Wholistic Fitness

“Mountain does not worry…” in the attempt to integrate a spiritual, inner-directed Path many of us Westerners encounter great difficulty in realizing that our perfectionism is of no help – and in fact hinders –
the Upward Ascent of our Awakening. below, i use my Taoist Teacher’s wisdom to help a student find some footholds along this Steep Pitch of her WF Online Studies…

May the following discourse be of benefit to your own Practice,

head bowed,
coach ilg

above photo; the Sacred Peak, now a fully amp’d 12,600’+ Snow Crystal, radiates Her powerful Pran as i leave for a nordic skiing workout this morning.
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STUDENT QUESTION:
I did not do any of my prescribed Strength Training workouts and I just cannot become consistent on my Early Morning Rituals. Meditation seems Light Years away from my chattering mind. I hate the thought of meditating alone. Didn�t do it once. Not particularly proud of it. I feel like i am a disappointment to you, to the more Noble WF Online Students in DL, worse I feel like I am a disappointment to myself. What can I do?

COACH:
Most Noble Shishya,
listen closely, this is important. Every Aspirant down through the ages has reached your cusp of Self Disappointment. Lord Buddha knows i sure have! Every great student has had to navigate the emotional terrain upon which you now tread. Without encountering this terrain, you will never be a wise source of Helpfulness – sincere helpfulness – to anyone.
including yourself.
Re-Joice! This Terrain, though a Steep Pitch, is a Blessing!

in the years ahead, as we attempt to advance your Practice into your “HouseHolder” lifestyle,
lack of Abhyasa will occur.� relax. as my Teacher, Sensei Kishiyama would say;

“Mountain does not worry…

River does not worry…

Tree does not worry…

Clouds do no worrying…”

Noble One,
you are not a renouncer.
you have a husband.
you have children.
you have a house.
you have a professional career.
you have longings for Security in your ‘old age.’

yes, you and i are attempting to
balance your Inner and Outer Worlds, however,� seeming “mistakes” and lack of Abhyasa will occur…
thus, you will have to develop the ability to make those mistakes WITHOUT condemning yourself.

that is the important part; make mistakes without condemning yourself, okay?

in the Medicine Wheel, there is circular nature for go(o)d reason; the Way of our EarthWalk requires many forms of life, death, and rebirth. just witness your Mind in meditation to authenticate this. Just watch the way snow melts, flowers bloom, birds sing, grass withers. Listen! Relax your perfectionistic grasping and instead focus on your Sankalpa.

As Swami Rama teaches, ‘Determine that no matter what happens, no matter how man times you stumble,
it does not matter.� If you have not crawled, you cannot walk; if you have not stumbled, you cannot stand.
In the process of unfoldment you have to crawl, and without crawling you will have psychological problems.
Do not create a complex in your heart and mind by thinking that you are nothing.� Don’t start condemning yourself,
and suffering.� Stumbling and committing mistakes are not sins.� �On the path of wisdom there is no such
thing as sin.”

why do you TAF i created the saying,
“Just begin,�
again and again,
and endlessly again….”
as a WF Maxim?�

why do you TAF i created the quote,
“In any given moment there are only two questions;
‘Am i grasping or am i concentrating?'”

do you TAF i created such Maxims because i never make mistakes?
HA!!!
my Lack of Awareness astounds me every few minutes!
after decades of Practice however, i have learned an adept’s Trick when i realize yet another moment of my own ignorance;
smile! �

you are a fine, student.
always have been.
my Coaching counsel?
SMILE!
you are on par for Enlightenment…let’s just keep going.

fierce love by your side along the Upwardly Inclined Way,
coach ilg

PHOTOS:
#2; Agassiz Peak, my ‘mountain yogi’s yoga mat’ this morning. by coach
#3; Taos River. Taos Pueblo, NM. by coach
#4; Arizona Sycamore. Montezuma’s Well, AZ. by coach
#5; cloudscape over Sandia Peak, NM. by coach
#6; WF Temple H(om)e Medicine Wheel, yesterday. by coach