Hunter S Thompson. . . .
. . . . .passed away while I was in the Bay Area. And as I sit here I realize that he was a great American rebel. A true trouble maker of the best kind. Whats not to love about that.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
-Hunter S. Thompson
I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. -Hunter S. Thompson
I am writing this in transit, I am headed out on a 26 day seminar tour that will take me to Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. I have not been back to Germany since I lived there in Berlin many Years ago. It should be an interesting Month.
I just returned from Berkeley, and enjoyed the company of Alan, Lilly, and all the bay area crew very much. What a cool group of people. I also got to see a childhood friend I have not seen in almost 20 Years, and who is now taking classes at our Berkeley Gym. Rex was nice enough to shoot the whole seminar on video and we will most likely produce an instructional DVD from it in the next few Months. The whole trip once again served as a reminder that the value of SBGi really exists in the community of people.
Because of the length of my upcoming trip today, and the fact that I wont be taking a laptop, it is unlikely I will be updating this blog for a Month or so. As such, I will leave you with as many thoughts as I can before I head over the pond. . . .
Let him who seeks, not cease seeking until he finds, and when he finds, he will be troubled, and when he has been troubled, he will marvel. . . . .
-Gospel of Thomas
Surrender is the magic word. Surrender is the one word all religions, all myth, all philosophy, and all rational thought eventually settle on. . . . . . . . surrender.
Anytime I "think" my "thoughts" know something other then what actually IS, I suffer. It does not get simpler then that for me. It IS what I am willing to let go of, NOT what I am willing to strive for, which will eventually determine my level of freedom. Provided that letting go is done while maintaining an open heart throughout the entire process. Otherwise it is running from, not letting go of.
I am just learning this.
Death is the first, sex is the second, and the ego is third. I don't get free of anything by running from it. It grows when repressed. . . .and is made free by the light.
The light is consciousness. . .examanation, realization, transformation.
In that order often.
Si la fe es creer lo que no se ve, Poesia es crear lo que nunce se vera.
She said. . . . .Do you have to be the exception to every rule?!
I say please listen. . . .what is so compelling is not the moods, the eyes, the face, or body. What is compelling is what is behind all that. The eyes are the lens, the mood is the projection, but the light behind all that, that light is where I rests in you.
I wont stop until it is finished. Examination, realization, transformation, again and again.
So I will say clearly, don't surrender pain so readily. Let it cut more deeply. It will only make that light shine brighter if welcomed in an honest open way. And it will never push away, or scare away what is meant to be there, nothing ever can.
Yes. . . .you have seen me go there, and watched the heart open to you. Just remember those moments whenever anything else causes you to be disturbed. It is the only thing relevant about me.
Yes, I know from where I came!
Ever hungry like a flame
I consume myself and glow.
Light grows all that I conceive,
ashes everything I leave;
Flame I am assuredly.
-Rilke
I will leave you with something that occurred to me earlier today, as I state the obvious once again. . . . . . . . .The moment you really begin to listen to someone clearly is the same moment you really begin hearing yourself.
It will be good.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
-Hunter S. Thompson
I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. -Hunter S. Thompson
I am writing this in transit, I am headed out on a 26 day seminar tour that will take me to Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. I have not been back to Germany since I lived there in Berlin many Years ago. It should be an interesting Month.
I just returned from Berkeley, and enjoyed the company of Alan, Lilly, and all the bay area crew very much. What a cool group of people. I also got to see a childhood friend I have not seen in almost 20 Years, and who is now taking classes at our Berkeley Gym. Rex was nice enough to shoot the whole seminar on video and we will most likely produce an instructional DVD from it in the next few Months. The whole trip once again served as a reminder that the value of SBGi really exists in the community of people.
Because of the length of my upcoming trip today, and the fact that I wont be taking a laptop, it is unlikely I will be updating this blog for a Month or so. As such, I will leave you with as many thoughts as I can before I head over the pond. . . .
Let him who seeks, not cease seeking until he finds, and when he finds, he will be troubled, and when he has been troubled, he will marvel. . . . .
-Gospel of Thomas
Surrender is the magic word. Surrender is the one word all religions, all myth, all philosophy, and all rational thought eventually settle on. . . . . . . . surrender.
Anytime I "think" my "thoughts" know something other then what actually IS, I suffer. It does not get simpler then that for me. It IS what I am willing to let go of, NOT what I am willing to strive for, which will eventually determine my level of freedom. Provided that letting go is done while maintaining an open heart throughout the entire process. Otherwise it is running from, not letting go of.
I am just learning this.
Death is the first, sex is the second, and the ego is third. I don't get free of anything by running from it. It grows when repressed. . . .and is made free by the light.
The light is consciousness. . .examanation, realization, transformation.
In that order often.
Si la fe es creer lo que no se ve, Poesia es crear lo que nunce se vera.
She said. . . . .Do you have to be the exception to every rule?!
I say please listen. . . .what is so compelling is not the moods, the eyes, the face, or body. What is compelling is what is behind all that. The eyes are the lens, the mood is the projection, but the light behind all that, that light is where I rests in you.
I wont stop until it is finished. Examination, realization, transformation, again and again.
So I will say clearly, don't surrender pain so readily. Let it cut more deeply. It will only make that light shine brighter if welcomed in an honest open way. And it will never push away, or scare away what is meant to be there, nothing ever can.
Yes. . . .you have seen me go there, and watched the heart open to you. Just remember those moments whenever anything else causes you to be disturbed. It is the only thing relevant about me.
Yes, I know from where I came!
Ever hungry like a flame
I consume myself and glow.
Light grows all that I conceive,
ashes everything I leave;
Flame I am assuredly.
-Rilke
I will leave you with something that occurred to me earlier today, as I state the obvious once again. . . . . . . . .The moment you really begin to listen to someone clearly is the same moment you really begin hearing yourself.
It will be good.
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