Protection
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Kennemer dunes 360° today. Artificiality [ just enough to protect natural foundation ]
Min/max temperature: 9°C/16°C; humidity: 86%; precipitation: 0 mm; sea level pressure: 1020 hPa; wind: SSW 14.5 km/h; visibility: 10.0 kilometres; New Moon, 1% visible
"To inspire implies filling with spirit; dispirited means dejected, hopeless, defeated. But what exactly does the term spirit signify? The collective totality of human experience can be comprehended in phrases such as "team spirit" or when we exhort people to "get in the spirit". That spirit is a highly pragmatic factor, which can determine the difference between victory and defeat, is well known by military commanders, coaches, and CEO's. [I]t's clear that spirit refers to an unseen essence, which never changes, even though its expression varies from one situation to another. This essence is vital; when we lose our spirit, we die -- we expire from lack of which inspires. […] Spirit is the aliveness that accompanies, and is an expression of, alignment with life energy. The power is […] anabolic, sustaining life; their opposites are catabolic, eventually leading to death. True power = life = spirit, whereas force = weakness = death. When an individual has lost or lacks those qualities we term spiritual, he becomes devoid of humanity, love and self-respect; he may even become selfish and violent. When a nation veers from its alignment with the spirit of man, it can become an international criminal. It's a common error to identify spirituality with religion. […] In fact, the founders of the world's great religions would be chocked at the profoundly unspiritual deeds wrought in their names trough history -- many of which would make a heathen shudder. Force always distorts truth for its own self-serving purposes. […] Like religions, entire cultures are weakened when the principles that they're based upon are obscured or contaminated by false interpretation."
David Hawkins in 'Power vs Force', page 185, 186, 187, first published in 1995 by Hay House UK Ltd
"I said, you can't stop righteousness, so it will grow
From the east to the west, you'd better take warning (warning)
If you do good, I said, you will get a righteous pay, oh yes
What will be on the man, who cause Jah children to cry"
From: 'Can't Stop Righteousness' by The Gladiators, track 8 on the LP 'Show Down' by Don Carlos & Gold/The Gladiators, first released in 1983 trough Empire Records, produced by Kenneth Hoo Kim at Channel One Recording Studio
Training/today/after_footprint/fresh/sunny/wide_tide/30K
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Todays training: warm after cold week...
Run, Rhythm, Landscape
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Haarlem, today. Winter training is creating our own summer [ generating warmth in the rhythm of the landscape ]
Breakfast
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Duin and Kruidberg, 360° yesterday. Dust [ to dust ]
Min/max temperature: 11°C/15°C; humidity: 73%; precipitation: 0 mm; sea level pressure: 1024.80 hPa; wind: WNW 8.0 km/h; visibility: 14.3 kilometres; Clouds: Few 914 m., Partly Cloudy 1005 m.; Moon: Waxing Gibbous 92% illuminated
"Es gibt augenblicke, in denen ich sehr diktatorisch bin. Ich habe zwar auch Filme gemacht, die anders gedreht worden sind, aber wenn der Druck zu groβ wird, dann werde ich zum Diktator. Wenn die Arbeit schwierig ist, oder wenn das Ganze schlecht läuft, wenn die leute auch noch auf einem herumtrampeln, anstatt einem zu helfen, dann bleibt halt nur noch die Diktatur. [...] Von dem, was wahrscheinlich sehr viele Leute beängstigt, hoffe ich letztlich, daβ es sie sensibilisiert, auch für das, was deutsche Geschichte ist. Das ist auch nötig und notwendig. Denn wenn das, was die Deutsche Geschichte ist, abermals verdrängt wird, fängt im Untergrund wieder etwas zu rumoren an. Durch das >Dritte Reich< ist das alles nicht verarbeitet."
Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Bilder und Dokumente', page 22, 56, by Hans Gunther Pflaum, first published in 1992 by edition Spangenberg, München, Germany
Today/training/after_footprint/30K_book
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Today/training/after/footprint. The 30kms. training started fresh. As time progresses air temperature and general feel unite. Dry and sunny.
Todays training dedicated to Mark Divine's book 'The way of the Seal'. Two fragments:
1) "Much of our fear in today's relatively safe world stems from an imagined but unknown future, so those who orient their minds towards that future by visualising failure and all the horrible things that might happen find themselves trapped in a constant loop of negative input."
2) "The creative mind operates in the present, while the rational, thinking mind rests in the past or future. Therefore, you must be able to tap into all three without getting stuck. You want to be optimistic and goal-oriented for the future, and then learn from and reconcile history. Finally, you must remain front-sight focused on new opportunities in the present. If you can readily shift focus from future to past to present, you will easily be able to spot gaps between old and new realities and detect openings for breaking things that other miss." (both quotes from 'The Way of the Seal", page 123)
