Shaolin Indigo

If you goal is to love yourself, then your focus is directed inward toward yourself, and you end up constantly watching yourself from the outside, disconnected, trying to summon the “correct” feelings towards yourself or fashion yourself into something you can approve of.

If your goal is to love being yourself, then your focus is directed outward towards life, on living and making decisions based on what brings you pleasure and fulfillment.

Ron Smoorenburg showing off his kicking skills against Jackie Chan in Who Am I? (1998)

Bonus - A brief flurry of kicks where stunt double, Brad Allan, had to step in for Smoorenburg. Notice the size difference:

Of course this offends those still unaware and those unwilling to accept what they know and feel. You must be offended, because I’m offended by the lack of progress on your part. Others are meditating, growing food, opting out and learning to thrive.

That’s beautiful: shed your fear and loathing for love and rejoicing. Shed surviving for thriving. Stopped being governed.

Until then, I will be the change we all need for our home, the change I am willing to work for: The Venus Project.

Sunlight passing through the wings of a Black Jacobin Hummingbird forms a prism of rainbows.

If someone tries to murder you with their flaming pipe of death, just set your hand on fire and show them what’s up.

Does money make you mean? In a talk at TEDxMarin, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.)