Dear Loyal Blog Readers:

For as long as my book Polynesian Dreams has been available on all the Electronic book sellers such as Nook, Kindle, WaveCloud, Ebooks, Kobo and others I have been promoting it on this blog and on other media.

My big challenge has been to explain what Polynesian Dreams is all about. Sure, it follows my life from a young boy growing up in my native Holland to my coming to age, serving in the Dutch Navy, Merchant Navy and finally immigrating to America and serving in the US Army. Okay, this might be the story of many people but what is different about my story is that I lapsed in a life of drugs, alcohol and other addictions. My book is more than anything else on how to break addictions that are ruling your life.

I firmly believe that every human being born on this planet is born with an invisible part.  A part just like your are born with organs such as a heart, brains, lungs, kidney and all the other organs to make up the human anatomy you are also born with a subconscious or as I like to call it an inner voice. It is not an organ, you cannot repair it with surgery, you cannot remove it and it will not show up in an X-ray or any MRI procedure.

Yet, it is there and will be there until the day you die and some believe beyond.

This inner voice wants you just like the motto in ads for the American Army be all you can be. It is your friend, wants to guide you, lead you to a life of health, prosperity and success. However, it can only do this if you listen and obey this inner voice. The prisons and jails are overflowing with individuals that instead of listening, ignored their inner voice. I certainly did until I was on a death spiral and finally realized that there was a voice inside of me warning me, not once but time and time again. I did not listen but when I finally did, I regained my health, prosperity and respect from myself and others.

Why do people ignore this subconscious voice? Is it because it is like gossamer, fragile and not loud and obvious?  Think back to a time in your youth when you wanted to do something you should not, steal a pack of gum, disobey authority, like your teacher or law enforcement. Your inner voice warned you. Did you listen? If you did you were saved from trouble. If you did not, you were on a slide that could have eventually severe consequences. My book is filled with advise I received from my inner voice. We all come to forks in the road of our life, I managed to take the wrong one, although the voice inside of me told me which one I should take. I did not listen. Result, chaos, ruined health, finances, hurting others, and much more. How to listen to your subconscious inner being is the main theme of Polynesian Dreams. The electronic bookstores sell the book for the enormous sum of $3.79 and my proceeds are donating to charity. If you cannot afford this I will gladly send you the book in PDF format in a WeTransfer file to your email. Contact me but please first read a few sample chapters that are available on all the ebook sites. Thank you for reading this long blog. Johan Van Oldenbarneveld. 

Aloha to all my blog readers:

I have touched on this subject before, namely the title of my book and for that matter all books.

A title such as "Murder on the Orient Express", leaves little to the imagination. Jack London's biography, "Sailor on Horseback", ditto.

My 351 page book, "Polynesian Dreams", really does not tell you much. Dreams about Polynesia? I  also have a web site, http://www.polynesiandreams.com, again the question: what is this about?

I am presently working on another web side, using WordPress with the name, "My Life Changing Story", this actually reflect what Polynesian Dreams is all about.  My book was written when we lived in Hawaii and does have to do with dreams, in an abstract way but it is more about the life changing story of my life.

I was born in 1930 in Rotterdam, the large port city of The Netherlands. I served as a young man in the Royal Dutch Navy, the Dutch Merchant Navy and immigrated to the United State in November 1950. In 1951 I was drafted in the US Army during the Korean war but served 2 years in Bremerhaven, Germany and attended the Military Police Academy in Oberammergau. When I returned to civilian life in California I briefly attended college but then descended in a life of addiction to alcohol, drugs and general bad behavior. Polynesian Dreams is the story of that life, Adventure, Travel, Romance (yes a bit of sex), a dash of Eastern Religions and other interesting tidbits. The book sold out in paperback but is now on all the major electronic booksellers inventory for $3.79.  I am almost 85 and have enough dollars to last me the remaining years so I am donating my net receipts to The Wounded Warrior Project and an animal adoption agency in my area. Thank you for reading my blog.  Johan Van Oldenbarneveld.

Aloha dear Blog readers:
Again I have to apologize for neglecting writing new blogs. Why? I am a terrible procrastinator it is always tomorrow I will do it. 
First, why am I so anxious to sell my book, Polynesian Dreams on the electronic sellers such as Kindle, Nook, Kobo, WaveCloud.com, Ebook and others for $3.79. Is it because I want to make money? No, because all my net proceeds go to my charities, Animal Shelter and the Wounded Warrior Project.
The true reason I want to sell my book is because it might inspire others who are slave to habits they are unable to break. I am not only talking about the obvious addictions such as drugs and alcohol but also lesser known, sex, eating, bad behavior, jealousy, lying, and a host of other habits you like to break away from but are unable.
I had many of these addiction and it ruined me, morally,physically, financially until I came to the realization that I was going to die unless I changed. I started slowly to dig myself out of the hole I dug for myself, it was two steps forward and one step backward but eventually I succeeded. This is the main theme of my book, the fight for survival and my triumph. At age 39 I was able to get back on the right path and now followed a period of great financial success, my other robust health returned and I found the love of my life. I am going to be 85 in May, my love of my life is in the other room, I am giving lectures and in general have a wonderful life. I am not exactly a special person, I am ordinary in many ways. I immigrated to the USA from my native Holland in 1950 after a adventurous life in the Dutch Royal Navy and Dutch merchant navy. I entered the US army in May of 1951 and served two years in Germany as an MP and Criminal Investigator. Sure, that period of my life was filled with adventures and I am writing about it in my book. After returning back to California I went to school on the GI bill and continued with my life. First it was all good until I started with the Alcohol and amphetamines, I also was guiltiy of terrible behavior. All the adventures, the romances the downward path and finally my victory is what Polyneswian Dreams is all about. There are several free sample chapters available on the electronic sellers. If you need  to have more info you can email me at: pokerbydutch@verizon.net.
I hope you give this a few minutes of your precious time. Polynesian Dreams is 351 pages, 2 pages of photos, and many readers have told me that it is a pageturner. Thanks, friends. I will try to blog more often. This is the age of aquarius, tweeting and facebook. Love, Johan Van Oldenbartneveld