John Kevin's Journal: HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Friday, November 22, 2013

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

I choose to live a life of gratitude and joy,
inspiring others to follow my example.
~Jonathan-Lockwood Huie

HI FAMILY!!!

Human Race Yearns to Renew

The human race now yearns to renew itself. You can sense this everywhere. You can feel it in the air. All that people are waiting for is someone to stand up and show the way. Someone to get the ball rolling. One person to topple the first domino.

Yet let me make something clear. The era of the Single Savior is over. What is needed now is joint action, combined effort, collective co-creation. What is called for now is not one person only, but a large number of humans willing to be the "one person" in their family, in their community, in their circle of influence who will take on the task of bringing about change right then, right there.

--The New Revelations by Neale Donald Walsch

La raza humana anhela la renovación.

La raza humana ahora anhela renovarse. Puedes sentir esto en todas partes. Puedes sentirlo en el aire. Todo lo que la gente está esperando es alguien que se levante y muestre el camino. Alguien que comience a rodar la pelota. Una persona que derribe la primera ficha de dominó.

Sin embargo, quiero dejar claro algo. La era del Salvador individual ya ha pasado. Lo que se necesita ahora es la acción conjunta, el esfuerzo combinado, la co-creación colectiva. Lo que se necesita ahora no es sólo una persona, sino un gran número de personas dispuestas a ser "la persona" en su familia, en su comunidad, en su círculo de influencia, que tendrá la tarea de lograr el cambio en ese preciso momento , y en ese preciso lugar.

--Las Nuevas Revelaciones por Neale Donald Walsch
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O.K, since today is FRIDAY, it's time for the FRIDAY MARTIAL ARTS THEATER. Today, we have a fascinating documentary about various weapons used in the far east in ancient times.

Published on Aug 16, 2013
Unearth new clues to connect the present with the past. Ancient Discoveries changes the way we think about the distant past. While we entertain visions of a simpler, unsophisticated time, the truth is much more complicated and fascinating than we imagine. This fresh, eye-opening series - filmed on location where historical events actually happened and using brilliant, lifelike computer animation - applies the latest scholarship to reconsider common beliefs about ancient times. Reconstructions of ancient machines and hands-on demonstrations bring ancient times to life.

Category
Education

License
Standard YouTube License

------------HEAVEN LETTERS------------

Heavenletters™, bringing Earth closer to Heaven.
HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:
* Our connection to God *
* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *
God is always bringing us closer to Him.
Heavenletter #4710 The Longing of God’s Heart, October 17, 2013

God said:
You are the longing of My heart, and My longing comes true. You are the manifestation of My love. You are the one I sent, and you are the one who comes to stand before Me and receive My blessings. In so doing, you grace Me with the blessing of you. And now you bless the world.

My love, however, does not come in pangs. I know your love is Mine always. I have no concerns about it. I do not conceive of such wonderings as: “Does My beloved child still love Me? Does he think of Me? Am I first with him?” Nor do I think: “What is My beloved thinking of now? Who is My beloved thinking of now?” Nor do I think: “Is My beloved okay?”

I do not think of any of these things because I have no need to tell Myself that all is well. I well know that all is well. No frown ever crosses My forehead.

I am at peace in the arms of love that reach everywhere.

All the beautiful lines of love in all the holy texts are the beat of My heart. Where I am, what I am, and what I say reverberate throughout the Universe. The Word has never ceased to vibrate throughout all Eternity. There is not even an all Eternity, for Eternity is of itself all. It would not be Eternity otherwise. There is no promise needed, no sanction required, no vows necessary.

When I have spoken once, the sound of My Words are the sound of My love, and love flows from heart to heart and there is no stopping the flow of My love. I call love Mine. Bear in mind that there is Oneness Alone, and you are My Oneness. All love is yours in the same manner that all love is Mine. You are Mine. I am yours. What more do We (I) want? What more could there be than the Ocean of Love and the propulsion of Love’s waves?

Waves are Eternal too. Waves do not stop flowing. Therefore, the world that you live and love in that does not exist continues to exist always in the flame of love itself.

Beloveds, any way you slice it, there is no getting away from love. Hide it, freeze it, camouflage it, repress it, stomp on it, and love comes through just the same, and love saves the day. Love is the day. Love love love, for nothing else is. The world is built on love. Your very foundation is love. Love unites, and love frees. Love takes all. Love is All.

And you, you My beloveds, even those of you who believe that you are heartless, even though you may have blocked the openness of love in your heart, you are also love, love resisted, yet love nevertheless. Your heart may pump love, and yet you cramp it, yet love is your determination. Love rules despite your make-shift disavowal of it. There is no getting around love, no matter how much you may kid yourself. Don’t tell Me that you never cry. Don’t tell Me that you never long for the love that you have squeezed shut in your heart.

Love repressed is still love. Love at a stand-still is still love. And you, despite all your efforts, are love, and love is everlasting. Pause your love all you want, yet love precedes you, and love follows you. And love brings you to Me. Yes, you may have disguised love, closed your eyes to it, but love will out, and your love will spill all over the Universe, and love is served.

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----------THE MUSIC CORNER----------

Today in the music corner, we have for you, "INIAGIGE", by Salif Keita.

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And now, as always, I'm gonna end this post with the most beautiful song in this whole, entire world.

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You have to know which agreements you want to change before you can change them.
~don Miguel Ruiz

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What is a Warrior?

I see through different eyes.

I see a bigger picture when others see only grey skies.

Though many can’t conceive it,

I stand... facing the wind.

My bravery not from fighting,

but from my strength within,

I am a Warrior.

I will walk the extra mile,

Not because I have to,

Because it’s worth my while.

I know that I am different,

When I’m standing on a crowded street.

I know the fullness of winning;

I’ve tasted the cup of defeat.

I am a Warrior.

They say I walk with ease.

Though trained for bodily harm,

My intentions are for peace.

The world may come and go,

But a different path I’ll choose.

A path I will not stray from,

No matter... Win or Lose.

If you've been in the Martial Arts for a while, you'll find many people who would like to believe in the idea that just because they practice the Martial Arts, they are some kind of Warriors.(I like to call them Wannabee Warriors).

But what exactly is a Warrior? I mean, throughout history, there have been many different types of warriors, all having different Codes of Honor that they live by (And in case you're wondering, yes, there is a Warrior Creed that I follow and try to live up to also...) . But if you really try to define what a warrior is, there seems to be no one answer to that question. In fact, there seems to be many answers, almost as many answers as people you ask.

So, what I did was provide some links to some different websites about different warriors and types of warriors throughout history. Hell, I even posted links to web sites about Dan Millman and Carlos Castaneda for you "Spiritually Aware" types. Perhaps if you look through them, you'll find a good definition of a warrior for yourself...

And for you Wannabee Warriors out there... Some of the links I put up are to Law Enforcement & Military websites. If you really want to be warriors, Check out those links and become a police officer, or go join the armed forces. They need you!!!

FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA: Silat is a collective word for indigenous martial arts of the Malay Archipelago and Malay Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Originally developed in what are now Indonesia, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore, it was also traditionally practiced in Brunei, the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. As a result, it is closely related to other Southeast Asian martial arts including krabi krabong and eskrima. Practitioners are called pesilat. The Chinese fusion of silat is known as kuntao.

There are hundreds of different styles but they tend to focus either on strikes, joint manipulation, bladed weapons, throws, animal-based techniques, or some combination thereof. Silat is one of the sports included in the Southeast Asian Games and other region-wide competitions. Training halls are overseen by separate national organizations in each of the main countries the art is practiced. These are Ikatan Pesilat Indonesia (IPSI) from Indonesia, Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Malaysia (PESAKA) from Malaysia, Persekutuan Silat Brunei Darussalam (PERSIB) from Brunei and Persekutuan Silat Singapura (PERSISI) from Singapore.

Below, I added some links to various websites and video clips so you can get a better understanding of what Silat is about.

One of the gravest disservices we have done to the people of our world is to have provided them with a poor education. We do not teach students to think.

If you do not learn to effectively process information (and it is a learned skill) then you will always be at the mercy of people promoting their favorite dogmas.

The problem is, that all kinds of people would like you to uncritically believe what they are telling you about the way the world is. Many of them pretend that such uncritical belief is "faith", which it is not.

If you do not have the tools to discover what a given person or group is really trying to sell you, then you are libel to be making some really wacky presuppositions about the world, which will in turn become the heuristics by which you operate.

About half of what we perceive as "intelligence" is the ability to process information effectively, so if you want to be "smarter" then all you have to do is improve in that area.

While this is pretty simple, it is not necessarily easy. In my experience, most people are conditioned to a way of thinking already comfortable to the individual. When a person tries to change the way they process information they run a good chance of evoking a "threat response" from within themselves.

The wonderful thing about the internet is that you have access to so much useful information. If you're reading this, then you are able to self-educate on any number of subjects to a remarkable degree, and do it almost for free.

And that's what this section is about. I added some links here so anybody with a brain can study and learn to use it.

Remember 2 things people:

"I NOT ONLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK AT ALL TIMES, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO."

"IF I DON'T THINK FOR MYSELF, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT FOR ME".

There are over 10,000 different religions in the world, 150 of which have at least 1 millions followers. Which one is the truth? "Christianity!" someone says, but even Christianity alone has over 38,000 different denominations. So which interpretation is the TRUE one?

Religion is not the anchor-point of truth. The truth always existed. Religion is man-made, meaning that the truth existed prior to both man and religion. Religion may be an effective catalyst for some individuals who desire to invest their minds into ideological association for whatever reason, but it is not a necessary nor a sufficient condition for a relationship with God, and understanding of the Creator, or the inner workings of the self.

Spirituality is not a belief. It is a state of consciousness, a mental framework with which you approach the world. Spirituality is in fact what birthed religion through the attempted organization of experience and wisdom, which ended up being the hierarchical stratification of various belief systems that we call religion.

Don't let the commitments you have to a religious belief system in your mind take you away from your natural state of Being with all things. You were a human before you learned religion. God's light existed in you before you learned this through some spiritual guru. Does this mean don't read or believe what Jesus of Buddha had to say? Of course not. Just make sure you take the time and effort to experience the rose instead of just believing in the accounts of others. This is not an attack on any religion by any means, and religion has brought many people happiness and the experience of being close to one's creator, but don't let it cause segregation away from our inherent unity.

As for my religious beliefs, well...

I'm a CHRISTIAN, in the sense that I believe that personal redemption is feasible for everyone and that universal love makes that salvation possible.

I'm a MUSLIM, in the sense that I believe that there's only 1 GOD, ans that all are equal under this one GOD. And, althought I'm not jewish, I do have a respect for JUDAISM.

I'm a BUDDHIST, in the sense that the seeds of enlightenment are within all of us as an integral part of our DNA, and that we are capable of reaching the Absolute through our own efforts.

I'm a HINDU, in the sense that I believe that GOD takes many shapes and forms to reach out to mankind.

I'm a TAOIST, in the sense that I have a total belief in the reality of Yin & Yang Energies.

And I also have a total belief in the world of spirits, and what we can learn from them, so I guess that makes me an ANIMIST.

I never want to tell someone what to think, for ones spirituality is a private matter between that person and their creator.

My goal here is only to show all of you the history and traditions of the many, many ways the people of the world have reached out to god.

Friday, November 22, 2013

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

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