It was a post dating back to 2006 that made reference to Adam and Chuck Chow, that clued me in.

Hope you’re doing wonderful and life has been treating you well.

b

The more that I’ve thought about this dilemma, the more I’ve come to terms with it. There are some things that we can accept as truth and there are others that we need to experience, before we accept them.

I also appreciate your thoughts about religion & spirituality. I forgot about the flip side — which is very true. People get so tied up in the semantics of a book or story, forgetting what’s important and living the life they have before them. It’d be a shame if this was all we had in this world and so many people spent all their lives worrying about what’s next.

Just like with Yoga — forget about what’s next and focus on the here and now.

Its funny that you give Girltalk as your example for energy, since to some people he is on (or past) the border of what is considered live music. It amazing how people in that environment positively react to each other; Greg Gillis to the audience, the audience to each other, and then the audience back to Gillis.From an engineering viewpoint it is like a positive feed loop. Different music has different vibes, of course. The feeling you get from the audience is very palatable when playing 4’33″, but very difference than a Girltalk show. (and 4’33″ is very different when an accomplished musician plays it than if I did.)

Words are always inherently imprecise; each word is nearly a metaphor to what is actually being described. Its a shame that in English the “energy” that you are describing and what a physicist would describe are really two different things, and its only a vague similarity and history that binds them to a common word. (although I didn’t mix them up above, or at least used one as an analogy to describe the other.) Perhaps the analogies between these two things we call energy aren’t really helpful, and makes it easier to dismiss one of these energies when it doesn’t fit into the definition of the other.

Maybe spirituality and religion are analogies for each other too. Religion has certain benefits: it can be taught, it can span and survive across generations, but it can only hint to an adherent to the spirituality that it should bring them. You know the type that has a natural spirituality, they have an inner calm, an inner strength, they know their place in the universe, but know where they can affect change. Sometimes these people wouldn’t be considered religious (sometimes they find their path so naturally, the don’t see the point of all the trappings a religion brings.) Sometimes the person with the crystal necklace telling you about your aura has found a certain non-denominational religious path, and has confused it with a real spirituality. (almost as Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” character was a caricature of someone religious but not spiritual. They learned the lessons but missed the point.)

Best of luck in your studies Brandon, it sounds like an amazing journey.

I think we all felt the magic in 2004 that “This was our year” — but there was still that thought in the back of our minds that we might still fail. But, it was magical, none the less.

Great feedback! Thanks for reading.

In 2007, against Cleveland, they rallied from being down 1-3, and won 7 straight to win another title.

In 2007, having witnessed the 2004 comeback, I was not pessimistic. I knew it was entirely possible.

However, there’s one little thing: I have the best shoes in town but I actually have shin splints. I’m thinking about training in FiveFingers Vibrams or minimal shoes like Nike Free.

Shoes industry is telling us that we MUST have good shoes. How come the best runners in the world run in sandals ? (From the book “Born to Run”)

I’m really wondering…

Feet are made to be free, not to be freezed.
Thanks for sharing those lessons learned

The artist I’m going to see is very good and has done hebrew tattoos before, so I’m not too concerned. He’s also going to stencil it out before he does tattooing, so I’ll be sure to watch for the mem sofit / samekh issue.

I’ll post pics when it’s complete! :)