"Otherworldly!" says 11-timer…
Earlier today, the sinuous trail of surf tourism was exposed in a lovely piece that you can read here.
Of course, the upside of this sort of velvet colonisation is the fabulous places you can go and visit and surf and yoga and eat delicious non-meaty dinners and maybe even have an audience with God.
One month ago, Kelly Slater was a guest of the Rythmia resort, “the ultimate spiritual vacation located in Costa Rica, in an all-inclusive luxury resort” where “93.26% of our guests report a life-changing miracle during their stay.”
(Have a read of the testimonials on Trip Advisor.)
The resort offers to “awaken you to your highest potential through the Rythmia way program, ayahuasca ceremonies, yoga, metphysics classes, hydrocolonic cleanses, transformational breath work, massage and farm-to-table organic food.”
I got a miracle of information. The challenge and the goal now is to refresh to that knowledge and to use the what I experienced and got to understand from it to change my life and my world. I think it opened up some sort of doorway in my future.”
Shortly after his visit in November, Kelly appeared on a to-camera testimonial looking beatific and dressed in guru-chic beige. In an almost whisper he says, “I just had the most profound experience of my life. I literally decided to come here twelve hours before I came. It was something that was nagging at me for a few weeks beforehand, that this was something that could potentially change my life. I’ve had a lot of experience in my life. I’ve been all around the world… I’ve lived all around the world…and I’ve got to experience most worldly things. But…”
What miracle did occur?
“I don’t think I could explain unless we sat for a long time and you kinda understood what it is. It’s really bizarre. I would say I got a miracle of information and what you do with that is your own thing. So that’s the challenge and the goal now is to refresh to that knowledge and to use the what I experienced and got to understand from it to change my life and my world. I think it opened up some sort of doorway in my future.”
Watch here!
(And what do you think the miraculous information is? Something like the three secrets of Fatima where, in 1917, three Portuguese school girls were entrusted with apocalyptic secrets delivered in person by the Virgin Mary?)
Or even better?)
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Haha! I get it! “Board Member”. No joke though Kelly is a legend. This just kinda feels like baywatch meets 9 perfect strangers.
I reckon Russell Rrand put ‘im on to it
Nothing is sacred for you because that is what you say, but you are speaking only for yourself, you are creating that reality.BTW, you can put an “I am…” in front of everything you are calling me here. Think about it… Isn’t saying someone is judgmental, a judging in itself? So like I said just put an “I am…” in front of it all. I invite you to look at your judgement, your self righteousness, and maybe your “kookiness” as well. Just saying… Peace.
for those who want to take a deeper look, here is a great interview about this place.
http://www.kyle.surf/podcas…
I’m not a PR guy for Rythmia, but I have had the Ayahuasca experience several times (never there but in southern CR where I live) and do know what it can do for someone. It’s not a negative to be stoked for someone who wakes up in the world. I WILL stay in coolland because it’s all “cool” for me, whatever anyone does, including the promotion of a retreat that provides these amazing experiences for people.
You are right, all is sacred as life is sacred. There is no good or evil, but there is high and low vibration. Guess what category someone who criticizes another as harshly as you just did? But don’t worry you are not alone out there in your judging ways… That’s exactly why the world is in the shape it’s in. I can be a “FW” for you, but just know that that I am your mirror and you obviously haven’t fully come to terms with the FW in yourself.
Is this Kelly’s response to Medina’s claim that God was on his side? I’m genuinely happy that Kelly has had some profound experience . Perhaps better than doing a testimonial about something he cannot put into words and smells of personality marketing by the resort, would be to show us through action the effect of the experience – like making OK products affordable in the slums of Rio, or maybe donating 20% of Wave Ranch proceeds to those not fortunate enough to star next to PamAn…
**Public Service announcement**…I ran my cursor along the bar at the base of Kelly’s testimonial youtube clip and his upper third is all you see for the WHOLE clip. There is NO surfing or waves, repeat, NO surfing or waves, just Kelly talking to camera.
Haha!
Just found some footage of Kelly’s visit to Costa. Pretty intense enlightenment.
https://youtu.be/W2yIkDVs0cA
I don’t know. It sounds more like https://m.youtube.com/watch… to me.
ps. This could be the BG theme song?
Kwa11 Chang Caine.
All I want to know is:
1.) Did Kelly pay to be enlightened or did he get paid to be enlightened?
2.) Did Kelly film himself when someone stuck a hose up his arse?
3.) If he did film it, will he post it on the day John John wins his next WT?
I could see pottz manufacturing a fuckin beautiful chair out of nothing. And why is that joe? Because he’s gone back to the basics. Put it near the chandelier.
I absolutely love that Slater has reached such a profound level of attention whoring that he’s actually regressed to “I’ve got a really big secret but I can’t tell you what it is!”
This story reminds me of Houllebecq:”Who, among you, deserves eternal life?” The real subject is that Kelly hates to get old and He is obsessed with longevity…
I really want to see Ben Stiller play a Kelly Slater parody at some point in my lifetime. Kelly is so far gone at this point.
Wow, I’m amazed at how many here are criticizing the “awakening” in another individual. So much envy and harsh words for a man who has the cajones to come online and share his life changing experience with all of us. His,”beating around the bush,” if that’s what you want to call it, might be, just him protecting something, that at this moment, he sees as important. Let’s remember who he is as a role model, and at the same time let’s remember we live in a world that makes this method of sacred “inner work” wrong. I can only imagine that it could be, quite slippery slope with sponsorship and all of that, so I invite you to “feel” for the guy a little bit here and put away the negative crap, just for a moment. This “inner work” is available to all of us, whether it takes the form of a plant medicine, book, course, or deep meditation. I say this, so we might put away our judgement long enough to appreciate his sharing of such an intimate experience. I mean, if we are good with watching him rip it up in the water, then maybe we can show some support in his quest to do something deeply profound for himself. You see, there’s no marketing happening here, no money being made on his end; just his “authentic self” giving us a glimpse of what it’s like being inside of one of the deepest barrel he’s ever gotten in his life; and where I’m from that’s pretty cool.
whats “sacred” about an exclusive retreat for the wealthy?
He took a journey with a holy plant medicine, the entire process was sacred. Money isn’t evil, but sometimes people do evil things with it. This thing he did isn’t one of those. When we have a complaint around money and wealth we just push it far away from us.
Everyone deals with these experiences differently and it means a whole lot more to put things into action than talk about them online. I’ll reserve my pessimistic judgement and see if this manifests into any kind of positive change as I’ve heard this shit from many people before.
Man that made me feel all warm inside, like warm brownies. Having said that, nobody and I do mean nobody cares…
four people care… lol…
No marketing? It is literally an advertisement for the retreat. Did you watch the ending?
I did, the people at the center ask everyone to speak about their experience. I meant that Slater isn’t doing in any marketing, as he’s not getting paid here; that’s all. For whatever reason I don’t get offended by that type of marketing. I was more just listening to his experience..
Have you been there ? How do you know that he did not receive any compensation? Sounds you are doing the marketing now. Do you work for the “retreat” or slater?. Im not offended by the marketing. It is what it is. $$$$
I know because the experience is so strong that most people want to share it once they are finished. They ask everyone to speak, not just the famous. I’m sure they pick and choose which ones they use in the end. Slater paid for the experience. I do not work for the retreat or KS but I’ve met KS here in CR where we surf, and I know the owner of the retreat. Trust me KS makes nothing, nor do I. This thing is SO powerful that one literally wants to share it with the world. There are other places that offer it that are more affordable. KS is blessed to have a lot of money so he can afford to do it at a really Gucci place that’s all.
That sharing thing is just peoples ego talking. The owner of the retreat is making money off of the “sacred” and thats all ego as well. Whats the point of the place? Not healing people, its there to make money off of people. Pseudo shamans $$$.
dhamma.org
Only ego can see ego. Vipassana is great, but they still operate from donations. Just because someone charges for their work doesn’t make it illegitimate. Do you work for free? Again, if you have problem with someone “charging” for their services, then you will push away from yourself abundance.Their are so many things one can “hate” on, picking on a business that is doing good for people is a bit odd.
donations only accepted after a 10 day course has been completed as opposed to thousands upfront. Vipassana is time tested. The positive benefits of these retreats are not time tested. Ayahuasca is extremely powerful and people need to be careful what doors they open. Good and bad are relative.
BTW thanks for not calling me a FW (so far) like the legend below. LOL>>>
U can get the same experience with garlic shrimp and a nice chianti….
I’d go a pinot gris or riesling, but yes
This just in. Tough cunts. Gabs could do with some life advancement perhaps: https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Pose’n and cryin’ homie
He found out Trump is a secret backer for his wave-puddle.
Ivanka and Jar-end are both lined up by contract, to pleasure him from a SUP, as a perk.
Life advancement centre. Is drinking out of jars really advancing? Regression..