Wholistic Fitness

BARDO REALMS/MASTER STUDENT ABU REACHES NEXT LEVEL

Race Across AMerica champion, Ron Jones (see below appearance), a WF devotee and teammate of mine,
executes a pro-level ‘starfish’ hand-up to a very dehydrated coach ilg as i hammer into the
growing night in Death Valley during our Course Record effort at Furnace Creek 508
ultra race. this picture, captured by the LA Times, epitomizes to me the astral relationship
that i hold with many of my amazing Online Students. it is only during Bardo Moments – the
Transition Realms – that my words and Teachings sing loudest to those who choose to listen.
Bardo Moments can be recognized by two factors;
1) Silence (the phenomenal world seems to ‘drift away’ and the moment expands as if in slow motion),
and
2) We are at our “edge”…
of the latter, think of doing intervals, sharp sensations during yoga poses, moments of doubt,
meditative absorptions, nature-inspired epiphanies, ‘spot me!’ moments in strength training,
family or self dying, becoming endangered or injured,
Bardo Moments occur when we are most unsure and yet must
Trust in that which we cannot control…
these are all the Spiritual Edges in which WF and my humble yet Powerful Teachings sing
their transmission loudest.

{Note to new DL Readers and Non Online WF Students:
better buckle up.
if you are used to the Ordinary Fitness World,
be prepared to FLY…for WF has been taking place
joyfully above the mainstream comprehension of ‘personal fitness’ since 1982:
please place what you are about to read into context…
Master WF Online Student Abu has studied directly under me for
a decade…
to many of your ears, what you are about to read will not fit into what you have been
inculcated to accept as ‘fitness training.’
i say this to you; it is.
sure, it might not
sound like a coach instructing the proper breath and postural Awareness of how to do a Barbell Curl,
yet,
believe it or not,
just ask Abu,
that is precisely where i began my Work with him a decade ago…
the rapid ascent of his transformation through WF?
it is due solely,
and i cannot
say this more emphatically;
MEDITATION.
while most of my other Students and curious readers of DL
sleep,
Abu sits quietly within the chaos of his mind,
mentallly fishing
physicallly struggling gamely
for the Moment between the
Arising and Disappearing.

There ain’t no other Temple quite like WF,
dat’s a fact,
Jack!

May God(s) continue to bless my humble Temple of which your attention toward means everything…
– coach ilg}

Noblest Abu –
i have been training specifically for you and your next Step…
please forgive the lack of outward communication
please trust in the inward…

i shall now address the following:

Dear El Coache,

Just as a shinai wielded by a Zen Master crashes down on the skull of the
not-so-mindful pupil, the following passage from the recent DL smacked this
feeble soul hard. My interpretation is inserted with brackets.

�The Ku can be felt while hanging at arms length under the Altar of the Pull Up
Bar [or under the ice tools placed in the frozen waterfall] …when your ego is
screaming at you to quit and go over to the Gravitron machine [top ropes or
home!]. Dangling there with withering arm strength, Doubt flings her arrows
into your Willpower. You return to WF Principle #1…you Breathe through the
Doubt and thus transcending it, experience a calm, powerful Void…the KU!
Whether or not you do another Pull Up [move above the protection into the
unknown] is beside the spiritual point. This is what most do not understand.
Why? Because most do not ‘stand under’ a Pull Up bar [stand at the edge and
peer over] ! They are all over there, gathered about the fancy machines like
sheep.

Those of you Practicing other WF Disciplines, experience Ku during intervals,
meditation, the edges of asana, and most easiest during pranayam. Ku, birthing
place of Karma, can only be experienced when we push ourself into a Bardo
State, a state of Transition where super high intensities of Doubt, Fear, and
Effort are transcended by our OWN Willpower…a Will-power uncluttered by
drugs, clinging onto outdated mental or emotional modes [clinging to the
outdated modes!!!!! Perfect description.] , comfort, and sloth. The WF Master
Student is a Warrior of the Clear Light with a Diamond Body!�

�
😉
the initials, DL, have dual meaning;
DIVINE LIGHT; Daily Modalities From {the} Creator Inside

RE:

I have had few notable internal insights recently. Outwardly, I am beginning to
see others that I work with as mirrors of self. In conversations, it is
becoming very clear how rigid and sterile a strictly intellectual view of the
world can be.

� More than that, My Most Cherished Shishya,
those “rigid and sterile” intellectual views are egoic safety nets
created by centuries of non-Practitioners and passed on to generation after
generation so as to shield our True Magnificence from being what It yearns to be,
what It has been divinely designed to be:
BRAVELY FREE
and
FIERCELY GRACEFUL!

i want you to work on this:
smile at them,
see the Go(o)d in their eyes, however dimly light due to the lack of quality Dharma Teachers in their lives.
seek only Compassion as an altruistic training opportunity from – and a moral gift to – others during daily conversation.
cultivate Skillful Friendliness; make this your Personal Fitness Training and your body/mind and sport performance will
grow by leaps and bounds that you have not yet realized.
Smile often.

RE:
During these interactions, I frequently offer apologies to you
for the difficulties that I have created in our communication over the years!

� no apology is required.
years mean nothing in this Work.
in fact,
lifetimes matter little to the overall Scope of this Work.
just do this;
keep being Brave (everywhere and to everyone; think Love, Compassion, Understanding..
the rock and ice climbing will then Shift for itself.)

RE:
One discussion today was about lower back health. I am AMAZED at how many 20-
and 30-somethings in my organization have had or are going to have back
surgery. [Don�t mention this to RJ � it might set him off!! ;-)]

� oh Jesus!
i have an impressive backlog of absolutely hilarious RJ Rants!
i’m thinking now of my next book;

RJ RANTS
A Soliloquy From a Warrior Athlete

whaddya think?

RE:
The rigidity
of the lower spine must be connected to an intellect-dominated imbalance.

� you are learning again,
Shishya!
you will not believe what it is going to be required from you to break through this Granthi (psychospiritual knot)…
are you SURE
absolutely SURE you want to Clear this lower chakra stuff?
i ain’t talkin’ fucking crystal healing here…
it’s going to change your life as you know it…both Waking and NonWaking Consciousness.
i have prepared you well thus far…
however,
if you are ready to Rise Higher,
you will now be introduced to other Teachers of mine..
you will meet Them and Their Teachings while others sleep.
Beloved Shishya Abu,
you have done the years of meditation under my guidance,
you have risked your life and limb by practically applying your meditation
during intense rock and ice climbing…
you have cultivated the inner dimensions of the basic subtle anatomy…
you have served the Steep and Direct Path of WF Online Training very well
for nearly a decade…
Time to Rise Higher has
in my feeble opinion,
arrived.
we must Go.
will you travel with me?
Side by side onto the next Level, Shishya?

RE:
Even though many read DL, thank you for the personal smack-in-the-head. I�m off
to RMNP this weekend to stand under my tools and to breathe through the doubt.
Begin, again and again.

in Clear Light,

–abu

p.s. When can I get my hands on a Prop DVD?

� if you placed your order,
then it has already been mailed to you!

i await your word…
go to sleep tonight by focusing on a small, flickering Purple Light
that will appear near the bottom of your eyelids as you fall asleep…
oh,
and
update me on your Veros intake and your be-have-or
within the Brahmacharya yama conduct.

your feeble teacher,
ilg