Georgia Sunday Afternoon Supreme Ultimate Boxing #16

Some of my favorite guitar solos by some of the best.

Steve Vai

Michael Hampton

Buddy Guy

Unknown or if you know who this is please let me know

Real or Unreal…Is it really petty?

Photo by www.artofimagination.org/Pages/Stanton.html  -  Yemaya

“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. “

Yeshua-Matthew 5:23-24 

While surfing the blogshere I came across this site.  The post was interesting however,  one sided.  It brought to mind the above passage spoken by Yeshua to his disciples, and how to “get right with God” as some prefer to call what Yeshua meant by presenting one’s gift at the altar.   I fully understand everyone is not a Christian, including myself, but there are universal truths that coalesce along all faiths and religions of which we can gain wisdom and understanding.   As I read the post I couldn’t help but see that the writer was intent upon defending her friend “Candy” rather than looking at the big picture. 

Clearly, their mutual friend, “Lollipop” had hurt feelings and often hurt feelings can  explode into a shouting match.  And, surely if these ladies “Candy” and “Lollipop” are friends as Arielle says, then it seems to me “Candy” would have forewarned “Lollipop” of her intentions not to include her in the activity because ”Candy”  ”had not figured out how to include her”.   Even if “Candy” hurt “Lollipop’s”  feelings when telling her she would not participate in this particular activity,   she would have known her position.

If “Candy” ,”Lollipop” and Arielle were to observe the above passage, observe their minds and the actions that led up to the yelling, the actions during the yelling and the ending results they may come to a different conclusion about what is petty and what is not.  It could be that what appears to be petty on the surface may be hiding a deeper sense of pain that had little to do with “Lollipop’s” non inclusion in the activity, but more of a sense of a loss of being included as a real and true friend.

All too often in the defense of ourselves, friends or family we will see only the things that matter for our or their defense and not the full picture.  From the passage above, Yeshua is seemingly showing that it’s just as or more important to maintain and retain a relationship with our friends as a first rung of a step to attaining and maintaining a relationship with the Great Spirit.  Without this there can be no real relationship with The Most High.  I would say to “Candy”, “Lollipop” and Arielle examine what your relationships really are.  If they are not true and real, then sever what you have or rearrange what you may have to fit how you really feel about each other and act accordingly.  Then come back and present your gift  to your God.

New Technology vs Old Techonolgy

My daughters and their friends were having a conversation that began when daughter KD said “I hate Dreamweaver!!!” Daughter M responded with “huh?” Friend L said “didn’t Chris Rock just make a movie about that???” But, KD sharply retorted “I’m working on my website silly.” Friend R then said, “yeah KD, I know what you’re talking about because we are masters of technology.” Humph, I thought. Technology is certainly the order of the day, but, technology as we understand it seems to be restricted to machines, their programs and their functions.

Machines created by human beings have now somehow become revered or at least believed, on a certain level to be more remarkable or powerful than its human creators. How have we come to this? The creation is greater than the creator? Our creations are merely extensions of our own minds and bodies. When I was studying the external forms for Kung fu, my teacher taught us, during weapons training, that the weapon should be viewed as an extension of our own appendage. So, if you were working with a dagger, sword, saber or a staff it was taught that the weapon is basically assimilated to us, not us to the weapon. Today, we are allowing ourselves to be assimilated by the creation.

Our masters of technology, master the inner workings of the creation but, rarely give thought to the notion that the body, the human body, is a creation to be mastered or brought into a type of stasis where the mind and body function at their highest peak together. Not, just the ability master certain athletic achievements like running a marathon or hitting a homerun. But, the ability to maintain a certain level of mindfulness, suppleness, and non rigidity in movement along with breath and meditation. This is a kind of mental/physical technology that is indeed being widely overlooked.

I would certainly love to hear a conversation about the ability to master ones breath or mind to hold meditation during tempestuous times. I would love to hear the masters of technology discussing the benefits of softness and flexibility in the body and how they have learned to become soft and flexible of mind and able overcome physical obstacles from the flexibility of their minds. Yes KD and R are masters of technology but, of only half of what technology really is.

Work ethics and healthcare

Recently, I’ve been thinking about ethics in the work place.  It’s actually been mulling around in my head for quite sometime.  At my own place of business I’ve noticed what appears to be an increase of poor work ethics or maybe in the position I hold I am able to see it more clearly than I have before.  I understand that it may be human nature for people to take the easy way out of things, take the path of least resistance in life,  but, when it comes to your job is there really room for such short cuts?  Especially when we hold a position that directly affects the public.  Now, my job doesn’t include the health of an individual, but it does involve their finances.  When there is something I can do, within job guidelines, to satisfy a customer and the resolution presents a win win situation for the customer and the company, its done!  No matter how difficult the situation, or even if it appears to be beyond my scope of knowledge, I work to satisfy that customer. 

However,  recently I have become aware of so many of my co-workers that will shovel work under the mat, lay it aside and down right forget to follow up and never attend to the customer’s need.  This presents a problem that often grows like an untreated cancer and spreads until the situation is rectified.  Even, since my father passed a year ago, my mother has had to deal with banks, insurance companies and many other business entities and it has been astonishing to find how much incompetence she has had to deal with on several occasions.  And like my job many of these people have been on the job for 2-5 years working in the same capacity.  

This lack of competence or lack of ethical behavior, or maybe a combination of both, concerns me deeply when we begin to speak of healthcare in the U.S..  People are the same whether we are speaking of healthcare or banking and those that would seek short cuts in banking maybe the same personality that will seek short cuts while working in the healthcare field.   The person that arrives to work with heavy personal burdens at a financial institution can be the same personality that arrives at a hospital for work.  Yet, worse are those that willfully give lesser attention to a patient when they know they could do more. 

As the healthcare debate rages on, I hear little talk about improving work conditions for the healthcare workers.  I don’t know what checks and balances are in place to protect the patient, but I know as long as humans seek the path of least resistance, there is no guarantee that the healthcare you receive will be competent compassionate healthcare.  Unlike most sciences, medical practice is as much an art as it is a science.   And, art requires a certain level of  sensitivity.

Georgia Sunday Afternoon Supreme Ultimate Boxing #15

Tai Chi is the playing of energies.   Please check out this video of Sifu Bruce Frantzis expression of these energies.  The sifu is able to produce these energies after living through a horrific auto accident.

What is the Supreme Ultimate?

This s a question that’s ages old, as old as the oldest human fossil on Earth.  I suppose then, The Supreme Ultimate is ageless.  Without age or time.  The Great Ridgepole.  Indeterminate, as described by Chou Tun-i.  Maybe working so hard to describe the indescribable could be in itself a futile act.  There are somethings that cannot be described, cannot be bound to a word or words.  Somethings have to be experienced, felt from within.  I have read many thesis’ that attempt to explain the Supreme Ultimate.  I love reading them, they seem to touch on the truths we all understand from our own experiences, mostly while playing Tai Chi.  But, as I read these explainations I know there is so much more that cannot be put into words.  Maybe the Supreme Ultimate is never to be fully explained in words?   How can one explain what is in itself inexplicable, but at the same time potentially explains all?

Georgia Sunday Afternoon SupremeUltimate Boxing #14

In part 6, Dr. Sebi speaks about his experience in Africa and his attempts to bring the cure of AIDS to African countries and even Brazil.  Dr. Sebi also speaks about his contact with Michael Jackson.

Part 7, Dr. Sebi speaks about his meeting with Black congressional leaders including Jessie Jackson Jr, John Conyers and Sheila Jackson-Lee.

Fotos of the homegrown!

Georgia Sunday Afternoon Supremeultimate Boxing #13

We continue with Dr. Sebi…

 

 

Georgia Sunday Afternoon SupremeUltimate Boxing #12

Dr. Sebi continues speaking on nutrition and health.  He describes his subsequent arrest, trial and win in the New York state Supreme court.  We continue the series.