Archive for June, 2008
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Mind Games
Pay attention! Live in the moment! All that exists is an illusion. Are all we see, hear and do really an illusion? Or are we being deceived by the illumined? Scientists using electron microscopes can find nothing substantial so what are we standing on? Our belief system has many rules and requirements but do not [...]
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
B, B S., gone!
The “blue belt slump or BBS as the title indicates is not physical at all, it’s mental. I’ll explain it this way: I watched the U.S. Open golf tournament yesterday and it all fell into place. Rocco Mediate who finished his 72 holes first and was on his way to becoming the first player over [...]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
WHY and the Blue belt slump
Why! My mentor once told me this was the most important word in our language. I say that the second most important word may be “how.” Why something works or how it works is worth knowing. Then again the “how” may not matter as long as you “can.” This makes for an interesting thought equation. [...]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
The Blue Belt Slump
One of my black belt students commented the other day about a nemesis which surfaces from time to time. It was an old conversation revisited and it goes like this; If you practice a martial art long enough you will hit a plateau and cannot seem to improve. George Leonard contributed a whole chapter to [...]
