John Kevin's Journal: IT'S A BRAND NEW YEAR!!!

Friday, January 2, 2015

IT'S A BRAND NEW YEAR!!!

"It's all part of a giant cosmic joke, your higher self is laughing at yourself, not in fun but because it already sees the good things coming, we must experience pain/loss/heartbreak/loneliness to clear blockages by overcoming emotional/spiritual/and physical challenges. It's easy for us humans to sit around in the 'I/me/my' space and fuss over all the things that are not going as 'we (I/me/my)' planned it, but remember if you really go into your heart and breathe into your 'I AM' presence, you will notice that the real you is ONLY LOVE. You are only love. Say this seven times in the mirror. "I AM ONLY LOVE"....when you come to this understanding, everything falls into place because you are resonating at YOUR personal truest harmonic frequency and the universe can't do anything but unfold for you. You are the key to your life, your love, your breathe, your truth, your happiness."
YOGI MAGIK

WASSUP FAMILY!!!

DEAR DIARY:

Well, we're here! as of Today, it's Jan. 2nd, 2015. The holiday season's over, and things are getting back to "normal". Of course, we all have different definitions of what "normal" is...

I was gonna do a week of those countdown to the new year blogs this week, but my internet was down most of this week and I couldn't do that... So here's a poor substitute. Here's Google's search year in review:

Published on Dec 15, 2014
In 2014 we searched trillions of times. What do these searches say about us? Explore the Year in Search http://www.google.com/2014 and follow the conversation on #YearInSearch

Watch past Year in Search videos: http://goo.gl/LXA4nQ

Soundtrack is ‘Divinity’, by Porter Robinson Porter Robinon's new album 'Worlds' is available on Google Play: http://goo.gl/q6ljz4

Nicky Minaj's new album 'The Pinkprint' is available on Google Play: http://goo.gl/utOZxd
HBO’s Game of Thrones is available on Google Play (not all countries are eligible): http://goo.gl/xOgofr

Credits:
Two people hugging: Dida Mulder
Boy with 3D Printed hand: E-NABLE/RIT University News/RIT MAGIC Center
Ebola doctors and patients: Plan International
Perth passenger train footage: vision courtesy of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
Malala Yousafzai collecting the Nobel Peace Prize: Nobel Media AB
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And, because it's funny, I posted this for ya:

Now, the biggest thing that happened to me in 2014 is that I started formally taking Capoeira classes. So, I'm gonna tell you a little bit about that, right after this message from Humanity's Team:

HUMANITY'S TEAM

We are born naked. Our mission is to shine the vulnerability and beauty of that simple, miraculous fact. We are given all we need, we are equipped to live our finest lives by the very nature of who and what we are. We are Divine Incarnate, no need for masks or layers under which to hide. We are complete, we have always been so and so shall we remain. While we may gather temporary material and energy wardrobes on life's journey...one brilliant and pure fact remains..under all that...we are still naked and that naked truth of God manifest into form is our greatest feat of all. We are born naked...and already a success!

Nacemos desnudos. Nuestra misión es resaltar la vulnerabilidad y belleza de este hecho simple pero milagroso. Todo lo que necesitamos se nos ha dado, estamos equipados para vivir nuestras vidas de forma óptima simplemente por la sola naturaleza de quienes y que somos. Somos la Divinidad encarnada, no hay necesidad de máscaras ó capas bajo las cuales escondernos. Estamos completos, siempre lo hemos estado y así permaneceremos. Aun cuando recolectemos cosas materiales y atuendos energéticos durante nuestra jornada de vida….bajo todo esto…un hecho brillante y puro permanece…estamos desnudos y esa verdad desnuda, Dios manifestado en forma, es nuestro más grande logro. ¡Nacemos desnudos…y ya esto significa éxito!

-- Danae Shanti
FROM HUMANITY'S TEAM
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So, I thought I'd take this time to show you guys what a typical Sunday Class at Griffith Park is like for me. so, here's some pictures of all the bus stops, train stops, etc. I take to go to Griffith Park:

...And here we are at Griffith Park. I like to get there an hour early or so, and talk to people, exercise a little bit, or just sit & chill. This is a very beautiful park, a small slice of nature in the middle of a huge urban landscape...

And what happens when class gets started? Well, many things...

The class lasts 3 hours. For the 1st hour, there's a music class where we learn to play the berimbau, the pandeiro, and the other instruments, and we learn new songs.

Then for the other 2 hours, we have movement training, where we learn ginga, negativa, kicks, and other movements, with a small Roda at the end of class, where we put it all together.

I love this class, done outside in different kinds of weather, etc. Capoeira belongs outside, with different people feeding you energy. It makes me so happy when I see families, couples children, etc. watching us, and when people come up to talk to us about what we're doing...

Even though my knee, hip, or one of my ankles sometimes hurts like hell, or my left pinkie from holding the berimbau. But that's O.K., because none of those are injuries, that's just my weakness leaving my body. Even when it takes 3 or days to do so...

And let's not forget the adventures we had outside of class:

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I wholeheartedly thank my teacher Charles Williams, and my new Capoeira Brothers and sisters Daniel, Ian, Tope, Rachel, Alan, Substance, Brad, Liz, & Jelani, and to the amazing people I met so far on this journey, Thomas Adair, Bujao Coy, & Lizzie Mora, for the lessons, the memories, the love, and the AXE.

And I'm really looking forward to learning, sharing and building with all of you this coming year.

And... just in case you're wondering what Charles does when he's not a phenominal Capoeira teacher?

Check it out:

Published on May 21, 2014
Solsinmotion is a life, fitness and linguistic coaching service. The aim is to help people live happier, fulfilling and loving lives. Solsinmotion implements the B.A.D strategy (Belive, Act, Do) to assist clients with accessing the authenticity of their higher selves. There are millions of strategies, but what makes this works is its simplicity. Our bodies are our temples, and for it to achieve maximum efficiency it needs the balance of mind, body and soul. Solsinmotion B.A.D strategy will help you achieve positive results in all three areas.
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So, what am I doing this weekend?

Now tomorrow after class at the AGAPE center, I plan to go to this event:
CAPOEIRA EXCHANGE PART III: NEW YEAR EDITION. Its going down from 12 to 2:00pm at L.A. Union Station. The movement is spreading and capoeira exchange and similar events are happening all over. Lets keep the good axe going.

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And after that, I'm going down to the OC to COLOUR MY ENERGY, JAN. EDITION:

I'm really looking forward to these events I'll tell you all about how they were in a couple of days.

Now this is my favorite Capoeira movie. Since the story is set around the time of New Year, I think it's a good time to post it.

Check it out!

Published on Jul 1, 2012
This film was produced with a 0$ budget to gain investor interest in the following films.
Share if you dig! Directed & Written by Kamal Robinson(ReDef.)
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http://www.facebook.com/fightdancesing
FightDanceSing.com

FiGHT DANCE SiNG: A Capoeirista's story, is a fun, first of its kind "online movie", centered around the action packed fast changing life of New York city native Junie Lachman.
Junie is reaching the point in his life where just surviving day by day isn't cutting it. But it takes life's own special blend of events to force him to do something about it. Junie is forced to face death, deal with an unexpected house guest, and fight for his life. The only thing that "holds him down" through it all is his passion for the urban martial art of Capoeira.

The film is written and directed by Will Smith's Mentee and former on-set assistant, Kamal Robinson(I AM LEGEND, HANCOCK). The film also features HIp-Hop's own classic figure Dres(Black Sheep) as the film's main antagonist.

The film has a rocking' original hip-hop soundtrack produced by Eli Brame, Ayo, the Killer Kidz and more.

Thank you/Obrigado/Merci/Gracias
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"Ballot or Bullet" by BLM (Google Play • eMusic • iTunes • AmazonMP3)
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Allright, I gotta show y'all this: At work on New Year's Eve, me and the homies at work were all laughing our ASSES off when we saw this video.

You'll see why when you check it out:

Now, I'm gonna end this blog with my teacher playing some capoeira on the mountain, with the most beautiful song in the whole, entire world, playing in the background.

If any of you out there are interested in learning Capoeira, Mr williams teaches at THE AGAPE CENTER @ 5700 Buckingham Parkway Culver City, CA 90230 on Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30, and on Sundays, he teaches at Griffith Park, across the street from the golf course, near the Greek Theatre, on Vermont Canyon Road going up towards the Observatory.

Come join us!

When your attention is in the present moment, you aren't carrying the burdens of the past.
~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, January 2, 2015

IT'S A BRAND NEW YEAR!!!

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