Wholistic Fitness

Namaste Noble Warriors!

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�Each moment you are alive is a gem, shining through and containing earth and sky, water and clouds.�

– Thich Nhat Hanh

quotes like that little gem above are fantastic, but you gotta suffer like a dog to See and then Feel the lofty heights from which quotes like that are written. see, lil ol� Thich has suffered greatly. He is a zen monk from Vietnam. his classic book, �Peace Is Every Step� is required reading for Online Wholistic Fitness Students. Thich�s story is touching. read Him. for Him to remain so centered and serene yet spiritually powerful is huge. it is a Dharma Blessing to have Him on the planet with us.

my point is, however, that we all gotta suffer to varying degrees before we get to the fruits of our being. i have found that often it is only from near exhaustion that my deepest exhilaration has been produced. i don�t think most people push themselves enough…in whatever they do. i mean, they THINK they do, but really, gut deep, they don�t. they get sucked into medicore ways of being. soon, any spiritual nectar that may have been vibrating within their cells becomes drained as dry as a Santa Anna wind.

it�s probably just me though. my karma this time around. for me, it is always been intensity and endurance that has lifted me out of my individual self to merge with the UniVersal or Divine Self…what the Hatha Yogis know as Sushumna Awakening or what other yogis might call, Brahman or what the christians might call, Christ Consciousness.

it is foolish to think that you can meditate without suffering. the aches and pains that emit from our bodies and mind as we struggle to meditate are Divine barbells challenging our strength to sit still enough to Listen.

meditation, as we know it along the Path of WF, is not something you really DO. it is a by product of a concentrated mind.

don�t worry about meditation or gaining bliss or reaching airy perches of professional spiritual athletes like Thich.

instead,

today

concentrate.

whatever you are doing,

do it with full attention.

that is correct Noble Warrior,

i am telling you that your Highest Workout

is whatever you are doing,

but you must do it impeccably.

and therein

lies your gem…

the gem of Heightened Awareness

which is the gateway

to Meditation and

possibly

(who knows, if you work hard enough)

Enlightenment!

go for it…

be beautiful in all that you do today

and you will begin to See and Feel

things differently

in a more magnificent Way.

that is all.

love from the humble (but powerful) Helm,

coach ilg

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