Posts Tagged "energy"

I started breakdancing around half a year ago.  When I started, being way more reckless and trying to show off with very limited technical ability, I was the student that nearly fell on my face many times, asked maybe one too many stupid questions and overall brought elements of mucho-randomness into the class.

The teacher was a high energy, high powered guy who plowed through us students, technique after technique after technique, always giving us the best he had, the methods he used to teach was just crazy… basically a non-stop hour and a half lesson, maybe 20 seconds on the basics (six-step, Brooklyn style top rock) straight to ass-whooping knee-twisting, elbow-bending madness that usually led to increased awesomeness in everybody involved.

I had a great time, attended every class until… the teacher retired.  Now, it was a funny time when he left, because I strongly felt that it was just when I was at my peak of learning, just when I was getting good.   There was another teacher that subbed sometimes and he took over.  It wasn’t the same, he focused way more on the basics, which was awesome because I had none, but he didn’t really “LOVE” breakdancing, his preference was more about locking, tutting and waving. 

When someone who LOVES what they do, and is so grateful about getting to teach you, it shows.  It changes things.  And when that person is obviously all about encouraging you to be unique, to follow him, but only to a certain point because he knows you need to do your own thing to shine, that’s something else.  Now that’s not to take away from the basics teacher, but sometimes in your life you meet someone who just blows you away with their awesomeness, and that’s the guy I’m talking about today.

After one particularly disappointing class with the replacement teacher, where I basically was not taught anything at all, I didn’t come to any more breakdancing classes.  Granted, every other class aside from that one class the teacher was technically awesome, so I really should let it slide.  But for me, I feel like for some things, for massive improvement (which is what I’m often all about), I have to feel that connection with my teacher in order to learn amazingly.
   
I don’t think I’m alone in this. This is basically how a super good teacher who encourages the heck out of you to be the most unique and best you can be brings everything out of you and then some, and can even inspire you to get into the flow.  A “good” teacher only teaches you what’s necessary to get the job done.  That’s the energy you get from them.  You have to go with their flow, you have to go with their preference.  You get the vibe from them that they feel that “their time is valuable”, they only have so much time for you… that everybody’s got a role to play, that everybody’s got an agenda.  You hear vague excuses from these “teachers” of how “it obviously takes longer to grow in area x or y, or that something can’t be done or they don’t have the energy…”.  

Today that amazing teacher came again.  The class was phenomenal, it was so good, I took my dance not only in breakdance to a new level but felt that every single movement of my body improved just about 10, 000 x higher.  As I breakdanced today, I was completely in the flow, I had many compliments from the man himself about how I improved massively since he last saw me. Well, that’s definitely true, but what he didn’t realize was my massive improvement came to shine through on that day, heavily inspired by him.  Everything else before was just a set-up.

So I guess if you want to get amazing at anything, simply do what’s obvious.  Get an amazing teacher.  Simple enuff

When I say you guys rock, I really mean it.

Humanity is extremely powerful, individually and collectively. There are tales (documented or otherwise) from all over the world, of people doing incredible, mind-blowing things. Hermits in remote places, monks, record-breakers, small tribes… They walk across hot coals, punch through concrete or wood and so on. How do these people seem to manage these seemingly superhuman feats? Well, if you were to speak to any of them, a common thread may show itself: they each have very little pride and ego.

They don’t use their abilities simply to show off or for personal gain unless they can see that it helps others and the greater good. Often they also teach that we can all perform the feats they do as well. My brother just got back from an invitation from teachers at a temple in China to study Tai Chi Chuan with them. He also has an invitation to Japan to study Aikido on the horizon. There is love for students to come & learn amazing things. The thing is, a good portion of the population really lets themselves be held back/down by pride and ego, and since that is the main block to acquiring these skills, it’s important to transcend that first; sort of like learning to crawl before we walk, or walk before we run. Now, some people would have you believe that this process takes years of study or hard work, but actually one can transcend all these issues and crap in an instant (I’m a good example of this ), as well as embrace a new way or form of personal power.

So if we say someone is cold, alone in a storm, and they wished to not feel miserable/uncomfortable, or they wish to manage their core temperature, or they want to manifest some miracle… this can actually be done! I’d recommend not becoming super-picky about how things happen – if a person can truly put aside ego, judgement & fear, and be open to learning, then all of a sudden maybe the wind dies, or maybe your hand goes numb. or maybe a car pulls up & offers you a ride. Anything can happpen and actually will if one is truly open to it. Still, everyone has their own path and time and focus, and of everyone who reads this only a certain portion will get it. They may understand it from the point of view of "The Secret" and "Law Of Attraction", they may get it through Christian Faith in miracles, or from a "We Are All One" connectedness, or even through a quantum physics understanding of the "Observer Effect" ,whatever the case, it was fun writing it.

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