John Kevin's Journal: HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

Saturday, May 10, 2014

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

Today, I Dance Lightly With Life.
~Jonathan-Lockwood Huie

HI FAMILY!!!

DEAR DIARY: Welcome to MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND!!! Well, since it looks so nice out this morning, I think I'll go down to Venice Beach/Santa Monica today.I hope I see AMY MAY perform on the Promenade today...

I know I said this last week, but I'll talk more about her in the near future.

The very near future.

HUMANITY'S TEAM

Oneness is the energy of love that lies within and connects all of life, enabling us to recognize ourselves in everything.

The universe is one being and we are its cells, all essential and responsible for the well-being of the whole.

--Oneness Statement created by Humanity’s Team Global Council in May, 2010 in Delphi Greece

La Unidad es la energía de amor que yace dentro y conecta toda la vida, permitiéndonos reconocernos a nosotros mismos en todas las cosas.

El universo es un ser y nosotros somos sus células, todos esenciales y responsables por el bienestar de la totalidad.

--Declaración de Unidad creada por el Concilio Global del Equipo de la Humanidad en Mayo, 2010 en Delphi Grecia
FROM HUMANITY'S TEAM
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Well my friends, TODAY IS SATURDAY, which means it's time for another amazing episode of ASK TEAL WITH TEAL SWAN.

Teal Swan is an extrasensory, esoteric who writes and teaches about spirituality, the meaning of life, and the road to health and happiness. You can find out more about her at her website: http://www.tealswan.com

Published on May 3,
Subscribe to Weekly Podcast of Tea Time With Teal here: http://thespiritualcatalyst.us6.list-...

The self-help community and the spiritual community is littered with people whose needs were not met by their primary caregivers and by successive relationships in their life. After all, look at the word self-help. One only turns to self-help when there is no one else there to help them, but themselves.

It is very easy for people who have been forced into a position of self-sufficiency to use spiritual truths to bypass this original pain in their lives and use that suppressed grief to justify a state of avoidance to attaching to and depending on others. This belief blinds them to the truth of interdependence and it prevents them from seeing the bigger picture. A bigger picture where the universe is trying to provide us with the opportunity to heal our relationship with ourselves by mirroring the pain contained within our relationship with ourselves through our relationship with others...instead of trying to push us into a state of independent self-sufficiency. What we need to enable people to find is not independence, it is self trust and symbiosis.
Ask Teal Website - http://www.askteal.com
Kuan Yin's Mantra (c) 2002 Lisa Thiel - used by permission http://www.sacreddream.com
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Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. - Margaret Mead

SUPERSTARS

Amidst the sea of faces, one stood out- that of the superstar destined for greatness not because of some strange alignment of the stars, but because of all that made him who he was.

SUPERSTAR:
one who is unique and beautiful both inside and out; a bright-shining and/or lovely thing to behold

O.K., as I have said before, whenever I go out to Hollywood, I go to that big outdoor mall at HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND, and buy a Cookies and Cream smoothie at D'Lush.

Just so you know, if anyone out there is planning to go out to Hollywood, you gotta go to D'lush. Their service is INCREDIBLE, and they make the ABSOLUTE BEST drinks and shakes in Southern California, NO DOUBT. Anyway, after I get my smoothie, I take a long look at the Hollywood sign, and I pray.

And I ALWAYS pray for the same thing. I pray for all the many people from all over the world who come out here to make their dreams come true.

In all the times I've been in the Hollywood area, I've never met any "famous celebrities". But I have met some SUPERSTARS.

And today, I want to talk about one of them.

Guys, say hello to AMY MAY.

As you can see, Amy May is an amazing singer/songwriter from the UK. She regularly performs at the 3rd street promenade in Santa Monica.

Below is Amy's music video, where she performs her song "REAL", which was featured in the hit show, ONE TREE HILL.

Like I just said, Amy reguarly performs at the 3rd street promenade in Santa Monica, Ca. And personally, whenever I go out there, I don't consider it a good trip unless I get to see her performance. So if you happen to be over there, be sure to check her out, leave a tip, and buy her albums.

The song below is called, "I'M YOUR GIRL." It's one of my favorites.

If you want to know more about Amy May annd her music, check out her website, www.amymaymusic.com

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

------------CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT------------

~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.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

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