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Dr. Leo Kim will be speaking along with Mark Maxon. There will also be a question and answer [...]]]> Dr Leo Kim, Author of “Healing The Rift: Bridging The Gap Between Science And Spirituality” will be speaking at the University of Utah Orson Spencer Hall on MY BIRTHDAY,  Saturday, May 23, 2009 from 10:00am to 2:00pm

Dr. Leo Kim will be speaking along with Mark Maxon. There will also be a question and answer segment.

This event is FREE to the public!

Here’s where it will be:

University of Utah
Orson Spencer Hall (OSH) Building
200 South Central Campus Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Here’s the itinerary:
10:00am to 10:45am: Mark Maxon speaks
10:45am to 11:45am: Dr. Leo Kim speaks
12:00pm to 1:15pm: Question and Answer session with Dr. Leo Kim and Mark Maxon
1:15pm to 2:00pm: Book signing with Dr. Leo Kim and Mark Maxon

Dr. Kim’s appearance is being sponsored by: The Anniversary Inn, K-Talk Radio, LifeWorks Int’l, The Maxon Show

Here are directions:

Go east on 100 South until you reach Central Campus Dr. Turn right (south) onto Central Campus Drive and follow the windy road forward until you reach the pay-lot directly east of the student union. Orson Spencer Hall is directly south of the Ray Olpin Student Union, and the auditorium is inside of the east doors.

Charles Osgood:

An underground trolley collision in Boston Friday night injured 49 people, including a train operator who reportedly was text-messaging his girlfriend when [...]]]> On Sunday, May 10, 2009, I watched a segment by Jeff Greenfield on CBS’s “Sunday Morning” news show with Charles Osgood and have transcribed it here. It is entitled, “Blackberry Mania”

Charles Osgood:

An underground trolley collision in Boston Friday night injured 49 people, including a train operator who reportedly was text-messaging his girlfriend when he hit a stopped trolley ahead of him. That’s an extreme example of a phenomenon that has been bothering our Jeff Greenfield:

Jeff Greenfield:

Can a writer from a long-ago age really see into the future? Well, Jules Vern was able to imagine submarines and rocket ships. Arthur C. Clark had a bead on communications satellites. But for my money, nobody nailed one of our era’s most defining and least attractive features better than did Jonathan Swift.

His best-known work, “Gulliver’s Travels” was first published in 1726; that is 283 years ago. It is best known for Gulliver’s dealings with the Lilliputians; a race of tiny men and women, consumed by tiny insignificant political battles. Cable talk-shows anyone?

But the real eye-opener is his account of Laputa; a floating island who’s citizens are so distracted by their deep thoughts, that they are completely disconnected from the real world. It seems, wrote Swift, these people are so taken up with intense speculations that they neither can speak, nor attend to the discourses of others. In fact, Gulliver reported, these folks are so utterly and completely disconnected from the world around them that the wealthier among them employ “flappers”. A flapper’s job was to give his employer a soft flap on his eyes because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation that he is in manifest danger of falling down every precipice, and bouncing his head against every post, and in the streets of jostling others.

So, just how prescient was Jonathan Swift? Well, have you taken a walk down a street in any town or city lately? Now, it’s not so much intense speculation that distracts our modern Laputans, but the astonishing array of gadgets that connects them with everything, except the world that is right around them. They’re plugged into music, they’re exchanging emails, they’re texting, they’re tweating, they’re manipulating portfolios, they’re managing their fantasy baseball teams, they’re befriending and un-befriending facebook pals. If I were a personal injury lawyer, I would consider a whole new specialty: “high-tech negligence lawsuits”.

Now, in the interest of complete accuracy, I should note one more aspect of Laputan life. It seems that the husbands of Laputa were always so wrapped in speculation that their wives found adultery almost too easy. The mistress and her lover, said Swift, “may proceed to the greatest familiarities right in front of her husband’s face.” Now, we didn’t manage to capture that sort of behavior with our cameras; not yet.

I just joined the Club Fearless group on meetup.com for Salt Lake City, Utah. I invite you to join as well!

And I also invite you to join Steve Chandler’s Club Fearless directly: ClubFearless.net

Dr. Kim spoke about a great number of things, but the one that really resonated with me [...]]]> I listened to an archive today of the Mark Maxon Radio Show from Wednesday, March 18th. Mark had Dr. Leo Kim, author of “Healing The Rift – Bridging The Gap Between Science And Spirituality“. What an interesting interview!

Dr. Kim spoke about a great number of things, but the one that really resonated with me is “gratitude”. He spoke about it approximately 15 minutes into the second hour.

I was only able to take a few lessons due to financial and time constraints and didn’t learn the entire form. [...]]]> I was first introduced to the Yang Style Short Form of Tai Chi by Veera Kasicharenvat at his Aikido Studio in Salt Lake City. That introduction was made during the first part of 1989.

I was only able to take a few lessons due to financial and time constraints and didn’t learn the entire form. However, in 1994, I was re-introduced to the Yang Style Short Form when I noticed a video tape sitting on the coffee table at my friend’s house. The tape was made by Terry Dunn. I asked if I could borrow the tape to see if it might be the same style of Tai Chi that Mr. Kasicharenvat taught. I was elated when I found that it was! So I bought my own copy and started the process of learning the entire form. Within three months, I had learned the Yang Style Short Form in its entirety.

Knowing that it can sometimes be difficult to get the entire form correct with all of its nuances from a video tape, I did a search for Veera Kasicharenvat to see if he was still in the Salt Lake Valley. It was my hope that Mr. Kasicharenvat would be willing to spend an hour with me to critique my form and correct what needed to be corrected.

Fortunately, Mr. Kasicharenvat was still in the valley and he was willing to help me! I made an appointment to meet Veera at the University of Utah. That hour with Mr. Kasicharenvat was very wonderful. Veera has a very calm, spiritual nature and he was very gracious and kind in helping correct the few things that I needed help with. And it turns out that Veera knows Terry Dunn!

I have been an active practitioner of the Yang Style Short Form ever since. I don’t practice it for the martial arts aspect of Tai Chi, but for the calming nature of the quiet, slow movements.

If you’re interested in learning the same style of Tai Chi that I have learned, the video tapes are still in print (as far as I know) and are available from Terry Dunn’s website: taichimania.com.

In addition, I recommend Qigong

“Qigong is a study of the energy of the whole universe, which includes physics, chemistry, psychology, biology, astrology, electricity and medicine. Qigong is the cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine. Qigong has been practiced in China for over five [...]]]> This short description of Qigong is an excerpt from Spring Forest Qigong, Level One by Chunyi Lin:

“Qigong is a study of the energy of the whole universe, which includes physics, chemistry, psychology, biology, astrology, electricity and medicine. Qigong is the cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine. Qigong has been practiced in China for over five thousand years and has been shown effective in the prevention and cure of many diseases.

In Chinese philosophy, ‘Qi’ or ‘Chi’ (pronounced Chee) means air or breath, vital energy, or the Universal Force that forms all animate and inanimate things. “Gong” means work, the function and benefit of this energy, or self-discipline leading to the art of mastery. We are born with the vital and intelligent energy of Qi. This complete energy substance, fundamental to life itself, is comprised of an informational message and its carrier energy.

Qigong deals with the cause of sickness, gives the body a perfect healing, and heals the body physically, spiritually and mentally. Qigong heals the body faster and more completely with fewer or no side effects, lower cost and while actively involving the patient. At the same time, Qigong prevents future problems.

Qigong teaches you to use your mind, body and spirit together to unblock energy and balance Yin and Yang energy in the body.”

For information on Spring Forest Qigong, please visit this website: springforestqigong.com