Yoda

Many good points. It's one of those books that you read for misc tips. Funny you should bring up the nocturnal emissions tip--it certainly is easier than flying around the room for 10 minutes, but does it work? I was wondering about it, I'm glad you gave it a positive review. I'm stylin' now! There seems to be some kind of 'effect' certainly. But whatever. I'll try the cool water bath that the book and Ron have mentioned. -Y

So there's iron shirt, White Skeleton, bone breathing, putting the hands on the mid-thighs during meditation and my most recent discovery made while rereading Ken Cohen's Way of Qigong: baby fists! Just wrap your thumbs with your fingers and you start picking up bone energy right away. Ken says to do this while contracting the perineum for 1+ minutes and breathing normally, but just baby fists by itself gives me a nice little bone buzz. -Y

here's another free tip: watch porn while in the stretch. Let me know how it goes! By my figuring, it should work remarkably well... all that jing will pump into the barrier. If you start getting tense, do the heart sound to stay distributed. Seriously. -Y

Cam--Cool, a taoist has tried ecstacy! I've always wanted to, but my one friend who does it often, has told me that I would go nuts on it, it's not ideal for a married guy, and refuses to hook me up. Sigh. I can imagine that he's right, though. Also, I didn't know that Indian wrestlers actually did cc type bridging work--cool! Trunk--here's a cool pairing of bridging work I'm trying right now: alternate wall walking with wall squats (hindu squats done with the toes touching or as near as possible to a wall, heels stay on the ground). -Y

Carpe... Carpe Penum! -Dead Poets Society. It depends... kidneys dig porn, but the heart doesn't care for the hardcore stuff. -Yoda

I can't rest my forehead in the bridge, so the point is moot for me! -Y

Yoga balls are $5 at Walmart then you can give it away to a youngling when you are done, but the wall walking is better anyway. -Yoda

I've tried the stretch on the cover and it's great! That should help my bridging project, too. I can't bring myself to buy a 20-25 minute DVD, no matter how wonderful. If you get it, let us know how it is. Furey's wall walking which is endorsed by Pavel too, is a good one to work on, even if you can't go very far back. For somebody stiff as a board, Furey recommends working on a bridge with a yoga ball like in the background of your dragon flag photo. -Yoda

Farooq-- Good to hear from you and impressive lineage you have! -Yoda

Just bought her "Gateway to Happiness" for $.01 on amazon. Good book. Did you know that she had to have knee surgery 6 weeks before the 84 Olympics? The doctors told her to forget about competing, but she was determined to get back into shape not in 4 years, but in 4 weeks!! Pretty amazing. She visualized hitting her landings and exploding with happiness--the surgery made these visualizations sear into her mind and her body snapped back with a vengeance! Great story. She also says that after she quit competition, she quit exercising and eating right and promptly gained a lot of weight. Just losing that weight felt harder than winning the gold, she said, but when she got in the swing of working out an hour a day of aerobics 5 days a week her weight and mood and eating got under control. Her health tips: workout in the morning 5 days a week to get it out of the way and to get a good buzz for the rest of the day. drink tea for the antioxidants etc and take your vitamins eat five small, healthy meals a day. drink plenty of water be bad on the weekends--blow off exercise and eat whatever start very slowly and gradually on whatever exercise program you choose. Don't take healthy living seriously--like brushing your teeth, it's just something you like to do and is beneficial. -Yoda

I'm giving her weekend idea a shot, but I'm not sure if that tip would work for most people as weekends are when most people have more time to take that long run or play tennis, etc. Maybe be bad on Th/Fri? -Yoda

Steve Maxwell has video tapes of Iranian wrestlers in training. Apparently, they do the same drills but they do them synchronized in large groups while chanting to Allah using a pushup bar for the pushups--if that doesn't make you strong--nothing will!! -Yoda

Just like there is a whole planet out there full of Wookies, presumably there's a whole planet full of Yodas. -Y

Looks awesome! That link has inspired me to reread 'the wrestler's body'. -Y It's a quick read... Indian wrestlers drink a lot of milk and eat lots of ghi and almonds, they save up their sperm, and they do the Matt Furey program and lots of heavy club swinging. And they do lots of massage. And thigh size is the only measurement that means anything to them, and they slap their thighs a lot. -Y

A friend of mine is an artist in Athens, GA and he's doing his thing building a pretty wild looking bar there. A couple of weeks ago he said out loud that this was going to be the best bar in the Southeast and yesterday an aquaintance of his walked up to him and said that not only was his work the talk of the town, but people are saying that it's the finest bar in the Southeast. Best... Finest... pretty close match. In my life, in real estate sales, I occationally have decreed that a particular house will be under contract within 24 hours and out of nowhere it came to pass or that I'll have an amazing weekend and it happens, etc. I also whiff a lot on it too-- I'm the type to try to always use the force on the remote control before actually getting up to grab it, and I've never mangaged to get it to fly through the air, or even budge, but I still try. I've often wondered why it sometimes works for me and sometimes not, or why it worked great for Napoleon, Michael Jackson, etc and then they suddenly loose their touch. Or how it is that somebody can easily maintain their magic for life. I've heard Donald Trump and Will Smith say that you can't just say it, you gotta feel it too. But if you say it and feel it, it'll happen--it's just a matter of time. I agree with this assessment. I asked my friend about his decree experience, and while he was surprised to hear his decree come back to him almost exactly like he sent it out, during the moment when he made the decree he was in the zone and really believed what he said. So I intellectually believe in this, but my emotional self still has some processing to catch up with so I can get in on the fun more fully. Another friend just called me up and says she is going to write a book and get on Oprah. I look forward to it! I'm looking forward to knowing people who just cook up an idea and execute it with a minimum of technical skill. I know people who have been magically successful with this or that, but I can't follow their example as I don't care to learn how to weld or play the guitar, etc. You don't need training to do standup, or write lyrics or a book or anything--you just need to tap into the muse like Sean, Peter, and Chris channel their spirits. I'm thinking that my future stand up carreer will come through that sort of practice. A musing myself... -Yoda

And this is a good example of how the magic of thought energy bounces back on the creator-- since starting my little radio project, my taste in music has become more accomodating--I can enjoy a bunch of country songs now, and in my 37 years that's never happened before. Just started flipping through the dial looking for that good song that I knew was playing and started finding it on a country station here and there to the point that I now like a lot of country music. Same for hip hop. Hasn't happened for Christian Rock--we won't hold our breath on that one! Lucas believes that Sith magic makes all the Sith masters ugly in one way or another. And I think that focusing any thought energy that feels bad even if it is directed towards an external enemy or problem has that same rebound effect on the sender, but the side effect is getting gummed up imo. I've been playing this radio game on and off for maybe a year or so, each time making a bit more progress and then just not listening to FM much for awhile. But this recent cycling has been impressive... my project has really established itself as a solid reality for me. I love this radio game as an arena as it isn't very important and not charged with huge, hurky beliefs to work through--so progress is much easier and it teaches me the steps and gives me confidence in the process, etc. I think the next step will be to take these good songs that are now on the air and make them ecstatically delicious. Finding the right song for the right moment. Also, when I'm not listening alone I'll work on developing the ability to find the songs that everyone will like. And this game blends in nicely with my larger intentions to experience and transmit joy more consistantly and strongly throughout my days. (I was just rereading "the monk who sold his ferrari" a positive thinking type book that recommends using music as one of its top tools for gettin' groovy. In the past, I'd be tired of loading the mp3s, changing CDs, channel surfing my satellite radio--all the high tech stuff... so this project has some great applications.) -Yoda

So here's a magic spell that I've been working on recently with great success: "The radio always plays great music for me." I used to think that the radio didn't play good music and then it occured to me that there's no way it can while I'm listening if I'm casting such an evil spell upon it, so I turned it around and now the radio always plays great music for me. I'm loving it!! My running is giving me some time by myself when my chi is really flowing for some cool practices and this kind of spellwork is just the kind of thing for it. The plan is to practice on the little things and build it up from there. -Yoda

I saw a great one the other day on Cam's discussion--hold a bowling ball in front of the ltt. I tried it with a kettlebell, but it was too heavy. I'm thinking that a large, moderately hefty ball would be perfect. I've seen medicine balls for sale recently, maybe I'll try it. Looks like a great drill! -Yoda

Who is the barefoot doctor?

Monkey, By shensters, I was referring to Sean's personal practice discussion where he chats with his 5 animals that are affiliated with the 5 healing sounds, 5 organ energies, etc. Shensters is a loose term for inner spirits. Whether these dudes really exist or not I wouldn't know, but it looks like as Chris says, by anthropomorphizing these energies it makes it easier to interact with them. Google for 5 healing sounds to get a basic overview of the theory. -Yoda

I don't know much more than that they exist. Found a cool one recently... rest your hands palms over the middle of the thigh. Play around with the various positions, but work that area. I'm finding this to be a very grounded mudra and I'm recalling that some warrior traditions use this mudra in their sitting and standing practices. Samurai, Ancient Egyptians, Pacific Islanders, the New Zealand indians come to mind. -Yoda

Ah, the stoney side of the Force! I'm sick of playing politics, getting my ass kicked by the dark side, ungrateful students with short attention spans, stupid fucking clones, etc. You were right, bro... Fedex some to Degoba! Jessica-- I should have announced that earlier. If you ever find anything out of kilter, just get Sean to delete it--he deletes most of my posts so it all works out. It's nice to have a nice fun feel to this site, with nothing too edgy. I do miss Ron's pornographic presence, though. There's a lot of people that can't turn around their negativity in their current life, that's why they call it a day and grab a fresh little body full of love and start over. It's too bad to get out of balance to that extent, but it's not that big of a deal. It's like raising kids--they need to be able to scrape their knee sometimes. I've been known to attract extreme individuals from time to time and I find it extremely flattering that they can sense some assistance from me. So far, I haven't been particularly helpful so I've put this aspect of myself on ice for the past several years. I do fantasize that I will be able to help reorient folks like that someday. For what it's worth, they come to the planet with *a lot* of power. But families, teachers, etc can't handle it, so they get taught that something is wrong with them, but they are the real bodhisattvas. They'd rather freak out than live mediocre. -Yoda

You are probably reacting to my pheromones--I'm just that sexy! Your kidneys pretty much call it like they see it... I'm curious what your shensters have to say on the subject. Keep me posted! -Yoda

You can test it. Search your feelings whenever something happens and you'll find that whatever happens is a manifestation of your emotional transmission every single time without exception. We just aren't used to following our hearts and try to numb ourselves down in order to relate to a more painful and out-of-control concept of causality. Or just read up on quantum physics... -Yoda

Up until he fired Kevin Rooney in 1988, his ONLY diet was steak, pasta and fruit juice. How's that for discipline? Daily Regime (7 days a week): 5am: get up and go for a 3 mile jog 6am: come back home shower and go back to bed (great workout for those huge legs of his) 10am wake up: eat oatmeal 12pm: do ring work (10 rounds of sparring) 2pm: have another meal (steak and pasta with fruit juice drink) 3pm: more ring work and 60 mins on the exercise bike (again working those huge legs for endurance) 5pm: 2000 sit-ups; 500-800 dips; 500 press-ups; 500 shrugs with a 30kg barbell and 10 mins of neck exercises 7pm: steak and pasta meal again with fruit juice (orange i think it was) 8pm: another 30 minutes on the exercise bike then watch TV and then go to bed. (Before jogging in the morning he did a lot of stretching followed by 10 jumps onto boxes and 10 bursts of sprints, then he went jogging. At 12pm he sparred. At 3pm he did focus mitt work or heavy bag work inside the ring. He warmed up for all ring work with light exercises such as skipping or shadow boxing or speed ball. At 5pm Tyson did 10 quick circuits, each circuit consisting of: 200 sit-ups, then 25-40 dips, then 50 press-ups, then 25-40 dips, then 50 shrugs, followed by 10 mins of neck work on the floor. What an animal! Tyson said that the shrugs "built his shoulders up" to help unleash punches with his short arms whilst at the same time building endurance in the neck. It should be noted though that Tyson couldn't do any more than 50 sit-ups a day and 50 press-ups a day when he was 13, but gradually increasing the reps each week got him to a higher level over many years, so that he was doing 2000 sit-ups inside 2 hours every day by the time he was 20.) Mike told Ian Durke (Sky commentator) his above workout regime when he visited England to watch a Frank Bruno fight in March 1987. Durke told Mike that Bruno trained like a bodybuilder and asked Mike about this, but Mike said that floor exercises and natural exercises work better. Mike explained that his punch-power comes from nothing more than heavy bag work "works your strength through the hips" he said, despite doing shrugs with a barbell he said that lifting weights has about as much resemblance to punching as "cheesecake" (contradicting himself though due to doing shrugs). But his mentor Cus D'Amato realised that, due to Tyson's style, he needed punch-power (not that he didn't have it naturally anyway). So Cus got Mike very heavy bags to hit for a 13 yr old, and Cus gradually increased the weight of the bags Tyson used over time so that by the age of 18-19 Tyson was banging bags that no other man could budge! Also, Cus used to order Tyson to go jog 3 miles with 50lbs on his back because he didn't want Mike growing any taller (because it didn't suit his style)! There will never be another Tyson, he has the quickest ever knockout in amateur history (6 seconds or something stupid) at the junior olympics in 1981, then he became the youngest ever heavyweight champion of the world (20 years old, 1986). It's a shame that a number of events caused his downfall - Jimmy Jacobs dying, falling out with Bill Cayton, firing Kevin Rooney, Don King entering his life, Desiree Washington messing his head up, etc. But let's not forget that Iron Mike saved a dying sport!