you all how many wonderful things...
I'll post a couple images of my new and amazing life.
I have decided that Porque Sipo should stay my permanent blog and to to begin
writing about my To Shin Do martial art practice, both for purposes of remembering the
work I'm doing weekly, but also to share what an amazing group of people I have let
into my life...
I'll try to post a vid of Steven K. Hayes, founder of To-Shin Do from YouTube soon.
But, if you wanna learn more than what I am going to say about my own experience,
you should go to http://www.boulderquest.com/ .
First of all, I have to say that I am really proud of myself for creating a great intention for my future when I was in Chile. Having worked for and along side such amazing people gave me a strength I had completely forgotten was within me. Finalmente, soy la fuerza de mi vida y mundo) -Finally, I am the force of my life and my world; the embodiment of the Warrior I always knew was inside my heart.
I was able to grow and leave behind the negative things pulling my life into dull torpor.
I have Green Tara, God, my amazing family and support system of friends and my own ability to stand up in the face of whatever comes at me with delight and fortitude.
When I arrived home to the States, I found out, most fortuitously, that His Holiness, The 17th Karmapa; leader of the Kagyu Buddhist Lineage- was finally granted a visa to the United States and would be arriving any day. Not only was he coming to the US, he was going to be in my home; Colorado! Finding this out actually braught me to tears, I was sitting in my office, beaming with happiness- just knowing how long we all have been waiting for this blessed moment, to see his intention to teach the Dharma here in the West come to light. Wow. I was ecstatic- knowing that no matter what, I was going to help HH be here on the ground in his seat in the West.
I volunteered, applied, was accepted, given a spot on the security team.
I can't express the joy I had, knowing that I was going to be a protector of The Karmapa...
How meritous- which is dedicated to all.
So, I finally recieved the ticket to the Mackey through the Shambhala Center here in Boulder and met with the group I was to work with.
The group was headed by some black Tshirt wearing people, who immediately, I could tell were held by integrity and love at the same time.
It turns out that the the people in charge were Kevin Casey and Mary Casey; head teachers and owner of Boulder Quest Center for To-Shin Do practice of the ninja martial art.
I was on the steps, having arrived a bit early to find the Mackey, paint my nails, have some breakfast in peac, then meeting the some of the other folks there for security volunteer,when this guy comes up and introduces himself, like, made a beeline for me and came to say hello. That was Mr. Jeffery Falls. -And I guess I was just taken from that moment, or even before that when I saw him walking up the steps of the Mackey.
So, apparently HH The Karmapa saw my intention to have a great life through knowing and being surrounded by awesome people, and gave me an even greater gift of daily truth and joy, love and real living. There are not enough things I could ever do to thank HH enough, I think the one true thing is to continue my Buddhist practice - share my joy of livin' and becoming a Ninja through the practice and teachings of To-Shin Do.
Can I manifest or What! That would be a yes.
A really cool Green Belt class to watch!
Jeff and I this weekend dressed for rehearsal dinner.
Senor Daniel Torres and my man; cool mutha fuckahs.
More awesome Green Belts at Boulder Quest.
I somehow learned to cook delicious Asian spicy lime mango stir-fry!
Vickie's baby, Vickie, Jenna and Me; these girls are crazy awesome.
And our beautiful hosts: The Bride and Groom Christy and Josh.
