Gael Garcia Bernal

Is one of the most grounded people I've seen interviewed. In talking about Motorcycle Diaries:

He told a Toronto journalist that Che was an icon, and so he is almost flat, he has no detail, and so he can be any person. (every person).

This movie was about Che before he knew he was Che, before the world knew he was Che.

He speaks with Charlie Rose about discipline, about playing. Charlie says you didn't take it seriously. Gael says, "I did take it seriously, but it was a game."

He talks about how acting is hard because it is a risk. You give yourself over to it, and you don't know if it's going to be a good trip or a bad trip, but you know you will be changed because of it." (Isn't this life?)

He said you bring your whole life to it, and you will be changed.

He is in a movie where the director says he is an outsider looking for belonging. Without pause, Gael interjects, but that can only come from inside. Isn't it? The question is one for social ettiquete, he's checking he didn't overstep, though he is right, and fast. I'm in awe for this deep of knowledge to be so easily, confidently articulated.

Thank you, Gael.

Avatar the movie

I just watched Avatar again, and I find it exciting. We use this alien as an abstraction for a human experience which all humans can relate to because it is an abstraction. This could have been called in Yin ruled the world. What I love, what moves me, what blows my mind, is that no image in this highly creative artistic film was new. Why? Because we can only imagine what we've experienced, and the audience can only relate to that which it has experienced. So, you get a composite of human experiences, painted different colors, with different characteristics, yet so similar you can see yourself in them. The aliens have big eyes, and do what we do better (run, balance, fall through leaves, fly on a flying animal). Talking to the trees, it is done. Stepping and having the path light up under your foot, this is the magic of phosphorescence. Talking through your mind without words, this is done. Living within a tree, or one made of wood are not to different. Surely, we have not seen the world exactly like this movie, but I LOVE that we Almost have..... We've seen the base parts compostited differently. This fantasy world of living in harmony isn't a stretch, it's a choice. How exciting!

Inspired by Dr.John Izzo's 5 Secrets

1. Risk more emotionally
(This is the purpose. This is the #1 regret if not lived. Joseph Campbell calls relationship the "Holy Spirit". There was much less to lose than we thought. Since we cannot tell which risks will matter. Always find yourself moving towards what you like/ a clearer expression of you. Truly reach out for what you want.)

2.Receive Love, Trust, Be dependent, Be vulnerable, these too are aspects of you waiting to be expressed, Learn to hear my own heart in the company of others

3. Stay in contact with source, play memory, find a match and feel the magic

4. Participate, play the game, connect, make the matches

5. Be aware and in your body, act with love, fill your heart, day body with love daily
(Caution: "The trouble with life is, it is so daily.")

6. Live in accordance with the things that matter to you most

7. Recognize a happy day. What makes a day feel like your kind of day? How could I incorporate more of me?
(Dancing, walking, connecting with people, helping, movies, philosophy, love)

8. My gift: I cannot heal you. I can let God through. I can be transparent in these moments for your connection to God, but I cannot heal you.

9. Have the discipline and courage to keep distraction at a minimum, and propel your life forward. Save the only life you can, yours. (Mary Oliver: The Journey)

*A note on discipline. You can't rush it. As Ram Dass suggests you can't get ahead of yourself by wanting to be disciplined. It doesn't work. When you want something: peace, keeping your word, harmony, being in touch with god, and you find discipline helps you keep your intention, your word with yourself. Then you arrive at Discipline's door and are ready to pass through. WHen you see it as a helpful way to further your goal, connection, intention, then you are ready.

10. Experiment, overcome "disappointment", and see how you can walk through the other side, overcome whatever limits you. If you feel sad question the stories that you tell yourself that result in this feeling.