John Kevin's Journal: HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

Saturday, November 8, 2014

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

WASSUP FAMILY!!!

DEAR DIARY: Last Night, I went to 1st Friday Artwalk in the Bixby Knolls section of Long Beach!
,br>Here's some pioctures from that event:

And here's the capoeira Cordao De Ouro Group having their monthly street roda...

Well, I had a pretty good time, and it was a good start into the weekend!

HUMANITY'S TEAM

Is your life being guided by destiny or is it a product of your choices? This question has been debated for centuries, and there seems to be no definitive answer. Some people say that your life path is determined by a contract made prior to birth, so that even your time of death is predetermined. Others say that your life is created by your choices on a moment-to-moment basis and your entire world is your own creation, whether done consciously or subconsciously.

It seems the world we inhabit rarely involves black and white, yes or no answers, but often there is a mix that makes our choices interesting and challenging. Perhaps we have come in with a life purpose. How do we know it and how soon in life do we connect with it? Don’t many people choose to avoid their true purpose while settling for a life of so-called comfort and stability? Personally, I feel we come in with a destined purpose; however, our choices create our life. We can either discover, embrace, and do everything to accomplish our purpose, or we can hide and try to avoid it. Nothing seems to be predetermined, yet when you choose to follow your purpose it seems that destiny takes over and guides you toward that purpose in a mystical and miraculous way.

¿Tu vida está guiada por el destino o es el resultado de tus elecciones? Esta cuestión ha sido objeto de debate desde hace siglos, y no parece haber una respuesta definitiva. Algunos dicen que el camino de tu vida está determinado por un contrato hecho antes de nacer, por lo que está predeterminado incluso el momento de tu muerte. Otros dicen que tu vida es creada por las decisiones que tomas en cada momento y todo tu mundo es tu propia creación, ya sea que la hagas consciente o inconscientemente.

Parece que el mundo que habitamos rara vez implica respuestas de blanco o negro, sí o no, sino que a menudo hay una mezcla, que hace nuestras elecciones interesantes y desafiantes. Tal vez hayamos venido con un propósito de vida. ¿Cómo lo podemos conocer y en qué momento de la vida nos conectamos con él? ¿No optan acaso muchas personas por evitar su verdadero propósito, conformándose con una vida de lo que llamamos comodidad y estabilidad? Personalmente, siento que hemos venido con un propósito destinado para nosotros, sin embargo, nuestras elecciones crean nuestra vida. Podemos descubrir, aceptar y hacer todo lo posible por lograr nuestro propósito, o podemos esconderlo y tratar de evitarlo. Nada parece estar predeterminado, sin embargo, cuando decides seguir tu propósito, parece como si el destino se haciera cargo y te guiara hacia ese propósito de una manera mística y milagrosa.

--Ted Murray
FROM HUMANITY'S TEAM
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And now folks, I have to show you something I find very disturbing.

Published on Nov 7, 2014
Russell Brand The Trews (E185).
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now, I have a little science treat for ya. Last night at the artwalk, there was this guy making tese really cool bubbles... well, this morning, this video on how to make those bubbles came up on my Facebook Newsfeed.

Check it out!

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Now, I'm gonna end this blog with the most beautiful song in the whole, entire world.

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Just like hell, heaven is a place that exists within our mind. It is a place of joy, a place where we are happy, where we are free to love and be who we really are.
~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, November 8, 2014

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!

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