Real World Jedi

this thread is dedicated examples of people who, to judge them by how they explain themselves and what they express as being their motives, or what can be seen as the results of their influences, embody the essence of what it means to be Jedi

if you have examples youd like to add
please do so

i (and the rest of us) am no less jedi for having not yet caught up with these individuals
but am MORE jedi than i was before
for having recognized in them what i (and we) may aspire to

the important thing here is not that anyone should be trying to live up to anyone elses standards
but that it is an opportunity that each of us will accept or reject
to define for ourselves what is possible
what is important
what we may achieve
and what we may contribute

please feel free to participate; we all benefit from every example

i will get us started with the following

this woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XNrzmh0EVs

this man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4vsjP_sKTo

I like the idea for the thread OB1. If I grow up to be like this is guy, I'd be happy with that. Also, if you're worried about the state of the world - carry on - but watch this and feel a little better #dontpanic

http://youtu.be/Wd7K4cgrjng

thanks loudzoo thats a very cool vid!

girl power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asx-sdSI2HU

woman power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI7WCtC8RLg


the future is now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u3vtcpaY

dignity is what happens when love has courage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcZVGjG6LWM

batman!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHYCs8xtzUI

hooyah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFE-Uw_tIc

usagi yojimbo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzhs1Z8Rwnk

thank you master sagen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1cNaFG1VII

i want to emphasize
the intent for me is to present examples of individuals who embody, by my way of thinking, attributes of what it means to be a jedi


its not so much what they say or the viewpoints that they espouse, but rather the type of person, the commitment, the desire to do good, the path of personal development

the pursuit of wisdom and excellence

the suggestion of whats possible

benjamin fodor
aka
phoenix jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6KR0_-uz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmd1fXVGvWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnqSDN2f0vI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ohi2WV2HV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te-tKEoBkt4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3wPBcfAYdI

OB1Shinobi wrote:
this woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XNrzmh0EVs

Ingrid
the first thing that ingrid says that i want to highlight is around 1:45 she says

"i stopped and i said - universe, what is it that i need to do next? what is it that i need to hear?"

this type of receptivity and openness is one of the pillars of Jedi life

pillars are the things without which a structure does not stand

jedi belive in the Force and consciously solicit and remain alert for its message to them personally

the Force speaks to everyone in ways tailored to the individual but common ways of geting our attention are

through synchronicities / coincidences

well timed moments which are outside of the normal patterns of events activities behaviours of the elements of our environments

recurrence of images thoughts symbols events which have a history of being personally meaningful

intuition and gut insight

sudden realizations

direct answers which come in the form of seemingly unrelated events which are eerily appropriate

the next thing ingrid says is that she CLEARLY HEARD that everything she had been doing before had been leading her to this moment

that can seem like a no brainer to a cynic but we live as a piece of a larger pattern and no matter if we belive it or acknowledge it each of us, most especially each who walks the Jedi path, is being being groomed by the Force for specific reasons and purposes
we have a destiny, if we choose to follow it (paradoxical but true)
and there are moments in our lives where the Force allows us a glimps of this continuity underneath the surface of our lives so that we may galvanize ourselves to our inborn abilities and strengths and our potentials and our life challenges, all of which culminate into the beginings of our tasks and our contributions to the world

then ingrid goes on to share her personal vision

this is one of the first life tasks of a Jedi; vision

what is your vision?

we all need to be able to answer this question

ingrids personal vision is "create a global sustainable future" and she specifically wants to "empower women" in this endeavour

i agree with her vision and i rather like women so i think its great

personally i like empowering everybody
but if you want to specialize in empowering women; cool
men; cool
children; cool
white people; cool
black people; cool
yellow, red, old, short, skinny, fat, tall, lexdysic, hypoglocemic, whatever
cool
go for it

she want to "empower a billion women by 2020"

i dont know precisely what her methodogy or criteria are for measuring this empowerment

in all honesty im not really interested

her vision as i understand it is congruent with my own; we're moving in the same general direction, (empowerment, sustainability) so i have no worries in passing along her tedtalk
i dont need to personally rally under her banner because ive got my own.

she goes on to speak of the importance of understanding "the power of possibility. the power of belife. and the power of turning the impossible into the possible"

she shares a story about herself and it begins with her as a fourth grader when the principal of her school calls her parents to explain to them that she is retarded

frankly, i think he was on to something but let me say

the real awesomeness of ingrid is that she started off just a little off and still she grew into a powerful capable and articulate personality (AND SHES HOT)

anyways her parents dont accept this pronouncement and they eventually find another "special" school for her to go to

this new school offers her "special" classes to help her learn the subject matter

she has trouble in theclasses so she ends up with a personal tutor

because she lives so far away from the school her parents insist the school send a bus to pick her up and drop her off

instead of getting the cute little short bus that picked me up when i was special she gets a bigarse ginormo bus that sits like 60 people

this bus is so big that it causes problems for the school

the school sets aside an area for th bus to park
also she is the last to be dropped off and the first to leave

the kids make fun of her and call her the "special" girl

she says a point came where she thought "my parents sent me to a special school on a special bus to special classes with my special tutor; IM FREAKING SPECIAL!"

and she means this in an awesome way.

this is another of the pillars of Jedi development

you have to realize your own awesomeness

this starts for many people with the simple decision to allow ones self the possibility of one day becoming awesome in some small personal way

thats all you need to start and it will take you to your destiny if you let it

she calls this "the possibility of choice. the possiblity of beliving in my own possibility"

she says

"thats critical
as we move out into living our fullness
living to everything that we can be
is understanding the power of our own possibility"

now she talks about wanting to build a million dollar company and she says she doesnt know exactly how to get there
so what she does

is get a mentor

familiar?

we all need mentors
personally i think we should all get as many mentors as we can get who are where we want to be and who have done what we want to do next.

she keeps going back to her mentor and saying "what about this? what about this? what about THIS?"

he keeps saying "no"

and hes right.

she mentions that she meditates every day

she eventually asks the force again "look i need an answer"

she gets an answer

she goes on to say you have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable

thats good advice for everyone
get comfortable with being uncomfortable

its a very Jedi thing to say

thanks ingrid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzFmWjavzYM

warning, manliness in progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZB-O3NAZ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCLtP7JMwpU


this one is just too funny
(rated M for MAYBE WE SHOULDNT WORRY ABOUT WORDS AS MUCH AS MESSAGES)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh3Wveg4DMk

will smith says "die on a treadmill"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfWGoLj1JCM

"we become what we think about"
"people with goals succeed because they know where theyre going, its that simple"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GakfEmYBukQ

this interview is about 45 - 50 minutes
the link says "economic-finance"
that's incorrect
this interview is about being awesome

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/entrepreneurship2/interviews-entrepreneurs/copy-of-khan-academy-living-room-chats/v/sean-osullivan