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ROBIN WILLIAMS WAS AMAZING, ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE TO EVER LIVE AND HE SEEMED LIKE A VERY CARING COMPASSIONATE PERSON. I FEEL LUCKY THAT I WAS AROUND AT THE SAME TIME, CAUSE THERE WILL NEVER BEEN ANOTHER ONE LIKE HIM.
WHEN I THINK OF MICHAEL FRANTI I THINK OF COMPASSION, HE IS A SINGER SONGWRITER AND IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE ON IT, EVERYWHERE. GO FIND SOME MUSIC BY MICHEAL FRANTI OR SPEARHEAD OR THE DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HYPOCRISY, YOU WILL LOVE IT. NOT JUST CAUSE HES RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED, BUT BECAUSE I THINK HE REACHES PEOPLE, AND THATS IMPORTANT THESE DAYS, TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND SPREAD POSITIVITY AND LOVE.
HIS MUSIC IS SUPER MOTIVATIONAL TO GET OUT THERE AND GIVE LOVE TO EVERYONE.
AND MAYBE INSPIRE YOU TO GO BAREFOOT, IT WORKED ON ME.
EARTHING IS APPARENTLY GOING BAREFOOT. FUNNY, I NEVER KNEW IT WAS A THING, AND APPARENTLY ITS SCIENTIFICALLY GOOD FOR YOU. WHO KNEW? I CHOOSE BAREFOOT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, MAINLY CAUSE I HEARD THAT MICHAEL FRANTI HAD GONE BAREFOOT FOR 13 YEARS, I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL, HA. BUT BE CAREFUL, NOT EVERYONE BELIEVES IN THIS THEORY, MY RECORD WAS 21 DAYS, WHICH INCLUDED GOING TO WORK AND SHOPPING AND RESTAURANTS, IN 21 DAYS I ONLY FOUND 1 PERSON WHO TRIED TO KICK ME OUT OF A TRADER JOES BECAUSE APPARENTLY, BAREFOOT IS A DIRTY THING AND I WAS BAD. FOR ME TOO, I HAD A SHOE ADDICTION, SO ONE DAY I DONATED MY OVER 100 PAIRS OF SHOES AND WENT BAREFOOT, IT FELT GOOD. TRY IT, UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THE SNOW, THEN MAYBE JUST GO BAREFOOT IN THE HOUSE.
ITS HARD TO EVEN TELL ALL THE THINGS THAT RASTA DOES FOR THIS PLANET.
HERES A FEW, RASTA IS ONE OF THE BEST SURFERS ON THE PLANET, ON ANY TYPE OF SURFBOARD AND ON ANY TYPE OF WAVE, HE HAS SUCH AN AMAZING BOND WITH THE OCEAN. WHEN HE IS NOT PLAYING IN THE WATER HE IS USUALLY SAVING OUR FRIENDS IN THE OCEAN, HE HAS PADDLED INTO THE KILLING POOLS OF TAIJI JAPAN TO TRY TO STOP THE JAPANESE FROM KILLING DOLPHINS AND WHALES. HE TRAVELS WITH THE SEA SHEPHERD ORGANIZATION AS THEY PATROL THE OCEAN FROM THE PEOPLE TRYING TO HUNT AND KILL WHALES AND OTHER CREATURES. BOTTOM LINE RASTA DOES ALL THE THINGS MOST PEOPLE WANT TO DO. SO, I THINK HE IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL OUT THERE FOR OUR MODERN CULTURE, IF SOMETHING OUT THERE SEEMS TO BE HURTING THIS EARTH OR CREATURES ON IT, THEN GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU WILL PROBABLY RUN INTO RASTA, CAUSE HE IS ALREADY DOING IT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU DAVE RASTOVICH .
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WE DRAW OUR INSPIRADO FROM THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES FROM HISTORY. THESE GROUPS HAD LEARNED TO LIVE WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT, IN PERFECT HARMONY. SOMETHING WE FEEL IS MISSING IN TODAYS CULTURE. PEOPLE WHO TAPPED INTO HIGHER POWERS. YOU DON'T NEED EYES TO SEE, YOU NEED VISION.
OUR BUSINESS IS BASED ON THESE PRINCIPLES.
THIS WILL BE OUR WAY,
THE MINDS EYE WAY.....
THE OTHER LOGO WE USE WE CALL THE HIMALAYA, IT IS THE WORD MINDS EYE WRITTEN OUT IN A SANSKRIT TYPE FONT, SANSKRIT IS A VERY OLD EASTERN LANGUAGE USED MOSTLY IN INDIA. WE USE THIS BECAUSE WE BEING FROM THE WEST WANTED TO USE SOME IMAGERY FROM THE EAST TO BALANCE US OUT, AND WE JUST LIKED HOW IT LOOKED.
THE INDIAN CHIEF SHIRT IS CALLED THE CHIEFTON (KEEP IN MIND WE ARE NOT SPEELING CHAMPS, AND SOMETIMES LIKE HOW WORD LOOKS), THE SYMBOL OF THE INDIAN CHIEF WE USE TO TRY AND SHOW A STRONG IMAGE OF NATIVE AMERICANS, STRONG, YET PEACEFUL, THE NATIVE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE IS A GREAT ONE WE THINK, THEY DID THEIR BEST TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS OUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION, TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH ONES ENVIRONMENT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL. DO YOUR BEST TO NOT WASTE, TO SHARE, TO CARE, TO LOVE, TO FEEL. ITS NOT EASY, BUT EVERYONE NEEDS GOALS, AND NOT ALL GOALS HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE OUTSIDE THINGS.
THE BUDDHA TEE IS WHAT EVERYONE CALLS IT, WE CALL IT OM, THIS IMAGE IS NOT THE BUDDHA SIDDHARHTA GAUTAMA, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY BUDDHAS IN HISTORY, BUDDHA MEANS AWAKENED OR ENLIGHTENED ONE, WHO KNOWS YOU MAY BE A BUDDHA.
THE LOGO WE USED IS A SYMBOL CALLED A DOUBLE DORJE, A DORJE IS THE TIBETAN WORD FOR LIGHTNING BOLT, AND THE DOUBLE DORJE IS CROSSED LIGHTNING BOLTS, MEANING TOTALLY CLARITY. THE TOTAL CLARITY YOU GET WHEN YOU ARE TRULY SEEING WITH YOUR MINDS EYE. WHAT IS THE MINDS EYE? WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOUR EYES ARE CLOSED. WE ALL NEED TO START SEEING WHAT WE BELIEVE , NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. MANIFEST YOUR OWN TRIP...
I CAME ACROSS THIS PHOTO A WHILE AGO, FIRST OFF, NO CHILD SHOULD BE IN A HOMELESS SITUATION, NO MATTER WHAT, EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN EAT AND HAVE SHELTER EVERYDAY AND EDUCATION. I DONT KNOW IF THIS STATISTIC IS CORRECT, IF IT IS, IT SAD THAT WE CANT ALL SHARE. I KNOW ITS HARD, BUT IF EVERY ONE JUST GAVE A LITTLE HERE AND THERE, EVEN TREATING SOMEONE HAVING A BAD DAY WITH SOME KINDNESS IT WORKS WONDERS. I KNOW ITS HARD, I STRUGGLE EVERYDAY TO NOT GET FRUSTRATED WITH PEOPLE, BUT DONT IMAGINE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PERSONS DAY OR LIFE. SO REALLY, JUST GIVE LOVE WHEN YOU CAN AND IF YOU ARENT IN THE MOOD FOR IT, JUST SMILE.
THE LAST FEW YEARS LEVI'S HAS BEEN DOING A COLLECTION THEY CALL THE COMMUTER, ITS DO GOOD. THE FABRICS ARE ALL STRETCH AND COATED WITH SOMETHING THAT LETS ANY LIQUID JUST ROLLS OFF, EVEN RED WINE, I CAN TELL YOU FOR FACT, HA. BUT THE CUTS ARE SUPER GOOD, SLIM IN ALL THE RIGHT AREAS AND LOOSE WHERE YOU NEED IT. THEY ALSO HAVE AO MANY COOL FEATURES, CRAZY POCKETS AND AIR VENTS. I AM NOT A BICYCLE MESSENGER, BUT I FEEL LIKE I COULD BE CAUSE I HAVE THE RIGT CLOTHES NOW. GO CHECK THIS STUFF, ITS ALSO SUPER FUN, ITS LIKE GETTING COOL LOOKING CLOTHES THAT HAVE ALL SORTS OF BELLS AND WHISTLES YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE. AND THEY NOW HAVE A WOMENS COLLECTION, AND ITS PRETTY RAD...
LEVI'S DID A COLLECTION OF JEANS IN AROUND 2000 WITH A NEW FIT RAW DARK INDIGO DENIM, INCREASED THE SIZE OF ALL THE PANELING AND THEY USED HEAVIER GAUGE THREAD AND BIGGER METAL TRIMS, IT WAS SUPER NEW FOR THE TIME( THIS IS WHERE TRUE RELIGION GOT THEIR LOOK FROM). FUNNY THING IS NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO LEVI'S CAUSE THEY WANTED FASHION JEANS, THEY WANTED TO PAY MORE. THIS COLLECTION ALSO CAME WITH A WHOLE CAMPAIGN OF COMMERCIALS THAT WHERE LIKE A MAD MAX FEEL, SUPER RAD. THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS STUFF IS IT DIDN'T WORK, THE BEST PLACE TO BUY TYPE 1 JEANS WAS AT TJ MAXX, CAUSE THEY HAD TONS, OFF PRICE. ITS A SHAME THAT LEVI'S DOES A GREAT JOB AT CREATING NEW STUFF, BUT PEOPLE DON'T THINK OF THEM AS A BRAND TO DO THAT, SO THEY DON'T LOOK FOR IT. I HATE TO LET OUT THE SECRET, BUT LEVI'S MAKES THE RADDEST STUFF AROUND, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT. BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE, I LIKE BEING THE ONLY ONE WEARING.
I WENT TO SEE MINDWALK IN I THINK 1991 ISH WITH MY MOM IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT WAS LIFE CHANGING FOR ME, THE IDEAS AND THEORIES THEY DISCUSS AND THE POINTS OF VIEWS ARE AMAZING. WATCH IT, IT WILL ANSWER SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD ABOUT LITERALLY EVERYTHING, FROM POLITICS TO QUANTUM PSYCHICS TO JUST THE WAY PEOPLE THINK AND PERCEIVE. THATS ENOUGH FROM ME, ENJOY...
EVERYONE IS MAKING COLORED TEES, AND DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE COLORED TEES, BUT THE WHITE IS A STATEMENT, DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
WHAT A GREAT MIX, ADAM HORIVITZ A BEASTIE BOY AND SUPER TALENTED MUSICIAN AND ACTOR (GO FIND "ROADSIDE PROPHETS") AND KATHLEEN HANNA A SUPER INSPIRING GIRL POWER SINGER / WRITER / SPOKESWOMAN FOR FEMALES IN THE WORLD. A TRULY INSPIRING COUPLE, AND ENOUGH STYLE TO CARRY THE REST OF US..
YESTERDAY IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD OF NATIVE AMERICA DAY OR INDIGENUOS CULTURES DAY, I THINK IT IS AWESOME TO CELEBRATE ALL INDIGENOUS CULTURES WORLDWIDE EVERYDAY. THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE WE DEVELOPED RULES AND LAWS CREATED BY MAN, THEY HAD A WAY OF LIFE BASED ON THE EARTH BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THIS EARTH WAS A GIFT AND NOT THEIRS TO USE UP, SO THEY LEARNED TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH TH EARTH, I HOPE OUR MODERN CULTURES CAN SOME DAY GET BACK TO THIS WAY. I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT THE EARTH WOULD BE LIKE IF THE NATIVE AMERICANS WOULD HAVE WON, I BET IT WOULD BE A LOT DIFFERENT, IN A POSITIVE WAY. I THANK THESE NATIVE AMERICAN FRIENDS FOR SPEAKING UP AND SHOWING US THEY ARE STILL HERE AND HOPEFULLY WILL INSPIRE SOME PEOPLE TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES TO THIS EARTH AND ITS FAMILY, I KNOW I AM INSPIRED.
