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

2019-06-14

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 al...

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.