In his book Je Suis: Moi et Dieu, Serge writes:
"Je suis né athée et Dieu comme le sont tous les nouveaux-nés avant d’être enfermés dans un univers limité par cinq sens et trois dimensions. C’est seulement parvenu à l’âge de raison que j’ai fait mon choix. Encore que l’on ne puisse parler de choix tant l’influence de la famille, celle de l’environnement, du milieu dans lequel nous grandissons et de la région du globe qui nous a vu naître sont déterminantes. J’aurais pu être juif, musulman ou bouddhiste. Ou demeurer athée. Mais, né aux Antilles françaises où 90% de la population est catholique, je n’avais guère le choix à cette époque de ma vie."
"I was born atheist et God as all newborns are before being confined in a universe limited by five directions and three dimensions. Only when I reached the reason age could I make my choice. When one cannot talk about choices so influences it family, the one of the environment, environment in which we grow and region of the globe that see us been born are determined. I could have been more jewish, muslim or more buddhist. Or remain atheist. But, having been born in the French West Indies where 90% of the population is Catholic, I hardly had a choice in this era of my life."
Serge's book details his spiritual beliefs and gives his interpretation of the trinity foundation of his Raison d'Être (Reason for Being, justification for existence): BODY, MIND and SPIRIT. He incorporates metaphors, myticism and his interpretation of world events. Je Suis means I AM which is another name for GOD. In other words, he believes that GOD is not something you search for out there somewhere, GOD is within and lives in your intuitive instincts. This is the most powerful aspect of your life...and of your bodybuilding training and comes before what you eat and what you do in the gym. When you listen to Serge talk about this on his dvd, you start to understand what he is talking about in terms of connection....without connecting your mind and spirit first, your training will not have as great of results. You have to start with your mind and love what you are doing...spirit...then the rest will follow...
Sevestase didn't ask questions of any aspect of the man--he made false statements of slander with zero proof. Yet you say nothing in response to him like, "How did you determine he was all those rotten things?" You ignore if someone writes something very bad about Steve with no proof. You only question if someone writes something good. I've written about Steve's life and put pictures. That does not undermine my credibility. Enough people write me emails saying thank you because they will never see the pictures I post anywhere...especially for free, so if I write something that bothers a few others who only have a problem with the good comments and not the bad ones, who cares?
Re: What you said about what I know about building muscle...Serge thinks my training and nutrition advice is sound and I've emailed it to some of it to his clients that he trains. I don't know what your goals are for building muscle, but if you try the red meat idea and it doesn't work, then come tell me about it. You can't say something doesn't work if you've never tried it.
Beast, I do want to thank you for the words you say that show appreciation or understanding... sometimes we disagree, but I do agree with you at times.
again, great insightful reading, but i have to correct you.
i don't attack good or bad. i examine. you have typed much information and i have supported yours and serge's position many times more than i have 'attacked' (just take a look back in the thread for evidence of this).
what sevastase says about reeves, i can not disprove or prove. i just don't know enough about reeves and to tell you the truth, i am not convinced one way or the other on the question of his steroid use.
what i do know is that steroids have been available since about 1937 and i see no reason at all why a world class athlete would take advantage of these drugs from that time, seeing as they were considered a health tonic back then. you say reeves didn't, as you say serge didn't but, unless you were joined at the hip to these people, i'll take it as an individual's
biased (you are, at the very least, a huge fan of both men) opinion.
logically, i can see no reason why he wouldn't take advantage of these drugs (remember, health tonic). you don't accidently become a world champion athlete and film star. he had to have taken advantage of every performance enhancement available, as his competitors did, to rise above. this starry eyed revisionist view of reeves as some incarnation of jesus christ just doesn't fly with me.
