Martial Arts are A Way of Life
Serpahim School Of Martial Arts Has Begun it's foundation. Our Mission is to provide a place to grow in your life and your martial arts free from classical restriction. Many styles are welcome as well as many viewpoints. The Seraphim Vision Focuses on the power of a community and the power of teams as opposed to working alone. To practice truly is to practice not with the intention of violence, but the intention of total harmony. Total harmony with ourselves, total harmony with our surroundings and total harmony with our human family.
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Passion Meets Purpose on a Clear Blue Day
To let you know a little bit about my martial art background...
It all started in a small town in Southern China, Tai Sun. The Wushu I have predominately studied is Kwong Sai Jook Lum Southern Praying Mantis. Current Master of the style is the personally honored Gin Foon Mark. I have had the pleasure of spending time with Master Gin Foon Mark and I must say he is quite a remarkable human being. Bruce Lee even favored training with Master Mark in the Mantis style. My main teacher has been Jack Spizale Sr., my honored grandfather. Jack studied under Master Mark for twenty-five years and has been teaching on his own for fourteen. I have learned invaluable lessons from my grandfather, not just about fighting, but more important things. Things like...how to use your brains to outsmart people and avoid fighting altogether. The better you learn how to be in-tune with your body and defend yourself physically, the more important it is to learn how to restrain yourself. He also taught me self-respect, discipline, fishing, hunting, how to love, and how to love god. He teaches not to lie, cheat or steal. Most importantly of all, he taught me how to be a good human being.
As my grandfather taught me, first salute the master of the style you have been so fortunate to be gifted with. Without further ado, I salute you, 5th Generation World Master Gin Foon Mark. Many blessings upon your life and beyond. The picture below is Master Gin Foon Mark meeting with his Master, Lum Wing Fai (Grandmaster).
And next I salute my grandfather, Sifu Jack Spizale Sr.
And this is my beloved Kung Fu Class in Minnesota:
Bruce Lee, A True Human Being
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My Personal Mission Statement:
With the help of a team, I provide community, comfort, love and understanding. I provide direct access to life-enhancing wild foods. These foods are in the form of sustainably grown and harvested herbs from the Amazon Rainforests. I also provide direct-access to a vehicle for financial freedom, time freedom, rainforest freedom, and a prosperous economy for Amazon Tribes-people through fair-trade and other projects.
I pass along this ancient, wild food that provides ultimate health and longevity for the world.
I pass along to you, this opportunity to participate in an economic paradigm shift, that has the power to heal a large portion of our planet.
(Porvenir villagers greet the arrival of Amazon Herb Co. Ambassadors)
Amazon Herb Company's Mission Statement:
Rainforests sustain us. They are the lungs of our planet - they give us the oxygen we need to sustain all life. Rainforests are also the living pharmacies of our planet, and many of the world's most important medicinal herbs are located within the greenbelt that encircles our globe.
Rainforests are home to more species of plants and animals than all the Earth's other ecosystems combined. We also find numerous indigenous communities still living in the Rainforest in their traditional, Earth-honoring way.
Each of us can take action daily to preserve the Rainforest and by doing so, protect its ancient wisdom that sustains our lives. At Amazon Herb Co., preserving the Rainforest and its indigenous communities is the heart of our reason for being.
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1.) Wild Herbs from Virgin Soils
2.) Ancient Formulas (2,000 years old)
3.) Unique and Special Preparation
4.) People Spending Billions of $ on Drugs
5.) Amazon Herb Co. Products Work
6.) Science Backs Herbs With Research
7.) Addresses All Major Health Concerns
8.) Enormous Benefits to the Rainforest and it’s Indigenous People
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Mount Kailesh
Sitting atop Mount Kailesh
In Salt Point
Meditative atmosphere
Transcendental states
Inspired by Lord Shiva
Mahadev
Fill the empty vessel of my soul
Release my illusion and karmic debts to the Maya
The crescent moon brilliantly glows off the ferocious surf
A squirrel makes his way through Shiva halfway across Cold Mountain
A sacrifice made for the pilgrimage
In Truth to worship Lord Shiva
A trial to test the boundaries
Aghor is invisible and undetectable
Stealth-like
One glides and darts through illusion
Suffering is essential when roles are beyond one self
Beyond the flesh
Leaving one’s ego at the door
We can only fly
With Wings of Knowledge
And Wings of Action
Namaste
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Daniel Costello