What is Meditation?

What is meditation? It's like "coming home." Meditation is a strenuous and rocky path. It demands the utmost discipline and moves us forward on our chosen path.

There is no easy or even royal path among all the different meditation methods. Each one requires only work, hard work. There is no end to the path and the search, no state in which we can say, "Now I've reached my goal." (And enlightenment only lasts about 14 days.)

A good meditation program is similar to a physical exercise program. Both require hard work, concentration, and discipline. And an essential component of any type of meditation is doing one thing at a time.

PS: I wrote this text in the spring of 1997, and it hasn't lost its relevance.

Photo: Master Horst Lindenau meditating in a Japanese Zen garden in SW England.

You won't die

Hunger, I mean the hunger for food, is something most people only know as a word in this country. It can make sense to prescribe something hungry to yourself. Hand on the heart, who still eats today because he is hungry? 

It is mostly like that. In the morning, breakfast is one of them. There will also be lunch at certain times, and then supper must be. Just try it out and cancel lunch or dinner. With a little self-discipline, it's easy.

Why always give in to the hunger for food? For other things, such as the desire for sex, we do not give up unrestrained. Or how many are artificially awake, although sleep is long overdue, just because the TV movie is still running?

Back to normal jogging

I've just come back from a wonderful run through meadows and fields. It feels so good to move your body in the great outdoors. You don't need a gym membership for that, you can get started with just a pair of running shoes and shorts. I had a small injury to my knee (no, no, not from running) and had to put my preparation for the marathon on hold for a while. Now everything is back to normal and I'm going on.

 

Grow old with Club 115

 

How old are you? 

18? Gives you another 97 years to live.

45? Gives you another 70 years to live.

75? Gives you another 40 years to live.

The aim is to become 115 years old. In good and healthy condition. 

Not possible? 

You have to believe me and you have to do action. Bring order in your daily life and plan ahead.

Happy birthday!

Combination of Yoga and martial arts for anti ageing

 

Move! Move! Move!

 

Ok, this picture is a joke. as human beings we have to move our a... Otherwise we rotaway and live uncomfortable, as we feel the pinch. Please do your daily portion of exercise. Might be sports, physical work, gardening or even sex does you good. But dont be the turtle and sit on the setty!

Longevity with martial arts

 The fountain of youth! Wouldn't it be nice to find it?

In my case I can clearly say, it is my life long committent to the martial arts. The body needs to stay active and kept in good condition and my training, especially the Jiu-Jitsu training is what keeps me on top of the game. At the age of 69 I have recently passed my latest test and received my last grading. I am a 4th Dan master grade Jiu-Jitsu now.

Find yourself a physical activity, a sport which keeps you fit and healthy, but does not absorb your body while practising. Jiu-Jitsu is the gentle art, the soft art. And there are very little injuries in this kind of sport.

We are in charge what's around the corner

 

Grand master Horst D. Lindenau promotes longevity and martial arts

 Grand master Horst D. Lindenau combines anti-ageing longevity with the martial arts. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit."

The journey is more important than the destination

The journey is more important than the destination. The goal is our path!

My father always used to  say "when I retire ... then I can do this and that ...". Well, unfortunately, this wishful thinking could not be implemented with him. Advanced diabetes has largely taken away his sight and thus his love, talent, skill and diligence in painting was suddenly stopped. And that pretty much at the same time as the pension notice. What a sad turning point. What does this teach us? 

 Do it! And do it now!

 

Have a good discipline

Easy to say "you need better discipline". 

But how to get the discipline I need?

Well, I recognised, the main precondition for real discipline is to have a strong purpose. 

A very strong purpose which is truly on your mind. 

And you are after it. You want it!

When I tested this idea first on myself, I was so convinced that I recommended it to friends and clients.

And guess what? It works! Everybody who commits to a personal strong goal 

finds it very easy to be disciplined.

Yes, it is that easy!

Longer life through more time

"I have all the time in the world." Horst D. Lindenau, founder of the international Terrestrial Life Management (TerLiMa), can say that about himself.

TerLiMa News asks.

TerLiMa News: What does time mean to you?

Horst D. Lindenau: Time is God. That's the only one that exists. Without time, nothing is imaginable for us. Time comes first in everything. And that's precisely why I'm surprised that so little is being done in the world for sensible time management. Is there a renowned chair dedicated solely to time? Today, it's always about being fast and faster. All areas of life are infected by this madness. People want to be fast, but punctuality, time resources, and slowing down remain foreign concepts.

I remember returning from a six-week tour of Spain 35 years ago. Nobody here wanted to believe me that the trains there were absolutely unpunctual. And these days, it's happened here too.

When I hear that idiotic phrase "academic quarter." That's the biggest nonsense. Why can't academics be punctual? Just visit India. The trains run on time there.

TerLiMa News: Why is it essential to organise your time?

Horst D. Lindenau: We live in an era where we can definitely speak of time abundance. No rational person could rightfully say, "I don't have time." It's simply a question of self-organisation, of one's own time management. That means discovering time-wasters and banishing them. I'm thinking primarily of the unfortunately widespread consumption of television. In practice, that's probably the number one time-waster.

TerLiMa News: Time abundance? What does that mean?

Horst D. Lindenau: Some people take the easy way out and believe the saying, "If you have enough money, you don't have time, or, in other words, if you have a lot of time, you don't have any money." That's sheer nonsense. Time and money are unrelated. Money is only a temporary phenomenon in societies; time is always there and will continue to be so in the future.

"Time affluence" means, "I simply have free time at my disposal today thanks to modern life, which didn't exist 100 years ago." People work less and don't have to worry about procuring food as much as they did in the past. Unfortunately, most of our contemporaries allow this affluence to be taken away directly by television.

But there are even more time-killers. The computer is poised to compete with television, offering shallow content, games, and the like. Another time-killer comes from the general acceleration of life. Everything must happen immediately. Patience is uncool and already difficult for many to bear. Just-in-time is the motto. I want it and I like it now. Of course, you must let go of that if you want to manage your time. Slowing down is appropriate here.

TerLiMa-News: How can someone start with themselves?

Slowing down occurs, for example, during a leisurely breakfast, ideally with friends or family; it can also be effective at work. Or reading the newspaper in peace and quiet, taking the day in stride and planning. Of course, those who get up late and then have to rush to work don't come up with such ideas. Slowing down also occurs when I meet people, not particularly on my schedule, as VIP contacts, but simply to communicate, exchange ideas, and meet real people. Not just online or passively watching like soap operas on TV.

TerLiMa-News: You once said that one should count one's days, not the years one lives. Why?

Horst D. Lindenau: The average life expectancy in Europe in 2000 was 63 years, for men and women combined. That's a damn short life if I live by current standards. Here, simply converting years to days creates a visual gain in time. 63 years is about 22,000 days. And then I really have to live them purposefully, consciously, and well-organised. That's pure time gain through a different perspective on essentially identical periods. Because 24 hours are still 24 hours. Even if I compare hours to apples. Nature shows us how. Time is directly tied to activity and inactivity. There's nothing in between. A tree will never waste its time. The tree has a mission and must be fulfilled within the available time.

TerLiMa-News: Back to my question: What can individuals do most effectively for themselves to gain time?

Horst D. Lindenau: Nobody needs to gain time. It's there, after all. And the same for everyone. It's necessary to create a time hygiene.

 A good tip would be to write down how a typical week goes for you. This way, you can quickly see the time-wasters and then specifically eliminate them. What doesn't exist is a time policy; everyone can implement that for themselves. Put everything you have to do to the test. Is that really necessary? Then you'll also experience joy in life and freedom from stress.

Let's be honest: If you stay in bed until 10:00 in the morning and then watch five hours of television in the evening, time has already flown by. I've had some good experiences contemplating time through meditation. Through meditation, it is possible to experience time in a differentiated way. But here, too, an hour has 60 minutes.

Meditation-bench for DIY

This little bench is very useful for your meditation. With a little effort it can be done by yourself. Model OL for you from Club 115.

"I use this gem myself and wouldn't want to be without anymore", Master Horst D. Lindenau chief coach at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school / UK and managing director of Club 115 Ltd.

New years wishes

You might have missed some Happy New Year wishes here and I left that deliberately out this year. Club 115 has a different view on age and this has strongly to do with our perspective to look at it and how we count life time. Count in years does not provide you with an accurate measurement neither is it useful to encourage you with the idea of longevity.

Best is not to have any of these "new years resolutions". First is that 95% of you don't stick to it anyway and it is much better to say >>> Go out now! Go for a walk. don't plan it, do it!

Life means work - means action

You have to be active in life. Nature law shows how it goes. Never stop. Be active. Go for it!

Today many older people can achieve high performance

There are many examples like the Indian Fauje Singh, who completes marathons at the age of 100 years. Or the German Clemens Wittig, who still has fabulous times on long runs at 75 and holds several age-group records.

Even the 63-year-old Hajo Palm impresses with fitness. If you can handle the rock-hard desert race "Bad water Run", you can be sure of that. The Canadian Ed Whitlock, who still strolls daily around the cemetery at the beginning of 80, is another example. And still runs times that other ambitious long distance runners only can dream of. At age 73, he ran a three hour marathon! No one has ever done that before.

Are these only exceptions? At the time yes, but the exceptions are becoming more and more the rule. Old age is not what we have learned in the past. It needs a complete different approach.

Master Horst D. Lindenau running a 10 km competition in Bremen/Germany

Worth knowing about yoga

Strangely enough, yoga is always somehow transfigured. Yoga is simple and alone the all-encompassing system for body and mind.

Good to know >>>

• There are many yoga styles in, there is something for everyone. Yoga ranges from a gentle category for the elderly or ill people to a power professional group.

• Yoga is the ideal supplement for athletes. There is nothing better.

• Forget about these circus acrobats. Yoga is more than just a balancing act, just because you were forced to play ballet as a child and do now the full split or bending over does not proof a good yoga performance.

• And yoga is really not just for women. Men, join in!!!

• And of course, I personally like Tantra-Yoga best.

Smoking gives you a cup of tar for your lungs

Want to join club 115?

Become 115 years old?

Then stop bloody smoking! 
Most stupid thing to do -
 and easy to stop this nasty habit.

Rule no 2 for the club 115

Regular training keeps you going

Regular training does not only keeps you fit, but it's fun!
Especially important to train are:
Eyes
Hearing
Endurance
Musculature
Keep on mind, who adhere to this rule avoid unnecessary suffering and grief in the future for themselves and their loved ones.

About Yoga

The general picture of yoga is still bizarre, even after decades of being introduced to a broader public. Some believe that whoever does yoga must necessarily be vegan or at least vegetarian. Others think of the bizarre contortions found only in a circus of acrobats. There is a report of the living burial for three weeks; another supposed yogi wraps himself in NATO barbed wire. Look at a bunch of women come out of a yoga session. The plastic yoga mats in all colours rolled under the arms, and they watched their stressed faces. They often don't look as if they have just done yoga. I mean real yoga. They have done some aerobics, Pilates or whatever it's called.

Yoga is better, yoga is more, and yoga is the most comprehensive program for holistically training the body and mind.

Yoga holds the key to the best possible lifestyle in the hand.

Those who practice yoga have put the key in the hole, and who then regularly (that means a "rule" set up and moderate practice) practice the asanas, breathing trained, and controlling the mind while a normal person remains who will reap the rewards and live content and healthy.

Yoga offers the best of yoga philosophy and technology. There is no age limit for starting a yoga study, and no equipment or exceptional food is needed. Yoga is so diverse, so the Tantra Yogi conscientiously practices his asanas to later drink a beer and, of course, not forget the fat roast pork on Sunday. The one who studies Bhakti Yoga has renounced the world for a while and rests in meditation and abstinence. Yoga offers an open way. Nobody stays outside.