Nungali

. But I am not a 'true Samurai'. My tradition does come from a Samurai however ... but there are no more left. People can pretend to be a Samurai … or follow what they perceive as the Samurai Code …. Or try to emulate a Samurai, but the fact is …. They are all gone. And, I might add, my tradition came from the LAST Samurai. Through only two other people and then me. I mean ; The last Samurai … his student …. Then his student … and then me. But because the tradition had ended, it is not the tradition he taught but ‘Seito’ his family tradition … as the social class tradition of Samurai had ended. “Hohan Soken (1889-1982) some say Hohan Soken was truly the last Samurai. This is also noted in the Ripley's Belief it or not. He was born a samurai and was known as the oldest living karate master. He began his training under his Uncle Nabe Matsumura at the age of 13. After 10 years of training he began learning the White Crane system, where he had performed the kata “Hakutsuru” on a board floating in water. The white crane style and the shorin-ryu style provide the soft and the delicate movements of the bird with the balance and defensive moves of man to provide a balanced training. Hohan Soken had several well-noted students, one of which is Yoshimatsu Akamine Sensei, who is now considered to be the head of the Matsumura Shorin-ryu style of karate “ http://www.goldendragonkarateschool.com/history.html Also google ; Hohan Soken - many entries listed. Do not have Hasad. .

You left out Hasad - envy

Thanks you <bows>

First thoughts .... ' F**K ! I have been run over by this crazy guy and I wanted to film him with my phone as evidence and now he is going on with all this crap .... HELP ! SOMEONE! Get me out from under this car! "

.I like the stories of the Sufi, Mullah Nasruddin. Here is an example: In one town the Mullah stayed at for a while he would be on the corner acting stupid and begging, people would be entertained as when he was offered two coins he alywas took the smaller amount. People would offer him larger and larger amounts - and the smaller coin but he would always take the small amount and then they would laugh at him. One day a kinder soul said to him "Mullah, why do you never take the large amount of money, if you did you would have much more money and could eventually stop begging?" "If I did that," the Mullah replied " Then they would stop giving me money very soon and I would have no money at all. This way I am assured an income by allowing them to pay me so they can demonstrate to their friends that there is someone more stupid than they are.".

Don't worry he gave me good and kind advice at post 13 to make up for it <bows to Isimsiz Biri >

. Try the movement yourself with a jo … it seems to lend itself to the movement. There is a good example of one application in 20 Shuburi @ Shuburi 13 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R9XqrT8UMA No 13 @ 4:21 . Application (one of) ; strike at opponent, he moves back to let strike past, then moves in to take the swung arm on the outside, but you step back as you strike ( reverse one hand grip backhand) increasing the distance so the opponent can not enter close enough and you strike him or his arms/hands. Can also be adapted for bokkan , the first swing is to meet and deflect opponents sword second move is counter strike (reverse the footwork for bokkan) …. It also has value as unexpected and unorthodox move, . [ This is not taught in aikido nor the sword school I was in ... I see it as one benefit of 'cross-training' . But I defeated opponents in both schools with this move ... too 'in the box' ... also this not kendo ... no armour ... one must be able to stop a hair away from the opponent, - show ma'ai skill and respect for partner. ]

When I watched some of that I thought; this is like watching flashes of something ...( I don't know what they were supposed to be) and listening to someone tell lies. ... "spanked" ............ wait a minute ! why does that vid title start with Comet Ison ??????

I knew I shouldn't have opened this thread Okay the worst was not just goanna but the 'best bit' . a fat pocket from ... it ... cruncked like a prawn and released this oil that seeped in through my ... everything .... into my .... everything oh ! Bleeerrrrgh WRONG! ... to the core of my being ... of course, back then I didn't realise I was a goanna myself .... First of all the Kooris were a bit insulted as they saved the best bit for me .... I escaped that by saying I was having such a bad reaction ... maybe goanna is a totem That changed things ... offering someone their totem to eat is probably one of the biggest insults ! They were apologetic and extra nice to me after that .... until the business with the green stinging ants

Actually one can start a fire with that as well. During 'free demo' just touch the two terminals together and hold them there. The auditor may yell and scream and say 'Don't do that!" ... but at this stage you have to ignore the distraction, just keep pressing them together ... eventually the machine will start to smoke and fire will be produced. Actually, I liked the sound track in the OP.

Yeah ... I was imagining it in my local rainforest environment. I especially like the 'floating' roof.

"the nafs has a rosary and a Koran in its right hand, and a scimitar and dagger in the sleeve.” Rumi. My Nafs has developed , but only up to the stage of nafs-i-radiyya, where ; “ One is pleased with whatever comes from Allah and doesn’t live in the past or future, but in the moment." It is essential for good sword practice and enjoyment of life (but you already know that from Samurai tradition). Beware of Hasad. ..

That's weird! Barbara sorta looked like my space girl .

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Zatoichi uses one hand reverse grip; forehand - down at 45* deflect then backhand counter - cutting up at 45* - very quick, one move. Many similar moves are executed when using karma - sickle . I practice both sword and karma (and other weapons). It can be a very effective move.

Exactly ! and they are all projections of individuals dying processes ... its hard for some to accept alone .... so they project them on to everyone .... their internal and perhaps unconscious psyche is disturbed and throws up conclusions, hopes and fears, this is hard for them to handle so they project ; this is what will happen to everyone. I say to them ; "Look me straight in the eyes and do not waver your glaze .... " You are going to die . Accept it .... we all have to .... there is nothing wrong with that .... your death is your business and you must face it yourself .... it is okay, it is a natural occurance ... it will take care of itself " - Not that that will change anything - < shrug > they might just run off screaming.

No ... that is not a comet's return ... that is Jesus' return. I do wish people would get their 'facts' 'right' . {And because we haven't been introduced I will add a .... } Update; C loudy AGAIN pre dawn on the eastern horizon So I travelled there in my imagination; the comet is close to the Sun ... it is travelling at terrific speed with high momentum entering an inner sphere of Stella radiation plasma vortexes and twisted magnetic fields, the forces contending are quiet terrifying to get any where near it, the interplay between momentum and gravity is frightening ... then a space girl invited me to unzip her green metallic suit and I began to think my concentration was drifting .... so I came back. More updates later .

I don't understand how a comet's 'vibrational effect' effects the weather. I was seeing more of a change in the human psyche. On an astrological level comets have always portended significant events ... but that is more ancient and not modern astrology, and thing with this (ancient astrology and comets) it really only relates to eye-visible comets But perhaps you mean effect the Earth on a 'Anima Mundi' level via an 'astrological' influence? I suppose theoretically that could effect the weather .

It was cloudy on the horizon at sunrise this morning ... looks like it will be tomorrow as well I have high hopes of at least some of it landing on earth ... a bit of E.T. ice ... I have a large glass with two fingers of scotch in it out on the front lawn to attract it. I will let you know how it goes.

Sorry, are you just postulating or do you want in on our bet?

Thankyou for demonstrating how emotions are not overwritten when one doesn't eat sugar - I see what you mean

I would also like to add that one should read the Smithsonian Paper on these Bosnian 'pyramids'. Another thread around here about ancient peoples had an article referenced that sounded good - it seemed to have valid proof and cited a Mexican anthropologists paper. I looked for that paper and it was hard to find, I found it and read through the more than 20 pages of small print text. No where in that article did it say what the original article claimed. However I realise many people don't do or have not time to do the back up follow up and research.

Actually my first 'opinion' on this was swayed towards it hopefully being correct as I believe there were advanced civilizations before history ... look at Gobleki teki ... with this centre; I was very curious to hear about that so I looked up many sources and read about it and saw pictures of it that are very unambiguous. Soft sciences (like history and anthropology are stumped by it and cant really explain how it fits into their picture and they admit that and are thinking they may have to revise their idea of history. I did the same thing when examining this' Irrefutable Proof' .... a lot of falsity and suspicion abounds ... even from other fellow scientists in Bosnia. No I don't think my opinion is the only one valid as , unlike some people, my opinion is flexible and changes as information and evidence and logic is collated together to form an opinion but it still remains fluid ... not set in stone . I also find ignoring challenging opinions and information not conducive to forming a clearer opinion .. but each to their own.

Jeeze man ! That's a BIG loss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to say .... if I loose you get a Nungali Tarot or astrology reading, if you loose I get a (whatever Brian is offering ... maybe a beer here; http://www.pisgahinn.com/images/rustic.jpg ? ). I cant accept your terms .... I have been too close to a Turkish mental institution as it is .http://somewordsandplaces.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/shichinin-no-samurai-3-1024.jpg?w=490.

I am an advocate for doing both; I had a doctor that was CTM and western trained ... he was great ... also very alternative and saw the benefit of 'visualisation'. It has been shown that some patients benefit greatly from this -eg. imagining that the white blood cells are an army of white knights on horse back fighting and defeating the invading organism imagined as dark coloured foot soldiers. The might be 'imaginings' or they might be actual spirits ... or both. I know that, for me, and other 'artistic/visual' types .... or 'imaginative types' the idea of a 'spirit' (I prefer to call them daimonic being or entity) inhabiting or 'ruling over' and organ or process can be greatly beneficial , one can honour, make offerings to or even just acknowledge that spirit and gain benefit.