The Unforgiving60

S1E20- More Than Just a Surfboard! Greg Wallace- Building Surfboards but Rebuilding People


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How do you know when you are at your very lowest? Well, Greg Wallace has probably been lower. As a troubled youth, he realised that his journey was full of evil energy which would likely lead him either to jail ….. or death.

Greg tells us the story of how he rebuilt himself with purpose from this point. And how he committed to be the best person that he could be. Greg discovered his passion was building surfboards. But not any surfboard ..... wooden surfboards- that perform better in the water than their fibreglass alternatives. He also realised that in teaching people to make surfboards he could apply philosophies that he believed in and loved. But in turn, those people building boards with him, also realised that the surfboard was only a small part of the journey.

Incredibly well read, Greg also shares insights in life, balance and outlook. There is plenty of reflection.

There is no true happiness without struggle. And this episode certainly has that.

 

 

Intelligence Summary (INTSUM) 

  • 0:22- Point Break, The Movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Break
  • 9:19: Carlos Castaneda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda 
  • 9:40: Castaneda said: “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.”―Journey to Ixtlan
  • 13:55.
    • Rudolph Steiner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner 
  • HP Blavastsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky
  • Theosophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy_(Blavatskian)
  • 17:20. The Leviathan (Greg’s first book read). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)
  • https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91953.Leviathan
  • 18:00. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (book). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull
  • 18:30. Alice A Bailey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Bailey
  • 32:30. Entrainment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment
  • 32:35. Sympathetic Vibratory Resonance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_resonance
  • 38:10. Paulownia Tormentosa (the wood): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia_tomentosa
  • 52:00. The Bodhi Tree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Tree
  • 52:30. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who postpone their own salvation in order to help all sentient beings. Bodhisattvas are compassionate figures who help worshipers.
  • Bodhi Tree Surf: https://www.bodhitreesurf.com.au

    Bodhi Tree Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodhitreesurf/

    Coming Soon: Connected By:  www.connectedby.org 

     

    ** As always music by ‘The Externals’, Birds of a Feather – The Externals music is available on Spotify.

    *** Thanks to Drew for the connection to Greg. You had to prompt and prod us .... and we thank you for your persistence! 

     

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