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09/12/08

Permalink 05:51:48 pm, by victorvi Email , 939 words, 665 views   English (US)
Categories: Tools Of Genius

Tools of Genius - Seminar

Hello. As you can see we have a whole new website, with the lead story being the coming out of Crazy Loco Love, which I started when I was 24 years old and I didn’t finish it until now that I’m 68½. I feel so happy about this book! And I realize I really didn’t have the tools with which to pull this book off until now, meaning that I had to become conscious of all my thirteen senses.

The night after the seminar, I half-awoke at about 3 in the morning, but deliberately didn’t get up to go to my writing room. I lay in bed feeling so happy about the seminar that we’d just had. Then as I kind of went back to sleep, I saw all these butterflies and they were coming out of cocoons before my very eyes.

I started laughing in my sleep. We were the butterflies, and I could see us all coming across this garden of flowers as caterpillars, entering little, dark cocoon-like crevices, then bursting out with magnificent wings in colors of yellow and red polka dots, and green and turquoise.

I started hearing the words of Mohammad Ali saying, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He, the heavy-weight champion of the world, became the most famous and recognizable person on the planet because he walked hand in hand with his soul.

All this was coming to me as I dreamed of us and the incidents that happened at our seminar. Truly, that seminar was not mine; it was ours. And our next seminar will belong even more to all of us, as we prepare for the Big One next August at la Barranca de Cobre.

Questions:

Did you get to see August Rush? A lot of people have loved the film. On the other hand, some people say it’s so phony and cornball that they just can’t get into it. I tell these people to have a glass of wine, relax, and understand that this child is completely into the eighth sense, which is music. And when we’re in that sense, we no longer believe in God; we are in the flow of God. We are Godding. Please watch this movie three or four times.

I just re-saw Sea Biscuit. This movie is completely full of the thirteen senses. Half way through the movie Jeff Bridges is down in Mexico and he decides to buy horses. And he sees an old trainer over there in the bushes with a broken down white horse. He asks, “What about him?” They tell him that he’s a crackpot, that he used to be a good trainer, but now all he does is spend his time with the broken down old horse.

What does Bridges do? He doesn’t listen to reason. That very night, he goes to see that old cowboy, and it’s such a great scene. And when he asks the old man if the horse ever run again, the cowboy says no, not that one. “But you don’t throw away a whole life just because it’s broken.” You can see that these words touch Bridges all the way to the death of his own son, and he hires that old cowboy; and that old man finds Sea Biscuit at 5 in the morning in the mist and the horse looks right through him. From then on, this movie is nothing but all about heart and soul, intuition and psychic powers. And Bridges could have never gotten to this place of availability if his son hadn’t died and his wife hadn’t left him. Please see this movie three or four times. Myself, I’ve seen it a dozen. Let it touch you. Have a tequila!

I’ve also seen Bucket List, which is all about two old men that stop being reasonable and start living their lives without fear because they have only so many days left. This entire movie is about getting out of the straight jacket of our five senses and utilizing our tools of genius, which are, of course, our thirteen senses.

Did you see Whale Rider? Did you see Phenomenon? The Great Debaters? Freedom Writers?

Did you reread Rain of Gold?

Have you read the shorter books, Wild Steps of Heaven and Walking Stars?

Have you been asking your guardian angel to come to you while you sleep and help you solve your day’s problems? Or another way to say it, have you been chewing over your day’s experiences like the cow chewing her cud just before you go to sleep, and asking your subconscious and collective subconscious to click in and help you bring peace and understanding to your life?

Please blog in and let us know about any of your great, wonderful dream travels since the last seminar. Have you been flying more? Have the colors become more vivid in your dreams? Do you sometimes find yourself laughing in your sleep, because you’re so happy? Blog in and let us know and bring friends and family to our next seminar on the 23 & 24 of August.

Our chef is ready and she needs to know how many people we’ll have by the 15th of August, so please help us by registering as soon as possible.

By the way, I’ve been on fire! I’ve written an entire new book since our last seminar, waking up at 2 in the morning and sometimes working until 3 in the afternoon. It feels wonderful to be in the flow of creation, geniusing all the way!

12/28/07

Permalink 04:44:25 pm, by victorvi Email , 295 words, 1122 views   English (US)
Categories: Welcoming 2008

2007 End Of The Year Recap and Welcoming 2008

Well, it is that time of year when all things must come to past, but with renewed hopes for a brighter and more prosperous year to come. I didn’t want to leave you without expressing my thanks and recapping how my 2007 went.

The most notable public event which recently happened was our annual Snowgoose Global Thanksgiving Celebration which was held on November 18th.

All of the annual celebrations are very unique and special in its own way, and this year was no exception.

There were a lot of people (over 500) gathered in one location, on one special day - celebrating peace among each other with music, food, dance and giving thanks.

If you haven’t attended this years celebration and/or would like to see some pictures that were taken that day, we invite you to [ visit our gallery ].

A very memorable family event was the birth of our two newborn baby goats. Born 12/27/2007 we took all the children and grandchildren to assist in the birth and ensuring peace and comfort was afforded by laying down fresh straw. What made this day more special was cutting the umbellicum cord of the two newborns and tying them off with thread. We all warmly welcome them into the New Years.

I would like to take this time and to welcome you into the new year and thank each and every one of you for visiting my website, for your support, and to recognize those that have been gracious enough in taking the time and leaving comments on this blog.

You all mean so much to us and we are forever blessed with your presence in our lives both directly and indirectly.

We wish you all the best from our home to yours, from now and forever!
Victor Villasenor

10/04/07

Permalink 04:30:56 pm, by victorvi Email , 416 words, 2648 views   English (US)
Categories: Coming Soon on HBO, Workshop

Great HBO News!

We have finally finalized a mini-series deal with HBO on the books Rain of Gold, Wild Steps of Heaven, Thirteen Senses, and Burro Genius with Maya Production: Moctesuma Esparza, Producer.

I, Victor Villaseñor, met Moctesuma Esparza in 1972 at USC at the first National Chicano Conference. We were both green behind the ears and full of ourselves. I’d just come in from Alaska where I’d been working and hunting and was still wearing my Alaskan clothing. Professor Juan Gomez introduced us and I told Moctesuma that I was a writer. I was burning all ships like Cortez had done on the shores of Mexico and there was no turning back for me. I was going to kick ass and become a writer as great as Steinbeck, Homer, Cervantes, Tolstoy, Azuela, giving a new cultural voice to the U.S. and the world. He told me he was a film producer, and he’d rather take jobs as a dishwasher, garbage man, anything, before relinquishing that title. He wouldn’t take a job as a film-editor, camera man, or director. He wanted to be the top gun, the man with the brass balls, the money man who opened the doors in the rough and tumble world of Hollywood, and yes, he agreed with me that he, too, wanted to give a new cultural voice through film to the U.S. and the world.

I said, “Man, you’re as crazy-loco, outrageous, and arrogant as I am. Glad to meet you, cabron to cabron!”

He didn’t drink tequila. He didn’t eat ice cream. But I insisted and he had an allergic reaction so severe that his lips got so big that he could have become a porno star.

We shook hands and agreed to work together and make a bunch of films. I met Mocte’s father, a dignified well-known L.A. chef who painted his own garbage cans at home with the colors of the Mexican flag. Mocte met my parents, and my dad and mom immediately took to Mocte and his dad. We each married, had kids, watched them grow and now here we are 35 years later and we are doing it with HBO!

IT’S THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS!

Moctesuma producing, who not only knows the books, he also knew my parents intimately, and HBO has some of the best writers, actors, and production people in the business! Tell everyone! Keep in touch! We’ll keep you updated! Gracias!