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2012 Shift in Consciousness Kirk’s GuruMayi & The Chocolate bar – 4/17

2012 Shift in Consciousness for more @ kirktv Gurumayi and the chocolate bar… fall 1992 When I entered the suite of gurumayi one late afternoon on the upper east side, serving two simple mint teas, how could I know that by accepting her gift of chocolate in return for my service that I had unwittingly garnered the affection? the praise? the shakti: a hindu blessing…of a living, incarnated deity…. In retrospect: because of my authentic response I had pleased her and received her blessing on my life and in my body… a bar of chocolate and her divine grace… it’s called receiving “shaktiput” and it begins the process of inner purification called: “The serpent’s fire of Kundalini” When I was walking down the hall later I paused- shrugged my head and thought something to the effect of: when I looked into that ladies eyes I saw something different… yes different than all the others…hmmm ? It wasn’t God but it sure wasn’t one of those rich vampires or even that of a human… I ate the chocolate with a big grin on my face. …it was the chocolate, of course that I took as a gift and the blessing contained therein that lit the burn that raged throughout out my body – for the next three years, manifesting at first as severe sciatica and then a full tilt breakdown…bedridden for the first two years and then on welfare and food stamps for another two… I was unemployable. I was broke. I had no idea what was happening to me: it was like being slipped acid at a fiesta in

Australian Jeff Rowley Paddles-in to Massive Jaws Peahi January 2012

Maui, Hawaii 6 January 2011 Big wave surfer Jeff Rowley ‘paddles-in’ to historic 50-foot plus (15m+) waves at Peahi “Jaws” and becomes the first Australian to ride the waves without Jet Ski tow-in. Rowley and his girlfriend/videographer Minnie Vuong, from Torquay Victoria, have based themselves in Hawaii for three months to catch and document the monster North Pacific winter storm surf. Rowley and Vuong flew from the island of Oahu to Maui Tuesday night, and arrived at the infamous Peahi ‘Jaws’ cliff top before sunrise to see the 50-60 foot waves (15-18m) for the first time. The surf at Peahi, aka “Jaws”, is considered the worlds biggest and most dangerous and until recently has been considered impossible to catch and ride without the use of a jet ski ‘tow-in’ and foot straps. Rowley and a small group of big wave surfers including Shane Dorian and Garret McNamara pushed the boundaries of big wave surfing by refusing to ‘tow-in’ and choosing to ‘paddle-in’ to the monster waves. “The waves were moving about 50k’s an hour and the wind was absolutely howling so every instinct is telling you it cant be done, but we did it- its unbelievable” Rowley said. In doing so Rowley became the first Australian surfer to paddle into the infamous waves at Jaws. “I’m so proud to be the first Aussie to paddle in at Jaws, it was a historic day and we pushed the limits and survived”. During the historic session Rowley rode a special 10’2″ (3m) Al Merrick quad fin surfboard designed for 30-40