For me – I know we are all born equally creative beings and are meant to expand and stretch ourselves to our fullest – there is just no question about it in my mind. I look at plants, trees and animals as expressions of that same creative force as we humans are made up off – and no tree settles, it grows as high and wide as it can bearing as much fruit as it can, growing strong for the winters, blossoms fully in the summer – same with animals, they run as fast as they can, grow as strong as they can, sharpening their senses, develop every fiber in their bodies on the sole purpose they are here for – they don’t have the ‘settle’ mechanism installed in them like we have developed. Either they grow or they die – there is no status quo. And they actually will die once they can’t grow anymore – mother nature consumes them soon after.

In our day and age we have developed a system, where we (humans) can survive (but not thrive) even though we stop growing our bodies, minds and spirits… and in the last decades even found a way to sedate ourselves with drugs, alcohol, tobacco and all kinds of junk until the point where we’re sleepwalking around like the living dead, in jobs we only do because of the pay – hoping it will bring a (false) sense of security…. while what it mostly does, is keep us locked down into a negative spiral. Deluding ourselves into believing, we can buy our way out with the money we earn… Until one day we either get fed up wit having the fear holding us back and break free – or get really sick, because we accept living with the limitation the fear puts upon our ability to express, what something inside feels we are really here for….After that we slowly wither away, as the spirit can not use us for it’s greater purpose anymore… Yes, I do believe there is a purpose bigger than what we as individuals form for ourselves, but that is another thread…

There is no question either for me, that what what said earlier is true – 90% or probably more are just pure ego based nonsense dressed as fear holding us back from claiming what is rightfully ours to take! And I know from first hand experience that we can move through it, and use it to our advantage as someone posted earlier – it can be learned and mastered like anything else. You just got to do more work on yourself, than you do on your job!

As for the metaphor with inhaling in water – I don’t think you can say fear is like water. You will die from inhaling water – you can never die from moving through your mental fear – there are two things that can happen if you do – either the fear is still there and then you probably haven’t REALLY confronted it. But if you choose to do so, the fear will most likely dissolve itself! Still uncertain? Ask any martial art expert engaging in full contact. At sometime or another, he was probably too afraid of getting hit by his opponent to engage in it – but he probably isn’t fearful in the same way today. If he was, my guess would be you couldn’t do the full contact things, he would have to to earn his rank… He may still have a tinging feeling in his body, but it is not fear – probably more like excitement – have you noticed by the way how close those two sensations are? Sometimes we too early mistake one for another… But my guess would be, that he has moved beyond his initial fear, and learned to control it in that given situation. Now there may be other situations in life where fear shows up at your doorstep, but they can be mastered just like that one… Just need to train yourself! And if you see clearly, you know you can dissolve it when you have done it once – or maybe twice for the slow learners… :)

So every time it shows up you know it’s just means “time to work” and dance with it, instead of giving in to it!

Don’t settle!
Don’t tiptoe in security till you die!
Live full out,
Express your true gift and
Give everything you’ve got on the things you dedicate yourself to!
Learn to see yourself clearly,
Get proper advice from somebody who can “see you”,
Find somebody who masters what you want to do already,
Take trainings,
Find a peergroup you can join with likeminded people
Choose wisely

- but all the while -

Shine with Everything You’ve Got –
Make the World come Alive by Being the True You!

Now does this text say something about me and my personality type – you bet it does! And you are more than welcome to read between the lines and tell me what you see, as I have no fear in that regard… maybe you see something I don’t, and we would all benefit from that! Not claiming to be anything or anyone – just telling you how the world is to me! Sleep tight and remember – there as here is just a dream – so why make it a nightmare, if you really can choose yourself….??? :)

What I explicitly like about this movie is, that is doesn’t leave you feeling helpless or hopeless – rather it just says it like it says – and then urge the leader within us all to make it better! So – let’s!

Watch the entire movie in High-def on Youtube here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

Here’s an outtake from the HOME website -

“We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand”

HOME official website
http://www.home-2009.com

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To prove it, Stuart filmed the extreme lifestyle of a body builder / fitness model by becoming one himself. He even entered a bodybuilding contest to see if he could measure up! As the contest closes in, Stu’s fat levels hover near 4-6% and he’s still overweight. The pressure causes him to break down mentally, emotionally but somehow he presses on to win 2nd place in the Michigan State Bodybuilding Championships!

Living normally with single digit bodyfat levels is the illusion that makes the fitness industry rich while we continually buy useless products hoping the next thing we purchase will make us lose fat faster, appear sexier and look like the guy in the ad.

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Sometimes, some of us fall into the trap to think “life should have no problems”… Yet most of us only musters the necessary force to break free once we get good enough problems to stimulate us to use our full resources and tap into our real potential – then we learn how to deal effectively with what we thought were our problems… only to find there are more problems behind that… :)

It is one of my core beliefs, that not only are problems good for you – but you need them!

You need them to continually develop and expand yourself into becoming even more than you were before.

Take a look at Nick teaching this lesson in his own unique way.

Thank you Morten for sharing this – if you know Morten, he sounds like a guy who should show up for my next workshop – tell him! :)

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You can find the original post at his own blog lundxy.com

Listen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycFQDydwG7Y

Tom is the founder of “The Ultimate Black Belt Test“

“The most innovative and revolutionary black belt test / teacher training / curriculum development program in the martial arts world. The program is for serious practitioners and career martial artists who are willing to take their martial arts “out of the dojo – and into the world.”

Inspiration

“A sense of mission, beyond profit, beyond image, beyond “agenda,” and beyond anything but a call to duty is, I believe, THE factor to search for if you want to work (in a martial arts school, red.) and feel like you’re doing something important – and for the world.“

http://www.powerofattitudemovie.com/