Human Potential reaching a new audience

I just saw a site that is talking about human potential, mentioning imortality, Philosophers stone, Jalu, Kundalini and is doing through modern mediums of Music, Movie and Graphic Novel.

These subjects are very personal and only approached with proper teaching and once we have delved deeply into ourselces enough and culitvated our character suffuciently to be ready for such subjects. But none the less the more people that can be reached with possibilities of what it may be to be human the better in my opinion.

Here is the the website and below is the music video.

Leo T Gaje of Pekiti Tirsia

I post this as the first half of the interview has what I think is a great example of what is missing in the world today - Respect, and shows one approach to keeping respect alive in the community and the benefits gleaned from this.

Respect to Thangtong Gyalpo

Tibet's history is full of amazing Yogi's manifesting miracles, transforming their bodies into light and showing visible signs of accomplishment in Vajrayana tradition. There are many well known stories but I wanted to highlight one of the slightly lesser known Masters.

Here is his story with source links at the end:

Thangtong Gyalpo was a true Tibetan "renaissance man:" he was an accomplished artist, intrepid explorer and statesman, an engineer, doctor, mystic, miracle worker and even a blacksmith. Above and beyond these diverse proclivities, as a composer and playwright he is celebrated as the founder of the Tibetan Opera tradition. His miraculous activities as an alchemist were a result of his accomplishment on the visionary path of the terma tradition: he had the ability to work ably with whatever circumstances presented themselves to him. After being poisoned by a jealous lama, he remained in meditation for a week and discovered the cure through the process of revelation. The formula he discovered is called "Drubthob Rika" in Tibetan, the "White Yogi pill," and is still used successfully to counteract poison.

He had a vision of local elemental spirits who gave him a gift of blueprints for suspension bridges that had never been seen before in Tibet at that point in the Thirteenth Century. As he began to construct the chain links for these massive bridges, his alchemical wisdom was put to practice, resulting in an iron alloy that has not rusted to this day. His smelting methods still remain a mystery.

As a visionary alchemist, he tangibly manifested the wisdom of the "elixir of immortality" by living to the ripe old age of 125. He was famous for his accomplishment and transmission of the long-life ceremony, which is displayed in the iconography of this statue. This statue was possibly made by his own hand, and shows him holding the vase full of the elixir of immortality and a pill of longevity in his other hand. Courtesy of http://www.tealchemy.org/what/alchemists/index.html

Here is the wikpedia entry for him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thang_Tong_Gyalpo

Financial Craziness

With all the problems in the world economy this is a great time to educate ourselves on just what is taking place and why.

This is a long video but worth watching:

Good Advice

"Listen to everyone, read everything; believe absolutely nothing unless you can prove it in your own right!"
- William Cooper

Notice anything familiar?

It's all quiet here as I am focusing on training and watching the world get more and more surreal.

I thought the following video might be appropriate for the times we are living now. If you haven't seen the whole movie or read the the Graphic Novel then I highly recommend it.

Value of Freedom

A bit different

Got to love the music in this, if the message appeals check the users channel by double clicking the video there is a lot there.

The wonderful Genki Sudo

Been a long time I am makiong plans and looking to get other blogs up soon that will be representative of the direction I am going in. So for anyone that happens to still check this, thank you and keep watching this space.

In the meantime here is a great highlight reel of one of MMA's bright lights from the early days Genki Sudo followed by the mans music project 'World Order'.

I used to watch Genki before doing a big conditioning session for inspiration.

Enjoy.

Amazing Strength and Balance skills...

Strength is great but strength with balance and flexibility is far more useful and in this case inspiring. Hope you enjoy this video check out his you tube account he has lots of tutorials:

Thank you HBO

Who would have some thing this good could come from mainstream TV.

Wow, this should motivate!

More awesome intensity from Ross.

Not many update lately as just busy training.

Enjoy.

APA - State of Mind

This is an addition that I think the more you read it the more it rings true. Thank you Chris.

APA-State of Mind

The warrior is someone who never says he is.
The master is someone who says he is all there ever was.
All the great ones say their student defeats whoever the masters are
The great master warrior is everyone's best student learning all that he could be

by Chris Mar

Testing ourselves...an inspirational real life story

I saw this and had to share..

www.DickProenneke.com - "Alone in the Wilderness" is the story of Dick Proenneke living in the Alaska wilderness. Dick filmed his adventures so he could show his relatives in the lower 48 states what life was like in Alaska, building his cabin, hunting for food and exploring the area. Bob Swerer has taken the best footage from Dick's films and he has created 3 videos about Dick, "Alone in the Wilderness", "Alaska, Silence and Solitude" and "The Frozen North". You can purchase all of them in DVD or VHS format from the www.DickProenneke.com website.

embed wont wont work so here is the youtube link:

Fighting words

Here is a great interview with Bas Rutten - Fighting Words.

Watch the whole thing if you can there are some good lessons on working hard for what you want.

Watch here

Tesla happy birthday

This weekend marks the 154th birthday of Nikola Tesla. A man that has shaped this world more than we will ever know as most of his work and patents were all locked away as classified.
For me he is an example of what is possible and if those around you think you are crazy in your dedication then you are probably on the right track.

More inspiration

Wow I just saw some great new posts over at Ross training. Thought I would share one, not much I can say really. Check the site http://craigdietzspeaks.com/bio.html and watch this video! If you think you can not chances are you really can.

Life's Purpose

This was generously given to me to post its part of a discussion between two friends on the path. I hope it inspires all who read it as much as it does me.

Thank you Chris.



The Purpose of Life - Why are we here?

Life's purpose is for humanity to integrate the sum total of knowledge and objectivity in order to evolve beyond the suffering, cruelty, mystic exploitation and coercion, overcome disease, end poverty, eliminate war, ultimately to extend life, whereby civilization’s great minds may live to continue discovery and guide following generations in the first person, onto exponential creative intelligence. If Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Martin Luther King were alive today, think of the world we would now abound in. Life is ever-fulfilling unless it is ended before it’s time.
Chris

A response from Gil:

wonderfully lucid and resonant. I could not agree more…. this is so similar to writing from you that I have saved regarding the role of the warrior/guardian in society, not to be a tool of political ambitions or a simple watch dog at the border… but rather be the protector of sanity, reason, intellect, growth, art and all else that elevates humanity forward. We put out the fire when the hordes come to burn the library, we fight for the freedom of expression even when our sensibilities are singed, we spark youth with dreams and passions of the hopeful future and nurture the slow march from Man to Humane…."
Gil

Posting

Hi

I have been ultra busy so its meant that the blog has not been updated as often as I planned.

Sorry to those regulars from London...more will be coming soon.

Fight or Flight

I saw this on a forum and felt it should go on the blog.

Its the story of one mans struggles and search after being attacked in Ireland this brought about numerous questions that he felt he needed to answer. This led him on an inspiring journey one that in my opinion we all on in different forms.

Here is the website and a very brief trailer which I dont think really does it justice.