Justin Sykes

If you choose to view me as the person I was, I can’t blame you. I have a hard time not doing that myself. But if you want to meet someone who strives for redemption and works towards a life engulfed in peace, of mind and with others, then you should get to know me.

A large portion of my days revolves around dealing with my mental health. Eventually, I would like to use what I learn in here to help others so that they might find healthy ways to cope. I’ve seen too many lives wasted. I’m guilty of that. I’ve been educating myself in the philosophy of Buddha as well as using yoga to connect myself to something greater, for a few years now. I’m no expert and am incredibly flawed, but I haven’t given up yet.

I have a passion for guitar as well, with a newfound love of Gypsy Jazz. I’m kind of like a carousel when it comes to music that I like to play or listen to, so much so that eventually, I will get sick of a type of music, but then love it again six months later. So it really depends on the season with me, but I can assure you I’ve been through it all. Starting with something as heavenly as classical, ending with something that would have your grandmother pulling you by the ear and washing your mouth out with soap.

I’ve been through enough in life where I have the ability to feel compassion for anyone’s situation without judgment, and I think that is my biggest strength. It’s something that gives me hope. Hope that I can be a good person. Because it’s something I question every day.

I was born, I was rich. But I didn’t stay that way, I grew up, learning suffering, growing poorer by the day. I grew up to want, and grew up to need, my wealth began to dwindle, with alarming speed. The older we get the more we accumulate, our minds like our homes, fill with more and more. While peace of mind and space to breathe become less and less. The innocence of the “don’t know”—the naivety of a child, is one of the world’s greatest treasures. If we could get back to that, I promise, things would get better. What do we really need? Most things are just desires, things that make us restless, they’re better off in the fire. When I came to prison, I was poorer than ever. As I’ve begun to walk my path, I’ve acquired wealth on the way. If you were to ask me my net worth, I’d say “I’m richer by the day.” And yeah, it maybe cliché, but with my growing peace of mind, I know I’ll be richer tomorrow, than I was yesterday. Peace be with you all. Namaste.

Maybe God is what we make of them, maybe God is in all of us, and maybe not in the sense that an almighty being gave us life but in the sense that when we believe in something bigger than ourselves, and use that to reach a new level of humility and charity, we manifest into God, as a human race. Each and every one of us. We have the power to impact the lives of others for better or for worse. By our thoughts that turn to actions, that affects a long line of people we will most likely never come into contact with. Isn’t that powerful? Isn’t that Godlike?

I regret my years of cynicism an stubborn nonconformity that stopped me from seeing what was in front of my eyes this whole time. That God is what we make of him, or her, or either, or neither. God conforms to wherever they are at the time. I see God in all of us, I feel God in me. I realize my actions hold great power. On days that I am angry I will cool off the fires of irrationality and hatred with love. On days that I am sad I will breathe life into myself with the remembrance of love. The past is the past, I can’t change it, but I can put my own love into the world and hope it reaches someone who needs it. No one should ever feel insignificant, because all life matters. We all just need to remember that we as the human race have the ability to ascend to higher levels than we have before, acting as merciful loving Gods from the consciousness of our own minds. Be conscious of your own mind, and be conscious of others because you never know what kind of Godlike impacts they have had in their lives, good or bad.

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• Incarcerated Since: 2017
• Sentence Received: 20 years
• Earliest Release: 2036

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