Wholistic Fitness

COACH ILG; “SOLID WORDS IN A SHIFTING TIME,”
Actual DharmaSpeak between Coach and Noble Warrior Thomas Ward…

“The entire range of all possible appearances, and all possible phenomena in all the different realities, whether samsara or nirvana, all of these without exception have always been and will always be perfect and complete, within the vast and boundless expanse of the nature of mind. Yet, even though the essence of everything is empty and �pure from the very beginning,� its nature is rich in noble qualities, pregnant with every possibility, a limitless, incessantly and dynamically creative field that is always spontaneously perfect.”
– Sogyal Rinpoche

“Whether you and i and few others will renew the world
some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must
renew it each day.” _ Hermann Hesse

This is picture of “Wannabe Warrior” Thomas Ward’s small area where he lights nag champa incense (the official incense of WF), and where the picture that was sent with his Blessed WF Mala Bead order sits encased in glass, “displayed for me to see, reminding me that it is all our practices that matter. There you are, captured in a moment of stillness, urging me to begin and continue each day. Thank you for for solid words in a shifting time, caring while others are careless, calling down from the hard way to tell us AIN’T SO BAAAADDDD! I know i need it, i know the world needs it, the tree beings, the fish beings, the human beings. But it is the narrow way, coach, not many can stand truth.”
– SUNRIDER and WF Informal Student, Thomas Ward

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On Sep 27, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:

All Honorifics to you on this day,
Thank you for the poignant and free insight. My greatest step will be the one i take into on-line training. There are certain obstacles that i am applying pressure to at present and so soon will be headed h(om)e to the temple.

Your DL today stressing the necessity and difficulty of inner work in the outer world is very timely for this lame wannabe.

COACH:
better to be a lame wannabe
than a
be never be

TW:
No sooner do i ponder a position than, again, you write about it. You in deed practice on different planes. i bow to your four~word thinking (om mani padme hung) and saturate my practice with the WF mantra.

COACH:you are too go(o)d…

TW: i have included two photos. One taken, no doubt, by the peerless Ananda,

COACH: “peerless” is precisely accurate. WF Temple Manager Ananda is a rare, gifted Being walking so elegantly among us.
i live with the planet’s most beautiful and wholistic saint-movie star-yogini-warrioress-athlete-Being…
she is angelic, grounded, intelligent, durable, and without pretense.
i bow to the Peerless Ananda. My Temple may not have survived the past couple of years without Her
devoted, unasked, and completely fierce Grace; daughter of a Marine, daughter of Brahmanic Light.
i am but a mere shadow within her Radiant Illumination.

TW:
is of you posted 8/11/05 second half of PRANAYAM lesson {editor note; see below pic}.

You are also cooking malas in this picture. Malas with a dark brown bead midway up the strand on either side. This is the time period i had ordered my saturated malas from the temple. They are, in every appearance exactly like the ones i received in the mail a few days later and wear around my neck as i write this note.

COACH: how “ironic”
don’t you think?!?!
wonder how THAT happened?
😉

TW:
The second picture {see opening pic} is of my small area where i light nag, and where the picture sent with the beads sits encased in glass, displayed for me to see, reminding me that it is all our practices that matter. There you are, captured in a moment of stillness, urging me to begin and continue each day. Thank you for both images, for solid words in a shifting time, caring while others are careless, calling down from the hard way to tell us AIN’T SO BAAAADDDD! I know i need it, i know the world needs it, the tree beings, the fish beings, the human beings. But it is the narrow way, coach, not many can stand truth.

COACH:
or sit It.
let al(one) live It.
to live thy Truth means being ready to
sacrifice It All; the money, the business, the family,
the dog, the IRA, the body,
the Truth is about your SPIRIT,
the Truth does not give one crap about your Person-All
dictates and preferences.
Most people want the Truth so long It as does not push them too far
beyond their comfort zones…
their person-all dictates and preferences.
Such people are common, predictable, and shall remain Attached.

Then there are the few,
the rare Beings willing to sell It All for their Soul Conditioning in this lifetime.
They trust their Teachers, they Trust in God…they challenge and develop their
faith in God in the way you and i have challenged and developed our biceps…
or our Cardio fitness; faith in Truth must be gained through constant, non stop
Sacred Sweat and Surrender into It All.
not many have traveled such terrain.. really…
Gandhi did.
Jesus did.
Buddha did.
did you?
did i?

funny thing…
the most “narrow Ways” i have been on;
physically, athletically, philosophically
have all-Ways produced the best Quality Moments to my life.
funny, eh?

that which seems Narrow,
turns out to be
the most Expansive.

TW:
i have said enough. Only this will i add, i remain on the SUNRIDER herbs and have added QUINARY to the mix. i am still sluggishly weaving through phase 1. (lots of beat up cells to revive) i had a peace filled connection this morning during Ai Imawa ritual with my toes on the earth. meditation and beeper guru where both in~ lightening. i go now to seek the sacred sweat.

Namaste from this circle of water.

thOMas

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Coach,
Thanks for gettting back to me, and I will from now on STAY ON THE HERBS.
Man, you have so much wisdom and a great sense of humor.
I would LOVE to train with you one day–You are the MAN!

Cheers,
Scott

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Dearest Coach,
Thank you for your kindness and consideration, and thank you again for doing what your doing. I think it is truly incredible and inspirational!!

Blessings,
Andrew

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