Wholistic Fitness

foreword:

see my Teaching Blog of September 30 for the previous Chapter of this original story which i used to tell my pet Wolf beneath a canopy of San Juan stars on chilly, if not freezing, October nights like this one…

recent pic by ilg:  preciously rare rain puddles upon preciously potent Sandstone in Wupatki National Monument near Kinlani, AZ 

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“What does dharma mean?” asked back Mother Mountain whose Native Hopi name was, Cha’tima, ‘the Caller.’   

“well,” responded Cha’tima,  “when spelled with a capital “D” in the White Man’s language?   it means the Teachings of the Buddha. and without a capital D it means the Virtuous Way of All Things”

Aditsan’s body shuddered like a flash flood in the Chinle wash during monsoons upon receiving these Words from her Mother.   Faster than lightning, before her Mother could continue,  Aditisan interrupted, “Mommy!  Who is the Buddha?”  

“Oh you Precious Listener!” squealed Cha’tima, as she astrally gathered (because, as you know, mountains do not move by their nature) Aditisan up in her moist, loving pine folds, “the Buddha is one of very few Enlightened Beings who help keep the Two-Leggeds on their Path.  The dharma is what keeps us cognizant between Happiness and Sacredness” replied Cha’tima

“I  want to know more about the Dharma, yet can you PLEASE tell me more about the dharma spelled with a little-‘d’?,” replied Aditisan.

“Of course!” answered Cha’tima, quite taken aback yet proud that her daughter seemed permeated by a Higher Wisdom, a seeking of the subtle Realities which dance before all, yet very few are and remain eager enough to pursue…

Cha’tima slowed her speak,  “the dharma is not the easy Path, it is the warrior path which is far more difficult, more steep, more unforgiving than all paths possible…why are you so interested in knowing of this impossibly difficult Path, my treasured young one?”

“Because,” replied Aditisan, “i know this Path is mine!”

“Very well,” said Cha’tima, “I will do my best to impart to you now the Warrior Path which your Father transmitted to me many moons ago…”

“My father?” shrieked Aditisan, “please tell me more!”