The Martial Mind Power & Martial Arts Philosophy Podcast

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Be a bee", found on page 198 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - Forget positivity and focus on the nectar in your life - The value of creating community to extract more goodness from nature - The amazing finding behind what community does to human longevity - Teamwork, harmony and the effect on productivity - About  the gentle nature of a bee - The dependency we have on bees and how human life would end without them - Lessons from nature - The species on top of the food chain - and it's not humans - How coming into large amounts of money just makes you more of who you already are - Any resources you're given are to support and help you discover and complete your soul's missions - Tips and guidelines on how to question things effectively - Divergent thinking and its benefits - Why having dreams creates the nectar in your life - And much more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "dancing a dream awake", found on page 152 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - The biggest obstacles people face when trying to achieve dreams - Transmutation, manifestation and bringing dreams to life - How does partiality and totality apply to one's dreams coming true - The biggest obstacles people face when trying to achieve dreams - Why being fully present is a necessity in goal setting and dream manifestation - What is a flow state and how to get the best out of it - How Napoleon Hill influenced Lak on the beginning of his journey - Using logic and intelligence in pursuit of more ambitious dreams - Using logic and intelligence in pursuit of more ambitious dreams - How coming into large amounts of money just makes you more of who you already are - Any resources you're given are to support and help you discover and complete your soul's missions - Developing an inner wealth that surpasses the physical kind - What did Bruce Lee mean when he said start with the nucleus - Life adaptation lessons from the roots of trees in the amazon - Transcending states: from joy  to bliss - Being blissful in traumatising scenarios is possible but requires immense practice - And much much more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "sochu-geiku, kang-geiku", found on page 656 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: – How temperature is used in Japanese dojos as a means of increasing intensity of training – What is the spirit test that JT encountered whilst in ju jitsu class – The different levels of reflection that occur when facing extreme – How breaking through various levels of self “empties” you – How these extreme scenarios reveal your true character – The inspiring insight Lak received during a scary bike ride – The martial mindset comes to the fore when we have our back against the wall – The increase in potential when overcoming difficult challenges – Roger Bannister and the influencing affect over overcoming an impossible challenge – Modelling excellence; how & who to chose the best role models – And much much more… Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Tao Yin", found on page 452 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - the exploration and explanation of energy, chi or prana - why all energy is kung fu - the purpose behind the opposing and complimentary nature of energy - how to use, direct and channel your energy for consciousness expansion - the shape and flow of energy within your body - creating a torus effect - why it's important to move again any stagnant energy to avoid sickness and pain in organs - the deeper benefits to exercising than simply the physical - what is heart-math and how they measure the human "aura" - how intention, desire and the tao can mingle and mix to create interesting outcomes - a breakdown of quantum principles - computers, humans and wider life - and more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Avoid Loneliness, Strive Aloneness", found on page 168 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - the differences between loneliness and aloneness - aloneness as a means of self improvement - the 3 key points why people come into your life - the different types of teachers in your life - a uplifting war story and lesson from sikh history - the path of aloneness helps to free you from karma - insights from S.A.S training - understanding differences between the mind chatter and eternal voice - it processes and how they can apply to human behaviour - the powerful benefits of correct meditation - the true nature and purpose of yoga - and more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Atomised Relationship", found on page 494 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - the importance of nurturing the seed of brilliance within you - the flaws of a reductionist approach to life, partly accelerated by tech - the metaphor of driving a car vs experiencing it just as nuts and bolts in relation to life - the experience of inner vs outer sensations - how to tap into the "god-fi" of life - why everyone is psychic - are our dreams simply made up or do we start to tap into some deeper existence? - the detriment of ignoring thoughts, feelings and visions that you experience - the study of genius in children at different points in their life - how the system beats out the genius potential within from a young age - the true nature of a guru - a powerful quote about medicine and suffering by bruce lee - what is sat - chit - ananda ? - the joy of joy vs the volatility of happiness - how magnetism, opposing forces and balance apply to life - the incredible magnetism that permeates the cosmos - from humans all the way up to the milky way - studying and consuming wisdom to become inspired to find your inner light - and more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss standing up for a righteous cause. Also covered, the koans: "spineless backbone" and "man in the arena" , from "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking"book. Highlights include: - Martial arts teaches us enough to not want to fight - Dealing with fears, anxieties and challenges - The 3 things that martial arts teaches you - How martial arts prepares you to take a warrior mindset throughout your life - Lak shares his 9 steps to mastery - The power of personal responsibility and empowering oneself to greater heights - Lak shares his friend's "critical mass theory" discovered the dance floor - How to increase visual clarity and really see things - Lak speaks about the importance of bushido, integrity and honour and in everyday life - The empowering and debilitating influence balanced and imbalanced consciousness - Why investing in yourself is the best investment that can be made - Discovering your dharma - The philosophy behind the saint - solider concept - Tips on how and when to take a stand against others - and more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss  today's koan: "Consciousatarian", found on page 119 of Lak's book, "The  Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - Life lessons learnt from a spiritual awakening - Experiences after shedding animal based foods and going vegan - The ethics, history and practicalities of eating flesh and fish - The rise of meat free alternatives and what this means for us - Processes and ideas being used for environmental health control - The decreasing water supply and the 1 industry that abuses it the most - Destructive behaviours such as decline in bee population - Eating animals that have been killed in traumatic ways - Living in considered ways to help future generations enjoy - The damaging results from chasing as much profit as possible - The enhancement of spiritual practices through dietary control - Why overeating muffles your hearing to intuitive messages - A positive perspective of paying higher taxes - and more Martial  Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee,  ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better  mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss  today's koan: "Lunar-tic", found on page 388 of Lak's book, "The Art Of  Thinking Without Thinking."   Highlights include:  - A discovery of the effects of the moon during Lak's meditation  - The link between moon, water and the body  - Calming feelings and wild influences of the moon during meditation and  general life  - The connection between ancient calendars and planetary systems  - History behind the Gregorian and lunisolar calendar  - The strange affect of alaskan weather on the human body  - Why suffering is born out of avoiding our inner nature  - The benefits and drawbacks of entertainment in experiencing different  realities  - Accessing and creating newer, better realities for ourselves  - and more   Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee,  ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better  mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books  here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Crisis or cry-sees", found on page 410 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - Why a personal crisis is so destructive and destabilising to the real you - The flight, fight and freeze response in relation to helping and healing others - Why suffering is like re-reading the same chapter of a book - The deeper benefits behind suffering and what it's here to teach us - Various meanings of the word "avatar" and its true definition - Why we are a individual expression of the divine - How a crisis helps to re-align you back to balance - What is the cosmic play and how opposing forces play into it - Insights about reality and perception from the wearing of a VR helmet - How dealing with someone in a crisis with empathy is a powerful way to go - Valuable lessons about how crisis plays a important function in combat and fighting Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/