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August 1, 2007

So my Wow weekend was amazing… Now I get why it’s named that.

Story time kids!

Switch, man… 1st thing 1st day. It was cool, usually a buried part of me but I saw when I let it come up to the surface, it had some neat effects. One - I got to be me unabashedly. I played with an external Switch, and noticed for me there was a lot of juice here. So I went up to this mangosteen juice guy, sposed to be really good for your health, and I kept cutting him off with my opinions and thoughts mid-pitch and ended up with him giving me a free bottle of his magic juice stuff to try out.

Self- what a hoot. So I walked into the mall from the foodcourt outside where we were sitting… I’m thinking, I gotta pee, so I pee. Then, I think - what do I want to do? Then it hits me… stance. (very still chi kung training - JW) I love stance, and I want to see how strongly I can stick to myself despite distractions, So I go find the busiest part of the mall, and start doing my standing meditation… It wasn’t in the way of the traffic of people walking, or in front of a store, more in between the two aisles of people…. So anyway, I’m standing there, kids are coming up and smacking my hands, talking at me, asking if I’m a statue or a person…. step outside of the story to what JOHN’s doing, he got some popcorn, eating it really messy, dropping it all over the place, and he see’s me standing there “This is great” he thinks and takes a seat, just messily muching his popcorn… Back into it - A woman walks over to me, grabs my arm says “you doin alright there Hero?” But I’m just sticking to my self and my stance, she walks away. (John tells me later she’s a security guard). Then John walks over and tells me “Security’s coming for you” and walks away… I half think he’s joking, but I’m sticking to my standing intention for now… Keep standing, all of the sudden, I get grabbed on both arms “excuse me” I hear gruffly “We’ve gotten some complaints about you interrupting business… I open my eyes surrounded by three security people. So that was the end of that! Then I got interested in a sign that said “hazard shelter” or something like that leading into a pair of plain double doors, which I wandered into and got lost in the tunnels winding through the secret parts of the mall for a while.

Other - had fun getting lost in it….

Simo- I could never do enough.

All together- great people, great times! Thank you John, Carol, Rick, Mike, Mike, Nick, Sarah and Cindy!

Dan

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July 31, 2007

John and Carol

Thanks so much for bringing what you do to us here in Michigan. Two days at the mall was a struggle for me… took me right out of my comfort zone, confused the hell out of me, and blew my mind. Part of me is looking for what skills I took away from the weekend but there’s really nothing to pin down this way. Rather I feel like what I got was a way/chance to perceive more of the world. Also, there’s a huge difference in how I’m hearing the recorded materials after spending some time face to face with the man himself. Cool…

The funniest thing about the weekend was when I got home on Sunday night and took a closer look at the certificate. I guess I didn’t look to closely when they were handed out because I was thinking, “I don’t really deserve a certificate. What the hell did complete or accomplish?” Then I got home and noticed that it was a “Certificate of Survival.” That put it all into perspective and gave me a good laugh, too.

But by far the coolest part of my weekend was family related. On Friday before heading to Rick’s for class I spent a couple hours visiting my 98 year old great great aunt. And then last night I got to sit in a rocking chair and hold my new nephew when he was only an hour old. Spending time with the oldest and youngest members of the family… talk about inspiring!

Nick

(Thanks Nick! Our pleasure. Experiencing more of the world, and gently exploring how else you can perceive what’s going on inside and around you is totally life changing. It’s great when we can enjoy sharing our Wow Weekend approach to letting your life transform by noticing. Keep in touch and see you on the Science Of Excellence list. 20/20)

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July 30, 2007

Lotsa stuff.

First, I super enjoyed myself. Honored to have ya’ll at the house. Thank you John and Carol for doing what you do! Thank you to everyone for your contributions on the “report outs”. Helped me a lot!

WOW weekend for me, “Data Dude”, was the perfect mix of data and kino.

Came away feeling and thinking I got a LOT! Probably the biggest ‘take-away’ is noticing a connection between stance practice and NLP where stance is noticing internal kino patterning and 20’s NLP is noticing self and others’ patterns using a conceptual structure. (something like that)

Understanding of medicine wheel now is more like a representation of one’s approach to life, or like THE pattern underlying the NLP patterns. I couldn’t get my brain around it before and something ‘clicked’ this weekend along these lines.

Noticing a shifting back and forth in my attitude about my 5 week bachelor break. I’ll shift into “wow, cool, charge ahead - party at Mike’s house!” then back into “ok soldier, back in the foxhole”. Very clear and different feeling in my body. (The former feels more fun.)

Now I “get” what this list is about whereas I didn’t “get it” before. (http://www.thescienceofexcellence.com)
I gotta post. You gotta post. Through sharing there’s growth. Yeah man! I feel more connected to the group now than before.

Now I understand why the mall. It would be a useless waste to just lecture on this.

I got five weeks. I want to use this ‘alone time’ very productively.

( Thanks Mate! We enjoyed seeing you again TREMENDOUSLY and the evening meal at your place was perfect. Thank you for inviting us to your home, visiting ours earlier this year, and being willing to play and discover you more. Whoo Yah! 20/20)

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July 30, 2007

(John,)

Cooked my brain was. It was amazing. Awesome. Invaluable. Thanks, John, Carol, and everyone that frequently and infrequently visits my life, for coming home with me and sharing pizza, tobacco, my family, my kitties, and my lawn.

So! This weekend! What an awesome time. I’ll share a little bit of myself here. My Self…..

Sharing meals in the evening was amazing, sitting, interacting. I have a tendency to kind of wander off frequently and get absorbed in something else…Used to run a lot of external, little bits switched me to almost totally internal, all Sarah babble inside, all the time, like your radio is stuck on a station that makes you want to tear your hair out…Little bits this weekend brought some external back, and out came the flood of words, it was nice to have some people around to listen. Also realized that sometimes I fill the space with words, and it’s pretty unnecessary.

John, let me know when you put up that blog with the WTF ranking. I’ll Digg it and i’ll dig it. And laugh.

Thanks, everyone, for sharing this weekend with me. I took a little bit of you all home.

Sarah

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