I've now been in Warwick, RI for over a month. It's been the best time ever. As I have realized how important it is to live in a disciplined environment. I begin my days with an hour of practicing the principles I have been taught. I eat a light breakfast then I practice the form until I feel I have accomplished what I need to accomplish at that moment.
Every day only gets better.
Today I woke up at 6am and plan the day accordingly. I plan on training in the morning then heading to Newport Beach to meet some fellows who were at the Tree of Life in Arizona when I was there.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Day 12; New Information
Today I woke up a little bit on the late side around 9:30AM. I started my day off with doing some sitting and then doing a position for one hour while. I was told to do this position for one hour for a formulae time period and exactness and i will achieve a higher level of understanding of something. I had practiced all day took a walk and did some research on what i categorize as "new hope" and then did some consulling volunteer for for the National Kidney Foundation. After that I put in two hours of volunteer work for the Raw Film and Food Fesival that is going to be held in Ottawa in the fall just making some calls to vendors to see if they are interested in being a part of this opportunity.
After that I received a small lesson at 4:00Pm which I payed close attention to details and then moved on. he told me one thing which was i told him how do you avoid being greedy. He said he gave all that up because greed leads to desires and desires lead to an ego. he said live with what is minimal then when you get something unexpected it will be like a 'wow.'
I think learning thi has been a great experience thus far and I never want to let go of something I want. i am making steps towards possibly setting myself up and residing.
After that I received a small lesson at 4:00Pm which I payed close attention to details and then moved on. he told me one thing which was i told him how do you avoid being greedy. He said he gave all that up because greed leads to desires and desires lead to an ego. he said live with what is minimal then when you get something unexpected it will be like a 'wow.'
I think learning thi has been a great experience thus far and I never want to let go of something I want. i am making steps towards possibly setting myself up and residing.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Day 7
Mr. Brooks was out the day teaching his other students. I stayed at home and practiced for three hours in total over the course of the day. I can feel my body getting stronger and strength building up.
I was reading the Yang Family Secret Transmissions it is in a sense Mr. Brooks bloodline of beign passed the skills of tai chi. Most importantly i read that you must practice faithfully for three years to see results. "Ta-chi ch'aun was not created merely to brawl with ruffians. Rather, the Immortal, Chang Sang-Feng, invented this soft martial art as an aid to maintaining good health. Those who are interested in health and self-discipline, eliminating illnesses and lengthening years, whether men of letters, in poor health, as well as old people, the young and the women, all may study. We might say that the key to health and self-discipline lies in following and preserving weakness"
There is no clear studies done with disease and in more concentration on kidney disease that tai chi has the influence of repairing and rejuvenating. I believe it is quite clear that it has some subtle energies to it that are unknown to the people who are not involved but are known to the people practicing faithfully.
I was reading the Yang Family Secret Transmissions it is in a sense Mr. Brooks bloodline of beign passed the skills of tai chi. Most importantly i read that you must practice faithfully for three years to see results. "Ta-chi ch'aun was not created merely to brawl with ruffians. Rather, the Immortal, Chang Sang-Feng, invented this soft martial art as an aid to maintaining good health. Those who are interested in health and self-discipline, eliminating illnesses and lengthening years, whether men of letters, in poor health, as well as old people, the young and the women, all may study. We might say that the key to health and self-discipline lies in following and preserving weakness"
There is no clear studies done with disease and in more concentration on kidney disease that tai chi has the influence of repairing and rejuvenating. I believe it is quite clear that it has some subtle energies to it that are unknown to the people who are not involved but are known to the people practicing faithfully.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Day 6
I woke up around 9AM.
I began to practice immediately. I did sitting for one hour in the sunlight and then proceeded on to practice the foundations I have been taught. Once i finished with my practice about 90 minutes i was invited to go to the store with my teacher. I asked Steve many questions in the car. the most interesting conversation was when he told me he was going to tell me a secret that his teacher told him. He told me that you cannot get something if you do not ask for it. I have asked for certain things and they have been given to me. He told me a story how he needed to go to NYC every weekend to do training and every weekend he needed to find a ride or transportation when he was in "poverty." One of his wifes relatives I believe he said just retired as a conductor on the train. At retirement they are given a golden pass. This pass allows you to travel anywhere in the USA on train for free. Through some sort of energy that pass landed in his hands and he was able to get to NYC with no hassles. Another important not he told me that too many people are on the pursuit of money. Tai Chi teachers are not rich. I asked him if he has ever been on vacation. He said I am always on vacation.
When we got back from the store I ate the best salad ever and some flax seed bread. Then I proceeded onto my lesson.
Lesson
I started of with what I learned prior. Holding the positions as long as I could to strengthen my body. By the end of only 15-20 minutes of that I was sweating and ready to throw in the towel. However, I would never do that as this is only going to help myself I'm doing this for myself and I want to live the best life ever in the best health ever. After that Steve taught me more to the movement. And I did it over and over learning a new step each time. i asked him do i have to start from the beginning each time. he is like yes it only takes you 20s to do it, wait till you finish the movement; The whole movement is apparently twenty minutes long. It was a great training session. By the end of the hour I went upstairs and went to bed . I woke up an hour later and grabbed a glass of water. I then went of for a walk to see the scenery. I walked for about ninety minutes and then went back to the house. It was a great day so far I still have one more hour of practice I am going to do tonight then off to bed.
I began to practice immediately. I did sitting for one hour in the sunlight and then proceeded on to practice the foundations I have been taught. Once i finished with my practice about 90 minutes i was invited to go to the store with my teacher. I asked Steve many questions in the car. the most interesting conversation was when he told me he was going to tell me a secret that his teacher told him. He told me that you cannot get something if you do not ask for it. I have asked for certain things and they have been given to me. He told me a story how he needed to go to NYC every weekend to do training and every weekend he needed to find a ride or transportation when he was in "poverty." One of his wifes relatives I believe he said just retired as a conductor on the train. At retirement they are given a golden pass. This pass allows you to travel anywhere in the USA on train for free. Through some sort of energy that pass landed in his hands and he was able to get to NYC with no hassles. Another important not he told me that too many people are on the pursuit of money. Tai Chi teachers are not rich. I asked him if he has ever been on vacation. He said I am always on vacation.
When we got back from the store I ate the best salad ever and some flax seed bread. Then I proceeded onto my lesson.
Lesson
I started of with what I learned prior. Holding the positions as long as I could to strengthen my body. By the end of only 15-20 minutes of that I was sweating and ready to throw in the towel. However, I would never do that as this is only going to help myself I'm doing this for myself and I want to live the best life ever in the best health ever. After that Steve taught me more to the movement. And I did it over and over learning a new step each time. i asked him do i have to start from the beginning each time. he is like yes it only takes you 20s to do it, wait till you finish the movement; The whole movement is apparently twenty minutes long. It was a great training session. By the end of the hour I went upstairs and went to bed . I woke up an hour later and grabbed a glass of water. I then went of for a walk to see the scenery. I walked for about ninety minutes and then went back to the house. It was a great day so far I still have one more hour of practice I am going to do tonight then off to bed.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Day 4: RISD
I woke up around 9AM.
Did some practice while Steve had another student training. I am currently awaiting a ride to go to a symposium with David Wolfe a world renown raw foodist and the owner of SunFood Nutrition.
The Conference was at the Rhode Island School of Design. The name of the conference was on "Cracking the Chocolate Code" It was an amazing conference on the astonishing truth about the world's greatest food cacao. He shared alot of his intuition about nutrition and during the break they had chocolate shakes. I got a shake. The best chocolate shake I have ever had. I mean David Wolfe lives on chocolate and I can see why. If I could make Cacao Shakes like the ones he sold for $10 I would be all over it too. The conference was great I felt very lucky to hear David Wolfe talk as he is a superfood nutritional prophet in his industry. He is a doer a entrepreneur at best. So after the conference Brad Rao a guy I met is Reno, NV at the Peak Performance training who lives at the Tree of Life in Patagonia, AZ happened to be in town for this conference. He let me know that there was a after party being held for David Wolfe up the street. So we kept that it mind and swayed of towards Whole Foods for a bit to eat before we headed to the party.
The party was awesome they had homemade cacao chocolates, cacao chocolate cheesecake, and off course no alcohol is served at raw foodist parties there was fuji water instead. So I capitalized on this party as I believe okay theres David Wolfe here who has the biggest market share on superfoods, raw foods, cacao in the world. So i began to talk to David Wold about the banking industry and the financial world we live in. I told him that okay now there Michael Jordan whos the superstar of basketball, theres a Tiger Woods, and there this guy George Soros who no one really commends who made $1B in a 12hr period in the currency market. It was a wow moment! me and David Wolfe hit it off he starts getting into his up and coming products and shares his vast knowledge on what he wants to do. He explains that currently as he sees it theres you three guys Mohammed, Chris, and Brad who could be the investors in what I speak. he has some great products on his shoulder that could definitely come out and monopolize the nutritional industry as well as the electronic industry (yes seriously!) i was really excited that I not only got an opportunity to talk to David Wolfe but got to be a part of his future. As well with his merchant processing but also his investment options. It was an epic event at whole and therefore was the best night ever!
Got home at around 11:50PM and went to bed.
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