Unbending Intent

When we have unbending intent to create something - that is, we deeply desire it, we completely believe that we can do it, and we are totally willing to have it - it simply cannot fail to manifest, and usually within a very short period of time. 

Think of when you started the WHM (Wim Hof Method.) Did you deeply desire it? Believe you can do it? Totally willing to receive the benefits of this training? This is what I've referring to when I mention 'unbending intent.' 

The clearer and stronger our unbending intent, the more quickly and easily our creative visualization will work. In any give situation we only need ask ourselves about the condition of our intent. If it is weak or uncertain, it can often be strengthened by affirming: I now have unbending intent to create this here and now!

We can think of life as containing three levels, and we can call those levels beingness, doingness, and havingness.

Beingness is the basic experience of being alive and conscious. It is the experience we have in deep meditation, the experience of being totally complete and at rest within oneself.

Doingness is movement and activity, it stems from the natural creative energy that flows through every living thing and is the source of our vitality.

Havingness is the state of being in relationship with other people and things in the universe. It is the ability to allow and accept things and people into our lives; to comfortably occupy the same space with them.

Beingness, doingness and havingness are like a triangle where each side supports the others. They are not in conflict with each other. They all exist simultaneously.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: They try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so that they will be happier.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

Thus, the purpose is to connect us with our beingness to help us focus and facilitate our doingness and to increase and expand our havingness.

Kristopher 

The WHM Dojo Training Etiquette

Our training space, location or dare say I call it a 'WHM dojo,' but I will, is the place where we cleanse and enrich our mind/body. Such a place offers effective use only when it is filled with feelings of respect, gratitude, right attitude, and positive mutual support. 

When you come into your 'WHM dojo', or training location, you will notice that you and everyone you train with works very hard and sincerely to maintain these feelings listed above. Any feelings to the contrary should be left outside your WHM dojo. 

Following traditional forms of etiquette in your WHM dojo is an essential aspect of your training and should be practiced with sincerity. You will find, if you remain with the WHM for long, that "WHM Dojo Etiquette" is not a set list of rules and regulations to follow, but rather a Living Attitude. 

Just as discipline is a tool to use only until we learn to love the thing that is good for us, so the following list is a basis upon which to build our awareness of right thinking and right acting in relation to others. (I'm currently working on the list as I need to taper it to our training.) I'll get this done ASAP! :-) 

P.S. - I wrote this post in a rush and it's a mess. I've yet to write what I really mean...so, when I get the right words, I'll clean up this post. 

Kristopher

Tips For Starting The Wim Hof Method

Here is a list of five pointers or tips for starting the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona and figured I’d post them here on my blog, as they will assist you during the process of beginning the WHM (Wim Hof Method.) If you think about it, you can use these pointers for just about anything and everything in your daily life if you put your mind to it! Give these a try and see how they work for you. 

Avoiding 

Whatever you avoid, like taking cold showers, meditation or performing breathing exercises, somebody or something else has to pick up. Emotions are energy in motion. If you don't experience them, then the energy either goes into your body and is stored there or it goes out into the world. Why would you make others experience what you, yourself, are avoiding? Avoided and unresolved issues are stored in the subconscious (and the physical body, IMHO) and we have to tackle these issues directly if we want resolution. I can assist you through the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona if you would like me to. Just contact me on this page and I will get back to you as soon as I can. 

Stagnation

When energy is blocked or can't move, it stagnates. In your body, the restricted energy goes into adjacent muscles and organs and causes illness. In your personality, restricted energy flows into the patterns that you are least aware of and they run. In groups, restricted energy flows into the people whose attention is weakest and they are flooded. When energy stagnates, change and eliminate the configuration or pay the consequences. Once again, I can assist your mind and body with the process of energy stagnation and the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona. Using the WHM, I can work together with you to clear out all your personal history and stagnation. 

Momentum

Consistently performing the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona builds momentum. Momentum doesn't just go away. It has to go somewhere. When attention is not present, momentum flows into old patterns and powers them. The more you practice the WHM and the longer you practice, the more important attention becomes. There are no vacations when working out unresolved issues. This is where a bit of motivation comes in on my part in assisting you. We must keep going…FURTHER! 

Rhythm

Respect the rhythms and ‘feelings’ of the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona. Wim is always speaking about ‘following your feelings.’ This is important with the WHM as it may be dangerous if you don’t pay attention or follow the rhythm. When you are tense and on edge in your Wim Hof Method work, just chill, relax and rest. When you are relaxed and open, push deep into the training you are working on, push deep into your own cells of your body. Glass doesn't bend; it breaks. Water doesn't move until you open a channel. Once again, doing the work of the Wim Hof Method ‘opens the channels’ within your mind and physical body…if you just practice how to relax, and then perform WHM exercises and such. 

Old ways (Habits)

Once you see through a pattern using the Wim Hof Method, once you see what you've been doing, thinking, behaving, you can't go back. Ignorance may have been bliss, but you aren't there anymore. This means you can’t use your old excuses anymore, or use your old patterns and behaviors as a crutch anymore. Thus, you need to be prepared to live your (new) life without the old thoughts, actions and beliefs. This will take some practice, but if you complete at least one full week, but no more than a month of the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona, this should clear out most of the old ways, habits and beliefs. If not…well, that’s what the training is for! If not, I’m here to assist as well, both mentally (motivation!) and physically, with tips on the training. 

Hopefully this short blog post will entice you to begin or to continue on with the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona. It’s a marvelous mind-body healing technique, yet it’s not just theory. You actually have to DO it! If you don’t know where to begin, contact me. This information is provided below.

Kristopher Kelley 

warrior.of.lite@gmail.com

(928) 273-8666

The One

"Of every one hundred men, Ten shouldn't even be there, 

Eighty are nothing but targets, Nine are real fighters...

We are lucky to have them...They make the battle.

Ah, but the One, One of them is a Warrior...

and He will bring the others back."

In every community in every part of the world, in every gathering of people, whether it be business, social, political, spiritual, or artistic in some way, including in a theatre when watching a play or listening to a concert, or even if you are just informally sitting at a party, there is always someone who is the "one".

When I was a younger man, I had a friend who, much to my dismay, always seemed to be the "one". He was always the boss. He was always the one that made the decisions within our group of friends, and particularly in relation to me. And I was extremely envious of this. I couldn't figure out how this could be. It seemed so unfair, and I just didn't understand. Because, to my way of seeing, I was apparently not the one and he was, and this was very difficult and painful for me. And as I was envious of him in this way, of course I was resentful as well, that he had this power over me, and I was angry. I didn't so much get angry overtly, because I was ashamed of this. I wanted to hide this anger from him. So it came out in various ways.

But only later in my life, when I began to focus more, and look more closely at this, did I realize that the reason I had so seriously missed the point, was that I was focusing in the wrong direction. I didn't realize that I was the one, too; that I could be the one, without making him not the one. My thought had been that he had taken the position of the one, and I could only think of how to get it away from him. I pondered, "How do I snatch that from him so that I can be the one? How can I wrest this position away from him?"

So I am simply reminding myself here of something that I already know; namely that in any situation there is always somebody who acts as the one. However, in a formal teaching situation, someone who is a teacher, a true teacher, is understanding what is the one, and in fact is representing the one, but instead of trying to lord it over everyone else, he or she is always wanting to give it away. A true teacher is only there to help you realize that you are already the one. Because s/he understands that this is so, without a doubt. And even though everybody has this condition of oneness a priori, still it is very rare that a person actually recognizes that he or she is the one. And while I say that in every situation there is someone who acts as the one, that doesn't necessarily mean that this one acts with complete self-knowledge. There is always one, but whether that one really sees the whole oneness issue, is up for discussion. They may not get the whole banana, but there is always someone that is standing out in this way, and everyone always knows this.

Has anyone ever been in a monastery? And for those of us that have been, what did we find when we got there?

There are all sorts of things we can do in our lives to avoid difficult and challenging situations. But no matter where we go, like a monastery, the difficulties seem to follow us. I was once in a monastery. I went to avoid the distractions and temptations of this world, which I was not handling too well. But when I got there, I realized that they were all sitting right next to me. All those things I took with me. They are always going to be there.

In other words it doesn't have anything to do with anyone else. It doesn't have anything to do with external conditions. It is not where you are, but what you are. It has to do with your state of being; your state of mind. And that is what I am trying to get to here; that no matter what is happening with this person who is annoying you, what makes the difference is not what is happening with him, and not what you do in reaction to this, but what is your state of mind. That dominates all. That is the "one".

Guest post by: Christopher Curtis Sensei

Sai Kon Tan - Chinese Philosophy

The calmness which you find at rest is not true CALMNESS. Only the calmness which you find in action is genuine. 

Similarly, the peace of mind which you find in retirement is not true peace of mind. Only the peace of mind you find in the midst of struggle is true peace of mind. 

When we are in difficulty, everything around us has the potential of being our ally, only we fail to notice it. When things are going well everything around us has the potential of being our enemy, only we fail to see it. 

The mouth is the gate of the mind. If you are not careful, it will spill all your secrets. Intention is the feet of the mind. If not controlled it will carry you forthwith down the wrong path. 

If let alone, waves on the water naturally calm down. The mirror reflects clearly if there is no smoke. Similarly, there is no need to make our mind clear. All we need to do is remove the things which cloud it and make it dark. Then it is naturally pure. There is no need to force pleasure if we remove the cause of suffering. 

We naturally experience joy.

The Invitation

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing. 

It doesn't interest me how old you are, I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. 

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your sorrow, have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. 

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine and your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. 

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic or to remember the limitations of being human. 

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. 

I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore to be trustworthy. 

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it’s not pretty every day and if you can source your life from its presence. 

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon...YES! 

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done for the children. 

It doesn't interest me who you are or how you came to be here. I want to know if you can stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. 

It doesn't interest me what or where or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. 

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in empty moments.

Oriahe Mountain Dreamer

High Upon High

An old, retired swordsman said, “There are levels in the course of mastery throughout your life. At the lowest level of skill and ability, one thinks of himself and others as poor. He thinks this because he has mastered only a little. Needless to say, a person at this level is not at all useful.

At the middle level, one is still useless, but he can at least understand that he and others have mastered only a little.

At a high level, since a person has made something his own, he is proud of his accomplishments. And he is also glad at the praise of others. He grieves over the shortcoming of others. This kind of a person is at least useful.

At a higher level, one pretends to know nothing, yet others understand that he holds an upper hand. The majority of people cannot get beyond this level.

Beyond this higher level, there is one further step; THE LEVEL OF THE TRACKLESS ROAD. If you travel deeper into the trackless road, infinite secrets will finally appear. Then you can never see the end of your mastery. Then you truly realize how lacking you are. You have only to go ahead with your intention of mastery in mind. You go forward without pride and without humility.

Yagyu Munemori Tajima no Kami (the Shogun’s fencing instructor) once said, “I know nothing about how to win over others. I only know the way to win over myself.”

Your life is something you build every day. You must convince yourself that you have surpassed yesterday, and tomorrow you must feel that you have surpassed today. In this way there is no end to your mastery.

Tsunemoto Yamamoto - 1710

Intensive Training - The WHM

I'm unsure where I got this, but it's from a high ranking martial arts Sensei. Meaning, I didn't write it. Point being, as I'm working with the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona, aka the WHM, and these words motivate me. How does this relate to YOU and YOUR training...? How does this relate to your passion? Your meditation practice? Etc., etc.? Share your thoughts in the comment section below. 

"Intensive training has a purpose. It is a time for concentrating on mastery; of one's mind, of one's body, of one's will.

"With intensive training every martial art student has the opportunity to fulfill this purpose. However, whether the student seizes the opportunity and explores it in depth, or jilts it for life's leisure's and pleasures depends on his or her attitude toward training.

"The person who sincerely wants or understands "Life with Purpose" approaches the training with seriousness matching the intensity of a stalking tiger. The less sincere train ignorantly and often skimpily, perhaps led astray by false reason - to develop better health, carve a larger physique, to impress others, or attain a black belt. To assure proper development these persons must quickly realize a given purpose: They must at minimum demand best effort of themselves or fall prey to easy disappointments, for at this dojo, best effort is expected, not nurtured.

"Those who reject the way of best effort may become the metaphorical "mosquito pupils" of Sensei's lectures. These are students who only appear during certain opportune seasons, or who arrive to savor the fluid wisdoms of distinguished guest teachers, then vanish until the next rain of benefits. And what of the "tea-kettle students” whose will to train remains lukewarm because they are externally motivated by ego needs. And too, the ones caught between the gears - wanting to train to a boil, but stopped by a needy spouse or fighting children. There are many among all these students who would feel more fulfilled elsewhere and indeed many do leave this dojo. Rare are the individuals who can steadily and intensely pursue their training month after month, year after year.

"A 16th century samurai considered 10 years of intensive training, not too long a period for reaching even a shallow realization. However, it is an occasional hermit or dedicated monk among us today who can afford to dedicate 10 years of life to training. Most of us must daily juggle time demands of education, family, employment, leisure and intensive training. Herein lies the problem even after the student has overcome his commitment excuses. 

""I've decided to train with the intensity of the tiger but how can I match the level of a 10 year training period in my twice-a-week, interrupted classes?" Now the value of intensive training becomes apparent. Here is the opportunity for wholehearted, straining effort of the kind that will reap meaningful realization within this lifetime.

"For those determined not to recycle through the garbage heap of lives, your frame of mind need only be as Sensei exhorts: 

"Take care of your other needs when you must, and stay home. But come to every class that you can. When you are in class, only train. Train intensely. Train seriously.""

Unknown Author

Mind-Body Awareness & Healing Arts Center

 I'll be writing about the Mind-Body Awareness & Healing Arts Center in Prescott Arizona as soon as I get some good material together to write about. This name would be the name of the business I'd start if I were to start one :) Unsure about that right now. As of right now, I'm working on myself, not assisting others. This Wim Hof Method has my full attention, so I'll be focusing on that for some time.

If you are interested in following my progress in regards to the Wim Hof Method In Prescott Arizona, please visit the link. Happy, Healthy and Strong!

Kristopher Kelley

Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona

I've created a new Essential Zen in Prescott Arizona blog post here for a new method I'm beginning, entitled the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona, AKA, the WHM. I've known about Wim Hof for several years now, yet I've never looked into it, nor have I tried anything he teaches. In August of this year I piddled around with his training, yet I've been extremely busy with other issues and 'opportunities.' I'll just leave it at that. :-)

Well, good excuses or not, I'm now diving in! Each morning I'm performing at least three rounds of breathing, (one complete cycle,) and taking cold showers. This is new to me, so I'm starting off slow. I really feel good about this Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona, as I've always loved nature, and that's what Wim is all about! He's also a bit goofy in my opinion, which is another good sign. I don't see a lot of 'ego and self importance' as I often do with many other training methods. 

As today is September 1st, I'm getting with it! As this isn't a 'group,' I can't keep replying to this post in any meaningful manner, (the comments on the bottom of blogger suck,) so I'll just keep updating this post with my progress. I really want to get to making some video's about my progress as well. My EFT Tapping video's were a flop due to the fact that I was really nervous; thus talking way to fast! But, as these video's will be more normal and natural, they will be fine. 

Until I get to making some YouTube video's, here's a few Tips For Starting The Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona. They may seem a bit abstract, but if you get into the 'Spirit of Wim Hof,' I'm sure you'll understand some of the 'fluffy stuff.' :-) 

Hopefully I'll get to making the WHM video's one of these days. I'm now updating this page to add more content and today is Labor Day, September 5th, 2022, and I've yet to make a video. Doh! I'll get to making them...one of these days! 

What am I looking to obtain in Essential Zen with the Wim Hof Method in Prescott Arizona? To begin with, to assist me with my physical body. I feel like I'm falling apart ever since I turned 50 years old, and after watching YouTube video's of the WHM, I've decided to really give it a go with full intent. I practiced Ki Aikido, AKA Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido for may years, so I am familiar with mind-body coordination, which the Wim Hof Method is famous for. So, I'll do the work and see what happens. (Although I'm very 'result oriented,' I'm really just hoping to see something, anything, change, via this method.) I'm really looking forward to some results! 

So, until next time,

Kris Kelley

P.S. - Again, here is the link to Tips For Starting The Wim Hof Method. 

P.S.S. - Here are some fine words written by an unknown author. I really like them! Please feel free to read below, as it's something that's really important to me at this time. I'm a bit in the 'deficit' mode and need to move in the direction of 'abundance' mode. Perhaps reciting these words, daily, I'll have a better understanding of what abundance really is!

Here is the post:

You wake up in the morning after a restful sleep, full of energy and enthusiasm for the day ahead.

You say the affirmation Charles Fillmore wrote at the age of 93: “I fairly sizzle with zeal and enthusiasm and spring forth with a mighty faith to do the things that ought to be done by me!”

Your body feels WONDERFUL. You look in the mirror and love who and what you see.

Your day unfolds gracefully, from one peaceful moment to the next, regardless of how things may appear.  From the moment you joyfully awaken until the moment you lie peacefully to rest for the night. You hold a powerful vision of the dreams that are yours to fulfill. You have all the clarity, support, and resources you need to do today’s work with excellence, and the confidence and faith that you’ll have all you need tomorrow and every day.

You live in constant gratitude for the marvelous opportunity to have a body which allows you to interact with all the beauty and wonder of the physical world. You are joyfully aware of your connection with all of creation with every breath you take, every drink of water, every bite of food, every loving thought, every word you say, every action. You thoroughly enjoy everything required to bring food to your table.  

Every interaction with people, the earth, rain, sunshine, other living beings, and the food itself. You love the way your body moves, and love to move for the sheer joy of it.

You live in perfect mind-body harmony and health.

Your life of gratitude, peace, mindfulness, personal responsibility, intimate relationship with your spiritual and physical source of life and health, and positive relationship with yourself and other people creates a ripple effect benefiting all of humanity and all life on Earth. And everyone on Earth lives as you do, in perfect health, perfect prosperity, and perfect peace.

Will you join me in this vision?

Will you turn your back on doubts, fears, past failures, the appearance of hopeless conditions, that little voice inside that always seems to tell you it won’t work for you? 

Will you courageously take your next step, and then another, toward your vision, regardless of appearances and negative thoughts?

You DO have what it takes. You CAN have what you want. And here’s the best part: It can be EASY, and it can be FUN!

Are you ready for your life to be more wonderful than ever before? Are you ready to experience not only physical health but an entire life of well-being?

Can you imagine participating in something that benefits not only you, but the entire planet? It may be as simple as deciding to make it so.

Say yes! …and the forces of the universe are already rushing to help you.

All you have to do is say yes...

Focus your intent on Abundance, not Deficit.

Kristopher Kelley - The Wim Hof Method In Prescott Arizona experience