Recomienda irse a dormir tarde y levantarse temprano para acomodar nuestros cuerpos a la luz del verano.

--Energéticamente, ¿cómo podemos fluir con el verano?
--Según los principios del Qi Gong, que son los principios de la medicina china, adaptándonos a la energía del verano, la estación en la que la energía llega a su apogeo.

--Quizá sea demasiada energía.
--No, si durante el invierno la has almacenado. Se trata de adaptarnos a los cambios estacionales. En invierno, ahorrar la energía del cuerpo: irse a dormir pronto y levantarse temprano para llegar a la primavera y al verano con un buen qi.

--¿Y en verano?
--En verano hay que hacer a la inversa. Irse a dormir tarde y levantarse temprano para acomodarse a la luz. Acomódese al verano y tendrá más energía.

--El día es largo.
--Pero la tradición china nos aconseja no quejarnos de que el día es largo ni de que hace calor. Se trata de preservar el buen humor. El buen humor ayuda a tener qi.

--¿Qué es el Qi Gong?
--El Qi Gong es un trabajo dirigido a acumular qi. El qi entendido como la energía interna que se manifiesta en nuestro cuerpo físico, y que circula a través de nuestros canales e irriga a todo el cuerpo.

--¿El qi es energía?
--Aquí suele traducirse así, pero en realidad el concepto es mucho más sutil. Porque el qi es aquello que va más allá de la energía. Lo que permite que la energía se transforme en materia, y la materia, en energía.

--Nuestra medicina solo cree en la energía cuando se transforma en enfermedad.
--Ni siquiera entonces, porque una de las grandes diferencias entre nuestra medicina y la china es que para ellos el sistema energético es la clave del diagnóstico, y en nuestra medicina no se reconoce. Se tiene en cuenta el sanguíneo, el sistema linfático, el nervioso, etcétera, pero no el energético.

--¿Qué tal está su qi?
--Bien, no me puedo quejar. Pero el qi varía. No está fijo. Todo es cambiante y mutable. La base de la salud y del equilibro reside en adaptarse a los cambios. Es una onda de energía con sus altos y sus bajos. Y de la misma forma, este qi va oscilando a lo largo de las edades de la vida, no solo del día.

--¿Y va de capa caída?
--Sí, suele bajar. Pero los maestros trabajan para evitar el declive del qi. A medida que van envejeciendo, tienen un qi más armonioso. Unos cuerpos flexibles y maravillosos. Y una energía potente: a sus discípulos, con un solo golpe de mano, casi sin tocarlos, son capaces de apartarlos varios metros.

--Cuesta de entender.
--A los occidentales nos cuesta entender este concepto porque queremos cosas tangibles. Sin embargo, aunque sea invisible, el qi se nota; tiene sus efectos. Es visible en su manifestación.

--¿Algún último consejo para tener más qi?
--Tener en cuenta que hay varios qi. El que uno ha heredado, el que nos dan nuestros padres y el adquirido a través de los alimentos y el oxígeno. Por eso es tan importante el contacto con la naturaleza, y comer bien.

--Y practicar el Qi Gong.
--En verano nos ofrece una serie de ejercicios para fortalecer la energía del corazón que podría debilitarse con el calor. Se trata de estimular la función del corazón para activar la circulación sanguínea y evitar accidentes vasculares. En verano tenemos que estar dinámicos, activos.

--Parecen difíciles, las posturas del Qi Gong.
--No, son sencillas. Son movimientos basados en el enraizamiento del cuerpo, en el contacto con la tierra, en el estiramiento de los ejes, y en la armonía de los movimientos y la respiración. Se trata de armonizar el cuerpo, la mente, las emociones y la respiración. Respiramos poco. Dejamos que en nuestro diafragma se acumule dióxido de carbono y esto nos provoca estrés y angustia.

--¿Prefiere la playa o la montaña?
--Todos los lugares donde haya una energía pura son buenos para practicar Qi Gong. Los taoístas tradicionalmente se alejaban de las urbes para hacer su trabajo.

--En China, el Qi Gong se ha desarrollado sobre todo en las montañas sagradas.
--En las montañas el qi aún está intacto, no se ha quebrado por la acción humana. Si en la montaña ha habido fuego, mejor ir a la playa. Buscar los bosques, los ríos. Antiguamente, en China, los maestros, cuando una persona caía enferma e iba al templo para que le hicieran el diagnóstico, le recomendaban practicar en una ladera, o encima de una roca, o en un río. Y muchos maestros practican al borde del acantilado. Eso significa que hay una armonía total con la naturaleza y que no tienen miedo.

Fuente: El periodico

Die Trailer was ich bis jetzt gesehen habe, erzeugen eine gute Atmosphäre und sehen stimmig aus.

In einem österreichischen Spielemagazin hat Ubisoft mal ein Interview gegeben, darin wurde die Aussage gemacht:

Zitat Ubisoft:

Die meisten Spieler fanden FarCry super, bis die Mutanten aufgetaucht sind.

Ich muss sagen, das ist auch meine Meinung.
Ich habe das Spiel durchgezockt, die Passagen wo man noch nicht gegen Mutanten, sondern gegen menschliche Gegner kämpft, haben mich mehr überzeugt.

Deshalb bin ich froh, über die Entscheidung bei Ubisoft keine Mutanten in das Spiel hinein kreiert zu haben.

Wie man die vorhandene Freiheit bei Farcry2 nutzen kann, wird sich auch noch zeigen müssen.

Der Trailer den ich gesehen habe, zeigt zwar was man machen kann, ob das aber auch sinnvoll ist, ist eine andere Frage.

Den Trailer habe ich übrigens durch diesen Blog gefunden.

Erstens, schießt man den Gegner schon um, wenn er um das Eck rennt. Und zweitens ist dieser achgeil Effekt spätestens dann weg, wenn die Gegner auch sowas machen wenn sie mehrere sind. Dann haperts an der KI.

In Videos ist das ja immer schön anzusehen, und die meisten Gamer werden das ausprobieren, aber spielerisch ist es effektiver den Gegner gleich abzuschießen. Aber nett anzuschauen ist es allemal.

Auch die Tatsache, das man die Granaten einfach mal so wirft, finde ich gut umgesetzt. Natürlich realistischer ist es, erst Granate auszuwählen dann Stift ziehen und werfen. Auch dieses schau die Waffe am Boden an, und hebe sie auf ist hoffentlich nicht so gemacht wie in Crysis. Das war für mich persönlich eine nervige Sache.

Für den spielerischen Fluss ist die Lösung bei FaryCry2 gut umgesetzt.

Die Grafik, und die Physik scheint auch in Ordnung zu gehen, ob Farcry2 jetzt minimal schlechter,besser oder gar gleich wie Crysis aussieht ist mir schnuppe.

Was man bis jetzt gesehen hat, schaut anständig aus, und hat hoffentlich auch eine gute Performance.

Es ist ja noch ein wenig Zeit, bis es erscheint. Und dann wird man es beim Spielen neu bewerten.

Den es ist natürlich immer schön, was die Entwickler an Möglichkeiten einbauen. Ich muss aber auch "gezwungen" sein, diese zu nutzen.

Was habe ich davon, wenn man dieses und jenes machen kann, aber ich im Spiel nicht die Notwendigkeit sehe es zu tun. Nur die Möglichkeit es zu tun, ist noch kein Ansporn es auch zu tun.

Was meint ihr ?

]]> http://lazyvegan.wordpress.com/?p=204 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:37:59 +0000 xen http://lazyvegan.wordpress.com/?p=204

After I've managed my diet so well, I'm now able to live a normal life now, without my IBS making my life too difficult. That means I can now and then be a bit daring with food. I'm still vegan and will be the rest of my life, so those of you who thought otherwise can just jog on. What I mean is that I can have some coffee and something sweet now and then.

When we got home today I treated myself with a toast with hagelslag (made from dark chocolate without milk) and Swedish coffee made with our new coffee plunger. I made myself a caffe mocca with chocolate soy milk. Which later gave me energy to make a nice and simple two-days-until-pay tomato soup.

I thought about jailbreaking my iPod Touch today with Pwnage 2.0.1, as I bought the 2.0 upgrade for the iPod Touch when it got released; but I'm too lazy as it takes a while to do it. And it's no rush really. I could even wait until the weekend, but I'll post a short post about it when I've done it.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I really don't have much more to say (write about) at the moment. Probably time for us to get some sleep I guess, so we're not too sleepy tomorrow.

Take care.

Mereka yang mampu berdialog dengan sendirinya akan mengetahui asal usul ketiga jin ini, dan kaitannya dengan Santet Kawat. Andaikata benar terkait dengan Santet Kawat, ya sekalian saja taklukkan atau usir jauh-jauh.

1. Jin Anjali

2. Jin Jambrong

3. Jin Rasauf

Ilustrasi dibuat oleh Ki Joyo Agung.

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]]> http://kutchlux.wordpress.com/?p=333 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:50:57 +0000 kutchlux ndablek http://kutchlux.wordpress.com/?p=333 Kejahatan melalui cara gaib tidak asing di negeri ini. Biasa dikenal dengan istilah SANTET. Bentuk ilmu gaib ini sangat beragam. Namun tujuannya cenderung sama yaitu menyakiti, menyiksa bahkan membunuh korbannya.

Kali ini, seorang gadis asal Kalimantan Timur bernama Noorsyaidah (40 thn) mengaku menderita penyakit aneh yaitu keluarnya kawat dari perutnya. Menurut pengakuannya, dia mengalaminya sejak tahun 1991. Ratusan kawat besi yang tertancap telah keluar dari perutnya. Siapapun yang melihat tayangan televisi pasti merasa prihatin dan sedih melihat kondisi Noor.

Sekaitan dengan masalah ini, penulis menghubungi Ki Joyo Agung, paranormal yang menetap di Cimanggis, Bogor.

Bentuk Santet

Dalam pandangan batinnya, Ki Joyo mengungkapkan bahwa santet tersebut dilakukan oleh 7 paranormal jahat yang tinggal di daerah pegunungan. Jadi bukan di perkampungan (dataran) atau daerah pesisir pantai.

Ki Joyo tidak menyebutkan secara persis dimana daerah tempat tinggal 7 paranormal tersebut atau dari jenis ilmu apa. Dia juga menolak menyebutkan nama-nama jin jahat ( 3 jin jahat ) yang sekarang ini ada di seputar diri Noor.

"Itu tidak perlu diketahui secara luas," ujarnya. (Noor juga mengatakan sebagaimana dikutip media bahwa dia tidak ingin memfitnah pihak manapun).

Namun diantara paranormal tersebut ada yang sudah meninggal. Paranormal-paranormal tersebut ada yang tergolong seperti sedang menyepi dan tinggal di rumah kecil yang mirip kandang hewan.

Secara singkat Ki Joyo mengatakan, awalnya ada seorang pria yang merasa disakiti Noor. Dia lalu mengambil tindakan jahat yaitu berupaya membunuh Noor dengan cara santet.

Pria tersebut lalu mendatangi beberapa paranormal berbeda yang tempat tinggalnya juga terpisah. Keseluruhannya berjumlah 7 paranormal.

"Mengapa sampai sebanyak itu?" tanya penulis.

"Karena santetnya selalu gagal, pria itu lalu berganti-ganti paranormal," Jawab Ki Joyo.

Menurut Ki Joyo, bersamaan pria itu mendatangi paranormal, pria tersebut juga belajar ilmu santet. Ilmu yang didapatnya itulah yang masih terus dijalankannya.

Adapun media atau cara santetnya adalah sbb:

Seekor burung kecil (semacam burung nuri, dll) yang sudah mati, tubuhnya dimasukkan sejumlah kawat dan diikat dengan semacam tali dari tumbuh-tumbuhan. Setelah itu, burung tersebut dimasukkan ke dalam buah kelapa, lalu ditanam (dikubur). Tentunya ada mantera-mantera tertentu yang dibacanya (sepintas mirip santet Voodo).

Mantera-mantera itu selalu dibaca pria tersebut, bahkan sudah menjadi rutinitas. Hal itulah yang membuat santet itu tetap berjalan dalam tubuh korbannya (Noor). Meski begitu, apa yang dilakukan pria tersebut sebenarnya tidak berhasil, lantaran Noor tetap hidup. Ini merupakan bukti bahwa kejahatan santet tetap tidak bisa melampaui takdir dan kekuasaan Tuhan.

Ki Joyo mengatakan bahwa kalaupun Noor telah pernah menyakiti seorang pria yang kemudian membuat pria tersebut sakit hati dan melampiaskan dendam dengan menyantet, tetapi Noor tidak perlu minta maaf atau mencari tahu keberadaan batang hidung pria tersebut.

"Karena pada hakekatnya, pria itupun mengetahui bahwa upayanya menyantet telah gagal. Jadi munculnya benda-benda tersebut dari tubuhnya adalah bentuk atau efek dari kegagalan santet tersebut," kata Ki Joyo.

Persoalannya, media santet tersebut memang telah terkubur lama. Bahkan mungkin paranormal jahat yang melakukannya sudah lupa dimana mereka menanam media santet itu.

Dapat disembuhkan

Ki Joyo mengatakan jika sementara ini Noor dirawat di Rumah Sakit merupakan tindakan yang tepat. Karena peralatan medis yang ada sangat diperlukan jika sewaktu-waktu kondisi Noor drop saat dilakukan pengobatan medis ataupun dengan cara alternatif (non medis).

Ketika penulis bertanya seputar peluang kesembuhan, Ki Joyo mengatakan peluangnya sangat besar. Bahkan bisa dikatakan Noor dapat disembuhkan secara penuh.

Dia mengatakan bahwa apabila dunia medis belum menemukan jawab terhadap fenomena penyakit Noor ini, tidaklah berarti bahwa kekuatan santet itu tinggi hingga tidak tersentuh teknologi. Bagi Ki Joyo hal itu lumrah saja. Namun yang jelas jangan diperbandingkan antara 2 domain yang berbeda tersebut. Bahkan sebenarnya dapat saling bekerjasama.

Noor menderita penyakit ini sejak 17 tahun lalu dan dia dapat bertahan. Mengapa?

"Rasa optimisme yang tertanam dalam kekuatan bawah sadar Noor sangat kuat," ujar Ki Joyo.

"Hal ini juga didukung tingkat keyakinan Noor kepada Allah SWT, juga doa orangtua dan anggota keluarganya. Bahkan juga termasuk paranormal-paranormal lain yang pernah berupaya menyembuhkan Noor," lanjutnya.

Secara pribadi Ki Joyo pun tergerak hatinya untuk membantu melakukan upaya penyembuhan terhadap penyakit Noor. Permasalahannya saat ini Ki Joyo belum memiliki dana untuk melakukan perjalanan menemui Noor.

"Saya berharap ada orang atau pihak tertentu yang berkenan mengakomodir perjalanan saya untuk menemui Noor di Samarinda," kata Ki Joyo terus terang.

Ki Joyo juga berharap ada yang mendampinginya dalam upaya proses penyembuhan Noor. Semata-mata agar apa yang dilakukannya dapat dipertanggungjawabkan secara moral.

Semoga saja penderitaan Noor cepat berakhir dan dia dapat hidup normal sebagaimana layaknya. Amin ya Robbal Alamin.

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]]> http://kutchlux.wordpress.com/?p=330 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:46:53 +0000 kutchlux ndablek http://kutchlux.wordpress.com/?p=330 Ketika sebagian orang meduga penyakit yang diderita Noorsyaidah akibat perbuatan santet, sebagian yang lain lalu berspekulasi siapa pelaku yang tega melakukan kejahatan semacam itu. Dalam sebuah komentarnya di media, Ki Joko Bodo menuding seorang pria sakit hati sebagai pelaku yang menyantet perempuan malang asal Samarinda itu. Ki Joko juga menyarankan agar Noorsyaidah menemui pria itu dan meminta maaf.

Apa yang dikatakan Ki Joko tentu sah-sah saja. Dia berbicara sesuai kapasitasnya sebagai paranormal. Persoalan kebenaran terhadap apa yang diucapkan, ya waktu yang akan menentukan. Namun yang pasti, apa yang dilakukan Ki Joko adalah bagian dari apa yang disebut investigasi supranatural. Singkatnya, penyelidikan dengan cara gaib.

Kalau kita menyimak film seri Supranatural yang diputar televisi beberapa waktu lalu, kita akan dapat memahami cara kerja dari proses investigasi supranatural ini. Film tersebut, tentu saja fiksi belaka. Tetapi bahan-bahan cerita yang dijadikan dasar pembuatan film itu, sedikit banyak merupakan realitas yang mungkin pernah terjadi di negara modern itu.

Anda boleh saja tidak suka film itu, tetapi akting 2 pria macho yang selalu hadir menumpas kejahatan gaib, cukuplah menjadi hiburan ditengah terpuruknya kualitas film negeri ini.

Kembali ke awal, siapakah sebenarnya pelaku yang melakukan tindakan kriminalitas ini?

"Pelakunya pria yang sudah beristri," jawab Ki Joyo Agung, paranormal asal Cimanggis, Bogor, yang melakukan investigasi supranatural seputar perkembangan kasus santet Riung Taluh atau, sebut saja, santet kawat.

Menurutnya, pria yang sudah beristeri itu tertarik dengan Noorsyaidah. Dia kemudian mencoba mendekati dengan caranya. Suatu ketika, saat dirinya sedang berbicara dengan gadis tomboy itu, dia merasa tersinggung dengan ucapannya.

Apakah perkataannya kasar dan menyakitkan?

"Sebenarnya biasa saja. Tetapi pria itu sangat tersinggung dan merasa sakit hati," ujar Ki Joyo.

Pria beristeri itu boleh jadi memiliki ego tinggi, kasar, keras dan agak psikopat. Karakter semacam ini kadang tidak terlihat. Tetapi ketika ada yang mengusik egonya, tiba-tiba saja menjadi buas.

Mengapa pria beristeri itu ingin mendekati Noor?

"Dalam dirinya ada keinginan untuk menikah lagi, atau poligami. Entah ada masalah dengan isterinya atau memang dia tertarik dengan Noor. Atau kombinasi keduanya," kata Ki Joyo.

Lebih jauh Ki Joyo mengatakan, pria itu sangat terusik egonya hingga muncul keinginan jahat menyakiti Noor. Tetapi selalu gagal.

"Sebab Noor juga memiliki karakter yang kuat. Sikap tomboy dan cuek sangat membantu dalam membentengi dirinya dari serangan santet. Andaikan Noor berkarakter halus dan fisik lemah gemulai, tentu berat menghadapai santet gila ini," kata Ki Joyo. Dia juga menilai pernyataan agar Noor harus minta maaf kepada pelaku santet tidak perlu dilakukan. Sebab Noor tidak mengetahui secara pasti pria yang disakiti dan keberadaannya saat ini.

Lagipula, buat apa minta maaf kepada pria zalim yang telah begitu lama menyakitinya. Iya, kan?

Ki Joyo mengatakan, ada banyak faktor yang membuat santet tidak berhasil membunuh korbannya. Tetapi terlalu panjang untuk dijelaskan.

Menurut Ki Joyo, santet kawat menyerang sekitar usai maghrib.

"Andaikan Noor dapat mengingat suatu peristiwa aneh di rumahnya. Dia pasti melihat sesuatu yang aneh dalam bentuk hewan yang masuk ke dalam rumahnya setelah Maghrib," kata Ki Joyo menjelaskan saat datangnya serangan santet.

Lantas, bagaimana pandangan batin Ki Joyo, seputar pria zalim itu?

"Saat ini dia merasa gelisah dan terjepit. Perbuatan jahatnya sudah diketahui secara luas, meski dia merasa tidak dapat dilacak. Dia terkejut dengan berita yang mencuat ini," ujar Ki Joyo.

Ki Joyo juga mengingatkan, ramainya berita seputar penyakit Noorsyaidah ini menimbulkan efek beragam. Ada banyak orang yang bersimpati dan berniat membantunya. Itu bagus, asal tidak didasari sifat komersil, riya atau ujub, melainkan harus ikhlas agar diridhoi Allah SWT.

"Tetapi ada juga yang tertarik dengan santet kawat ini. Mereka ingin tahu dan ingin belajar tentang santet. Tetapi untuk tujuan jahat," kata Ki Joyo serius.

Pemberitaan yang ada boleh jadi memancing orang untuk memburu ilmu santet ini. Bahkan bisa saja pria zalim itu mengambil keuntungan dengan peristiwa ini.

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]]> http://torredekarin.wordpress.com/?p=3075 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:05:03 +0000 Leandro A. Ferreira http://torredekarin.wordpress.com/?p=3075

Andróide #16 é um dos personagens preferidos de muitos fãs. E não é para menos. Com seu jeito calado à princípio que escondia uma grande força, com sua devoção pelos animais e com seu senso de justiça mesmo tendo sido programado para matar Goku, ele se tornou um personagem com muitos admiradores.

Para proteger o #17 e a #18, #16 decidiu enfrentar Cell sem se preocupar com as consequências. Esse sujeito feito sem nenhuma parte orgânica em seu corpo ajudou os outros andróides pelo simples fato deles não terem assassinado nenhuma pessoa ou animal apenas por diversão. Cell não era um oponente fácil apesar de ambos terem a mesmo força naquele estágio. Para resolver de vez essa questão, #16 utilizou seu Hell's Flash, que consistia em desprender seus antebraços de onde a energia de seu corpo poderia ser disparada diretamente.

Após arremessar o adversário para um buraco, Número #16 mirou em seu oponente e disparou. A rajada foi tão poderosa que se espalhou por deibaixo da terra não dando ao inimigo nenhuma chance de escapar, justamente por ester dentro de uma cratera. A energia se dispersou em dierentes direções e acabou explodindo por outros locais. Por isso recebe esse nome, como se feixes de energia viessem diretamente do inferno.

Uma técnica extremamente poderosa. Tenshinhan e os outros se espantaram com a força que ele possuia. Hell's Flash acabaou sendo a técnica mais poderosa do Andróide #16, uma vez que a detonação da bomba em seu corpo nunca foi vista na série.

Para quem quiser relembrar, aqui vai a cena do Hell's Flash sendo utilizado:

ou CLIQUE AQUI para ver em outra janela

Cascos "budistas"

Anonadado me he quedado con esto. Una empresa va a comercializar unos cascos con los colores de la religión budista, y un mantra dibujado. Hasta aquí nada del otro mundo. Al fin y al cabo, miles de motoristas se decoran sus cascos con tatuajes y simbolos que creen "llenos de significado", pero de los que únicamente les fascina la estética. El tema está en que algunos monjes budistas han asesorado para la creación de los cascos. De hecho, durante una entrevista televisada, uno de ellos se ha puesto a hablar de que eso será un valor añadido para los usuarios, porque aprovechará la energía de unos de los chakras del cuerpo y les ayudará a tener menos accidentes.

Ahí es donde quiero centrarme. Los chakras. Fuertemente relacionado con el Reiki, como ahora veremos. Junto con el feng-shui, estamos ante los términos más usados por los místicos de medio pelo, que creen poder condensar siglos de cultura oriental leyendo un par de libruchos comprados en la semana de Oriente de algunos grandes almacenes.

El Reiki es una de las llamadas "terapias alternativas", proveniente de Japón, y que viene a significar "Energía Vital Universal". Los "terapeutas", dicen sanar a sus pacientes acercando sus manos hacia la parte del cuerpo a sanar, transfiriéndole la mencionada "energía universal". Curiosamente, la misma habilidad se le atribuye a Jesús de Nazaret, y a muchos otros "profetas" a lo largo de la Historia. Pero claro, al venir de un país oriental, y al ser "oriental" sinónimo de "sabio", pues ya es otra cosa. Ya mola.

¿Y de dónde viene este cúmulo de disparates? Pues tiene su origen en un monje japonés, Mikao Usui, nacido en 1865. En una de sus sesiones de meditación en la montaña, dijo haber sido iluminado y dotado con la capacidad de catalizar la Energía Vital Universal. A partir de entonces, se supone que podía curar con sus propias manos.

Usui murió a la edad de 62 años (¿demasiado joven para quién decía poder sanar a los demás con sus manos?), y poco se sabe sobre su vida. Lo que sí se sabe es la cantidad de leyendas que, en vista de la ausencia de datos reales, han inventado sus seguidores. Una gran suerte de milagros y curaciones le han convertido en una especie de Mesías nipón.

A partir de él, todo un linaje de "reikistas" han defendido las habilidades de su maestro. Una de las más importante es la Hawayana Hawayo Takata (1900-1980), responsable de "occidentalizar" esta "sabiduría" oriental. Vamos, la que la convirtió en negocio, que es lo que hace frotarse las manos a los magufos. Se estima (datos no contrastados) que, entre 1940 y 1980, año de la muerte de Takata, la buena mujer se embolsó cerca de 200 mil dolares, a base de "sanar" a familiares, amigos y cualquier fumado "new age" que se acercara por la isla y quisiera participar en ese circo.

Pero claro, como toda buena disciplina magufa, el Reiki tiene sus reglas, diseñadas específicamente para cubrirse las espaldas. Recordemos que "magufo", no es ni mucho menos sinónimo de "idiota", y que la sinvergonzonería requiere grandes dosis de habilidad social y picardía. Veamos esas reglas:

- El Reiki, o al menos el que practicaba Hawayo, "es un método original basado en el poder intuitivo del Universo. Este poder es insondable, inconmensurable y por ser una fuerza de vida universal, es incomprensible para el hombre.”. Primera regla fundamental de una magufada: tú no puedes entenderlo. Sólo yo, que he recibido la sabiduría ancestral. Así que cállate y paga, ingrato

- El Reiki se basa en la creencia hinduísta sobre los "chakras", que son siete "vórtices energéticos" situados en partes estratégicas del cuerpo humano y que "vitalizan el cuerpo estando asociados con la naturaleza física, emocional y mental. La función de los chakras es mantener la salud espiritual, física, emocional y mental equilibradas.". Claro, dependiendo de donde se toque al paciente, se le abrirá un chakra u otro. Ahí está la porción de "sabiduria milenaria". Si lo decían los hinduistas, será verdad. Es toda la prueba que necesitamos, claro...

- No se debe aplicar Reiki durante las operaciones. Esto podría detener hemorragias, necesarias para limpiar heridas, o expulsar las toxinas de la sedación del paciente, despertándole en medio de la operación. Vale, ya está justificado porqué los "maestros Reiki" no pueden operar. Así, si estás malo, y el Reiki no te funciona, vete al médico que te cure. Prestigio intacto, ¡hop!

- El Reiki acelera el proceso de cicatrización osea, así que sólo se debe aplicar Reiki a una fractura una vez los huesos han sido correctamente colocados por un médico. O sea, que si te rompes la pierna, y el médico te la cura y te la enyesa, luego te vas al maesto Reiki a que te haga "chiu-chiu" con su "Energía Vital", ¡y podrás decir que te ha curado!, ¿no es fascinante?

- La energía es una magnitud física (es la acepción de la palabra que se puede aplicar a este contexto). No es ninguna "sustancia" ni nada tangible. Es, simplemente, una cantidad, un número escalar. Se utiliza para medir el estado de un sistema físico. Así, si un cuerpo se encuentra en movimiento, diremos que tiene "Energía cinética". Si se encuentra elevado sobre el nivel terrestre, diremos que tiene "Energía potencial gravitatoria". En función de otras cualidades del cuerpo, como su composición química, su temperatura, o su masa, se le podrán atribuir otros tipos de energía, como energía electromagnética, energía térmica, etc. Y el cuerpo puede transformar su energía en otro tipo de energía, como calor. Lo importante de todo esto, es que la energía es una magnitud medible. La "energía" vital de la que habla el Reiki, en cambio, no es medible de ninguna forma. Sólo se puede "canalizar" si eres un "maestro". Pero no se crean que ser un maestro es cuestión de años de meditación y trascendencia, no. Basta con pagar para convertirse en maestro Reiki. ¿Es tan sencillo adquirir una supuesta "sabiduría milenaria", sin esfuerzo, sólo pagando?, ¿y quién define la cuota, el espíritu de Usui? Al menos otras sabidurías orientales, como las artes marciales, requieren años de esfuerzo, sacrificio y preparación. Ésta no, sólo $$$$. ¿Soy yo sólo o a alguien más le parece ridículo e indignante?

Resumiendo. Que el médico te cura, pero el Reiki te da el "toque mágico" con su "Energia Vital", para que sanes antes y mejor. Por supuesto, tendrás que pagar al maestro, debido a la exigencia (no de todos, parece ser) de "cobrar por las terapias para mantener su dignidad y su credibilidad ante el paciente.". Está genial eso. Si yo te regalo algo inutil, pues te enfadas, porque es inutil. Pero, ¿y si te lo cobro? Como ya vale dinero, será por algo, así que creo que es algo digno y creible. Inutil, sí, pero digno y creíble. En mi pueblo eso se llama "tomar por idiota". O una variación sutil de la fábula del Traje del Emperador.

Ah, y no se te ocurra someter a mi "disciplina" a prueba, porque la "Energía Vital" no la puedes medir, y no la puedes comprender, a no ser que pagues la cuota, claro. Entonces, te convertirás en maestro Reiki en menos que canta un gallo...

Y lo importante de todo esto: la DGT vendiendo cascos budistas y ahí siguen los quitamiedos... Moteros, rebelaos

Fuentes:

• Reiki
• Chakras
• Mikao Usui
• Paradoja Reiki

Some might jump the gun and say that is just pure prioritisation, which I will reply back at that is what I'm doing. As I maintain this blog just for fun, I love writing and it's a nice way to (hopefully) improve my English more and more, I kind of have to have it just as a hobby.

As most of you know, most hobbies comes last when it comes to having a steady income, keeping up with housework and such. Of course, I could come straight home from work, ignore the dishes, the laundry and just eating some toast with Vegemite Marmite swallowed down with some chocolate soy milk; and spend rest of my "free" time writing. As Lizzie comes in the door I'll just tell her to do everything and cook dinner. Later on waking up outside on the street with a big dent in my head from a frying pan and only remembering some screaming and rambling behind my back.

Luckily I have a good memory and do most of my drafting in my head before most of my articles end up being published. Unlike this one where I've been just writing any randomness that has come to mind.

I'll do the dishes tonight so I can just get home and start writing. Time and that I want to be a good fiancée isn't just what makes me prioritise like this, it's also because I tend to procrastinate.

Tomorrow I am leaving to go to Kings Island.  I will be their on Friday and Saturday.  Check back soon for trip reports and other things!

Aloha everyone,

Mahalo for sharing and creating with Elise and me! When I see photos of you and your art, I'm awed and touched by what you've created.

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aloha ke akua,

Kaleo

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The 2009 Kings Island coaster will be a Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) "hypercoaster" rather than the dive machine that I predicted.  This is according to the Dayton Daily News and you can read the article here.

Am I disappointed?  No; this is a great addition to a park long lacking a B&M coaster.  According to the article, which references plans filed at the City of Mason Planning Department, the coaster will be 4,200' long and have three loops.  Lets look at these stats.  4,200' is a very satisfying length for a coaster, but three loops?  First of all: loops are ambiguous.  Are we talking about just vertical loops or corkscrews, barrel rolls, or other types of inversions?  Many types of B&M coasters have loops, but no models of this type feature them.  It is also possible that the reporter was mistaken.  Vertical loops from the top look like stretched 'z's, while a loop looking layout would indicate a helix turn.

B&M hypercoasters are widely acclaimed for being great rides.  In Mitch Hawker's 2007 steel coaster poll, Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia (pictured above) ranked 7th, Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure ranked 9th, and Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Europe (Williamsburg) ranked 12th.  While King's Island's new coaster will be average to shorter than most B&M hypers, it will be unique in having a water splashdown feature.  Most tend to sport incredibly steep drops (80 degrees on Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland) and out and back layouts.  The new coaster at King's Island will likely be similar to Nitro because of its largely forested layout (pictured below).

Pictured below is a prediction for the layout of the new coaster.  The layout has some elements that are very similar that of Nitro.

As for a name for the new ride, there are only rumors, but one sign around the ride suggests that it will be named "Mustang".  This name is fitting because along with Raging Bull (at Six Flags Great America) and Apollo's Chariot these ride names reference the bucking hills and intense airtime that characterize these rides through 'wild animal' imagery.  This name also fits with the 'wild west' motif of several other recent coasters in the Cedar Fair family of parks including Maverick at Cedar Point and Renegade at Valleyfair! (Minnesota).  Whatever this ride is named, I'm game for it.

Here is an unofficial imagining (in NoLimits) of the new coaster.

Noseletter 37 - Was passiert, wenn man meditiert?

Manchmal fühle ich mich, als ob ich wenig Chi (auch Ki oder Qi), Lebensenergie, hätte. Heute, zum Beispiel, schleppe ich mich dahin und es scheint, als ob es kein Chi in mir gäbe. Das Chi ist jedoch nur zugeschüttet von Gedanken und Gefühlen. Meditation befreit das Chi. Wenn das Chi fließt, dann passieren ganz unglaubliche Dinge, wovon ich heute einen kleinen Geschmack geben möchte.

Was ist Chi? Chi kann mit Energie, Luft, Atem, Wind, Lebenshauch und Lebensessenz übersetzt werden. Viele der alten Kulturen auf der Erde kennen das Chi-Konzept. Im Christentum gibt es den "Äther". Bei den Indern wird Chi "Prana" genannt, bei den Japanern "Ki", in Tibet "Lung", im Hebräischen "Ruach", in der islamischen Welt "Barraka". Auch bei den Natives in den USA oder den Völkern der Kalahari-Wüste gibt es dem Chi entsprechende Begriffe.

Chi stellt im Taoismus die aktivierende Energie des Universums dar. Alle Existenzustände, auch unser physisches Leben, werden im Taoismus als zeitweilige Chi-Manifestation verstanden. Chi ist die Quelle jeder Bewegung im Universum.
Taozentrum Frankfurt

Für mich ist es ganz unglaublich, in dieser deutschen Kultur aufgewachsen zu sein und nie etwas über Chi gehört zu haben. Auch heutzutage sind die östlichen Wissenschaften noch nicht bis in uns westliches Allgemeinwissen vorgedrungen, was mich zum Beispiel dazu veranlasste, den folgenden Clip über einen Meister des Chi als "Hula Bula" abzutun:
Demonstration von Chi Energie von Lama Dondrup Dorje, Dr. Yeung

Wer Tai Chi übt, wird stark wie ein Holzfäller, geschmeidig wie ein kleines Kind und gelassen wie ein Weiser. (Chinesisches Sprichwort)
...und an Dr. Yeung kann man sehen, dass dieses Sprichwort nur allzu wahr ist.
Nach dem Meditieren, insbesondere dem aktiven Meditieren, empfinde ich immer eine Erhöhung der Lebenskraft in mir. Die Energie ist fein und erfüllt mich mit Freude. Ob das Chi ist?

Der folgende Video Clip zeigt noch einmal Dr. Yeong oder Lama Dondrup Dorje, dieses Mal einige Jahre später, im Kreis seiner Schüler.
The Wondrous World of Chi - wieder unglaubliche Bilder

Chi ist immer da, wir nehmen es nur nicht wahr. Wir können es atmen, riechen, fühlen, doch sind wir meist zu sehr von Gedanken und Gefühlen eingenommen, als dass wir die ständige Nahrungsquelle bewusst aufnehmen könnten. Durch Meditation öffnen sich die Kanäle, Lebensenergie wird zugelassen.

Der letzte Videoclip für heute geht über einen alten chinesischen Qi Gong Meister, der auch ein paar Erklärungen liefert, wie Chi wirkt und so machtvoll sein kann.
"Das geht gegen alle biophysikalischen Gesetze, die wir im Westen kennen..."

Und? Glaubt ihr das? Da gibt es nur eins: Ausprobieren! Man muss kein Kampfsportexperte werden, um die Wirkung von Chi zu erfahren, ein bisschen meditieren (z.B. die OSHO Kundalini Meditation) tut's auch.

Die Quelle des Chi ist übrigens im Hara, ein paar Fingerbreit unter dem Nabel, unserem Zentrum. Wer also nicht sehr zentriert im Leben ist, hat auch wenig Chi Energie. Hier eine einfache Meditationstechnik vor dem Einschlafen.
Viel Spaß mit der Lebensenergie

wünscht
Samarpan
PS: Filme, die sich um das Thema "Hara" drehen ...

Den wöchentlichen Noseletter hier bestellen!
Die Sekunden Meditation von FindYourNose.com

Meanwhile, the Roman Catholics hierarchy lead their congregations to weeping "mea culpas" for their sins against Jews. When not flagellating themselves for "historical" transgressions against Jewry, they "see" images of Christ and the Virgin Mary on potato chips and on spots upon the fur of cats & dogs. "Christian" life goes on.

Yet, Jews are as bloody-handed as "nations" vastly larger in terms of population. This is to be expected, really, as Esau was prophesied to "live by the sword." Also, prophesied to be small in numbers, the sons of Esau have had to learn how to use "other people's swords" ("OPS") just as they learned to use "other people's money" ("OPM"). Life can be "good" that way, if conscience is vestigial in a people.

For example, during the "Six Day War" the State of Israel (sic) had apparently plotted with the LBJ Presidency to concoct an "Egyptian" attack on an American warship, so as to provide a pretext to go to Congress for approval to retaliate asgainst Abdul Gamal Nasser's Egypt (or perhaps simply immediately attack, going to Congress after the fact).

 As part of this plan, Israeli Defense Forces would attack the designated ship, sinking it to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea and making sure that no U.S. Navy officers or sailors survived to tell the tale. Then, blame the Egyptians, counting on the shrill war-shrieks of the American media to" whip up" American citizen support for "bombing Egypt back to the pharoahs." Naturally, the "flipside" of this was to be the loud alarums about "poor little Israel" and "our brother democracy" in a sea of despots

What the Jews and the LBJ Crowd did not reckon on was the incredible "fighting spirit" of the officers and sailors who manned the U.S.S. Liberty. These well-trained Navy men, recovering from the devastating intial topedo boat attacks of the Israelis, began to fight back. Hour after hour, sustaining terrific blows both from the israeli navy and airforce, they fought for their honor and their lives. Their calls for help to the Sixth Fleet Command were heard. The admiral in command of the Sixth Fleet (at that time permanently based in the Mediterranean Sea area) gave orders for Navy fighter-planes to go to the rescue of the U.S.S. Liberty.

This order was countermanded by LBJ and Secretary of Defense McNamara. LBJ is said to have made a comment to the effect: I don't care how many men are lost. We are not going to embarrass an ally.

Heroism doesn't produce miracles, but it sometimes gets results. The U.S.S. Liberty survived, even though the ship had just about been "totaled" by the Israelis, who had been able to murder 34 U.S. sailors and officers. The wounded officers and sailors were told in no uncertain terms to "shut up" about the "incident." The Israelis expressed regret at the "accident." Many of the families of the deceased sailors received money from the Israelis (which was no doubt paid for U.S. taxpayers).

For Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy, saying you are sorry for massacring 34 men on a bright, sunny day, while they labored under a huge American flag, makes the crime a "huggable" offense. ["Let's go bless the Jews!"] No wonder their churches tend to be half-full to empty!

Jews also murdered the unarmed family of the Russian Tsar, after first taking them prisoner and holding them at the Ekaterinburg estate. They were mostly women and children. LBJ and Secretary of Defense McNamara no doubt would have approved.

The Jewish Purple Gang of Detroit massacred several of the Irish Moran gangsters of Northside Chicago on St. Valentine's Day. (The Moran gang included at least one prominent Jewish gangster.) This "hit" may have been done in conjunction with Murder Incorporated, which was another Jewish gangster group. They were what might be called "specialists."

The point of all these incidents is to demonstrate the bloody ways of Jews and to demonstrate that this behavior is unchanged, whether the Jews are leaders of their state or leaders of a criminal gang.

We have touched upon Russia in regard to the Royal family, which was deposed. When the Jewish-led communist revolution took control, the "dictatorship" of the proletariat began to take shape. There commenced an immediate "purging" of much of the nonJewish middle class: intellectuals, Kulaks (prosperous farmers), professionals (including military) and police. This was arguably Marxist-Leninist-Trotskyists first experiment in "dumbing down" the population. (Later, in America and elsewhere, they would learn that a white public-school teacher, properly "tweaked," could be as deadly as an AK-47.)

It is estimated that 40 million Christians met an untimely end at the hands of the Jewish-run administration of the U.S.S.R. Jews not only ran the national government, the Communist Party, the intelligence agencies, and the secret police, they also ran the "gulag archipelago" of concentration camps. Most of those Russians consigned to these camps experienced horrifying deprivations and premature deaths. This is NOT to say that some were not murdered promptly, however.

Who were the "Founding Fathers" of the U.S.S.R.? In 1917 the revolutionary government was led by: Lenin, Trotsky, Kamenev, Sverdlov, Uritsky, Radek, and Litvinov. (Sounds almost like "W's" administration in Washington--or Billy Jeff Clinton's). Although Lenin was originally "billed" as a Russian (sort of like Madeleine Albright [of the Jewish Korbel family] and others of the last hundred years), he was a Yiddish-speaking Jew. After his death in 1924, a Jewish "triumvirate" shared power: Stalin, Kamenev and Sverdlov. In 1928 Stalin purged his "peers" and took control

Under Stalin the U.S.S.R went, according to the Trotskyites, "Bonapartist." Thus, he represented a betrayal of the pristine version of Marxist theory approved by the Trotskyites. Nevertheless, he was in control and communist theorists within the U.S.S.R. tilted their interpretations in ways likely to keep their heads on their necks. Expediency may be denounced by communist theorists, but that doesn't mean that they don't employ it.

Stalin's middle name is said to translate in his native Georgia (no! not in the U.S.): "little Jew." His right-hand man was Kaganovich, who headed all Soviet Industries. His name indicates descendance from the Khazars, whose leader was called "chaghan, or kaghan" and which people converted to Judaism approximately 700-750 A.D. Therefore, Kaganovich may have been a scion of "aristocratic," or even "royal," blood. Surely he was born to leadership! Soon, the bloodlines of Stalin and Kaganovich would blend.

Besides Kaganovich, Stalin appointed L.P. Beria to head the U.S.S.R.'s secret police (whose name changed a number of times). It initially was called by its initials CHEKA, which is an abbreviation of "Vecheka," which is itself an acronym for "All-Russian Extraordinary Committee to Combat Counter-Revolution and Sabotage." By this name the reader infers how insecure and vigilant these usurpers were. That the Jewish-led revolution was shot-through with individuals who had assumed Russian-sounding names to block resistance to the usurpation by recognition of what the revolution really was: a Jewish "coup d'etat," although Jewish support (Jacob Schiff, in America) and volunteers (the lower "East Side volunteers" of Trotsky's) extended far beyond the Russian border.

The CHEKA was first headed by one "Felix Dzerzhinsky" from 1917-1918. He reappeared a number of times to head this organization or its "rebirths" under other names, such as GPU (part of NKVD), OGPU, GUGB (part of NKVD), NKVD, MGB, KI ( included MGB & GRU), MGB, MVD, and KGB. In all these name changes we perceive a reason why the U.S. military and civilian administrations developed a love for "letters," as well as a reason for the constant "reorganization" of Executive branches of government, such as Homeland Security. For the same people who "took over" the governance of Russia also took over the governance of the U.S.A.

Whether Felix Dzerzhinsky was Jewish is not certainly known by this writer. He was born apparently in Poland of "landed" parents. Poland had one of the heaviest Jewish populations on earth at the time of his birth. His interest in "communism" is suggestive. Keep in mind that the important Jewish Zionist in the first half of the 19th century, Rabbi Samuel Wiseman, stated: "Judaism is communism; communism is Judaism." The fact that he was "tight" with the Jewish Revolutionary Leadership, repeatedly serving them at various ministries, also is suggestive. The "birds of a feather" factor here may well extend beyond communist comradeship. My belief is that Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Jew. It is known that every head of the U.S.S.R.'s secret police, whatever it be named, was a Jew.

Parenthetically, one of the phenomenons of information today is the ability of Jews to hide the "jewishness" of many people and events. This ability includes textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, et al. It's easy today where nonJewish dogs have been trained to "put their tails between their legs" rather than simply speaking the facts or evidence of the matter. "What difference does it make?" they whimper. Servile to the end, they have selected their master and act accordingly.

According to Robert Conquest, considered by many the preeminent authority on this subject, in his book, The Great Terror, states that between 1937-1938 there were twelve million political prisoners. He further states that one million were legally executed, after appearing in the famed Stalinist court system to be "tried." Two million others faced untimely deaths in the concentration camps, where a combination of exhaustion, starvation, cold and disease proved all too lethal. However, the massive "round up" began about 1930.

From the outset Lenin set the tone for life in the U.S.S.R.: "The state is an instrument for coercion...We want to organize violence in the name of the interest of the workers." [early June, 1918] The workers did not state their desires; rather, their desires were stated by the communist leadership, based in part on Marxist theory about what SHOULD be their interests and in part on the practical requirements of continuing as "dictators of the proletariat." In other words even the brutal Jewish leadership felt obliged to "schmooze" the workers.

 Incidentally, I believe that their correlatives in the U.S. did the same, sometimes in the name of "labor" and sometime in the name of "Negroes." Later, they would proceed in the name of "women," or of "Gays (homosexuals), or of "persecuted Jews," or of "Chicanos," or of "Mexicans," or of "Latinos," or of "short people," or of "handicapped" people, or of something else. The main thing was to create a need to employ state power against someone that Jews, Marxists, or allied groups felt "threatened them" by possession of some degree of independence from their "circle of rule." Often, imbecilic doctrines of uniformitarianism served this purpose, such as "disparate results." Incidentally, this doctrine was never and is not now applied to "top-heavy" Jewish participation at the controlling end of things.

The first head of the CHEKA, "Iron" Felix Dzerzhinsky made the aims of the communist leadership quite clear: "The public and the press misunderstand the character and tasks of our commission...We stand for organized terror--this should be frankly stated--terror being absolutely indispensable in current revolutionary conditions."  Hence, the premeditated cruelties inflicted upon the mostly nonJewish masses of Russia. The "bourgeois mentality" had to be eliminated, being a transient cancer upon the body of the planned for ideal of a "Workers Paradise."

As for the leadership of the secret service under Stalin, consider:

"Genrikh Yagoda became head of the GPU secret police in July 1934. Upon his removal on Dec. 30, 1936, the Jew M. Berman was briefly its head, followed by 'the bloodthirsty dwarf' Nikolai Yezhov, (he stood only 4' 7"). All three would die in Stalin's purges. On Dec. 8, 1938, the Jew, L.P. Beria, became head of the secret police. He seved until Stalin's death on March 5, 1953. Beria was purged and executed by Khrushchev (also described as a Jew) a few months later.  [JEWISH-RUN CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN THE SOVIET UNIONS, Dr. Hermann Greife, Introduction, Dr. E. R. Fields, p.1]

Therefore, the stage was set for disaster for millions. Why? Consider:

"In November 1917, Jewish Marxism completely absorbed the ruling power of Russia.

"Its next step was to expand this power through the exploitation of the masses...It was comparatively easy to dispose of the leading and most valuable racial elements: the intelligentsia and nobility...But the most difficult problem was the handling of the peasants. Lenin, himself, had long ago recognized that the greatest obstacle in establishing a Communistic slave-state would be the strong and healthy peasant, consequently the government had but one alternative: the complete destruction of the healthy peasantry.

"Although the new rulers, ever since their rise to power, encountered a stiff opposition from the peasantry, their real drive to achieve their object commenced with the first Five Year Plan. It was to be a bloody, and in the history of mankind, a unique act.

"The entire independent peasantry, the so-called 'Kulaks" were dispossessed of their possessions and driven from their farms.

"During this process of 'raskulatchivanje' or diskulakizing a great number were massacred on the spot..."    [supra, p.6]

It has been reported that on his death bed, Lenin had expressed regrets about the "sea of blood" which had been shed, stating that had he had ten men such as St. Francis of Assisi he might have succeeded. Whether there is any truth to this claim I cannot say. However, the sheer numbers of Kulaks must have caused some pause. Maybe there was a better way, may have been a thought that entered the minds of these grim Reds. Why not get some physical labor from these Kulaks in behalf of the Revolutionary Workers of the World's leadership? Consider:

"The Kulaks were then gathered from all sections, dumped into box cars and transferred to remote places of the Soviet Union. Endlessly, these trains rolled through the steppes and snow-covered fields of Siberia. Uncountable was the number of men who never were to see their point of destination; they died on the way to the concentration camps, but millions reached their destinations nevertheless.

"Although these camps had already existed previously, they began to grow in importance and new ones were created as fast as the 'living material' rolled in.

"For millions of people, concentration camps have been nothing but transit points into eternity. Here the death of millions could not be accounted for as murder and moreover, these death-sacrificed victims of Jewish tyranny could be exploited to the last drop of blood in the interest of a 'Socialistic State' before being freed by the merciful reaper--death."     [supra, p.7]

It is curious, also, to recall how much credibility is given by Jews and their "dogs" to the anecdotal "horror stories" in regard to Nazi "Death Camps"--even when implausible on their face--by "former inmates," while anecdotal accounts of the U.S.S.R. concentration camps by former inmates--sometimes written on scraps of paper--is dismissed "out of hand" as unverified and nonevidential.

What were the basic reasons for the U.S.S.R. concentration camps? They were probably ones that shifted in weight as time went by in the revolutionary course. They may be listed, however, as chiefly three. Consider:

"1, The inconspicious extermination of the 'undesirables,'

2. Exploitation of the physical power of the condemned,

3. The setting of an example for the entire population to suffocate any possible uprisings against the Jewish despotism.

"The first purpose is undoubtedly the most important, although the financial value of the working power of the compulsion workers is by no means underestimated by the Soviet government."    [supra]

Nor by the People's Republic of China, as well as a boatload of other such countries. Even the U.S. utilizes prison labor in its Unicor system. In the U.S. this is done in the guise of "training" inmates to be productive citizens. The latter aim is frustrated by the antiquated machinery inmates typically utilize and the fact that once released from prison, they will constantly find work applications inquiring if they have had a felony conviction, which is the case with most inmates. They are conditioned to a minimum wage existence while at prison by being paid ten cents an hour, or some similarly low pay. However, the federal authorities believe this approach will keep America "competitive" with our trading partners in the "world community."

The experts who dream up such ideas are themselves paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even fedworkers get paid well at the "expert" level. No! Please don't bring up disparity of results. Some people are more equal than others, doncha know?

Point three, above, may also be legitimately pondered as a precursor to the use of "hate crime" laws to keep certain folks solidly in power.

"The Jewish potentates of Russia [U.S.S.R.]: Firin, Chief of Concentration Camps; Jagoda, chief of the G.P.U.; Kaganowitch (sic), right man and father-in-law of dictator Joseph Stalin, and Kagan, Chief of construction in the Camps."    [supra, p.10]

The men noted above, excepting Stalin, were gathered to observe the progress at the canal Wolga-Moskwa, which was being built by compulsion labor. There were a number of "projects" going on in the U.S.S.R., utilizing coerced labor. They got the work from most by using a "no work, no eat" rule. Of course, they never gave a moments's thought to a fair reading of the Scriptural admonishment that a "laborer be worthy of his wage." Normally, what they paid required no work. The key for these concentation, or work, camps was that the administrators were the only source of food. They were never generous nor just. Concentration officials in the Soviet Union were like that. But Consider:

"Eventually, there would be 53 large camps and 425 smaller camps...In connection with these facts, I shall refer to a letter written by an engineer who returned from the Soviet Union and who gives an indisputable opinion of the problem:

" 'If one goes to the jail of Leningrad during the visiting hour, one will note a long queue of people standing there only to get information if their relatives in the jail are still among the living. In the majority of cases, these people are young women--the wives of workers, or old half-starved mothers who often wait six and eight hours patiently worrying over the fate of their relatives.

" 'The information is always brief and harshly given by officials. The sentence in most cases calls for compulsion work or exile...Most of the prisoners, however, are sentenced to compulsion labor in the eternal Siberian north or to the hot and murderous deserts.

"' In the North they are chiefly used in stone quarries and for the construction of railroads, highways and fortifications--this is particularly true on the peninsula Kola. Furthermore, they are employed in industry where they perform valuable and cheap work...

"'The consumption of this living material is very great and therefore has to be continually replenished. No worker will ever go voluntarily to these desolate northern regions and it is up to the Jewish-Bolshevik judges to care care of a continuous flow of supply to the compulsion camps of Kola and North-Carclia....'"       [supra, pp.9,11-12]

Todays enlightened Western leadership likes to employ people in self-consuming labor, such as war, so as to get the global population down to the "manageable" level of less than one billion humans. This is not to say that they have forgotten such useful lessons from the past as the construction in the U.S.S.R. of the White Sea Canal Project, which was to connect the White Sea with the Gulf of Finland. Consider:

"The main task was the construction of the stretch between the White Sea and the Onega Sea which lies between the 62nd and 65th latitudes. The climate in this region is exceptionally severe, the winters are long and cold. The nights are bright and a heavy snow blanket covers the land during the long winter.

"Geologically speaking, it is a moraine; a multitude of smaller and bigger lakes are scattered through the territory and giant rocks and boulders practically cover the entire surface. The subjacent layer is composed of extremely hard substance. Numerous rapids and natural dikes hinder traffic on the lakes.

"Big settlements are non-existent and immense distances lie between the few barren villages.

"Through this inhospitable region, the Soviet government decided to run the canal..."   [supra, p.34.)

Now, it is true that the U.S. has gone into the north of Alaska, in cooperation with the state authorities and private industry, to construct projects in severe weather conditions and terrain, nothing was anything other than well-paid work in as modern a set of facilities as could be had reasonably under the circumstances and utilizing the best of modern equipment. Had ANY of the Americans gone to work at the White Sea Canal Project, they wouldn't have ever returned alive. Consider:

"LIVING CONDITIONS: After their arrival, the prisoners had to march over partly impassable roads to their destination. Here they had to dig pits, erect tents or build barracks, where they were forced to live in absolute seclusion from the world...

"It was terribly cold there; and colder for those who hailed from the sunny South--they leave the transport shivering, tie rags over their mouths and tighten the blankets around their bodies--and freeze.

"Then there are those who have to sleep with the stars shining in their faces--the tents are crowded and the barracks not yet finished. No provisions to cook or prepare the distribution of rations; the food has to be consumed in its raw state...

"The suffering under this terrible cold is so great that the prisoners have but one dream: to sleep in the tunnels of the concrete dams where by chemical processes a slight warmth is made possible.

"The food rations are so scant that the physically stronger prisoners often rob their weaker co-sufferers. The distribution of food is always accompanied by quarrels, swearing and attempts to grab some of the precious morsels from a fellow-prisoner...

"The mortality in the camps is enormous on account of diseases. The prisoners are so lousy that regular slaughter houses had to be equipped where day by day in the bitter cold, sit imprisoned nuns from the  various former Russian convents and with the aid of tiny metallic sticks, destroy the lice and nits in the prisoners clothing. These White Sea lice are the object of many a legend."    [supra, pp.36-37]

This information is consistent with known health problems experienced in the Nazi work camps, or concentration camps. Being more advanced as a society, the Germans were able to provide their treatment facilities with modern equipment and employed the latest chemical treatment against lice infestation. As the war years progressed, Allied bombing missions eliminated necessary and sufficient humane treatment by the Germans, resulting in a devastating increase in typhus-related deaths.

It seems likely that when the invading Russians encountered these hygiene facilities, there were utterly ignorant of their use. The Germans used no nuns to kill the lice. The Russians were left to pursue their superstitions in regard to Germans and modern equipment. Later, Jewish propagandists were able to convince the world that these were "human gas chambers." Shortly after, scores of millions of Jews were theorized as perishing in the chambers. The Germans owed these people's relative reparations for their losses.

Let's return to the horrifying White Sea Canal Project, shall we?

"The Work: Now the prisoners are divided into brigades of 25 to 30 men. Ten brigades comprise a phalanx, that is 250 to 300 men. Each phalanx is given a section where every brigade has to perform a peculiar task: digging, blasting, deforestation, etc.

"Then each worker is given an 'urok' for the day and is required to complete it in the time allowed. In the quarry, for instance, this 'urok' is a large block of stone which he has to sever, crush, then load on the wheelbarrow and transfer away quite a distance.

"For an under nourished, poorly clad man who has to walk a long distance to and from work, it is a performance that lies very close to the border of the impossible. And then the equipment: a pick, a wheelbarrow and planks to form the driveways for the barrow--that's all....

"And it was not easy to manage a normal 'urok'...

" 'The frozen ground would not yield. The 'urok' was so big that many thought they could never handle it. Midnight sun--blue snow, it snows and snows...mountains of snow have to be shovelled off the pit. Many men have landed in the isolator--having collapsed of exposure.'

"But the most inhuman task is the work in the icy water....'For eighteen hours the prisoners stood emerged to the abdomen in the water and dragged boulders. We have been driven into the cold water even at nights. It was almost impossible to withstand the heavy current.'

"In the spring uncounted victims were claimed by the rapid streams...'The canal was filling up with water that rose higher and higher as a warm wind blew over the land. The prisoners dropped the tools and ran panic-stricken...'

The lack of any technical equipment whatsoever and the absolute disregard of human life, resulted in innumerable accidents and just as many died during the construction of the Canal as had perished during the world war.

"The slightest negligence or failure on the part of the prisoners bring severe punishment. A common practice is to confine these neglecters to the 'penal isolator'--a jail where specially harsh treatment is administered. They are literally set on starvation rations and tortured in every possible way.

"The chief of the 'isolator' was the Jew, Abraham Isaaksohn Rottenberg, well known by many police departments of the world and a much wanted criminal in countries where he practiced his crimes prior to the time that he became a Soviet official. This position on the Canal gave him ample opportunity to practice from experiences gained through a long criminal record."    [supra, pp.39-40]

There may be reason found here to suppose that the Jewish "Law of Return" may first have been applied to access to the "Workers' Paradise," aka, the U.S.S.R. Also, Comrade Rottenberg may represent a Jewish type that surfaces regularly in Jewish instigated or influenced revolutions, such as the "Glorious Revolution," the French Revolution, the Hungarian Revolution under Bela Kun in 1919, and others, including the 20th century struggle for America. But let's get a list of the chief figures associated with the White Sea Canal Project.

"THE ALL-JEWISH GPU OFFICIALS WHO HEADED THE SWC CANAL PROJECT:

"Matwei Davidsohn Berman, chief of camp administration of the G.P.U.; Lazarus Josephsohn Kagan, chief of constructions; Simon Grigoretvitch Firin, chief of S.W.C. Camp; Jacob Davidsohn Rappoport, assistant to Kagan and Berman; Naftalij Aronsohn Frenkel, chief of work (superintendant); Grigorij Davidsohn Afanasjew, chief engineer; Samuel Kwazenskij, political instructor; Abraham Isaaksohn Rottenberg, chief of penal-isolators and leader of the atheistic section; Ginsburg, ca,mp physician; Brodsky, commander of the guards; Berensohn, Dorfman, Kagner, Augert--directors of the finance department of the G.P.U." (all Jews).   [supra, p.36]

In all of the above the reader can easily infer the cruelty, brutality, deprivation, and sheer madness of it all. It seems that the asylum inmates finally created the world of their deranged dreams. Ordinary people are vulnerable to the horrors of madmen, because they cannot imagine that anyone would do what these people did, as a rather pedestrian event, one which should not raise any eyebrows.

Further, I suspect that this sort of thing aids many Jews in developing believable, although false, tells of horrors, perpetrated against the "poor, wretched, wandering Jews." Films, TV programs and books can be filled with the horrible deeds which Jews have done but ascribed to others. The development of the fiction which is presented as nonfiction had its "golden age" in the two decades after World War II.

Before leaving this nightmare world, thre should be one more account of a human's struggle with official madness. Consider:

"...Here follows the story of a Russo-German farmer, Rempel, who, as an eyewitness tells his own experiences:

"...one of them particularly aroused my pity. His face was frozen and black--the cheeks and nose were covered with pus and I had considerable difficulty in suppressing an abominable feeling. In spite of his wounds he was working in the cold wind. I asked him why he would not have himself treated in the hospital. He looked up in horror and replied in a timid and frightened voice: 'Konzlagernyj,' (sentenced to compulsion camp).

"'The rough climate and extremely hard work left a pitiful imprint on the prisoners. Tired and bent they moved about. A certain amount of work ('urok', task) was given every day but it was necessary to work at least twelve hours to get this urok done. I was told that in the fall, 3000 prisoners were stuffed into one of the barracks and of this number only seventy-five survived, the rest of them died...' "     [supra, p.13]

There are several stories of nightmarish existence, and women certainly weren't spared, which might be offered. Yet, it is a truism that a blunt denial by Jews of their crimes herein is sufficient to restore them to the status to which they've grown accustomed in America:  Most admired people.

Downnlaced, 2008.

Noseletter 36 - Was passiert, wenn man meditiert?

Es gibt Zeiten, da mangelt es jedem von uns an Zentrierung. Menschen, Situationen, Gefühle reißen in verschiedene Richtungen und wir erschöpfen uns in dem Versuch, alles unter einen Hut zu bekommen. Wenn man nicht "NEIN!" sagen kann, dann mangelt es an Hara Qualität - der Eigenschaft, in sich zu ruhen und ungestört zu sein.

Habt ihr schon mal was von Sumo Ringern gehört? Sumo Ringer, das sind die großen, dicken, japanischen Ringer, deren Sport es ist, sich gegenseitig aus dem Zentrum im Bauch zu bringen. Ihre ganze Aufmerksamkeit gilt dem Hara, dem inneren Zentrum von Stärke und Kraft. Meditation führt geradeaus dorthin.

Ohne Zugang zum inneren Zentrum ist das Leben schwer. Ohne Zentrierung bläst uns das leiseste Windchen um. Meditation führt zur Stärkung der Zentrierung im Bauch. Ein starkes Hara bedeutet große Stärke, Ausgewogenheit und Unerschütterlichkeit. Das Hara liegt einige Zentimeter unter dem Bauchnabel und ist die Quelle von Ki (Chi), der Lebensenergie.
Nur mal so, um ein Gefühl für das Hara zu bekommen - ein paar Videos über die japanischen Sumo Ringer. Sie ruhen völlig ungestört in ihrem großen Bauch und entwickeln eine unglaubliche Kraft aus ihrem Hara. (Die Videos sind eine gute Gelegenheit, in den eigenen Bauch zu entspannen und ihn wertzuschätzen...)

Ein kurzes Video über die Sumo Ringer, Einführung in die Tradition mit hautnahen Bildern! (Auf Englisch)
Und noch ein Link über den Meister der Sumo, Asashouryuu, den stärksten der Sumo Ringer. Er ist trotz seines Gewichtes wendig und schnell, hundertprozentig präsent, standfest, er sieht genau, wo sein Gegner aus der Balance ist und hebt ihn mit seinen flexiblen Angriffen einfach aus dem Stand. So lebt ein Meister der Meditation. Wach, präsent, standfest in seiner Individualität, unerschütterlich, zentriert, mutig.

Sumo Meister Asashouryuu -- das Video ist auf Japanisch, doch die Bilder sprechen für sich.
Jack Kornfield, ein bekannter Meditationslehrer, erzählt von einem Football Trainer, der seine Jungs über das "Zentrum der Schwerkraft" belehrte. Er sagte ihnen: "Wenn du mit einem hoch gelegenen Schwerkraft-Zentrum rumläufst, dann wirft dich dein Gegner zu Boden. Bewege dich also, als ob dein Zentrum ein paar Zentimeter unterhalb des Bauchnabels wäre..."

Fußball mit Sumo Ringern, bei dem ihre Wendigkeit und Stärke zu sehen ist (lustiger Werbeclip)

In einer anderen Geschichte erzählt Jack Kornfield über einen Aikido Meister, der über Bewusstheit im Hara lehrte. Er demonstrierte, wie wichtig es sei, diesen einen Punkt in sich zu erhalten, nicht nur im Aikido, sondern im täglichen Leben. Wenn er seine Aufmerksamkeit auf das Hara lenkte, war er nicht von der Stelle zu bewegen. Mehrere Männer, die viel größer als er waren, konnten ihn nicht hochheben oder von seinem Stand wegschieben. In der Demonstration konnte er jedoch sechs angreifende Schüler in einem anmutigen und fast anstrengungslosen Tanz zu Boden werfen.

Jack Kornfields Anregungen zum Hara

Die Sumo Ringer oder Aikido Meister mögen für uns außergewöhnlich aussehen und doch sind sie nur ein Spiegel dessen, was für uns alle auf geistiger Ebene möglich ist. Mit der Wahrnehmung und Entspannung ins Hara können wir ungehindert unseren Weg gehen, egal, wer oder was sich uns in den Weg stellt. Durch Meditation entwickelt sich der gleiche Instinkt, der gleiche Mut, die gleiche Stärke wie die eines Sumo Ringers.
Eine umfassende, sehr gute Beschreibung, wie sich das Hara im Alltag auswirkt, hat Elvira Schneider gegeben.

Und noch eine Meditationstechnik, die das Hara stärkt

Viel Spaß im eigenen Bauch

wünscht
Samarpan

PS: Man muss kein Sumo Ringer werden - oder vielleicht doch? Zentrierung für Führungskräfte - ein Meditationsseminar
PPS: Filme, die sich um das Thema "Hara" drehen ...

Den wöchentlichen, kostenlosen Noseletter hier bestellen!
Die Sekunden Meditation von FindYourNose.com

Läs mer i Dagens Medicin >>

(...)Die „Seele“, das „Ich“, das „Selbst“ oder das „Bewusstsein“ – das sind für mich austauschbare Begriffe. Ich verstehe die Seele als komplexes Muster, das aus der Mikromaschinerie – Nervenzellen, Synapsen – des Gehirns erwächst, so wie ein Mosaik aus kleinen Bausteinen entsteht. Und genau so, wie man ein gleiches Mosaik aus anderen Steinen zusammenlegen kann, lassen sich diese Muster in anderen Gehirnen rekonstruieren. Meistens spuken die Seelen anderer Personen in niedriger Auflösung in unseren Köpfen herum, doch manchmal erreichen sie fast den Körnungsgrad des Originals.(...)

Das würde bedeuten, das "ich" gar nicht so sehr "ich" bin als eher ein zusammengewürfelter Haufen anderer "Ichse", in meinem Gehirn mehr oder weniger stark und einflussreich vorhanden. Ein Aspekt der Memetik ohne den Begriff Memetik gut erklärt!?

]]> http://enerqi.wordpress.com/?p=5 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:23:54 +0000 ChrisTina Maywald http://enerqi.wordpress.com/?p=5 Ceteem®-Ener-Qi

Ener-Qi, das Ki, das Qi, der Atem des Lebens,
eingefangen in unterschiedlichen Nuancen von Mandalas,
welche von sich aus schon sehr energiegeladen sind
und auch eine entsprechende Steigerung dieser Energie
be-wirken können.

Einfach anschauen - wirken-lassen - eintauchen
in die dazu passenden Gedanken,
oder auch die Übungen durchführen,
um die Wirkung der Mandalas noch zu steigern.

Viel Vergnügen auf der Reise
in das Reich der unbegrenzten Ener-Qi!

Adjunto lo que escribí en su día en nuestro foro:

"Muy buenas,

Ángel y yo, nos vamos de uchideshis al dojo de Daniel Toutain Sensei en Rennes (Francia) la semana del 13 al 17 de Agosto.

Alguien se anima? Os aseguro que es una experiencia insuperable.

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Tristemente, me tengo que ir solo. Ángel, no me puede acompañar por motivos laborales, y en el último momento, ha cancelado su asistencia.

Al final, me voy en autobús (además, al cogerlo a última hora, me he quedado sin descuentos, y me ha salido bastante caro), 12 horas desde Bilbao a Rennes: durísimo!!!

Pero, merece la pena, me voy de uchideshi al dojo de DANIEL TOUTAIN SENSEI. Tengo muchísimas ganas de poder estar con Daniel, reencontrarme con viejos amigos, hacerme alguno nuevo, y poder avanzar un poquito más en este "do".

Tengo muy claro lo que quiero entrenar, espero poder elegir parte del programa de la semana.

Bueno, os contaré a la vuelta, como siempre crónica, fotos, etc.
 
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Acabo de llegar de Rennes.

Dios mío, Daniel Sensei cada día me deja más alucionado!!!

Ya por llegar, Daniel Sensei, me recibe con un afectuoso abrazo, y es de agradecer. Y la despedida igual, un fuerte abrazo, y quedamos en vernos en noviembre en Zaragoza (si no es antes, jeje).

Esta semana, hemos sido 8 uchideshis, la mayoría con 'danes', y los keikos han sido muy muy intensos.

Tengo los antebrazos amoratados y todo el cuerpo bastante dolorido.

Hemos trabajado de todo, desde Kokyu Nage (a petición mía) hasta el 5º Kumitachi.

Ahora no tengo tiempo para escribir más, pero lo haré, pondré fotos, etc.

Daniel Toutain Sensei es lo máximo, una máquina, cómo explica, como trabaja, como transmite... en serio, estoy asustado con este hombre!

Daniel Toutain Sensei y yo.

Y el lujo de llegar al tatami y decirnos: - qué queréis trabajar?; al acabar cada clase, pasarse todo el tiempo necesario corrigiéndonos uno por uno, contestando a nuestras preguntas y dudas de técnicas (por muy inverosímiles que fueran, a veces, incluso, le entraba la risa, jeje), no tiene precio Es un maestro, que preguntes lo que le preguntes, tiene respuesta, además, su respuesta es clara, precisa, y lógica. Es increíble.

Vuelvo con algunos detalles importantes aprendidos, muchas correcciones, etc, etc. En resumen: feliz.

Por cierto, hay muchas novedades para esta temporada que empieza en septiembre.

En breve, os cuento más. Me voy a la playa, que no todo es aikido (pero, si casi todo ).

Un abrazo,

Enrique.
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Las clases han sido muy intensas, como bien sabéis, empieza a las 7h con los suburis.

Daniel Sensei, ha cambiado la forma de hacer suburis, antes, los hacíamos sin parar, llegando incluso a 2.000 repeticiones, y era un trabajo individual, corregía alguna vez, y normalmente al final de la clase.

Grupo uchideshis (Mexico, Francia, Luxemburgo, Marruecos, España) con Daniel Toutain Sensei.

Pero, ahora, se ha dado cuenta que es mucho mejor, corregir uno por uno durante los suburis, nos pide que los hagamos muy lentamente, y corrigiendo muy bien la postura, el feeling que hay que tener al cortar, etc. Está todo el rato encima nuestro, corrigiéndonos, ahora él casi no hace, solamente unas repeticiones a modo de ejemplo, y luego a corregirnos, pasando por todos, etc. Ahora, se suda menos, pero se aprende más.

Al acabar el lunes los suburis, como siempre, preparamos el desayuno, etc, desayunamos todos juntos en el tatami, con charlas interesantes y relajadas. Después del desayuno, recoger todo, y prepararnos para 2 horas de clase privada.

Daniel Sensei, el lunes, antes de empezar con las clases privadas de la mañana, nos pidió que 'armásemos' la semana, qué queríamos trabajar, etc. Él lo apuntó todo en una hoja. Se pidió sobre todo Taijutsu: tai no henko, kokyu ho, kokyu nage (lo pedí yo), ikkyo, nikkyo, sankyo, yonkyo, kotegaeshi, koshinage. En Bukiwaza: kumijos y kumitachis.

El 'pequeño' Frank y yo.

Toda la semana se repitió el mismo entreno, la misma rutina: suburis, 2 horas privadas mañana, 1 hora privada tarde + clases de sotodeshis.

Total: mínimo 5 horas diarias de aikido con Toutain Sensei. Más, por supuesto, lo que se entrena por nuestra cuenta, porque es muy importante, el digerir y entrenar, corregir, etc, lo que Toutain nos enseña para poder recibir más detalles.

Esta semana, me sorprendió, que trabajamos 2/3 de taijutsu, y bastante en Ki no Nagare. Decir que si Daniel impresiona en Kihon, en Ki no Nagare es acojonante, qué fluidez.

El día que hicimos Kokyu Nage, solamente desde el agarre Morotedori, se marcó 12 Kokyunages completamente distintos. Y no hizo más porque no le dió tiempo, al acabar la clase, bromeando con él, le pregunté cuantos se sabía, y me dijo riéndose que unos cuantos más, jajajaja.

Creo, sinceramente, que Daniel Toutain Sensei, está en su mejor momento, está en esa fase de creación, que tanta prensa ha tenido, llamada "Takemusu Aiki", cada vez fluye más, improvisa, crea, etc.

Eso sí, cuando hace Kihon, contundente, estático, duro, muy fuerte, como debe ser. NO SE PUEDE CORRER SIN ANTES APRENDER A ANDAR CORRECTAMENTE.

Bueno, pues este es el resumen de la semana. Clases increíbles, Daniel como siempre, impresionante (además, ahora le puedo comparar con otros Senseis Iwama que he estado), perfecto, buena camaradería entre los uchideshis, coincidí con Paco y Doménico, grandes amigos.

Me comentaron que en el Summer Camp de Auray, hubo más de 100 personas, Daniel dió mil técnicas, henkas, etc, etc. Increíble.

El año que viene, mi intención es hacer Auray Summer Camp + una semana de uchideshi.

Y en noviembre viene Daniel a Zaragoza, prepararos porque según vea el nivel, dará más o menos técnicas, avanzará o repetirá lo mismo, etc.

Estoy deseando volver a ver a Daniel Sensei, es el camino!!!

Saludos."

Pues eso es todo. Si Dios quiere, a principios de Agosto me pasaré en Auray 15 días intensivos bajo la tutela de Daniel Toutain Sensei: ¡estoy contando los días! ¡nada me puede hacer más feliz!. 

Jag övade min Tai-Chi ute på trädgården. Vi har en uteplats med en liten förhöjning varifrån man ser skogen. Ibland är man lite dum och funderar på vad grannar tycker om saker. Tai-Chi ser ju lite underligt ut, och det finns de som tror att man är knäpp när man övar det.

Men idag brydde jag mig inte. Tycker de att jag är knäpp, så är det antagligen sant!

Vilken känsla! Att öva Tai-Chi ute i naturen är helt annat. Det är då man känner man får energin. Ki, eller Chi, eller qi som några kallar det. Istället för att bli av med energi, känner man hur kroppen får mer energi. Och det räcker med en kvart. helt underbart.

I vissa asiatiska kulturer lagras ki i magen. Det är därför vi får olika magkänslor, om vi inte gillar läget, om vi är rädda, osv.

L’exposition montre une sélection de cent vingt pièces provenant essentiellement des collections du département des Estampes et de la photographie et de la Réserve des livres rares, complétées par quelques
prêts de l’artiste, de collectionneurs privés et du Musée national d’art moderne. Le public aura ainsi l’occasion de suivre les principales caractéristiques de son oeuvre imprimé, estampes et livres illustrés, selon un parcours chronologique.

On découvrr les multiples passerelles avec les autres moyens d’expression que le peintre explore en parallèle. Il est en effet fréquent que Zao Wou-Ki parte d’une huile, d’une aquarelle ou d’une encre de Chine pour, ensuite, l’interpréter en gravure. Une vingtaine d’oeuvres originales en relation avec l’oeuvre imprimé sont ainsi exposées, de même que quelques matrices et planches de décomposition qui aideront le visiteur à mieux appréhender le complexe travail de superposition des couleurs caractéristique des estampes de Zao Wou-Ki

A voir à la Bibliothèque nationale de France jusqu'au 24 août 2008

Plus d'infos sur le site de la Bnf

illustration : Zao Wou-Ki, Sans titre, Lithographie. BnF © ADAGP - 2007