Warriors,
I first met my wife because her son was one of my martial arts students. He got in trouble at school for practicing his sword technique on the playground with a stick...alone, not threatening to anyone...but the teachers felt unsafe and he was sent to the principals office and his mother was called in because of his violent behavior.
He was 7 years old.
Any teacher that feels unsafe around a 7 year old shouldn't be a teacher.
Regardless, his mom called me and brought him to my adult class where we studied very intense techniques. She asked that I speak to him about his behavior at school.
I asked him, "Why did you get in trouble?"
Dylan said, "Because I was sword fighting on the playground."
I asked, "Who were you fighting?"
His face lit up, "I was St. Michael...I was battling the Dragon!"
His mom, who is now my wife, commented how no-one had bothered to ask him that question. Only judged him on being violent.
In that battle, raging in his mind...was he violent?
Consider this:
-A 12 year old boy broke the nose of a would-be kidnapper and got away...
-A 8 year old girl kicked a kidnapper in the shins and got away...
-The woman who owns my martial arts studio took on 2 kidnappers in a parking lot while the third one fled in the van they were going to put her in...the two kidnappers were hospitalized and all three were arrested and incarcerated...
-In WWII 72 million deaths total...with 416,800 American soldier deaths alone...
And so on...
I Googled "justified violence" and come up with pages of oratory and lecture on how violence is never justified. Yet throughout our history, time and time again, we find moments where we may argue that it was the only option left.
Politics aside...is there a good fight for you? What would you die for? What do you care about so deeply that you would die or kill for it? Could you look at that 8 year old girl who defeated a kidnapper with a swift kick to the shins and tell her she did the wrong thing? That she is violent?
What about peace? What about placing our hearts in the space between ego and reaction to create an energy of light and love around us? What about manifesting the positive and allow the truth of oneness to pervade the world? Why do we always return to our most base, animal instinct and react with a growl, and lash out with a bite...
Are we evolving or not?
Is enlightenment to transcend the need to survive and begin to create a world that thrives on connectivity and trust? Is piety to live in a state that is beyond our animal nature?
If your loved ones were threatened with a violent death at the hands of a criminal or animal...what would you do?
What are your choices?
A) Defend them with your whole being
B) Pray for deliverance and use the moment to generate the light that transforms the world
C) Both
Both? Can you do both?
Which do you choose?
Do we really understand violence yet?
With love,
Aaron
Friday, February 27, 2009
Understanding violence
Warriors,
I first met my wife because her son was one of my martial arts students. He got in trouble at school for practicing his sword technique on the playground with a stick...alone, not threatening to anyone...but the teachers felt unsafe and he was sent to the principals office and his mother was called in because of his violent behavior.
He was 7 years old.
Any teacher that feels unsafe around a 7 year old shouldn't be a teacher.
Regardless, his mom called me and brought him to my adult class where we studied very intense techniques. She asked that I speak to him about his behavior at school.
I asked him, "Why did you get in trouble?"
Dylan said, "Because I was sword fighting on the playground."
I asked, "Who were you fighting?"
His face lit up, "I was St. Michael...I was battling the Dragon!"
His mom, who is now my wife, commented how no-one had bothered to ask him that question. Only judged him on being violent.
In that battle, raging in his mind...was he violent?
Consider this:
-A 12 year old boy broke the nose of a would-be kidnapper and got away...
-A 8 year old girl kicked a kidnapper in the shins and got away...
-The woman who owns my martial arts studio took on 2 kidnappers in a parking lot while the third one fled in the van they were going to put her in...the two kidnappers were hospitalized and all three were arrested and incarcerated...
-In WWII 72 million deaths total...with 416,800 American soldier deaths alone...
And so on...
I Googled "justified violence" and come up with pages of oratory and lecture on how violence is never justified. Yet throughout our history, time and time again, we find moments where we may argue that it was the only option left.
Politics aside...is there a good fight for you? What would you die for? What do you care about so deeply that you would die or kill for it? Could you look at that 8 year old girl who defeated a kidnapper with a swift kick to the shins and tell her she did the wrong thing? That she is violent?
What about peace? What about placing our hearts in the space between ego and reaction to create an energy of light and love around us? What about manifesting the positive and allow the truth of oneness to pervade the world? Why do we always return to our most base, animal instinct and react with a growl, and lash out with a bite...
Are we evolving or not?
Is enlightenment to transcend the need to survive and begin to create a world that thrives on connectivity and trust? Is piety to live in a state that is beyond our animal nature?
If your loved ones were threatened with a violent death at the hands of a criminal or animal...what would you do?
What are your choices?
A) Defend them with your whole being
B) Pray for deliverance and use the moment to generate the light that transforms the world
C) Both
Both? Can you do both?
Which do you choose?
Do we really understand violence yet?
With love,
Aaron
I first met my wife because her son was one of my martial arts students. He got in trouble at school for practicing his sword technique on the playground with a stick...alone, not threatening to anyone...but the teachers felt unsafe and he was sent to the principals office and his mother was called in because of his violent behavior.
He was 7 years old.
Any teacher that feels unsafe around a 7 year old shouldn't be a teacher.
Regardless, his mom called me and brought him to my adult class where we studied very intense techniques. She asked that I speak to him about his behavior at school.
I asked him, "Why did you get in trouble?"
Dylan said, "Because I was sword fighting on the playground."
I asked, "Who were you fighting?"
His face lit up, "I was St. Michael...I was battling the Dragon!"
His mom, who is now my wife, commented how no-one had bothered to ask him that question. Only judged him on being violent.
In that battle, raging in his mind...was he violent?
Consider this:
-A 12 year old boy broke the nose of a would-be kidnapper and got away...
-A 8 year old girl kicked a kidnapper in the shins and got away...
-The woman who owns my martial arts studio took on 2 kidnappers in a parking lot while the third one fled in the van they were going to put her in...the two kidnappers were hospitalized and all three were arrested and incarcerated...
-In WWII 72 million deaths total...with 416,800 American soldier deaths alone...
And so on...
I Googled "justified violence" and come up with pages of oratory and lecture on how violence is never justified. Yet throughout our history, time and time again, we find moments where we may argue that it was the only option left.
Politics aside...is there a good fight for you? What would you die for? What do you care about so deeply that you would die or kill for it? Could you look at that 8 year old girl who defeated a kidnapper with a swift kick to the shins and tell her she did the wrong thing? That she is violent?
What about peace? What about placing our hearts in the space between ego and reaction to create an energy of light and love around us? What about manifesting the positive and allow the truth of oneness to pervade the world? Why do we always return to our most base, animal instinct and react with a growl, and lash out with a bite...
Are we evolving or not?
Is enlightenment to transcend the need to survive and begin to create a world that thrives on connectivity and trust? Is piety to live in a state that is beyond our animal nature?
If your loved ones were threatened with a violent death at the hands of a criminal or animal...what would you do?
What are your choices?
A) Defend them with your whole being
B) Pray for deliverance and use the moment to generate the light that transforms the world
C) Both
Both? Can you do both?
Which do you choose?
Do we really understand violence yet?
With love,
Aaron
Warriors,
I first met my wife because her son was one of my martial arts students. He got in trouble at school for practicing his sword technique on the playground with a stick...alone, not threatening to anyone...but the teachers felt unsafe and he was sent to the principals office and his mother was called in because of his violent behavior.
He was 7 years old.
Any teacher that feels unsafe around a 7 year old shouldn't be a teacher.
Regardless, his mom called me and brought him to my adult class where we studied very intense techniques. She asked that I speak to him about his behavior at school.
I asked him, "Why did you get in trouble?"
Dylan said, "Because I was sword fighting on the playground."
I asked, "Who were you fighting?"
His face lit up, "I was St. Michael...I was battling the Dragon!"
His mom, who is now my wife, commented how no-one had bothered to ask him that question. Only judged him on being violent.
In that battle, raging in his mind...was he violent?
Consider this:
-A 12 year old boy broke the nose of a would-be kidnapper and got away...
-A 8 year old girl kicked a kidnapper in the shins and got away...
-The woman who owns my martial arts studio took on 2 kidnappers in a parking lot while the third one fled in the van they were going to put her in...the two kidnappers were hospitalized and all three were arrested and incarcerated...
-In WWII 72 million deaths total...with 416,800 American soldier deaths alone...
And so on...
I Googled "justified violence" and come up with pages of oratory and lecture on how violence is never justified. Yet throughout our history, time and time again, we find moments where we may argue that it was the only option left.
Politics aside...is there a good fight for you? What would you die for? What do you care about so deeply that you would die or kill for it? Could you look at that 8 year old girl who defeated a kidnapper with a swift kick to the shins and tell her she did the wrong thing? That she is violent?
What about peace? What about placing our hearts in the space between ego and reaction to create an energy of light and love around us? What about manifesting the positive and allow the truth of oneness to pervade the world? Why do we always return to our most base, animal instinct and react with a growl, and lash out with a bite...
Are we evolving or not?
Is enlightenment to transcend the need to survive and begin to create a world that thrives on connectivity and trust? Is piety to live in a state that is beyond our animal nature?
If your loved ones were threatened with a violent death at the hands of a criminal or animal...what would you do?
What are your choices?
A) Defend them with your whole being
B) Pray for deliverance and use the moment to generate the light that transforms the world
C) Both
Both? Can you do both?
Which do you choose?
Do we really understand violence yet?
With love,
Aaron
I first met my wife because her son was one of my martial arts students. He got in trouble at school for practicing his sword technique on the playground with a stick...alone, not threatening to anyone...but the teachers felt unsafe and he was sent to the principals office and his mother was called in because of his violent behavior.
He was 7 years old.
Any teacher that feels unsafe around a 7 year old shouldn't be a teacher.
Regardless, his mom called me and brought him to my adult class where we studied very intense techniques. She asked that I speak to him about his behavior at school.
I asked him, "Why did you get in trouble?"
Dylan said, "Because I was sword fighting on the playground."
I asked, "Who were you fighting?"
His face lit up, "I was St. Michael...I was battling the Dragon!"
His mom, who is now my wife, commented how no-one had bothered to ask him that question. Only judged him on being violent.
In that battle, raging in his mind...was he violent?
Consider this:
-A 12 year old boy broke the nose of a would-be kidnapper and got away...
-A 8 year old girl kicked a kidnapper in the shins and got away...
-The woman who owns my martial arts studio took on 2 kidnappers in a parking lot while the third one fled in the van they were going to put her in...the two kidnappers were hospitalized and all three were arrested and incarcerated...
-In WWII 72 million deaths total...with 416,800 American soldier deaths alone...
And so on...
I Googled "justified violence" and come up with pages of oratory and lecture on how violence is never justified. Yet throughout our history, time and time again, we find moments where we may argue that it was the only option left.
Politics aside...is there a good fight for you? What would you die for? What do you care about so deeply that you would die or kill for it? Could you look at that 8 year old girl who defeated a kidnapper with a swift kick to the shins and tell her she did the wrong thing? That she is violent?
What about peace? What about placing our hearts in the space between ego and reaction to create an energy of light and love around us? What about manifesting the positive and allow the truth of oneness to pervade the world? Why do we always return to our most base, animal instinct and react with a growl, and lash out with a bite...
Are we evolving or not?
Is enlightenment to transcend the need to survive and begin to create a world that thrives on connectivity and trust? Is piety to live in a state that is beyond our animal nature?
If your loved ones were threatened with a violent death at the hands of a criminal or animal...what would you do?
What are your choices?
A) Defend them with your whole being
B) Pray for deliverance and use the moment to generate the light that transforms the world
C) Both
Both? Can you do both?
Which do you choose?
Do we really understand violence yet?
With love,
Aaron
warriors
Warriors,
Tony Farsh sent me this story. I felt compelled to share it with you today.
A sage asked his disciples 'Why do people yell at each other when they are upset?'
The disciples thought for a while, and one said, 'We lose our calm and so we yell!'
'But explain to me, why do you yell when the other person is right next to you?' asked the sage. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?'
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the sage.
Finally the sage explained...
'When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance which arises between their hearts. To cover that distance they must yell, to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to yell to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the sage asked...
'What happens when people are in love? They do not yell at each other but talk softly. Why? Their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small.
The sage continued, 'What happens when their love for the other grows even more?
They do not speak, they only whisper. Their hearts come even closer with love. Finally they need not even whisper... they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close people are when they love each other. The heart is like one.'
Then the sage said, 'The lesson here is this: When you disagree do not let a distance come between your hearts. Relationships are far more important than specific outcomes. Do not say or do things that increase the distance between hearts, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you may not find the path to return.'
Who do you yell at?
We talk often that it is our separation that causes our pain. Who we remove ourselves from tend to oppose us. In fact, we often use knowing what the other is thinking without words being exchanged as a sign of togetherness in relationships...whether romantic, or business. In Martial Arts we are taught to move and connect so deeply with our enemy that we cannot know where they end and we begin...we end the battle through mastery of the self connected to all things.
Who do you yell at?
Who cannot hear you because of your separation?
But most importantly...
What are you going to do about it?
With love,
Aaron
http://ping.fm/Xcwez
I LOVE YOU!!!!
Tony Farsh sent me this story. I felt compelled to share it with you today.
A sage asked his disciples 'Why do people yell at each other when they are upset?'
The disciples thought for a while, and one said, 'We lose our calm and so we yell!'
'But explain to me, why do you yell when the other person is right next to you?' asked the sage. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?'
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the sage.
Finally the sage explained...
'When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance which arises between their hearts. To cover that distance they must yell, to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to yell to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the sage asked...
'What happens when people are in love? They do not yell at each other but talk softly. Why? Their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small.
The sage continued, 'What happens when their love for the other grows even more?
They do not speak, they only whisper. Their hearts come even closer with love. Finally they need not even whisper... they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close people are when they love each other. The heart is like one.'
Then the sage said, 'The lesson here is this: When you disagree do not let a distance come between your hearts. Relationships are far more important than specific outcomes. Do not say or do things that increase the distance between hearts, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you may not find the path to return.'
Who do you yell at?
We talk often that it is our separation that causes our pain. Who we remove ourselves from tend to oppose us. In fact, we often use knowing what the other is thinking without words being exchanged as a sign of togetherness in relationships...whether romantic, or business. In Martial Arts we are taught to move and connect so deeply with our enemy that we cannot know where they end and we begin...we end the battle through mastery of the self connected to all things.
Who do you yell at?
Who cannot hear you because of your separation?
But most importantly...
What are you going to do about it?
With love,
Aaron
http://ping.fm/Xcwez
I LOVE YOU!!!!
Warriors,
Tony Farsh sent me this story. I felt compelled to share it with you today.
A sage asked his disciples 'Why do people yell at each other when they are upset?'
The disciples thought for a while, and one said, 'We lose our calm and so we yell!'
'But explain to me, why do you yell when the other person is right next to you?' asked the sage. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?'
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the sage.
Finally the sage explained...
'When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance which arises between their hearts. To cover that distance they must yell, to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to yell to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the sage asked...
'What happens when people are in love? They do not yell at each other but talk softly. Why? Their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small.
The sage continued, 'What happens when their love for the other grows even more?
They do not speak, they only whisper. Their hearts come even closer with love. Finally they need not even whisper... they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close people are when they love each other. The heart is like one.'
Then the sage said, 'The lesson here is this: When you disagree do not let a distance come between your hearts. Relationships are far more important than specific outcomes. Do not say or do things that increase the distance between hearts, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you may not find the path to return.'
Who do you yell at?
We talk often that it is our separation that causes our pain. Who we remove ourselves from tend to oppose us. In fact, we often use knowing what the other is thinking without words being exchanged as a sign of togetherness in relationships...whether romantic, or business. In Martial Arts we are taught to move and connect so deeply with our enemy that we cannot know where they end and we begin...we end the battle through mastery of the self connected to all things.
Who do you yell at?
Who cannot hear you because of your separation?
But most importantly...
What are you going to do about it?
With love,
Aaron
http://ping.fm/Xcwez
I LOVE YOU!!!!
Tony Farsh sent me this story. I felt compelled to share it with you today.
A sage asked his disciples 'Why do people yell at each other when they are upset?'
The disciples thought for a while, and one said, 'We lose our calm and so we yell!'
'But explain to me, why do you yell when the other person is right next to you?' asked the sage. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?'
The disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the sage.
Finally the sage explained...
'When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance which arises between their hearts. To cover that distance they must yell, to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to yell to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the sage asked...
'What happens when people are in love? They do not yell at each other but talk softly. Why? Their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small.
The sage continued, 'What happens when their love for the other grows even more?
They do not speak, they only whisper. Their hearts come even closer with love. Finally they need not even whisper... they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close people are when they love each other. The heart is like one.'
Then the sage said, 'The lesson here is this: When you disagree do not let a distance come between your hearts. Relationships are far more important than specific outcomes. Do not say or do things that increase the distance between hearts, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you may not find the path to return.'
Who do you yell at?
We talk often that it is our separation that causes our pain. Who we remove ourselves from tend to oppose us. In fact, we often use knowing what the other is thinking without words being exchanged as a sign of togetherness in relationships...whether romantic, or business. In Martial Arts we are taught to move and connect so deeply with our enemy that we cannot know where they end and we begin...we end the battle through mastery of the self connected to all things.
Who do you yell at?
Who cannot hear you because of your separation?
But most importantly...
What are you going to do about it?
With love,
Aaron
http://ping.fm/Xcwez
I LOVE YOU!!!!
Leap of faith
It's time to take your giant LEAP of Faith towards the life you want and deserve.
Tomorrow night, February 24th is the date of the 4th and final component in the FREE LEAP webinar series and believe me you do not want to miss it.
We are going to identify not only exactly what that LEAP is for you but the number one reason most people never take that LEAP of faith and why they never get what they truly want.
Here is your dial in and webinar access information
* Date Feb 24th 2009
* Time 7pm MST, 9pm EST, 6pm PST
* Phone-Number to Dial: 303-390-0043
--->Use Conference ID: 871082#
* Webinar Address:
http://ping.fm/JYFGf preview=1&previewbar=1&eventid=6299589
Be on the call a few minutes early to make sure you reserve a spot.
Tom and I will see you there!
Aaron
http//:www.experiencetheleap.com
Tomorrow night, February 24th is the date of the 4th and final component in the FREE LEAP webinar series and believe me you do not want to miss it.
We are going to identify not only exactly what that LEAP is for you but the number one reason most people never take that LEAP of faith and why they never get what they truly want.
Here is your dial in and webinar access information
* Date Feb 24th 2009
* Time 7pm MST, 9pm EST, 6pm PST
* Phone-Number to Dial: 303-390-0043
--->Use Conference ID: 871082#
* Webinar Address:
http://ping.fm/JYFGf preview=1&previewbar=1&eventid=6299589
Be on the call a few minutes early to make sure you reserve a spot.
Tom and I will see you there!
Aaron
http//:www.experiencetheleap.com
It's time to take your giant LEAP of Faith towards the life you want and deserve.
Tomorrow night, February 24th is the date of the 4th and final component in the FREE LEAP webinar series and believe me you do not want to miss it.
We are going to identify not only exactly what that LEAP is for you but the number one reason most people never take that LEAP of faith and why they never get what they truly want.
Here is your dial in and webinar access information
* Date Feb 24th 2009
* Time 7pm MST, 9pm EST, 6pm PST
* Phone-Number to Dial: 303-390-0043
--->Use Conference ID: 871082#
* Webinar Address:
http://ping.fm/JYFGf preview=1&previewbar=1&eventid=6299589
Be on the call a few minutes early to make sure you reserve a spot.
Tom and I will see you there!
Aaron
http//:www.experiencetheleap.com
Tomorrow night, February 24th is the date of the 4th and final component in the FREE LEAP webinar series and believe me you do not want to miss it.
We are going to identify not only exactly what that LEAP is for you but the number one reason most people never take that LEAP of faith and why they never get what they truly want.
Here is your dial in and webinar access information
* Date Feb 24th 2009
* Time 7pm MST, 9pm EST, 6pm PST
* Phone-Number to Dial: 303-390-0043
--->Use Conference ID: 871082#
* Webinar Address:
http://ping.fm/JYFGf preview=1&previewbar=1&eventid=6299589
Be on the call a few minutes early to make sure you reserve a spot.
Tom and I will see you there!
Aaron
http//:www.experiencetheleap.com
The Young Professor
A student comes to a young professor's office hours. She glances down the hall, closes his door, and leans provocatively on his desk.
"I would do anything to pass this exam." She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes. "I mean..." she whispers, "...I would do...anything."
The professor returns her gaze. "Anything?"
"Anything."
His voice quivers. "You really mean...Anything??"
"Anything."
His voice turns to a whisper. "Would you...study?"
Sometimes the best thing to do is work hard.
We are told more often than not that it's better to work smarter than harder...and certainly that's true. But sometimes we can not afford the time it takes to learn the process well enough to be smart about it. Sometimes, you just got to put your back into it. What would the result be if you learned how to work smarter and then, worked hard at working smart?
A warrior is willing to do what's hard.
What is the hard work you are avoiding...just because it's hard? In "Experience the Leap" (http://www.tomterwilliger.com/2009/01/26/experience-the-leap-4-part-webinar-info/) we are taught that the "hard" thing will probably deal with 85% of the issue you are facing. It's just hard to deal with. That's why we avoid it. Our brain tries to protect us from pain and hard work is not always pain free...
but it does have it's rewards.
"The heights of great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
While the rest of society buys into the gimmick that there is some mopping liquid that will make your life easier, or car that will make relationships effortless, the truth remains, you will only get out what you put in.
John Capuzzi said, "A free lunch is only found in mousetraps."
The kids Warrior camp is beginning to fill. There is only space for 60 kids. If you are interested in your child having the most life changing experience they may ever have this summer, go to http://firemountainprograms.com/registration.html and download the registration forms. The tuition is $697.00 Until March 15th.
To your hard work...make sure someone has your back.
Aaron
Don't think for a second that the kids warrior camp is easy...but it is fun!
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
A student comes to a young professor's office hours. She glances down the hall, closes his door, and leans provocatively on his desk.
"I would do anything to pass this exam." She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes. "I mean..." she whispers, "...I would do...anything."
The professor returns her gaze. "Anything?"
"Anything."
His voice quivers. "You really mean...Anything??"
"Anything."
His voice turns to a whisper. "Would you...study?"
Sometimes the best thing to do is work hard.
We are told more often than not that it's better to work smarter than harder...and certainly that's true. But sometimes we can not afford the time it takes to learn the process well enough to be smart about it. Sometimes, you just got to put your back into it. What would the result be if you learned how to work smarter and then, worked hard at working smart?
A warrior is willing to do what's hard.
What is the hard work you are avoiding...just because it's hard? In "Experience the Leap" (http://www.tomterwilliger.com/2009/01/26/experience-the-leap-4-part-webinar-info/) we are taught that the "hard" thing will probably deal with 85% of the issue you are facing. It's just hard to deal with. That's why we avoid it. Our brain tries to protect us from pain and hard work is not always pain free...
but it does have it's rewards.
"The heights of great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
While the rest of society buys into the gimmick that there is some mopping liquid that will make your life easier, or car that will make relationships effortless, the truth remains, you will only get out what you put in.
John Capuzzi said, "A free lunch is only found in mousetraps."
The kids Warrior camp is beginning to fill. There is only space for 60 kids. If you are interested in your child having the most life changing experience they may ever have this summer, go to http://firemountainprograms.com/registration.html and download the registration forms. The tuition is $697.00 Until March 15th.
To your hard work...make sure someone has your back.
Aaron
Don't think for a second that the kids warrior camp is easy...but it is fun!
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
Hard Work
The Young Professor
A student comes to a young professor's office hours. She glances down the hall, closes his door, and leans provocatively on his desk.
"I would do anything to pass this exam." She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes. "I mean..." she whispers, "...I would do...anything."
The professor returns her gaze. "Anything?"
"Anything."
His voice quivers. "You really mean...Anything??"
"Anything."
His voice turns to a whisper. "Would you...study?"
Sometimes the best thing to do is work hard.
We are told more often than not that it's better to work smarter than harder...and certainly that's true. But sometimes we can not afford the time it takes to learn the process well enough to be smart about it. Sometimes, you just got to put your back into it. What would the result be if you learned how to work smarter and then, worked hard at working smart?
A warrior is willing to do what's hard.
What is the hard work you are avoiding...just because it's hard? In "Experience the Leap" (http://www.tomterwilliger.com/2009/01/26/experience-the-leap-4-part-webinar-info/) we are taught that the "hard" thing will probably deal with 85% of the issue you are facing. It's just hard to deal with. That's why we avoid it. Our brain tries to protect us from pain and hard work is not always pain free...
but it does have it's rewards.
"The heights of great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
While the rest of society buys into the gimmick that there is some mopping liquid that will make your life easier, or car that will make relationships effortless, the truth remains, you will only get out what you put in.
John Capuzzi said, "A free lunch is only found in mousetraps."
The kids Warrior camp is beginning to fill. There is only space for 60 kids. If you are interested in your child having the most life changing experience they may ever have this summer, go to http://firemountainprograms.com/registration.html and download the registration forms. The tuition is $697.00 Until March 15th.
To your hard work...make sure someone has your back.
Aaron
Don't think for a second that the kids warrior camp is easy...but it is fun!
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
A student comes to a young professor's office hours. She glances down the hall, closes his door, and leans provocatively on his desk.
"I would do anything to pass this exam." She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes. "I mean..." she whispers, "...I would do...anything."
The professor returns her gaze. "Anything?"
"Anything."
His voice quivers. "You really mean...Anything??"
"Anything."
His voice turns to a whisper. "Would you...study?"
Sometimes the best thing to do is work hard.
We are told more often than not that it's better to work smarter than harder...and certainly that's true. But sometimes we can not afford the time it takes to learn the process well enough to be smart about it. Sometimes, you just got to put your back into it. What would the result be if you learned how to work smarter and then, worked hard at working smart?
A warrior is willing to do what's hard.
What is the hard work you are avoiding...just because it's hard? In "Experience the Leap" (http://www.tomterwilliger.com/2009/01/26/experience-the-leap-4-part-webinar-info/) we are taught that the "hard" thing will probably deal with 85% of the issue you are facing. It's just hard to deal with. That's why we avoid it. Our brain tries to protect us from pain and hard work is not always pain free...
but it does have it's rewards.
"The heights of great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
While the rest of society buys into the gimmick that there is some mopping liquid that will make your life easier, or car that will make relationships effortless, the truth remains, you will only get out what you put in.
John Capuzzi said, "A free lunch is only found in mousetraps."
The kids Warrior camp is beginning to fill. There is only space for 60 kids. If you are interested in your child having the most life changing experience they may ever have this summer, go to http://firemountainprograms.com/registration.html and download the registration forms. The tuition is $697.00 Until March 15th.
To your hard work...make sure someone has your back.
Aaron
Don't think for a second that the kids warrior camp is easy...but it is fun!
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
Blog title...
Warriors,
What event signified a distinct change in your life? What marked a passage from one point to another?
How do YOU change?
All Rites of Passage require a transcendence of life to death and then a rebirth. How did you die and then were reborn?
You might say that a rite of passage is the moment you transcend the lower self and begin to move toward a higher self. When the outward child (innocence) moves inward. One of the reasons seminars are so powerful and memorable is because they are a distinct moment of change. Traveling to another country as a child is another marker. Divorce, an actual death, recovery from addiction or trauma...
When you made a life change, what did you leave behind? What did you move towards? Having clarity of where you are in relation to your life is key for the experience to be integrated.
How were all of your big changes similar?
Since there are many transitions in your life, list them and come up with the similarities to the experience. Find your common ground of change. What experiences do you repeat over and over when your body goes through change?
Could you re-produce those experiences when you desire a different result? Of course you could. As long as you are conscious to what they are. Manufacturing change is a key component of all seminars and workshops.
You can study change!
Do you think that others might experience the same components of change? In fact they do. I have been fortunate enough to see thousands of people change. There are 4 parts to change...but go here and see for yourself:
http://ping.fm/0Fn4U
Those FREE downloads there...they will change your life. Tom and I have worked our butts off on them. Get them free before we begin to sell them.
This past week I spent 5 days with teens watching them do the same thing we all do when we go through massive change. They handled in the same graceful/chaotic/generous/selfish/childlike/enlightened manner any adult does. Just like adults, they found a way to make their lives a little more into what they know they deserve in life.
What do you deserve in life and what Rite of Passage needs to take place before you embrace it?
Listen to the FREE downloads and take not of how people change. It will surprise you how easy it is to make the shift in any aspect of your life.
Much love,
Aaron
These are the Teens. They came from all over N. America. I am forever changed by the way they took the challenge and conquered it. NOTHING took them out or made them quit.
This is my team. (From the left) Cash Vo, Patty Ramey, Paul Guerra, Me, Tyler Conderino (behind me), My wife Christine Porta, and Jeff Hamilton. I am so fortunate to be surround by a team that is WAY smarter than i am. It's a great place to learn!
What event signified a distinct change in your life? What marked a passage from one point to another?
How do YOU change?
All Rites of Passage require a transcendence of life to death and then a rebirth. How did you die and then were reborn?
You might say that a rite of passage is the moment you transcend the lower self and begin to move toward a higher self. When the outward child (innocence) moves inward. One of the reasons seminars are so powerful and memorable is because they are a distinct moment of change. Traveling to another country as a child is another marker. Divorce, an actual death, recovery from addiction or trauma...
When you made a life change, what did you leave behind? What did you move towards? Having clarity of where you are in relation to your life is key for the experience to be integrated.
How were all of your big changes similar?
Since there are many transitions in your life, list them and come up with the similarities to the experience. Find your common ground of change. What experiences do you repeat over and over when your body goes through change?
Could you re-produce those experiences when you desire a different result? Of course you could. As long as you are conscious to what they are. Manufacturing change is a key component of all seminars and workshops.
You can study change!
Do you think that others might experience the same components of change? In fact they do. I have been fortunate enough to see thousands of people change. There are 4 parts to change...but go here and see for yourself:
http://ping.fm/0Fn4U
Those FREE downloads there...they will change your life. Tom and I have worked our butts off on them. Get them free before we begin to sell them.
This past week I spent 5 days with teens watching them do the same thing we all do when we go through massive change. They handled in the same graceful/chaotic/generous/selfish/childlike/enlightened manner any adult does. Just like adults, they found a way to make their lives a little more into what they know they deserve in life.
What do you deserve in life and what Rite of Passage needs to take place before you embrace it?
Listen to the FREE downloads and take not of how people change. It will surprise you how easy it is to make the shift in any aspect of your life.
Much love,
Aaron
These are the Teens. They came from all over N. America. I am forever changed by the way they took the challenge and conquered it. NOTHING took them out or made them quit.
This is my team. (From the left) Cash Vo, Patty Ramey, Paul Guerra, Me, Tyler Conderino (behind me), My wife Christine Porta, and Jeff Hamilton. I am so fortunate to be surround by a team that is WAY smarter than i am. It's a great place to learn!
Warriors,
What event signified a distinct change in your life? What marked a passage from one point to another?
How do YOU change?
All Rites of Passage require a transcendence of life to death and then a rebirth. How did you die and then were reborn?
You might say that a rite of passage is the moment you transcend the lower self and begin to move toward a higher self. When the outward child (innocence) moves inward. One of the reasons seminars are so powerful and memorable is because they are a distinct moment of change. Traveling to another country as a child is another marker. Divorce, an actual death, recovery from addiction or trauma...
When you made a life change, what did you leave behind? What did you move towards? Having clarity of where you are in relation to your life is key for the experience to be integrated.
How were all of your big changes similar?
Since there are many transitions in your life, list them and come up with the similarities to the experience. Find your common ground of change. What experiences do you repeat over and over when your body goes through change?
Could you re-produce those experiences when you desire a different result? Of course you could. As long as you are conscious to what they are. Manufacturing change is a key component of all seminars and workshops.
You can study change!
Do you think that others might experience the same components of change? In fact they do. I have been fortunate enough to see thousands of people change. There are 4 parts to change...but go here and see for yourself:
http://ping.fm/0Fn4U
Those FREE downloads there...they will change your life. Tom and I have worked our butts off on them. Get them free before we begin to sell them.
This past week I spent 5 days with teens watching them do the same thing we all do when we go through massive change. They handled in the same graceful/chaotic/generous/selfish/childlike/enlightened manner any adult does. Just like adults, they found a way to make their lives a little more into what they know they deserve in life.
What do you deserve in life and what Rite of Passage needs to take place before you embrace it?
Listen to the FREE downloads and take not of how people change. It will surprise you how easy it is to make the shift in any aspect of your life.
Much love,
Aaron
These are the Teens. They came from all over N. America. I am forever changed by the way they took the challenge and conquered it. NOTHING took them out or made them quit.
This is my team. (From the left) Cash Vo, Patty Ramey, Paul Guerra, Me, Tyler Conderino (behind me), My wife Christine Porta, and Jeff Hamilton. I am so fortunate to be surround by a team that is WAY smarter than i am. It's a great place to learn!
What event signified a distinct change in your life? What marked a passage from one point to another?
How do YOU change?
All Rites of Passage require a transcendence of life to death and then a rebirth. How did you die and then were reborn?
You might say that a rite of passage is the moment you transcend the lower self and begin to move toward a higher self. When the outward child (innocence) moves inward. One of the reasons seminars are so powerful and memorable is because they are a distinct moment of change. Traveling to another country as a child is another marker. Divorce, an actual death, recovery from addiction or trauma...
When you made a life change, what did you leave behind? What did you move towards? Having clarity of where you are in relation to your life is key for the experience to be integrated.
How were all of your big changes similar?
Since there are many transitions in your life, list them and come up with the similarities to the experience. Find your common ground of change. What experiences do you repeat over and over when your body goes through change?
Could you re-produce those experiences when you desire a different result? Of course you could. As long as you are conscious to what they are. Manufacturing change is a key component of all seminars and workshops.
You can study change!
Do you think that others might experience the same components of change? In fact they do. I have been fortunate enough to see thousands of people change. There are 4 parts to change...but go here and see for yourself:
http://ping.fm/0Fn4U
Those FREE downloads there...they will change your life. Tom and I have worked our butts off on them. Get them free before we begin to sell them.
This past week I spent 5 days with teens watching them do the same thing we all do when we go through massive change. They handled in the same graceful/chaotic/generous/selfish/childlike/enlightened manner any adult does. Just like adults, they found a way to make their lives a little more into what they know they deserve in life.
What do you deserve in life and what Rite of Passage needs to take place before you embrace it?
Listen to the FREE downloads and take not of how people change. It will surprise you how easy it is to make the shift in any aspect of your life.
Much love,
Aaron
These are the Teens. They came from all over N. America. I am forever changed by the way they took the challenge and conquered it. NOTHING took them out or made them quit.
This is my team. (From the left) Cash Vo, Patty Ramey, Paul Guerra, Me, Tyler Conderino (behind me), My wife Christine Porta, and Jeff Hamilton. I am so fortunate to be surround by a team that is WAY smarter than i am. It's a great place to learn!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
You Dont Know S**t
Dear friends,
You don't know s**t.
How does that sentence make you feel?
When you are accused of not knowing, do you strike back?
In your body, does your anger or resistance arise to justify what you do know? Who do you strive to prove to that you are smart, wise, or knowledgeable?
"No offense lady, but what you don't know could fill a warehouse." Bart Simpson
Our desire to quantify or qualify everything so that we can know it, therefore possess it in some form or fashion is overwhelming. When we see something that we do not understand our brain will create an understanding based on our past experiences that we can relate to it.
Does knowing make us strong? Is it knowledge or leverage that makes us powerful? Is it action or wisdom that makes us amazing?
What about the letting go of knowing? Without your interpretation, what does the thing become except more of itself? Isn't that the ultimate granting of freedom? Is there a strength here?
Today, practice letting go of judgment of everything... ANYTHING. Everything you see, be conscious of how you interpret or define it...as an experience, an event, right or wrong, good or bad...don't try to make it anything. Let it just be without definition.
Let go of what you think you know. Let the emptiness of not knowing remain empty... if only for today, and watch/feel what begins to come through the empty space.
Dunce caps on warriors, let your true humility shine and walk without understanding and judgment.
There is an old samurai maxim that says, "Knowing and Acting are one in the same." When you truly understand something, you will express your understanding through action.
To your lack of knowing,
Aaron
If you missed last nights phone call about Temptation, you can listen to it here: http://ping.fm/h2tYK
Maybe if we could let go of what we think is true and right, we would let go of the need to make others false and wrong?
You don't know s**t.
How does that sentence make you feel?
When you are accused of not knowing, do you strike back?
In your body, does your anger or resistance arise to justify what you do know? Who do you strive to prove to that you are smart, wise, or knowledgeable?
"No offense lady, but what you don't know could fill a warehouse." Bart Simpson
Our desire to quantify or qualify everything so that we can know it, therefore possess it in some form or fashion is overwhelming. When we see something that we do not understand our brain will create an understanding based on our past experiences that we can relate to it.
Does knowing make us strong? Is it knowledge or leverage that makes us powerful? Is it action or wisdom that makes us amazing?
What about the letting go of knowing? Without your interpretation, what does the thing become except more of itself? Isn't that the ultimate granting of freedom? Is there a strength here?
Today, practice letting go of judgment of everything... ANYTHING. Everything you see, be conscious of how you interpret or define it...as an experience, an event, right or wrong, good or bad...don't try to make it anything. Let it just be without definition.
Let go of what you think you know. Let the emptiness of not knowing remain empty... if only for today, and watch/feel what begins to come through the empty space.
Dunce caps on warriors, let your true humility shine and walk without understanding and judgment.
There is an old samurai maxim that says, "Knowing and Acting are one in the same." When you truly understand something, you will express your understanding through action.
To your lack of knowing,
Aaron
If you missed last nights phone call about Temptation, you can listen to it here: http://ping.fm/h2tYK
Maybe if we could let go of what we think is true and right, we would let go of the need to make others false and wrong?
The Real Enemy
Warriors,
Your truth of today is based on the actions and results of yesterday.
Have you ever climbed a peak only to discover that when you reach the top, it is one of the smaller peaks around you? Does that make your accomplishment feel insignificant?
Do you expect the first mountain you climb to be Everest?
It's only from the top that you can gain a new perspective of what potential surrounds you. From the bottom, your sight is limited. You can only see whats in front of you.
Once you face that thing that has held you at the bottom of your hill, once you have resisted the temptation to not stay put...once you have made the journey upwards and resisted again the temptation to turn around and go back to the bottom...
Then you can see what truly awaits you.
It's only when you achieve your perception of potential that you can then understand what REALLY awaits you. An even higher level of abundance and self development!
The real enemy? It's the temptation to quit or to think that this hill, this one you are on is the last one you will have to climb.
Tonight at 7pm (MST) Tom Terwilliger and I are hosting part 3 of the 4 part webinar series, "The Leap of Faith". Tonight is TEMPTATION.
This call is FREE and will change your perspective on abundance, and your own potential.
Join us here:http://ping.fm/Qhenh
Aaron
There is always another hill to climb.
Your truth of today is based on the actions and results of yesterday.
Have you ever climbed a peak only to discover that when you reach the top, it is one of the smaller peaks around you? Does that make your accomplishment feel insignificant?
Do you expect the first mountain you climb to be Everest?
It's only from the top that you can gain a new perspective of what potential surrounds you. From the bottom, your sight is limited. You can only see whats in front of you.
Once you face that thing that has held you at the bottom of your hill, once you have resisted the temptation to not stay put...once you have made the journey upwards and resisted again the temptation to turn around and go back to the bottom...
Then you can see what truly awaits you.
It's only when you achieve your perception of potential that you can then understand what REALLY awaits you. An even higher level of abundance and self development!
The real enemy? It's the temptation to quit or to think that this hill, this one you are on is the last one you will have to climb.
Tonight at 7pm (MST) Tom Terwilliger and I are hosting part 3 of the 4 part webinar series, "The Leap of Faith". Tonight is TEMPTATION.
This call is FREE and will change your perspective on abundance, and your own potential.
Join us here:http://ping.fm/Qhenh
Aaron
There is always another hill to climb.
Face the Dragon
Every Warrior must, at some point in their adventure, face their Dragon.
The Dragon is called by many names:
-Sin (pick any of the 7 deadly ones)
-Ego
-Fear
-Weakness
-Addiction
-Temptation
-Evil
I have said many times that the whole legend of the Knight and the Princess and the Dragon is not about men rescuing women from a beast, its about our VIRTUE rescuing our INNOCENCE from our SHADOW.
The princess is only a symbol of innocence for a short time, after the encounter with shadow and virtue, the Princess becomes a Queen...POWER.
This struggle and ultimate transformation into power is a journey everyone of us must take. Some of us already have...and then there will be another...and another...and another....
When we face our Dragon, the worst habit we posses is to think we have EVER killed the dragon. Dragons are immortal, and at best, you can only transform your dragon into an ally. That's why anyone who calls themselves an addict years into their sobriety still has a good chance of maintaining clean time...because they know the dragon is still alive, waiting for the most inopportune time to strike.
You have to face your dragon. You must battle your dragon...and you must transform your Dragon.
Your wound must become your gift.
What's your dragon? What is your greatest weakness?
Can you resist the temptation to let your dragon run your life? How many people do you know let their dragons run their lives, make their decisions, keep them captive, destroy their livelihood,
Tomorrow night at 7 pm (MST) join Tom Terwilliger and I for part 3 of our Leap of Faith webinar series. We will be discussing TEMPTATION: The dragon's greatest weapon.
Here is the link to join us FREE!
http://ping.fm/Qhenh
Your Dragon is not dead. Only waiting to serve you...or destroy you.
Aaron
To receive a free adventure meditation for kids and adults, go to http://ping.fm/hxUSM and download The Warrior and the Dragon.
The Dragon is called by many names:
-Sin (pick any of the 7 deadly ones)
-Ego
-Fear
-Weakness
-Addiction
-Temptation
-Evil
I have said many times that the whole legend of the Knight and the Princess and the Dragon is not about men rescuing women from a beast, its about our VIRTUE rescuing our INNOCENCE from our SHADOW.
The princess is only a symbol of innocence for a short time, after the encounter with shadow and virtue, the Princess becomes a Queen...POWER.
This struggle and ultimate transformation into power is a journey everyone of us must take. Some of us already have...and then there will be another...and another...and another....
When we face our Dragon, the worst habit we posses is to think we have EVER killed the dragon. Dragons are immortal, and at best, you can only transform your dragon into an ally. That's why anyone who calls themselves an addict years into their sobriety still has a good chance of maintaining clean time...because they know the dragon is still alive, waiting for the most inopportune time to strike.
You have to face your dragon. You must battle your dragon...and you must transform your Dragon.
Your wound must become your gift.
What's your dragon? What is your greatest weakness?
Can you resist the temptation to let your dragon run your life? How many people do you know let their dragons run their lives, make their decisions, keep them captive, destroy their livelihood,
Tomorrow night at 7 pm (MST) join Tom Terwilliger and I for part 3 of our Leap of Faith webinar series. We will be discussing TEMPTATION: The dragon's greatest weapon.
Here is the link to join us FREE!
http://ping.fm/Qhenh
Your Dragon is not dead. Only waiting to serve you...or destroy you.
Aaron
To receive a free adventure meditation for kids and adults, go to http://ping.fm/hxUSM and download The Warrior and the Dragon.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Warrior I Quit
Warriors,
You need to quit.
Time to surrender.
Before you get up in arms and write me back the inevitable, "I'll never give up" letters, consider the idea that in Predicament, you could not have kept going forever...your body would have ultimately quit on you. It's inevitable.
So why resist the inevitable?
Paramahansa Yogananda wrote this in 1944, "Release for constructive purposes the power you already have, and more will come. Move on your path with unflinching determination, using all the attributes of success. Tune yourself with the creative power of Spirit. You will be in contact with the Infinite Intelligence that is able to guide you and solve all of your problems."
Another way to say it is, "Let go and let God."
Another way to say it is, "Get out of your own way."
Another way to say it is, if you spend all the space in your brain trying to finish, fix, and finalize the situation, where is there space within you for Grace to come through and show you what needs to be done?
The moment I quit trying to be the sole proprietor of the vision that guides my life, was the moment the TEAM showed up that can truly see this company, this passion to it's full potential. The moment I got out of my purpose's WAY, the WAY became clear.
Control is an illusion anyway.
So your meditation for today is to consider where your strength and drive is actually slowing the progress of your vision down, and how to surrender that to the Great-Goddess-Life-Force-Energy that is the Universal-Father-of-All-creation-Void-Nous-Intelligence....
You get the idea.
I was told a long time ago that when a Warrior surrenders...It means the "battle" is over. Let yourself become swept up in the current of your mission.
You cannot force a river to flow.
With love,
Aaron
Wave the white flag and surrender to your highest power...whatever that may be for you.
You need to quit.
Time to surrender.
Before you get up in arms and write me back the inevitable, "I'll never give up" letters, consider the idea that in Predicament, you could not have kept going forever...your body would have ultimately quit on you. It's inevitable.
So why resist the inevitable?
Paramahansa Yogananda wrote this in 1944, "Release for constructive purposes the power you already have, and more will come. Move on your path with unflinching determination, using all the attributes of success. Tune yourself with the creative power of Spirit. You will be in contact with the Infinite Intelligence that is able to guide you and solve all of your problems."
Another way to say it is, "Let go and let God."
Another way to say it is, "Get out of your own way."
Another way to say it is, if you spend all the space in your brain trying to finish, fix, and finalize the situation, where is there space within you for Grace to come through and show you what needs to be done?
The moment I quit trying to be the sole proprietor of the vision that guides my life, was the moment the TEAM showed up that can truly see this company, this passion to it's full potential. The moment I got out of my purpose's WAY, the WAY became clear.
Control is an illusion anyway.
So your meditation for today is to consider where your strength and drive is actually slowing the progress of your vision down, and how to surrender that to the Great-Goddess-Life-Force-Energy that is the Universal-Father-of-All-creation-Void-Nous-Intelligence....
You get the idea.
I was told a long time ago that when a Warrior surrenders...It means the "battle" is over. Let yourself become swept up in the current of your mission.
You cannot force a river to flow.
With love,
Aaron
Wave the white flag and surrender to your highest power...whatever that may be for you.
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