Tuning into my spirituality

I have come to the realization that there are two parts to each human being. One is the physical part which we are all very familiar with. The other being the spiritual side which happens to be a HUGE question mark for most if not all people. I know we all have a spiritual body or soul if you will. So why is that part of humanity forgotten and/or ignored? I dont know? I figure that we are running at half capacity due to this.

Armed with this new outlook, I decided that I would search for this missing piece of my existence and it has shown me to alot of different views on the subject. The funny thing is that most if not all these views share some type of common characteristcs. They are somehow linked as if by coinsidence. Now like I stated on one of my earlier post, I dont believe in coinsidences. Life throws opportunites at you all the time. For example, Your friend calls you to go to some party and you have no plans or previous engagments, here lies your first choice. You can either choose to be boring and stay home and hope that something unexpected happens at home (which never really does). Or you could choose to go, hang out with some friends and then by some "coinsidence" you meet someone like in that corny Dockers San Fransico commercial where the woman nails the waiter and etc. First off, it was not a coinsidence that you decided to go to the party and ended up meeting that person, it was you taking an opportunity give to you by life, god, etc. and you took advantage off it. Its as simple as that. Things happen for a reason. The example I gave is just that, an example, it can be any type of oportunity. We have all gone through it, any time when we were so glad that we went through with something that we were unsure of, and it turned out great.

Now for those thinking that god is my missing piece, you are right but your missing my point. I know that God is the missing piece, but I am not satisfied with the way the world interprets or understands God. I want to fully exerience God and I dont think i can do it by just accepting that there is a god and going to some church. There are acient and lost practices that are capable of helping us experience god fully. Teachings that world in general does not know about or has forgotten. I plan on rediscovering them


Now back to my sprituality topic. All these opportunites or coinsidences as most would call them, are constantly poping up. They have been pushing me further down this road in search of the truth or enlightenment. I believe we are all capable of this feat, we just got to want it, and today in age, that type of thought is in the minority. Sad but true, sad but true...

Here are a list of a few of the things that i have stumbled on,

* Meditation
* Chakras
* Flower of life
* Egypt
* StoneHenge
* Sphinx
* Atlantis
* Merkaba field
* Christ Grid
* Chakra music
* Indigo children = which i believe are key to turing this world around.

Some of these things we are familiar with, but just knowing what they look like is not everything. For example Stonehenge is not just some temple of the durids. Its a temple for the sun, its the reason for its construction. Every year on the summer solstice which just passed on June 20, there are celebrations held there. The location is the key to stonehenge. At the main opening to the monument is a large stone called the heel stone. On the summer solstice the sun rises on the point of the heel stone shown below. It was argued that the summer solstice alignment cannot be accidental. The sun rises in different directions in different geographical latitudes. For the alignment to be correct, it must have been calculated precisely for Stonehenge's latitude of 51° 11'. The alignment, therefore, must have been fundamental to the design and placement of Stonehenge. The alignment also made it clear that whoever built Stonehenge had precise astronomical knowledge of the path of the sun and, moreover, must have known before construction began precisely where the sun rose at dawn on midsummer's morning while standing on the future site of the monument. This point needs to be made because, as I suspect, with Stonehenge and many other such monuments, it was the site, a particular place within the landscape, that was important; only later were these sites marked in some more permanent manner by the digging of ditches and banks and (or instead) the erection of wood or stone structures. It also doubles as an eclipse calculator for both solar and lunar eclipses. This is linked to the christ grid because its a location on earth where grid lines pass through.

Picture of the sun on top of the heel stone during the summer solstice.

Ok i have bored you guys enough with my history lesson but the point is that the more things i stumble upon the clearer the picture gets. How does this relate to spirituality, well acient people have an acient wisdom which has saddly been lost to humanity in modern times. I think that there is a way to tap into that collective universal knowledge, we just need to find the key. That key is somewhere on this planet, i dont know who, where or what it is but i am conviced that i will fined it. If this does not make sense, then consider it a rant, but if it hits home, join the club and help us find that key...

My Kryptonite

I have an personal issue I want to address. Its a behavior that tends to come out when I am frustrated and feel supressed. I become my alter ego called Darko. It usually comes out when I am speaking with someone on a serious note and I can express myself to that person. Here is the process of the transformation. Its my pet peeve so to speak.

1. I am giving my point of view to the person so they understand were I am coming from.
2. That person questions my point.
   
3. I cant or am not permitted to express myself due to constant interuption = kryptonite
   
4. Aldo is gone, Darko takes over.
   
5. I get loud, aggressive, and tend to act like a little bitch.

The point of this little glimps into my nature is to point it out to myself and find ways of getting my point across without turing to the dark side. The problem is that I dont realize it when its happening and then its to late. You could say it my Kryptonite.All my life I have had problems due to it and I want it to end. Its unacceptable for me to act that way. I tend to look for all the excuses in the world but thats not the right way to go about it. Most of the fights I have had with family, friends and ex-girlfriends have been directly related to this. Its the part of myself I dislike the most.

Any opinions and/or suggestions on how you guys deal with this issue are welcome. For all you fu*ks that have seen this side of me up close can go "bleep yourselves!"

PS. Sorry, that last sentence was Darko... For all you guys that have seen this side of me up close bear with me. Its a work in progress.

Thanks to Mariana for pointing out this link. I think it does a better job of explaining what the real issue is. Lack of communication


Aldo

USA SOCCER BLOWS!!!!!!!!

3/4 of the blame is on them and 1/4 of it is the horrible officiating we have witness in this world cup.
USA

Cons:

• Slopply passing
• No first step
• Very bad ball control
  
• Poor dribbling
• poor midfield play
• HORRIBLE COACHING
• No defensive presence
• Pathetic effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lesson of the World Cup: We are not ready to be talking smack.

HEAT BABY!!! 2006 NBA CHAMPS!!!

I Just want to say one thing...D-Wade Basketball!!!

Forget Kobe, forget Labron, forget everyone... Dwayne Wade is the best player in the NBA and he is proving it now. He is the effing man! Go Heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Andre dont hate!

A tale of two superstars, Mavs Dirk Nowitski and Miami's All-World guard Dwayne Wade

Miami was rocking, the mediots were talking, Dwade going to do the socking.

Stifling D-fense at the end was huge

But none bigger that this shot to send it to OT with 2 seconds on the clock.

We are watchign a legend in the making folks. Dont you forget that.

GET RAPED MAVERICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE ARE COMING TO TAKE GAME 6!

Indomitable!

Heat to hot to handle, just look at the dancers.

If your 7 footer is looking up at a guard you know you have a problem.

GP looked like his former self when he hit the game winner.

Riley and all of miami at the edge of thier seats as GP does his thing above.

D-Wade eliminates all hope for Dallas when he breaks up this lob with 1 sec. to go.

HELP COMES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS...

I believe that when you reach hard times in your life, help is sent your way. Now I am not refering to conventional help. No one is going to materialize right before your eyes and save the day. But there is definitely something sent to guide you. You just have to keep your mind and heart open to them. Some can be very obivious and some can be missed very easily.

I recently got turned on to the muisc of a jewish/reggae/rapper Matisyahu and his music has really spoken to me. Its one of those things were you have a question or problem in your head and suddenly you hear the guidence towards the solution in a verse and its like wow! Its as if I had never heard it or if I had, I never interprented it in that way. The message in his music is positive and guideing and I really enjoy the realizations and conclusions it has helped me achieve. Now this is not all due to his music so dont think I am glorifying him or something along those lines, but if you have not heard him, I recommed you do. A song i really like is Warrior.

It all comes down to this point. We are not hear on this world to work for money and live to try and get by. We are hear for a much greater purpose, and throughout the generations we have lost touch with many things that could have helped us realize that purpose. For example our spirituality, the majority of today's youth population continues to decrease in spirituality. All they care about is the pop culture around them, thats all they know. They idolize thier favorite singers, actors, athelete etc. MAN in general needs something to believe in, a God if you will. Whether we think there is one or many, the history of humanity has demonstrated that every major civilization had a spritual belief in some form of god or another. How many countless spiritual lessons have been lost to the ages due to ignorance and the fight of others to prove that thier way is better than the rest. How different would this world be if the conquistadors had not destroyed the major native american civilizations? People that were light years ahead of the spaniards in astronomy, mathematics, etc. Who knows...

The human mind is limitless in its power. That power lies within us all and it only has to be taped into. But how? Thats the question right? How do we do it. Some say meditation, others say thier faith in God, the rest dont have a clue... I know there has to be a point in everyones life where they feel a void within. Now a days we look to fill it with all our material possesions, but is that ever enough? NO, no its not, aleast not for me. When I filled that void with anything other than god it felt unsatisfiying. I would have to go on to the next thing because the joy the previous one provided was short lived. Its a never ending quest to fill the void but it never gets satisfied. Not untill I realized that I am one with god. I have never looked back and I am a much stronger person today for it. So I thank god for all the direct and indirect help he has sent my way.

Closeing thought: Music is a powerful tool, use it wisely and with positive intentions and it can give sight to the blind (pop culture america & world)

Thanks for my life God.
Aldo J. Bendana Jr.

Looks like the Heat underestimated the power of the Dirk-Side...





Just like the US national soccer team underestimated the Chezck Republic today and got whooped 3-0. The begining of this sports week has sucked for me... Everyone is getting blown out! The both these teams(the Heat, Team USA) need to regroup and refocus themselves if they want to achieve thier goal of a world championship. The same goes for us fans, so I dont want to see any mopers and cry babies spreading the negativity. We got to believe and feed them positive engery. Lets Go Heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lets Go USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saw this on someones blog and it reminded me of whats important, so maybe it does the same for you guys.

TEQUILA & SALT

1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
   
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.
   
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they dont like you.
   
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks of you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
   
8. Someone that you dont even know exists loves you.
   
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
   
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take another look.
    
11. Always remeber the compliments you received. Forget about rude remarks.
    

And always remeber... When life hands you lemons, ask for TEQUILA & SALT and call me over!

(angry tortise) #'s 9,10

I have so much to say but i just cant put it in to words today. its kinda throwing me off right now. Its semi-irritating. Well i guess i will dedicate this day to reading others blogs.

Wow the Heat are very disapointing on Game 1 of the Finals. Need to learn to play against the zone, and go back to playing in the paint were we can dominate. Horrible performance.

Whats the deal peeps. I know I have been MIA lately. Dont worry I will be back with somthing new soon. In the mean time, here is an update on coaching flag football. My team is coming along nicely. We had our third game in 5 days and we currently stand at 0-3. But its cool cause these games are basically preseason since everyone makes the darn playoffs. So we let the kids now that there is no pressure and that we are just going to tweak the strategy throughtout the regular season so they can be ready to go come playoffs. We have not been able to practice much due to horrible game schedules by the commissioners office. We had a game on Saturday and then Monday and Tuesday. Thursday will be the first practice since the first game. Let me tell you that now that I have seen my team and its pros & cons, I will be drilling all practice long. We need to work on a couple things. The first Game was ok, we did not capitalize on goaline situations going 1-3, but the defense played decent. Final score 8-6, they got a two point conversion and we missed it. The Second game was against the orange team which appear to have the white reincarnation of barry sanders. The kid can flat out run, and has that ability to change directions without loseing any speed. They beat us 21-7 but it was not as bad as the score makes it seem. Thats the best team in the leauge right now and they all have been playing together for years. The team is progressing quickly. Yesterday was the 3rd game and the best defensive wise. They scored on an error by one of my safteys. I had instructed him to stay in his zone to avoid any chance of the runner cutting back to the open side of the field but he bit towards the middle and sure enough the runner cut back and took it to the house. But that was it for them. Nothing more than three and outs for the rest of the game. I blitzed the shit out of that team with my corners and they had no answer. Unfortunately the offense continues to struggle in the red zone and we missed a couple chances to score. But the key is the progression of the kids. Its like nite and day since the first time we worked with them. Things are definitly looking positive.