwed up rhetorical clap trap which we have believed for generations, believing it as gospel because it was this way for Granny and her Granny before her;- so it must be right. When the truth is, we have all been lied to from the very beginning and we have believed it to be true. ( A bit like the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...) But the guide book society is largely based on, is flawed,- badly flawed, and preached from, in the pulpits, on Sundays,:- and society has suffered the consequences. You see:- Sex, is one of the most powerful tools and the most powerful drives we have. Sex is good. Sex is beautiful. Sex brings harmony to your soul and peace to your world. Sex, whether it is between loving partners or complete strangers, can - if done through love and care - be part of your enlightened journey and can bring a wealth of happiness. Only when denied and manipulated;- only when damned and turned ugly, is sex a harmful thing. We need to teach the truth to our children, educate them correctly and watch as they become balanced human beings with less attitude, less fucked-up weirdness and less problems than previous generations. Society needs to have firm foundations and the best way to achieve this - is to have a happy and contented society. Sexuality is not the only thing that makes for stable people, but it is - for sure - a major force. I believe that through Freedom of Sexual Expression, society will become a lot less violent and dysfunctional.  Through Freedom of Speech, people
will feel theyhave a voice and a valid part to play in society. Through Freedom of Movement society will feel trusted in order to be the best they can be. And through Freedom of Belief, everyone can be encouraged to follow their journey, their path, and not feel damned and judged at every turn.  Many are sick of the Nanny State where every move and thought is fast coming under the control of big business and the authorities. And for those who say - 'Well if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.' I answer with just one brief thing... Bog Off. I do not need nor expect to be watched 24/7 and have crime and terrorist used as an excuse to watch us all. Just as I do not expect to have Fluoride put in the drinking water on the claim that it is good for my teeth when the truth is it is an intellect suppressant and is used to keep people controllable.
And for those who insist on being politically correct and crossing
every t and dotting every i..... 'Grow up' ...You cause more abuse than any
other single group in the country. You know what I am talking about here
and I am NOT supporting abuse OF ANY KIND.
( What about the abuse aimed at society once the social
workers, police and courts get involved... the unseen abuse... so often
hidden while screaming even more abuse at the man in the anorak, the gay
man, the black lesbian, the unmarried mother, the abusive parent, the bully
at school, the boss at work, the church leaders, or just about anyone who
may appear to be a little different, an odd ball, etc.)
We need to lighten up as a society concerning sexuality and stop
it being 'X Rated' and rude, as just see how prolific the internet is with
pornography ( something like 80% ) and we need to realize that we have been
lied to.
©John Bellamy 1998 If a prostitute pays someone a percentage of their income, that person is then called a Pimp. What would you call the tax man who knew EXACTLY what I did for a living and taxed me accordingly ??? What does that make the tax man and what does that make the government ?
PIMPS, WHORES, TWO FACES LIARS AND HYPOCRITES, maybe ???
(Writing about my sister was painful for me to do and this article first
appeared in 'The Pink Path' magazine in 1998. Having reviewed and reworked it
for you here, it was interesting to see how the emotions were equally as
passionate and equally and teary, while from a different perspective today
than a few years ago. Even in the gay world there is an attitude surrounding Sex Workers, and although a lot different to how it was when I started in the 1980's, there are still many who remain ignorant and seem to enjoy and revel in their ignorance, and I find this - in the new century, a worry. For if people are prepared to remain ignorant on a subject as powerful and emotive as sexuality is for many, what are they going to be like when it comes to politics, religion or any of the powerfully motivated reasons we kill and destroy others over ? How are we ever going to grow and evolve as people, as a community and as a global family if some are content to damn and destroy the very people who are here to HELP SOCIETY... this sick and troubled child we call humanity. When we see the USA blatantly lie to its people and keep them in ignorance as to the world truth, and when Blair lies to the UK about weapons of mass destruction and seemed to be the last person alive to realize he was wrong - and when we have politicians and church people lying through their teeth and putting spin on absolutely everything, how can we as people grow and evolve with such role models ? How can we expect people to know the truth when they hear it through the bullshit lies ?
I am aware that some will have an attitude
concerning this article and about my lifestyle and
to state that the
problem is really not mine... is true. I am SO PROUD of what I
have achieved and if
you have a problem with it, ask yourself --- WHY ? Why are you
offended by another person who chose sex as a career ? Why are you so
annoyed / angry / resentful / jealous ? Believe me, I have heard
it all a thousand times and even if you don't know the answers, I sure as hell
do. Never underestimate the sex worker, - never assume anything in life.
© Hamilton Hall Promotions /
John Bellamy / 230906 |
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to meet the needs of the Aquarian Age, of modern man, and when practiced
in the manner that he uses
during these workshops, it can be quite revolutionary and life changing.
Many aspects of Shamanic work, meditation, and a
great deal more has always come naturally to John and since childhood has
undergone scores of spiritual and metaphysical occurrences, and being an
identical twin has given him an empathetic ability that has served him well. 
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SIDE of Adam and not just a rib, and who took
control of her sexuality and would sit on top of Adam. The church in its fear
of sexuality and of women, turned her into the Satan - the snake - and most
have never heard of Lilleth, for she was banished from the story books and
banished from our consciousness. ( in the picture
the snake has the head and shoulders of a woman... Lilleth. This is what the
church did to her... turned her into the evil snake.) 
