Mestre, como vai? Muito bom te reencontrar no fim de semana. Envio abaixo um texto bem interessante, do Hunter S. Thompson – um malucão que, como muitos dos malucões, tinha boas idéias. Me fez pensar, e me lembrei do relato do Prof. Gustavo Cardoso.
Beijos, e até o sádhana!
“Security … what does this word mean in relation to life as we know it today? For the most part, it means safety and freedom from worry. It is said to be the end that all men strive for; but is security a utopian goal or is it another word for rut?
Let us visualize the secure man; and by this term, I mean a man who has settled for financial and personal security for his goal in life. In general, he is a man who has pushed ambition and initiative aside and settled down, so to speak, in a boring, but safe and comfortable rut for the rest of his life. His future is but an extension of his present, and he accepts it as such with a complacent shrug of his shoulders. His ideas and ideals are those of society in general and he is accepted as a respectable, but average and prosaic man. But is he a man? has he any self-respect or pride in himself? How could he, when he has risked nothing and gained nothing? What does he think when he sees his youthful dreams of adventure, accomplishment, travel and romance buried under the cloak of conformity? How does he feel when he realizes that he has barely tasted the meal of life; when he sees the prison he has made for himself in pursuit of the almighty dollar? If he thinks this is all well and good, fine, but think of the tragedy of a man who has sacrificed his freedom on the altar of security, and wishes he could turn back the hands of time. A man is to be pitied who lacked the courage to accept the challenge of freedom and depart from the cushion of security and see life as it is instead of living it second-hand. Life has by-passed this man and he has watched from a secure place, afraid to seek anything better What has he done except to sit and wait for the tomorrow which never comes?
Turn back the pages of history and see the men who have shaped the destiny of the world. Security was never theirs, but they lived rather than existed. Where would the world be if all men had sought security and not taken risks or gambled with their lives on the chance that, if they won, life would be different and richer? It is from the bystanders (who are in the vast majority) that we receive the propaganda that life is not worth living, that life is drudgery, that the ambitions of youth must he laid aside for a life which is but a painful wait for death. These are the ones who squeeze what excitement they can from life out of the imaginations and experiences of others through books and movies. These are the insignificant and forgotten men who preach conformity because it is all they know. These are the men who dream at night of what could have been, but who wake at dawn to take their places at the now-familiar rut and to merely exist through another day. For them, the romance of life is long dead and they are forced to go through the years on a treadmill, cursing their existence, yet afraid to die because of the unknown which faces them after death. They lacked the only true courage: the kind which enables men to face the unknown regardless of the consequences.
As an afterthought, it seems hardly proper to write of life without once mentioning happiness; so we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”
Hunter S. Thompson (1955)
Mestrão, ainda não tive tempo suficiente para ler o texto, farei assim que tiver uma folguinha!
Mas vim aqui para comentar que acho fantástica essa iniciativa/idéia de postar textos em outras línguas em seu blog!
Motiva a todos a aprender idiomas, o que é importantíssimo no mundo de hoje. Ainda mais para divulgar o Método em outros cantos do mundo!
Bom, saudações calorosas.
Foi muito bom revê-lo aqui em Curitiba!
Espero ano que vem estar participando do evento e não somente “visitando“.
Pré-exame marcado para Junho!
Abraços,
Lauro Valente, chêla.
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1955?
Some things (and some people) never changes…
Rômulo Justa
Unidade Dom Luís – Fortaleza/CE
Saudades de você Mestre querido. Nos vemos em Londres
Até já!
Hola Maestro!
Esto no tiene que ver con el post, pero no podía dejar de escribirte que estoy leyendo la última edición del Método de Boas Maneiras y hay partes en las que no paro de reir! Ya mismo estoy armando un grupo de estudio con el libro.
Un abrazo fuerte lleno de cariño,
Dani
La intención era mismo esta, de hacer reírse de las situaciones – incluso las nuestras! Besos.
Hola Mestre!! Ya estoy extrañándote!
Te copio el texto de la carta de bienvenida sobre la cual te contamos, donde explicamos sobre la Guía de Profesiones a los alumnos que recién entran a la escuela.
Es una carta que hizo la Sede Palermo y que luego nosotros adaptamos y sumamos alguna cosa.
Como copio el texto, no sale el logo ni el formato…Miles de besos!!
¡Te damos la bienvenida a la Sede Belgrano del Método DeRose!
Quienes trabajamos aquí queremos que te sientas como en tu propia casa. Estamos a tu disposición para atender cualquier inquietud y escuchar aquellas sugerencias que desees hacernos para mejorar nuestro trabajo.
A continuación te presentamos algunas pautas que nos ayudarán a mantener nuestro espacio siempre organizado y agradable para todos.
Examen médico
Al efectuar la matrícula recibirás la ficha para realizar una revisación médica. Ésta debe ser completada por un médico, en la escuela o en consultorio particular, y entregada dentro de tu primer mes de prácticas.
Para la revisación en la Sede, agendá con un Instructor/a la fecha y el horario de la cita con nuestro Dr.
Para el examen con un médico particular, llevá la ficha de la Sede (no se aceptan certificados de otro tipo) y entregásela completada a tu Instructor/a lo antes posible.
La revisación médica tiene vigencia por un año. Después de este plazo, debe ser renovada.
Cambio de horario o Instructor/a
Al comenzar a practicar, lo ideal es que elijas un horario de referencia que, en la medida de lo posible, se mantendrá durante todo el plan. Esto es sumamente importante porque el Instructor/a escogido se encargará de efectuar un seguimiento individualizado de tu evolución.
En caso de necesidad podrás cambiar de franja horaria, siempre y cuando haya vacantes y se lo comuniques con antelación a tu Instructor/a.
Recuperación de clases
Podrás recuperar las clases perdidas siempre que lo hagas con previo aviso a tu Instructor/a, dentro de sus horarios y con su autorización.
Actividades culturales
Existe un amplio programa de actividades culturales incluidas en tu mensualidad, que te permitirán autosuperarte y profundizar en los conceptos y técnicas del Método DeRose. Semanalmente te enviaremos un e-mail con la agenda; si no la recibís, avisále a tu Instructor/a.
Cómo evolucionar en tu práctica personal
Después de un período de uno a tres meses asistiendo al horario para Iniciantes, podrás solicitar una clase de prueba de SwáSthya. Esta práctica es mucho más completa y transformadora. Para pasar de grado efectivamente pedíle orientación a tu Instructor/a acerca de los requisitos necesarios.
Pasaporte
Cuando estés de viaje podrás practicar en otras sedes en varios países y ciudades: Río de Janeiro, São Paulo, Lisboa, New York, London, París, Roma, Barcelona, etc. (confirmá las direcciones en http://www.MetodoDeRose.org). Para eso, lo único que tenés que hacer es avisar con anticipación para que emitamos el pasaporte que te habilita para ello.
Guía de profesiones
Como alumno de una escuela del Método DeRose tenés la oportunidad de divulgar tu trabajo a los demás alumnos de todas las escuelas del mundo y, además, acceder desde donde te encuentres a profesionales de diversas áreas, mediante nuestra Guía de Profesiones: http://www.MetodoDeRose.org/gdp. Consultá con tu instructor para publicar tus servicios.
¡Gracias por la confianza depositada en nosotros!
Equipo de la Sede Belgrano
Gracias, Lulo! Besitos.
Queria deixar esta frase ai para o pessoal pensar Comendador:
Quem quer entender, entende. Quem não quer, não entende.
Gustavo
Mestre querido,
É sempre tão bom passar por aqui pelo blog e ler os posts. Este, especialmente, foi inspirador. Estava precisando ouvir palavras assim! Thank you very much.
Have a great week!
beijinhos,
Romina
Floripa
Beijos.
Achei que poderias gostar para utilização no Blog querido Comendador DeRose.
The Path of The instructor
Author: Gustavo Cardoso
When you are in the practice room facing your DeRose Method instructor you probably do not realize the amount of time and effort they have invested to arrive where they are now.
They all started exactly like you, sitting in the practice room, enjoying what they were doing. In my case, when I was a student I could not think of anything but the next class with my instructor Prof. Leticia Ziebell, today living in Portugal.
When I decided to become an instructor the training was less formal than it is today. More akin to that of the Indian monasteries, where all the knowledge comes from the Master and it is up to the disciple to accept it or not. In the Indian vision of the discipleship, if the disciple does not agree with what is being taught he is entitled to leave, but never to question, ask why, or refuse to do what the Master has prescribed.
Today, in order for a candidate to start their training they must pass an examination in front of a jury of three members. If they are approved at this stage, they will carry on to take a test on general knowledge.
Having passed this, the first stage of the training involves extensive reading covering subjects such as philosophy, asana, pránáyáma, history and the genealogy of the million year old philosophy that constitutes the Method. In this stage the instructor must write essays about various subjects as well as produce a final thesis on a topic of their choice that is, of course, related to our philosophy and coherent with its roots. This is just the theoretical side!
At the same time the instructor must be working on the physical and practical aspects of the training. They must create their own three to five minute choreography, respecting a series of technical facets such as didactic angles and the execution of the exercises among many others. The instructor must memorise the name of over 2000 ásanas, 108 mudrás, 54 breathing exercises, among other techniques, as well as knowing how to execute them all in perfection. Their knowledge of the ásanas for example, is tested through an ásanas draw. The instructor must be able to execute to perfection any of the randomly chosen ásanas.
In order to become an instructor, the candidate must finally assemble a complete class within exactly twenty minutes filled with theory, eight parts, a choreographic sequence, and the many details it implies, failing to present within this time limit has severe penalty.
Both the theoretical and practical aspects however are worthless if the candidate does not show that they value and respect the tradition in which the Method is rooted and its vast family, the egregora of the method.
Such respect is evaluated through the candidates attitudes toward their instructors in various scenarios where they are required to surpass themselves. It is under difficult or even extreme situations that one’s true value is exposed. For this reason, sometimes the teacher must play a role generating stress. A very common phrase we know is, “only when we hit strongly a bell can we see the quality of its metal”.
Finally, the candidate is examined at one of the Federations of the DeRose Method, by a jury of three more experienced instructors who will evaluate everything the candidate has learned as well as their attitude.
Our goal is to train the instructor sitting in front of you to have deep philosophical, practical and theoretical knowledge as very few do, after completing an intensive one year training followed by four years under the tutorship of a more experienced DeRose Method instructor.
In a world that every day brings things forward in an increasingly quicker way, I would not hesitate to state that the instructors trained by this school are oceans away from this tradition. This is why when I sign the authorisation form for any instructors trained by me, I am sure that they will be approved by the examination jury. Their readiness becomes apparent and can be clearly felt during their classes, in a philosophical discussion or even in their behaviour, ethically beyond reproach, since any fault will result in a notice and any repeated fault in irrevocable expulsion.
For these reasons we are proud of what we do and we do not have reservations when station the following: When you are in the practice room or in the changing room, at the DeRose Method school, you are with the finest professionals you could have before you.
All the best. Join me next week
Text originally published at DeRose Method London
Muy bueno el post!! Hoy pude leerlo con calma.
Salir del espacio de “seguridad” nos despierta, nos impulsa a realizar cosas extraordinarias.
Cuando salimos a lo desconocido podrán haber momentos de crisis y,como comentaste ayer Maestro, con estas: OPORTUNIDADES.
Querido Maestro, quería preguntarte si tendré la oportunidad de cruzarme contigo durante el estagio desde el 11 de abril hasta el 11 de mayo. Se que estarás en europa y me encantaría, si fuera posible, al menos pasar un par de horas juntos.
Ojalá que si.
Muchas gracias por la webclass de ayer, estuvo buenísima!!
Un abrazo grande!
Gab
Viajaré el día 6 de mayo pero quando regrese podremos charlar. Besos.
Like you always say, Master: “Liberty is our most valuable possession (…)”.
You always have the right thing to say with the pefect timing.
Blue kisses from my heart.
Jonas Medeiros
Blue kisses! Great!
Fantástico esse texto!
Mestre, aproveito para compartilhar ao senhor e aos demais amigos esse vídeo incrível de crianças coreanas tocando violão em conjunto admiravelmente bem:
Grande abraço!
Impressionante! Abração.
Boas novas! Em que bairro você está pensando? Talvez Botafogo seja um bairro bom. Acho que ainda há casas por lá. Lembre-se de solicitar nossa opinião sobre a localização, o que pode lhe poupar muitos prejuízos futuros.
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Olá Mestre, querido!
Não sei quem sugeriu o post, mas realmente é uma reflexão e tanto, sempre.
Entre a conformidade do existir e o risco do viver, escolho a estabilidade rsrs Foi algo que pensei ainda hoje pela manhã. Me corrija se estiver errada, mas entendo que na estabilidade estão convivendo a inércia e o movimento. Como no ásana, a firmeza e o conforto (e a segurança) indispensáveis, assim como o dinamismo da respiração e da atitude interior, num contínuo aprimoramento em diversas dimeñsões.
Penso que a liberdade está em compreendermos como essas qualidades se relacionam, e entendermos que nada é definitivo. E embora este pensamento também não seja definitivo, sua provisoriedade evita a dúvida que gera instabilidade rs
Muito grata pelo curso sábado, muito grata, sempre!
Um forte abraço e um beijo,
Aline Daher
Instrutora da Unidade Taquaral – Campinas-SP
Tem razão, Aline. Beijos.