Reality is comprised of frequencies, vibrations, and cycles. Frequencies can be high and light, or dark and heavy. Vibrations can fast and light, or slow and dense. Cycles are the closest our minds can come to grasping eternity; no start, no stop. No beginning, no end. Everything is in a state of change, and yet cycles can be “good” or “Bad”, “heavy” or “light”, and they can be self perpetuating, like a feedback loop…like a rut you’re stuck in. The…
Achieving a Black Belt in Martial Arts is often interpreted as mastery. This is a common misconception. While a worthwhile pursuit on the Martial path, it is important to remember that the Black Belt student is someone who has gained proficiency in the basics of physical technique; far from Mastery. We often are drawn to Martial Art because we feel physically victimized, or perhaps vulnerable. It seems that the goal then is to become more physically adept, more likely to…
It is truly inspiring to see our young citizens making a stand to end school violence. A mass collective, they unify to give voice to the lawmakers, the adults; “We will not stand to live in fear one more day.” But let’s not forget, there is an 18th victim here. A victim that no one united to support. No one came to his aid, and said “I’ve got your back”. Not even when he cried out for help. It’s easy…
Our viewpoints are uniquely our own. No two people see things exactly the same way. Insisting that there is only one truth and everything else is false suggests mental illness, rather than sage wisdom.
It’s so easy to believe that our opinions of life and events are simply a descriptive fact- analyzing, categorizing, and labeling life’s moments. In fact, our opinions are NOT fact, nor are they the thing that they are supposed to be describing. They are opinions…INTERPRETATIONS of events, and the only thing that makes them real is us believing that they are fact itself. Peel back the wrapping to see the hidden truth inside…
We spend all of our time striving, competing, trying to accumulate and win the game. Some of us have moved beyond this and do what makes us happy. In the end, however, the only thing that endures is the memory of us in others, and the memory of how we weathered the storms of our lives. So, hunker down, or get back up…your story is yet to be told.
We think that we are one person…it’s just me. But to everyone who knows us, we are another person…to them. Maybe we’re all of them, maybe none. Maybe one.
What would it say about you, if you could not be offended, no matter what anyone said; if you remained calm in the face of any storm, and you simply attempted quiet adaptation to any situation? What then, does it say about our culture when we are offended at the slightest suggestion that differs from our own, that we are so enraged at what someone did that we have to verbally attack them via an innocuous bird chirp, and that,…
The concept of flow is often overlooked, or misunderstood. If you want kindness, give kindness away. If you want abundance, give some of yours away. We so often think in linear terms; that once we part with something, we think it’s gone forever. The true nature of existence is cyclical; what you send out comes back. If you want happiness, it’s probably because you’re miserable, and that’s what you are sending out. The cosmic mirror can only reflect back what…
Thoughts on true Warriorship: Accept the blows, learn the lesson, be grateful, remain supple.