Re: The YouTube thread [2]

by Eldorion Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:24 am

Well that's terrifying.

by chris63 Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:16 am

Those were the days

by chris63 Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:26 am

Best of the best. If there was one person i could bring back from the dead it would be this guy.

by azriel Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:29 am

bungobaggins wrote:

that was the most frightening vid Ive seen so far pale

& the noise ! How can little fish be so ferocious ! pale

by azriel Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:40 am

chris63 wrote:Best of the best. If there was one person i could bring back from the dead it would be this guy.

Agreed.
Life takes a lot of understanding, & at this moment, I dont.

by chris63 Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:42 am

by azriel Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:44 am

by chris63 Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:46 am

Bruce Lee was a phenomenon. When he emerged into stardom in the early 1970′s, the world was blown away. A martial artist at the top of his form, a captivating presence on film and in person, he was humble, intelligent and well spoken, a combination that successfully shattered the one-dimensional stereotype of the Chinese people as portrayed in Hollywood cinema up to that point.

Obsessively driven, he accomplished more in his short 32 years than most do in their entire lifetime, his fame growing to an iconic level after his death in 1973. In 1999 he was named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people of the 20th century, and the awards, honours and accolades he received, both while living and posthumously, remain too numerous to name here.

He was also a philosopher and a poet. Though less well-known, this side of his personality undoubtedly played a large role in the near-mystical qualities many claim he brought to his life and work.

In the creation of Jeet Kune Do, his personal style of martial arts, Lee shed many of the traditional techniques of the fore-running schools in an effort to distill and improve upon the core elements therein, creating a style more in line with the flow of life itself.

His personal philosophy was no less controversial.

Influenced by much of the wisdom from the east, he nonetheless held no doctrine as the sole arbiter of truth, didn’t possess a belief in a higher power and claimed freedom from limitation as the highest liberation. Beyond doubt, a self-made man.

Here, then, are 25 of his most famous quotes. True to form, they are short, simple and direct in their wisdom.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. — There is “what is” only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
Real living is living for others.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image.
It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.
As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, “I” do not hit, “it” hits all by itself.
If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.
Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
If you don’t want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.
If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.
If there is a God, he is within. You don’t ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.
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by azriel Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:55 am

Good words to think about ! Interesting read Nod

by azriel Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:42 pm

This had me in fits when I saw it years ago Laughing

by azriel Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:36 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:38 pm

Yup, thats pretty damn funky alright! Very Happy

by azriel Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:42 pm

I admire the fact he can keep his balance ! Id be in a crumpled heap !

by chris63 Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:06 am

by Eldorion Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:55 am

Be sure to check out the subsequent episodes in the related videos because it gets even better. Nod

by azriel Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:13 am

That was good Eldo Very Happy

Wev been on this planet 5minutes but look at the Hell wev created ! Mad

by Bluebottle Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:43 pm

Yeah.

by azriel Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:53 pm

by halfwise Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:03 pm

Eldorion wrote:

Be sure to check out the subsequent episodes in the related videos because it gets even better.

I wonder what the backstory to that thing is? Film first, song first, mutual conception?

by Eldorion Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:04 pm

It's an old (now public domain) movie from the '70s. The song was made a couple of years ago by some guys in a neo-folk band of sorts specifically to go along with the movie clips that they re-edited for the music video.

by bungobaggins Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:09 pm

Loved those videos. Laughing

{{{Watched a few minutes of the movie and they shoot and skin a buffalo at the beginning.

}}}

by Bluebottle Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:24 pm

I like when they meet the bear. Who, being on top of the food chain would probably not feel threatened by much.

The "Oh, shit. It's a buffalo." moment is hillarious. Razz

by bungobaggins Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:41 pm