Thousands Of Martial Artists Display Unworldly Discipline In Perfect Unison

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Thousands Of Martial Artists Display Unworldly Discipline In Perfect Unison

“The best way to pursue any discipline is the martial arts way, and that’s why it’s been around for thousands and thousands of years. That whole idea of honor and discipline and respect, that’s not there because just as a frivolous afterthought, that’s there because thousands of years of training have taught people that is really the best way to excel and be great.” — Joe Rogan

The real value of martial arts lies not in the practice itself but in the acquisition of the internal qualities developed through the learning process.

When you practice martial arts, and if you do it for a long period of time, you can’t help but discover yourself along the way. The lessons you learn apply to all areas of your life.

The legendary Japanese swordsman, Myamoto Musashi, found that the more he looked for proficiency and efficiency in all his training, the more he looked for those in all things.

His training unconsciously encouraged him to look for the deeper purpose in everything that he did.

At the core of martial arts is discipline. The ability to control emotions, desires, and reactions are all attainable with the right amount of discipline.

Martial arts teach this type of control. It doesn’t focus on the strength of the opponent but on your ability to implement your skills, strengths, and perseverance when necessary.

The Samurai even considers that the greatest warrior is he who gets to defeat himself. The one who conquers himself is stronger than one who has conquered thousand people.

Martial arts instills self discipline in you through the sole act of practicing it. It’s almost like a journey.

It teaches through controlled movements, thinking before acting, and consciously honing your response to the surroundings with complete awareness.

However, most importantly, it teaches you through the act of being responsible to practice it almost every day for a long period of time, even if it hurts sometimes.

This teaches general discipline and it relates to your ability to control your feelings and overcome your weaknesses. Discipline is a martial artist’s way of life, so to speak.

In the real world, even if we don’t practice martial arts, we can apply the self discipline it teaches by having control of our actions and reactions.

This is a sign of inner strength that can be developed through constant practice. Having self control helps us kick bad habits like procrastination or addiction of any kind.

Motivation is a powerful force to give you a kick start, but discipline is the thing that will lead you through for the rest of the way. Motivation fades quickly, discipline persists.

No matter how ordinary or average we are, we have the potential to learn the self discipline of a martial artist. And this is probably the only superpower anyone can unlock.

Looking at a martial artist perform, we are awed by their laser like focus and unbelievably perfect movements.

But what if hundreds or a thousand of martial artists perform simultaneously in perfect unison?

It must be a glorious sight. And that’s exactly how the martial artists in the video below perform.

This impressive video of China’s Kung Fu students will amaze you about how discipline can create a routine of thousands of people in perfect unison.

Aside from their physical agility, stamina and prowess, their perfect unison is a sight to behold. It’s a sight that is awestrucking and enlightening.

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Two Minute Film Showing How We All Need The Wilderness To Find Balance And Inner Connectedness

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Two Minute Film Showing How We All Need The Wilderness To Find Balance And Inner Connectedness

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” — John Burroughs

There is just something to nature that captures our spirit. Maybe the feeling dates back to the time when our ancestors co exist with the species in the wild.

The wild is their home, the abode where they feel they truly belong. That spirit of belongingness and connectedness to nature had been carried over by our genes.

And it’s that spirit that makes us restless when things in this modern times seem to get out of hand.

For most of us who are confined inside the four walls of our homes or offices, we have this deep urge to connect with nature.

We long to feel once again the balance and connectedness when we’re alone in nature. If we ignore this deep longing, worries and problems seem to overwhelm us.

From time to time, we need to disconnect from the chaos brought about by the advancement in our civilization.

We need to feel wild and free even for a short period of time. It’s a craving, like thirst and hunger.

We need to be alone in peace and quiet while immersing ourselves in the vastness of nature. We need a space to breathe and to be. It’s how we recharge.

Nature has the ability to heighten our senses, making us fully present in the moment and reconnect with the core of ourselves.

When we walk in the woods or the mystical ways of a forest, we fully use all of our senses and we notice every tiny detail that is part of the grand network of life.

We notice the wind that brushes our hair, the fresh forest smell, the chirping of the birds, the gentle breeze, the green leaves, beautiful flowers, even the tiny creepers on our path.

All these things keep us aware and present. Most importantly, they keep us relaxed while we feel the oneness with nature surrounding us.

When we get back to the daily grind of life, feeling refreshed, we’ll discover our worries don’t cost a dime. We will find solutions to our problems we never have thought of before.

If all these things resonate with you, spend some time in nature. Feel how it calms your spirit and soothes your senses.

And if you’re like the German triathlete, Liz Kellerer, who disconnects from the outside world through swimming, then you may enjoy swimming in cool waters in the wild.

Watch the following video and be mesmerized by how the quiet waters can restore balance and inner connection.

Let this video carry you to the wild and be refreshed even for two minutes today:

WILD SWIM from TEEPEE FILMS on Vimeo.

In a world where increasing pressures are born behind screens, it’s easy to let problems manifest. German Triathlete, Liz Kellerer, takes us to the wilderness of the Scottish Highlands to show us how wild swimming can help lead to both a healthy body and mind.

Director & DOP: Chris Parton
Producer: Tom Precey @ TEEPEE Films
1st AC / Camera Op: Jacob Crees-Cockayne
Styling: Sophie Priester
Editor: Owen O’Sullivan @ Marshall Street Editors
Colourist: Myles Bevan @ Time Based Arts
Original composition & sound design: Lewis Gregory

Special thanks to Progressive Broadcast (Glasgow).

Time Lapse Video Of A Falling Tsunami Will Make You Realize How Powerful Nature’s Rage Can Be

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Time Lapse Video Of A Falling Tsunami Will Make You Realize How Powerful Nature’s Rage Can Be

Look into nature, and then you will understand everything. — Albert Einstein

In the story of creation, life begins with Nature. It’s created before us to sustain us, keep us alive.

Plants, trees, animals, birds, fish, water, everything we find in nature are there to work for us and support us in this journey of life.

The fruits satisfy our hunger and the water quenches our thirst. The sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and even the morning mist fill our spirits with awe and wonder.

The beaches beacon us to dip into its clear blue waters, the ripples of waters flowing along rivers calm our senses.

In short, nature in all its magical beauty provides the essential needs of every human being. It is the very wellspring of our existence.

Nature has been here for eons, feeding various species or even starving them. And the hard truth is, nature doesn’t need humans to thrive. But we need nature to thrive.

The question then is, what have we done to give back to nature?

Most of us tend to forget this important connection we have with nature. We treat nature as if it’s a creation of our hands that we have the power to destroy.

In man’s conquest and insatiable hunger, he punctures holes in the Earth’s ozone layer, destroys the forest, pollutes the air and water, and totally forgets that his actions threaten the welfare and survival of thousands or even millions of living species.

What we do every day with nature may harm it a bit but harms us the most. When nature thrives, we thrive. When it ceases, so do we.

Humanity’s future depends much on the workings of nature. We can’t absolutely destroy nature. But nature can absolutely destroy humans even in a split of a second.

And most often, an out of proportions natural disasters are a result of human’s selfish actions that generate these powerful and raging warnings.

Unfortunately, it will take nature’s fury for us humans to realize the damage we have done to nature and the environment. But we can stop it all by changing our actions.

It’s not too late to take actions that can restore our harmony with nature. We can still save our environment and prevent nature from acting against humans.

We can stop polluting the waters and air. We can start planting trees and preventing desertification. We can do it and we will do it.

Nature is powerful. It can be merciless, but it’s not evil. Once it purges its fury, we can’t help but stand in awe. We fall on our knees in front of its majesty and greatness.

This time lapse video by Peter Maier will show you how powerful nature’s rage can be, pouring down an unforgiving microburst that looks like a tsunami falling from the sky.

The Powerful Rage Of Nature In Form Of Falling Tsunami:

Eye Opening Depiction Of How Small We Actually Are Compared To The Universe

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Eye Opening Depiction Of How Small We Actually Are Compared To The Universe

We go through our day stressing about someone being rude, about the traffic, about our work. We get angry, mad, sad for things that would not matter in a day, two or a week.

We think our problems are big and unique, but the reality is that we are all fighting the same battle, we all share similar problems.

And in the grand scheme of things even our planet is a little speck of dust. We are within one solar system out of tens of billions of solar systems in one galaxy out of 100 billion.

Some scientists speculate that as telescope technology improves the 100 billion can increase to over 200 billion galaxies. And that’s just in the observable part.

If you look into the night sky and observe the infinite vastness you should be humble our planet even exists.how-small-we-actually-are-compared-to-the-universe

Putting this in perspective, your problems are not that big. Humanity is not that big. Everything that ever happened, everything you know, is not that big.

Every person who ever fell in love, every man, woman, child, every hero and villain, every animal, every legend, every story ever told, every war ever fought, all of it happened here.

It happened on this little speck of dust, in the midst of the infinity. Every song, movie, painting, book, game, invention, technology was created here.

We have this big chunk of knowledge about history and our planet and yet, it’s just one planet among more than trillion others.

These other planets might have life of their own. They all have their own history, their own significant events and stories, their villains and their heroes.

And for them, their problems are the biggest thing in The Universe, just like for us. They might stress over insignificant things also.

They might think they are the greatest thing, or that they carry the main quest of The Universe on their backs.

But on the bigger picture, we are all just dots floating in a pool of darkness. We are waiting to become aware of each other, or maybe we are really alone.

Both of those scenarios are scary, and both are equally real. It tells us that we are just babies, the real adventure is still in front of us. Watch this video and you’ll understand.

This Eye Opening Video With Carl Sagan’s Speech Will Show You How Small We Actually Are:

Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers What Is The One Most Astounding Fact About Our Universe

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers What Is The One Most Astounding Fact About Our Universe

Have you ever asked yourself, what is the one most astounding fact about The Universe and reality? What is the one fact that leaves everyone in awe?

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked this question in an interview. His answer resulted in countless videos that are watched more than million times in total.

We tend to overlook scientific facts because of their exactness. They leave you without any room for imagination.

But there are some facts, that if you really think about, you will be left so awestruck and humble, your eyes will tear up and you will see magic not found in the wildest fantasies.

Such fact is this one, that the atoms that constitute our bodies were a part of the stars that created our galaxies.

This fact suggests that we are not just inside and a part of The Universe but that The Universe is within us. It’s part of us.

Really grasping this fact will give you a sense of tranquility and belonging you will not find anywhere outside of you.

This sole fact suggests that we are all literally connected with everything and everyone on an atomic level.

We all come from the same star explosion, from a spectacularly grand event that created most of the galaxies in The Universe we see today.

And even more astounding is that we, the part of The Universe that we are, have gained enough consciousness to be able to understand this fact and observe our origins.

We are The Universe being conscious of itself, and realizing how the stars we see in the night sky are connected with each and every single one of us.

This sole fact, if you really grasp it, holds bigger meaning for us humans, than any other spiritual truth. And yet, it came from science.

This tells us that science and spirituality are not separate from each other. In fact, science can be one of the most powerful tools for spirituality if it’s used properly.

Here you can watch the beautiful animation Chris Herr has created with Neil deGrasse Tyson narrating his answer on The Most Astounding Fact.

What Is The Most Astounding Fact:

Epic Scene From Planet Earth Showing The Mesmerizing Beauty Of Our Planet

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Epic Scene From Planet Earth Showing The Mesmerizing Beauty Of Our Planet

Do you know how old our planet is? More than 4 and a half billion years. Can you imagine how long that is? It’s one third of the age of our Cosmos.

Everything you know of, everything that ever happened, every man and woman who ever lived, every legend ever told, every battle ever fought is within a fragment of earth’s age.

Our planet is much older than all life on it. It has systems and intelligence that we do not understand completely.

This complexity and elegance create a beauty that cannot be described. it makes you think if any other planet is so beautiful as this one.

We are used to live our everyday life within societies that blind us to this beauty. We live in human systems separated from nature’s systems and we forget their magic.

But once we are reminded, we remember nature’s overwhelming power and beauty. Ruthless in power and yet, elegant in movement.

Videos like this one remind us that we are a part of something bigger than us, of a planet that has been around much, much, much longer than us and anything we know of.

We are reminded that there is mystery all around us waiting to be explored and that if we stop to look, we’ll see mesmerizing beauty all around us, hiding in plain sight.

Society is essential for humanity to thrive, however, nature is our true origin. Reminding ourselves of what our true home looks like is essential for our spirit to survive.

Because after all, we are a part of Nature, and we need to respect this planet we call our home with all its glory. Watch this relaxing video that will show you a glimpse of its beauty.

The Mesmerizing Beauty Of Our Planet:

6 Thought Provoking Ways A Shaman Perceives Mental Illness Differently

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6 Thought Provoking Ways A Shaman Perceives Mental Illness Differently

Mental illness is often referred to as a disorder that causes changes in someone’s behaviors and emotion. It’s perceived as a disease that needs treatment.

However, a West African shaman, Dr. Malidoma Patrice Somé sees mental illness in a completely different way.

6 Thought Provoking Ways A Shaman Perceives Mental Illness:6-ways-a-shaman-perceives-mental-illness

1. Mental illness signals a person’s remarkable transformation in consciousness.

According to Dr. Somé, depression, bipolar, psychosis, and schizophrenia are signals of a person’s remarkable transformation in consciousness. When the transformation is allowed to take place, there can be an enormous human development.

2. Mental illness is the “birth of a healer”.

Dr. Somé and the Dagara people believe that a mental illness is the birth of a healer. In their tradition, a person suffering from such an illness has been selected by the other world as a medium to bring a message to the community.

When he visited the United States in 1980, Dr. Somé was surprised to see how patients in the psychiatric ward exhibit the same symptoms of those he saw in his village. Devastated by what he saw, he remarked:

“So this is how the healers who are attempting to be born are treated in this culture. What a loss! What a loss that a person who is finally being aligned with a power from the other world is just being wasted.”

3. Mental illness happens when two incompatible energies have merged into the same field.

Dr. Somé says that mental, behavioral, and all other disorders suggest the presence of two different energies in a person’s body. When a person suffering from such an illness fails to acquire assistance from the spirit realm in dealing with these energies, disturbances take place.

In the Dagara tradition where these people are seen as a bridge between the physical and the spiritual world, the community assists these people in reconciling with the energies of both worlds.

If they fail to do this, they forfeit the birth of a healer and allow the initial disorder of energy to linger.

The West’s lack of training in dealing with the existence of psychic phenomena and the spiritual world, lead them to label the person who fails to recognize what’s going on “insane”.

As such, they treat this person with high doses of antipsychotic drugs, blocking what is supposedly the person’s spiritual evolution.

4. The screaming and yelling of the mentally ill patients signal that the “entities” try to get rid of the medication.

Shamans and psychics have the ability to see “entities” or “beings” that linger in patients. After medication, these entities want to get rid of the medication out of the body by screaming and yelling exhibited by the patients, making them suffer from excessive pain.

5. Schizophrenia is an uncontrolled receptivity to a flow of images and information.

While the medical world describes Schizophrenia as a long term mental disorder characterized by hallucinations and delusions, Dr. Somé describes Schizophrenia as having a receptivity to a flow of images and information, which cannot be controlled. 

He further elaborates, “When this kind of rush occurs at a time that is not personally chosen, and particularly when it comes with images that are scary and contradictory, the person goes into a frenzy.”

6. The Spirits trying to come through could be ancestors attempting to heal.

Dr. Somé suggests that some of the spirits trying to come through from the other world could be ancestors trying to merge with a descendant in an attempt to heal what they weren’t able to do while in their physical body.

“Unless the relationship between the living and the dead is in balance, chaos ensues. The Dagara believe that, if such an imbalance exists, it is the duty of the living to heal their ancestors. If these ancestors are not healed, their sick energy will haunt the souls and psyches of those who are responsible for helping them.”

The Shaman’s Practice of Clearing Foreign Energies:

Having viewed mental illness from these perspectives, the shamans deal with foreign energies inside a person using the practice known as “sweep”.

They clear these energies out of the person’s aura to calm the spiritual energy being received and calm down the person as well.

After this, the shamans align the high voltage energy of the spirit that attempts to come through from the other world. The healer then is born.

But in a situation where the birth of a healer is blocked, it’s then when problems arise and the situation gets complicated.

There are also situations where the energy channeled is negative and don’t promote healing. In this case, shamans remove them from the aura instead of aligning them.

Testing Dr. Somé’s Technique In An American Patient:

Curious to know if his technique would apply to non African villagers, Dr. Somé took with him an 18 year old mentally ill patient back to his village in Africa. This boy has been hospitalized for 4 years and has suffered from hallucinations and severe depression.

After his participation in Shamanic healing rituals for 8 months, the boy has been found to become quite normal. He acknowledged his healing gifts and continued to live in the village for another four years before returning to the US to complete his Psychology degree at Harvard.

In conclusion, Dr. Somé points out that shamans can bring to the Western world the gifts of assisting individuals in rediscovering a spiritual point of view.

Embracing the spiritual realm of life may decrease the likelihood of mental illness and see the patients as mediums called by the beings from the other world to assist with their healing work.

Furthermore, this alternative and ritualistic approach to mental illness can open new opportunities and entirely change the lives of many people for the better.

After Watching This Video You Will Realize The World Is Full Of Miracles

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After Watching This Video You Will Realize The World Is Full Of Miracles

It’s normal for the average human to complain throughout the day. It’s normal to pretend we are the punching bag.

It’s normal to think the world is somehow against us, like we are punished each day for something we don’t even know we did.

But if we actually look around, and really see all the gifts the world is giving us every single second of every single day, we will fall on our knees thanking it with all our hearts.

We are so ungrateful as species, and as a generation especially. We complain about the tiniest of details completely ignoring all the machinery in place for us to exist.

The average human has more today than any king in history ever imagined is possible, and yet, we feel more miserable than slaves.

The eons of evolution, all the right moments in time coming together to make this day possible, and we complain about our coffee not having enough sugar?!

We take these little insignificant details that we do not like and we use them as evidence that the world hates us, completely ignoring the entirety of everything else that’s rihgt.

We fail to realize that even our ability to see and think for ourselves is a gift. The sun shining, the nature producing food for us to eat, the good weather, we overlook all of it.

We fail to see that every moment is a gift, the only real gift we ever have. We fail to see the miracle of existing.

We fail to see that the sole civilization we have developed is giving us gifts, miracles and beautiful opportunities every single second.

We can have every information we want with a push of a button, we can store food, we get food delivered without facing danger, we have hot water, safe shelters and internet.

How awesome is this?! How awesome is all that we have and all that is given to us every single second, and yet, we still complain?!

Watch the whole video below and you will realize that the world is full with miracles. That we should be thankful instead of complaining. That the world, if anything, is on our side.

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