Comments on: Yiannis Kouros on DVD http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/ On and off the trails with Scott Jurek Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:50:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Barefoot Ted http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-210 Barefoot Ted Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:17:13 +0000 http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-210 I thought of this important point that Kouros mentions in one of the interviews, and that is how he imagines or senses that the heroes of Greece's past sort of possess him, or he relies on their spirit and senses them inside him when he runs. This is quite fascinating. Somehow endurance running takes him to a place where he is able to sense an opening within himself where the living energy from the past is able to enter him and give him strength. Interesting. Which really feeds into his concept of the spiritual nature of endurance running. It becomes a spiritual quest where reliance on spiritual energy (meaning this imaginative capacity within humans to sense something bigger than themselves and more and beyond themselves). He also mentions about having the equivalent of out-of-body experiences. Situations where he is rising above and behind his body...just watching it as it moves forward. These experiences he mentions and is very open about are experiences shared, it seems, by shamans and other spiritual seekers in several of earth's religions and spiritual traditions. Understanding how he himself has synthesized his personal experiences into positive energy to be used in his running and in his own spiritual quest and in the unfolding of his life are things you will get a sense of in this video. BFT I thought of this important point that Kouros mentions in one of the interviews, and that is how he imagines or senses that the heroes of Greece’s past sort of possess him, or he relies on their spirit and senses them inside him when he runs.

This is quite fascinating.

Somehow endurance running takes him to a place where he is able to sense an opening within himself where the living energy from the past is able to enter him and give him strength.

Interesting.

Which really feeds into his concept of the spiritual nature of endurance running. It becomes a spiritual quest where reliance on spiritual energy (meaning this imaginative capacity within humans to sense something bigger than themselves and more and beyond themselves).

He also mentions about having the equivalent of out-of-body experiences. Situations where he is rising above and behind his body…just watching it as it moves forward.

These experiences he mentions and is very open about are experiences shared, it seems, by shamans and other spiritual seekers in several of earth’s religions and spiritual traditions.

Understanding how he himself has synthesized his personal experiences into positive energy to be used in his running and in his own spiritual quest and in the unfolding of his life are things you will get a sense of in this video.

BFT

]]> By: Barefoot Ted http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-204 Barefoot Ted Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:26:02 +0000 http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-204 Here are a few quotes that I copied down from the film that caught my attention: ...to run for 24 or 48 hours or 6 days. No one completes the race via his body but via his mind. The verb "endure" is not a physical verb, it's a spiritual one. Endure means to withstand. Without patience, you will never conquer endurance. Some other interesting tidbits includes his masters degree in literature with research on dance and music as portrayed in Kazantzakis' works. BFT Here are a few quotes that I copied down from the film that caught my attention:

…to run for 24 or 48 hours or 6 days. No one completes the race via his body but via his mind.

The verb “endure” is not a physical verb, it’s a spiritual one. Endure means to withstand.

Without patience, you will never conquer endurance.

Some other interesting tidbits includes his masters degree in literature with research on dance and music as portrayed in Kazantzakis’ works.

BFT

]]> By: Barefoot Ted http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-203 Barefoot Ted Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:00:33 +0000 http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-203 I got it. I watched it. I am gonna watch it again (kept reading subtitles or watching footage couldn't do both well). 2.5 hours of sleep per day? My guess: his father was right. Superhuman. The path to becoming a god is not easy. I find his respect and fascination for Nikos Kazantzakis equally fascinating. Nikos nearly won the Nobel prize for literature in 1956 (I think). Albert Camus beat him by one vote and Camus said that Nikos was 100 times better. Wikipedia him to learn more. Quote: Russians don't have souls. It takes a lot of work and sacrifice to be number 1. This guy is a nut. This guy is a hero. This guy lives next to a cemetery. This guy will love you or hate you or both and more all at the same time. Music. Drumming. The polish influence. What is it with Poles and Greece? Amen. BFT I got it.

I watched it.

I am gonna watch it again (kept reading subtitles or watching footage
couldn’t do both well).

2.5 hours of sleep per day?

My guess: his father was right.

Superhuman.

The path to becoming a god is not easy.

I find his respect and fascination for Nikos Kazantzakis equally
fascinating. Nikos nearly won the Nobel prize for literature in 1956
(I think). Albert Camus beat him by one vote and Camus said that
Nikos was 100 times better. Wikipedia him to learn more.

Quote: Russians don’t have souls.

It takes a lot of work and sacrifice to be number 1.

This guy is a nut.

This guy is a hero.

This guy lives next to a cemetery.

This guy will love you or hate you or both and more all at the same time.

Music. Drumming.

The polish influence. What is it with Poles and Greece?

Amen.

BFT

]]> By: Paul DeWitt http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-174 Paul DeWitt Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:37:12 +0000 http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-174 Hi Scott - Thanks for the info on this DVD; sounds very cool. Hi Scott - Thanks for the info on this DVD; sounds very cool.

]]> By: laura http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-172 laura Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:39:58 +0000 http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/10/31/yiannis-kouros-on-dvd/#comment-172 Thanks Scott- just ordered the video. What beautiful form he has in the photo! Thanks Scott- just ordered the video. What beautiful form he has in the photo!

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