Individual Thought Patterns 7/4/2014

Okay So this is from the Tao Te Ching ebook pg21 number 79

Failure is an opportunity.
If you blame someone else,
there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master
fulfills her own obligations
and corrects her own mistakes.
She does what she needs to do
and demands nothing of others.

Hmmmm another individualistic quote. Basically you can view failure in many different ways. You could overanalyze what ya did and bitch about it or you can man the fuck and accept whatever that it is that you did and take responsibility for it. Hopefully it's all a learning experience. I'll use another quote from Chael Sonnen

"When doubt seeps in you got two roads you can take either road. You can go to the left or you can go to the right and believe me, they'll tell you failure is not an option. That is ridiculous. Failure is always an option. Failure is the most readily available option at all times, but it's a choice. You can choose to fail or you can choose to succeed. And if we can plant seeds and let him know, ‘Move your feet, keep your hands up, stay off the bottom.' That is the road to victory, or self-doubt and negative talk, and that is the road to failure. But failure is always there, and it's okay to recognize that. If I can leave you with anything today, in my long journey through this is, one, it's okay. Two, it's normal. And as athletes and especially as men, as male athletes we hate to admit weakness to ourselves, and when you're dealing with something and you got some kind of a hiccup, yeah, first thing is acknowledge it."

Fourth of July Workout

I finally did it, after months of waiting. I'm back to BJJ. I was a little outta shape but still managed. I was happy I actually passed my instructors guard to side control. But, I'm sure they will get used to my hectic sporadic style. Things I need to work on is everyone and their mama can pass my guard. I remember when I free sparred back in the day, people would pass me and I would just reverse anything afterwards. To make sure I don't even get in that position to begin with will be pretty hard. Practice makes perfect I guess. This makes me more motivated to keep eating right and get back my speed and cardio. 2 things that go well with my style.

As for the rest of my day I'm gonna hang with my mom (my dad works) and cook some homemade fried rice bitch



Im hungry just looking at that sucker. Gonna blast this as my official 4th of July Song


I keed I Keed

Individual Thought Patterns 7/2/14

The quote today is from the Book of the Five Rings ebook pg14. And the quote is as follows.

In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. Even when your spirit is calm do not let your body relax, and when your body is
relaxed do not let your spirit slacken. Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body
influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and
a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.


Self explanatory really. I can relate to this because for me it says don't freak the fuck out. Even if you do don't show it on your face. Keep your energy level normal. Good one

70,000 Tons of Metal: Xentrix

Ok I was asked to write a review of a video from a band that I'm gonna see next year at the cruise, so I randomly picked "Ghostbusters" from the band Xentrix.

First thing I noticed in the upper right hand corner was the ol' MTV music logo. That station wouldn't dare to play music like this anymore. Shows you first how much the times have changed. Doesnt MTV not even stand for music television anymore? Yea I think they changed the name. Doesn't matter to me as I don't even watch empty-V. (Haven't had cable for years)

Another thing is I can't believe there is a thrash metal version of ghostbusters. For me that's just funny and silly. I liked the interpretation of the song tho. I loved that little breakdown near the end of it. As for the video you can tell it's old school. It doesn't really do anything out of the extraordinary. Just your typical clips of the band playing the music and some images of ghosts.

Also I've been browsing through some of their music. I can't believe they went from thrash metal to progressive, interesting.


So ya I might check them on the ship if time and circumstance allows it. Check out the ghostbusters video below.

Individual Thought Patterns 7/1/2014

Yes on this edition on Individual Thought Patterns I will be giving my intrepretation on the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell. The following is from ebook pg 2 #4

The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like the eternal void: filled with infinite possibilities. It is hidden but always present. I don't know who gave birth to it.

Okay that was short enough. The google definition on what tao is the absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order. The interpretation of Tao in the Tao-te-Ching developed into the philosophical religion of Taoism. Okay so this in my opinion describes itself. Like a well you can take whatever you want from it within whatever feels natural to yourself. Maybe this is a silly example but maybe at this particular moment I want some strawberry ice cream. The universe is dictating to my brain stem at this moment to get it. It is in my natural state to move and get ice cream. Whether it is significant or not is up to the individual. But I am following my natural self. So in theory that would be an example of getting only a little bit from life's well. Me naturally decided to study acupuncture is me gaining a lot of information and this info is eternal. There will always be something to learn from it so I would in essence be using alot of information from the universe's infinite supply of water from the well.

There are so many different ways to live your life, infinite possiblities (self-explanatory) The possiblities of all you can do is always there whether it is just a passing thought in your brain or an action that you live, the universe is always there. As for the last line this might be a line that differs according to ones religious/spiritual beliefs. God coulda gave birth to the natural state of the universe. Or it coulda been the big bang theory etc. blah blah blah. As for what I think, who really cares, we are living in some kind of existance regardless of who gave "birth" to it

Neoprene Face Masks

I really don't know what it is, but I think I'm totally addicted to these things called neoprene face masks. I think they are used with motorcyclists but I dunno I love the design of these things. I'm somewhat of an avid sword collector. If you really want the hookup go to www.trueswords.com I've bought my inventory of sweet looking swords and weapons from this site for years! Ya I think I've almost purchased all of their masks. I think I've totally found a somewhat normal way to start wearing these. I'll let you know if it works. But, see look aren't all of these just so pretty.

Yes totally normal