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Uplift · 02-11-2007, 11:29 PM

I think thats what they told Buddha, and Jesus, and Sai Baba and Joan of Arc, and Ghandi, and Yogananada, and Ammachi and Roger Bannister and the Wright brothers, and the woman who lifts a car off her dying child, and the autistic savant that we can't even begin to comprehend, and Richard Branson, and Bill Gates, and... The Spiritual teachings all tell us to strive for perfection, because that is our truth. To transcend our limits, the mind. To have faith. Every now and then someone comes along to give us a genuine demo. I love watching skateboarding (in fact all the extreme sports), because I love sports, and have always been interested in human performance. Have a look at what those kids can do. It defies belief. It's awesome. Skaters, are lucky, they don't have coaches. 'Hey I'm gonna do a triple dooflicky, on a stair case, slide down a rail, fly through the air 360 spin land on a building, somersault on on leg, handstand.' Coach, 'don't be stupid kid, that's impossible, just do your drills like we said, or we'll cut you from the squad. Stop dreamin', you're just a rookie'. 'The Secret'. Awesome movie. Supposedly a gift from God. Like imagination. It has no limits, only yours. Look at babies, they can't walk. Next thing they are on tightropes, dancefloors, doing Tai chi, running, jumping, extreme running and jumping, more extreme running and jumping. Imagine if we said, 'you can't walk, you can only grovel around on your guts, stay where you belong'. Thank God for miracles. Philosophers and scientists hate them, they defy the 'rules', defy the imagination. I'll keep dreaming and aiming.

02-11-2007, 11:29 PM	#60 (permalink)
Uplift Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 734	Impossible. I think thats what they told Buddha, and Jesus, and Sai Baba and Joan of Arc, and Ghandi, and Yogananada, and Ammachi and Roger Bannister and the Wright brothers, and the woman who lifts a car off her dying child, and the autistic savant that we can't even begin to comprehend, and Richard Branson, and Bill Gates, and... The Spiritual teachings all tell us to strive for perfection, because that is our truth. To transcend our limits, the mind. To have faith. Every now and then someone comes along to give us a genuine demo. I love watching skateboarding (in fact all the extreme sports), because I love sports, and have always been interested in human performance. Have a look at what those kids can do. It defies belief. It's awesome. Skaters, are lucky, they don't have coaches. 'Hey I'm gonna do a triple dooflicky, on a stair case, slide down a rail, fly through the air 360 spin land on a building, somersault on on leg, handstand.' Coach, 'don't be stupid kid, that's impossible, just do your drills like we said, or we'll cut you from the squad. Stop dreamin', you're just a rookie'. 'The Secret'. Awesome movie. Supposedly a gift from God. Like imagination. It has no limits, only yours. Look at babies, they can't walk. Next thing they are on tightropes, dancefloors, doing Tai chi, running, jumping, extreme running and jumping, more extreme running and jumping. Imagine if we said, 'you can't walk, you can only grovel around on your guts, stay where you belong'. Thank God for miracles. Philosophers and scientists hate them, they defy the 'rules', defy the imagination. I'll keep dreaming and aiming.