Sunday, November 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Five fears
In no particular order.
1. Going to the Supermarket and shopping 10 large bags worth of food paying with credit card and have it denied. It never happened to me and I have not heard it happen to anyone around me but i fear it every time!
2. Searching but never finding. Constantly take the left street when there is a miracle waiting on the right. Walking backwards when opportunities are forwards. Hurrying forward while forgetting the lessons encountered earlier on the road. Taking one step forward when one step backward is more favorable. Moving when siting down is the only thing needed to move forwards.
3. Never learn what's desired to learn nor encounter the good things offered but not seen.
4. Loosing precious family, friends.
5. Never to remember the miracle of breathing,
in and out.
1. Going to the Supermarket and shopping 10 large bags worth of food paying with credit card and have it denied. It never happened to me and I have not heard it happen to anyone around me but i fear it every time!
2. Searching but never finding. Constantly take the left street when there is a miracle waiting on the right. Walking backwards when opportunities are forwards. Hurrying forward while forgetting the lessons encountered earlier on the road. Taking one step forward when one step backward is more favorable. Moving when siting down is the only thing needed to move forwards.
3. Never learn what's desired to learn nor encounter the good things offered but not seen.
4. Loosing precious family, friends.
5. Never to remember the miracle of breathing,
in and out.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Rethinking (again)
While reading an earlier blog post <rethinking everything I belive> I published som two years ago I am still thinking. What did I rethink, which patterns of thinking did I surrender? Some time has passed since I wrote that post however I still can remember what mood I was in. Today I experienced it again.
It feels like I am still at square one. Obviously a few noteworthy events happened in between, and somewhere I am older, more experienced.
I am still seeking.
It feels like I am still at square one. Obviously a few noteworthy events happened in between, and somewhere I am older, more experienced.
I am still seeking.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
The gong fu school I
Okay, so you might be wondering why I haven't posted anything. The reason is that I can't access blogspot.com, it seems that it can't be accessed anywhere in China.
Anyway, I'm surfing through a computer in Japan (from china) and it works perfectly fine. I ended up in a different Gong fu school, since I heard some bad rumours about the one I chose.
The school is quite large, and consists of maybe 100 chinese students, age 5-20. Most of them are probably poor, and was put on the school by the parents so that they could make something out of their lives. Some will join the police force or maybe military force. Some will be Wu shu teachers, and one or two might be film actresses or stuntmen.
We train 7 days a week, but were have sunday afternoons off and 4 days at the end of every month. There are 4 western people at the school, and we train directly under the shifus. We don't train the same things as the chinese. They mostly train modern wushu, while we train traditional gong fu. The difference is that Wu shu is most for show and consists a lot of acrobatics and fast moves, but lacks force and power. Traditional gong fu is slower and less beautiful but consits greater force and can be used for fighting.
Some students train Sanda, which is pure combat fighting. I will begin to train that in a couple of months, but now I'm focusing on Gong fu and Tai Chi.
The reason the chinese students train Wu shu, is because the chinese goverment loves it. It is beautiful for sure, I'll make sure to post some pictures soon.
Anyway, I'm surfing through a computer in Japan (from china) and it works perfectly fine. I ended up in a different Gong fu school, since I heard some bad rumours about the one I chose.
The school is quite large, and consists of maybe 100 chinese students, age 5-20. Most of them are probably poor, and was put on the school by the parents so that they could make something out of their lives. Some will join the police force or maybe military force. Some will be Wu shu teachers, and one or two might be film actresses or stuntmen.
We train 7 days a week, but were have sunday afternoons off and 4 days at the end of every month. There are 4 western people at the school, and we train directly under the shifus. We don't train the same things as the chinese. They mostly train modern wushu, while we train traditional gong fu. The difference is that Wu shu is most for show and consists a lot of acrobatics and fast moves, but lacks force and power. Traditional gong fu is slower and less beautiful but consits greater force and can be used for fighting.
Some students train Sanda, which is pure combat fighting. I will begin to train that in a couple of months, but now I'm focusing on Gong fu and Tai Chi.
The reason the chinese students train Wu shu, is because the chinese goverment loves it. It is beautiful for sure, I'll make sure to post some pictures soon.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Rethinking everything I believe
I have spent 3 great weeks in Japan visiting my brother and his girl and felt much comfortable in there. Now I am in Beijing, China. My master plan is to study Shaolin Gong fu and Qi gong here for a year. Not in Beijing though, but in mainland China.
I knew that China and Japan are very different. But the culture shock was bigger than I imagined. The air, city structure, culture - everything new.
Went out to have something to eat when arriving here. I live a bit downtown in Chongwen, and at 11.00PM most restaurants were closed here. But I found a small local place that was open. Ordered some meat dish which I probably don't want to know what it was. It looked and tasted unusual I can say. Some chinese guy took a photo of me eating it, so it was probably something hardcore. Mc Donald's was closed.
Spiritually, I realized that my next step is to rethink everything I believe in. Demolish all the everyday rituals, systems and recipes I follow. Reconsider everything. Go back to the basics. I realized that I have so many ideas and beliefs how things relate, and those are keeping me from developing the way that I want to.
I have lost something, and there is something right in front of me I have yet not found. I need to rediscover.
I knew that China and Japan are very different. But the culture shock was bigger than I imagined. The air, city structure, culture - everything new.
Went out to have something to eat when arriving here. I live a bit downtown in Chongwen, and at 11.00PM most restaurants were closed here. But I found a small local place that was open. Ordered some meat dish which I probably don't want to know what it was. It looked and tasted unusual I can say. Some chinese guy took a photo of me eating it, so it was probably something hardcore. Mc Donald's was closed.
Spiritually, I realized that my next step is to rethink everything I believe in. Demolish all the everyday rituals, systems and recipes I follow. Reconsider everything. Go back to the basics. I realized that I have so many ideas and beliefs how things relate, and those are keeping me from developing the way that I want to.
I have lost something, and there is something right in front of me I have yet not found. I need to rediscover.
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