Tom Laughlin Takes on a New Role
Tom Laughlin, star of the "Billy Jack" movies, has taken a role teaching cancer patients how to overcome their disease. It's been said that only 20% of the cancer that people contract can be attributed to external factors. The other 80% may be attributable to people being repressed from fully expressing what is inside them.
After analyzing the works of Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, Laughlin applied Jung's principles to curing cancer.Laughlin's teachings involve how the mind and the emotions create specific biological changes that lead to the development of many cancers.
Laughlin now teaches and leads workshops for people who are diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack
I remember watching the 1971 film "Billy Jack" several times. Laughlin was motivated to write the movie after witnessing mistreatment of Native Americans by local whites near a reservation. The film became the highest grossing independent movie of all-time.
Granted, it was a grade B movie, but it was inspiring to see the ex-Green Beret karate expert standing up for the underdog. The great fight scene where Billy Jack cleans up the ice cream shop with 3 or 4 thugs who are picking on some Native American youths, is a classic.
Before tying into the bad guys, Billy Jack famously says,
"When I see this girl... of such a beautiful spirit... so degraded... and this boy... that I love... sprawled out by this big ape here... and this little girl, who is so special to us we call her "God's little gift of sunshine"... and I think of the number of years that she's going to have to carry in her memory... the savagery of this idiotic moment of yours... I just go B-E-R-S-E-R-K!"
A New Inspiration for Laughlin
It's even more inspiring to see Loughlin transform himself from beating up movie bad guys, to fighting for an off screen worthwhile cause.
He went from being on-screen hero to real life hero.
Lesson from Tom Laughlin
There are 2 important lessons that I take from Tom Laughlin's life:
1. You can always change your path in life, and do what your heart really wants you to do;
2. Cancers do go into remission. People do get better. If diseases are caused by the actions we take, or don't take, in life, the cure may lie in taking the path that we were meant to follow.
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My Upcoming Radio Interviews
Jan 30th, 10:40 AM (Central Time), I will discuss how people can find their niche in life in what their heart tells them to do, with Patti Penn of WJBC AM 1230 in Bloomington, IL. You can also listen to the interview on the internet at http://wjbc.com/.
Tune in Tuesday, January 10th at 7 PM eastern standard time for post holiday treat, as I will be discussing my new book "Carve Out Your Niche" on the ArtistFirst Radio Network(http://www.artistfirst.com/)
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