The G-Rant

writing for the sake of it....

2010-04-02T04:19:00.001-07:00

Hello people, think positive and you may get through the pending display of poor grammar and prosaic prose. Oh look I used a word with a p, and another p... that's doubtless has a description that eludes me right now and I warn you, if you look up "prosaic" your head might explode. Mundane, perhaps, poetic perhaps not; the alliterate are genuinely at large.

Anyway, It's your fault not mine.

Now, I'm sure you've all heard of the Secret, it's that thing that encourages you to think about what you want and that also keeps being referred to as a movie although, I have my doubts. If you're a connoisseur of self proclaimed gurus like myself, you'll have heard this a few times too:

"Hi, you may remember me from the hit movie, the secret!"

Maybe I do, maybe I don't.

The thing is, when I manifested the secret DVD into my life, I may have been focusing a bit too hard on the pitfalls of spiritual claims and wish fulfilments that promise to be rather unfulfilling.

I'm not adverse to spirituality, nor exploring the mysteries of the universe, and I confess that I immediately created my own vision board of magic manifestation directly after viewing.

However, as someone genuinely looking for answers in life, I have had the tendency of being slightly disillusioned with what continues to be the naivety and over simplification of a complex and valuable pursuit:

Finding a way to change your life by finding practical ways that change the way you view and experience life.

I think we call it conscious living.

After realising that the Secret was an oversimplified suggestion, I then spent the next couple of years laughing my ass off at the abundance of people just waiting to tell you their Secret to why The Official secret didn't work.

When does it end...doubtless when you start finding the answers for yourself.

So,

Here's some free advice:

1) Never trust the financial advice of someone who only profits from advising you.

2) Don't let someone tell you how to focus your thoughts when they generally spend their life worrying if you'll buy their product or not.

3) Be dubious of anyone selling secrets.

4) be dubious.

5) be open.

6) Questioning the very fabric of who you are and your universe will always be hard; telling you it's easy is a great way to make a profit however.

7) be genuinely wise...

There ya go, I guess I'll call that 7 SECRET TIPS THAT DEFINITELY WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

seeya folks and stay positive,

Grant :)

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The Secret to the Secret

2010-04-02T04:15:00.001-07:00

do ya see ?

2009-02-06T09:16:00.000-08:00

I'm just musing about perspectives here and how we can get caught seeing things in a limited way and be completely closed to seeing what's really going on holistically.

Now, My mum is an Aromatherapist/Massage therapist who although isn't a physiotherapist per se, works along side them at a respected practice.

The thing is these physios aren't working in the way that other physios are working, they are working in a more enlightened fashion whereby they treat the cause not the symptoms.

I'll often here my mum refer to a pain in my leg coming from my shoulder being out of alignment and pulling on it, it sounds bizarre when you're not used to thinking in that way...but these guys see it clearly and not only does it make sense to them, but they can manipulate your body based on that vision and get you back in balance.

So the human body is usually a great example of the microcosm of existence, but the main illustration here is that we are often sceptical about stuff but only because we've blinded ourselves through a version of how things work, we fight against alternate methods because it doesn't fit how we've defined it, but if how we've defined our world is fundamentally flawed then it's a bit of a silly approach to hold onto.

Cheers,
Grant

"As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found - in himself.

- Erich Fromm

...oh...I seeeee

2009-02-05T08:48:00.000-08:00

The whole perspective game is about letting go of judgement in order to get bigger piece of the pie.

If you wanna get glimpses of more an more an more of what's really going on in life you have be willing to stop defining things as you see them now.

And then things take on a whole new meaning and perspective that renders your previous definition as nothing but a limit, a limited snapshot that fuelled any opinion you had.

The thing is, as long as we are collectively judging a limited picture of life then we are creating whole societies and ways of living based around these limited perspectives.

But anyway, here's a little thought on the widening of vision:

this is right and this is wrong....

ok...so ya get a Zit on your face and you get all pissed, but, the zit on your face appeared because the skin is ridding itself of toxins.

Maybe natural disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes are a form of planetary de-tox?

but back to your microcosmic body and zit...

Toxins are erupting from the skin, so it's a pretty good sign of something going on else where, a core issue. Like so many things in life we invariably, due to ignorance of there being a deeper view, just treat the surface issue..yes, as humans we rub cream on zits.

Meanwhile in the toxic dump you call body, the organs of elimination could do with some TLC and assistance:

The Liver
The Kidneys
The Pancreas

and ofcourse the skin is the big organ of elimination too...

Back to earth...

earthquakes
volcanoes
hurricanes
typhoons
weather eruptions

cleansing....

I often find myself debilitated by depressive states...

What's combining to bring me down.....it's an extreme condition...ride it out...

Lifting The Brick - the key to freedom

2009-02-01T02:59:00.000-08:00

So I went out for a run today but didn't want to take my keys with me jangling in my pocket, so I found a suitable brick in the garage and placed my keys under it, and then went off to the shop to buy a small bottle of water.

On my return form the shop, again not wanting to carry the change around with me, I placed the money under the same brick and then went for a run.

When I got back I lifted up the brick and there was the money...but no keys..

Shit, I looked again, but I was already starting to worry, shit what if someone had taken them, they saw the money but thought well, it's far more valuable to take the keys and then come back and break in...

So, I composed myself and lifted up another brick and there were the keys; to my relief.

But so often in life we are weighed down by false beliefs that fuel our reactions and choices. I had bought into the premise of imminent burglary simply because I was being retarded, I'd put the money under a different brick all along, I'd just convinced myself that the keys not being under that particular brick equated to theft.

And how often to we equate things in life based on our current viewpoint?

Only all the fucking time :)

And this is the lesson, we're weighed down by what we're buying into about life and possibility, the more we can start to see life as it actually is, the lighter we become and more freedom we have to start nailing the choices we want and stop worrying about superfluous junk founded on nothing but the beliefs we're buying into.

Cheers,
Grant

"Mumbo Jumbo" - one of many clichéd reactions of intelligent scientific types.

Inspirations: Do or Die Pledge

2009-01-11T03:33:00.001-08:00

The Japanese Superman - Took the Do-It-Or-Die Pledge

Sakai Yusai, aka "The Japanese Superman," is an 81-year old Tendai monk living in Japan, who is only one of 46 monks to have run 1,000 marathons through the terrain of Mt. Hiei, in seven years. That's right, 1,000 marathons through the mountains in seven years!

Not only that, but the last 100 marathons were double-marathons - over 85 kilometres per day in distance. These marathons were run, without fail, in batches of 100. You cannot miss a day. Nor can you seek medical treatment if you fall ill. You cannot complain about the terrain (you run through the mountains of Mt. Hiei in Kyoto) in sandals made from rice. You cannot whine about the snow, the rain, the hail or the cold. Or the wild pigs or poisonous snakes who show up to snap at your heels.

In addition to the above, you can't make excuses about being underfed. You're only given a bit more than1,000 calories per day of sustenance - far less than what you burn off in your daily trek.

Making matters even more complicated, after you've run 700 marathons, you're given the task of going nine days without food, water or sleep - as you sit in meditation. If you live through this nine-day fast - you're given a couple weeks to regain your strength, and then you begin the final leg of your journey - 300 more marathons.

AND - as IF that isn't enough, once you've finished your 1,000th marathon, there is no big parade for you. There is no Disney World. Instead, you do another fast. No food, no water and no sleep. This time - you go meditate before the FIRE.

While sitting before the fire you must read the prayers of at least 100,000 people who seek your guidance. Each prayer is written on a stick of wood. You read it, offer a prayer for this person, then place the stick into the fire. This goes on for seven days, with no rest. No food. No water. And no complaining.

Quote:

Don't Forget: As part of the Bushido code, at any time that you come to believe you cannot accomplish your goal, you must take your own life. Sakai Yusai agreed to this code.

After completing his "Do-it-or-Die" Challenge, Sakai Yusai asked to do it again as he believed he could do better. And indeed, he could. The second time he completed the challenge in six years. He was 61 years old at the time.

I should mention, in Japan, any monk who can complete this challenge is considered a Living Buddha - a saint - an enlightened being. Even so, Sakai Yusai will simply say, "I'm just a man."

One of the things to note, however, wasn't just what Sakai Yusai accomplished,but was the fact that prior to accepting the "Do-it-or-Die" challenge, he had failed at virtually everything he EVER did. Not only that, just to make matters worse, when he was 40, his wife committed suicide.

He had every reason in the world to give up, to think that he'd never amount to anything. Yet, he rose above himself and his circumstances and attained greatness.

G Says: the concept of impossibility ignores such complex relative truths about human progress and potential that it is meaningless in the form that it's used.