Wholistic Fitness

THE “ANGRY LITTLE ANT” REVIEWER STEPS UP TO RESPOND WITH INTEGRITY!

“Hi Mr. Ilg.
I sent you and all of the people who contacted me at your behest the e-mail I sent to Mr. Jones explaining my book review.

You seemed upset in your blog that I had not responded directly, but I didn’t think there was much to say. You succeeded in getting my review removed.

I will apolgoize for calling you a fit goof and a buffoon. However, I do think it is ridiculous that an accomplished author would attempt to stifle criticsm by one lowly reviewer on the Internet. That review had been there for a couple of months, and judging from the glowing praise of you by others, most people did not pay any attention to it. Until you encouraged your followers to do so, noone had felt a need to contact me. I think we all are entitled to their opinions; you must disagree.

If you’d like, I’ll let you know when I finish my second review. I do want you to know that I contacted Amazon.com about the incident, but that was prior to me knowing you had asked WF followers to contact/flame me and to have them contact Amazon about having the review removed.

Again, my apology for the words fit goof and buffoon.

Sincerely,
EJ Passeos”

Namaste EJ!
allow me to bow to your comparitively uxorious personal response…it speaks highly of your personal integrity.

i accept your apology for calling me names. it just did not seem to sit well with your “Namaste” sign off, nor did the
entire demeanor of your ‘review.’ by your internet track record of reviews, the voice you now call yourself “lowly” is not the
voice you use while criticizing directly the work of others.

should you have actually done the workouts in my book(s), your opinion and perspective of me having ‘followers’ would have been truthfully transformed. never, in a quarter of a century of coaching, have i ever called the WF Tribe my ‘followers’…we are all “Students” and “Noble Warriors” of this amazing Path of Transformation that comes through feeble me, but not from me.

i would greatly appreciate you letting me know of your second review. i have been a very easy target over the years for those who intellectualize or mock Wholistic Fitness, yet do not do the Work with their own sweat and stillness.

acting in go(o)d faith: i have just finished my HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA “Prop Workout” DVD…i would like to send you a complimentary one for review, if you would consider doing so. i am certain you will find this unique fusion of East + West, Sweat + Spirit in the least interesting, and at the most, helpful. just let me know where to ship it.

on file, i have 22 more fans, friends, and Students of WF who sent in more response to your rabid review of TBT. Some, are very clever (one, written entirely in Haiku) and all very High and Noble. i shall delete these now, since i consider this matter past.

i wish to publicly thank my faithful and noble WF Warriors and friends who rushed to my side to support their feeble ilg and, who did so with much compassion for you, EJ. Noble WF Warriors, please sheathe the Zen Arrows into your quiver until the next time…and, unfortunately, there are always next times…if only you knew. i let the vast majority of EJ’s pass through our humble Temple grounds. their graffiti upon our Walls like raindrops from the UnAwakened. they do not bother our Practice.

EJ, there is much suffering among our National Tribe. people die everyday because they do not enjoy working out. our Earth Brothers and Sisters are nearly all overweight, many obese. We are dying from a lack of fitness. I hope your reviews in the future show support of those willing to help provide a Light for our own people.

EJ, you and are very Blessed. we have two arms, two legs, lungs, and a heart that beats like a Sacred Tribal Drum to the tune of the Great Spirit. the other day, on Venice Beach Boardwalk, there was a man that was but a torso, and a head, and one grossly disfigured arm. He was on a skateboard, the board itself longer than he, belly first, pawing at the concrete to propel himself forward via a bleeding, calloused lump on his only wrist. He was smiling at all passerbys. He was a noble Fitness Warrior.

you are too, EJ. your words, as a Fitness Reviewer, are the reflection from a very long lineage of Warriors who were not afraid of daily sweat and realized the utter importance of remaining functionally fit for as long as possible to help the Tribe.

as i teach, “Ripples Make Waves”,
and what we choose to put out to the UniVerse in Word Choice,
behavior,
and integrity
matters.

It matters maginificently more than we can even imagine.

EJ, thank you for stepping up to the Namaste Space, instead of just writing the word.

“Before speaking, ask yourself if what you are about to say is kind, truthful, and helpful. If not, stay silent.”
– The Dalai Lama

in Satya,
coach ilg
author/TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION

“What we choose to put out to the UniVerse in Word Choice, behavior, and integrity matters.
It matters maginificently more than we can even imagine.” – Coach Ilg