Wholistic Fitness

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My Noble WF Sangha,
this year i set several new “PR’s” when it came to my most cherished whole-iday; Hallow’s Eve. only those few Warriors that were with me in Boulder, back in the eighties, have a visceral knowledge of just how MUCH fun i had with this time of masks, costumes, and thoroughly engaged FUN!

• this was the first Hallow’s Eve when i started the festivities at 4:00 pm and was home by 7:00 pm…it used to be start at 7 pm, finish at 4 am!

• it was the first Hallow’s Eve when i did not even know what i was ‘dressed up’ as.

• it was the first Hallow’s Eve where my most potent beverage of choice was Calli Tea…

• …and it was surely my first Hallow’s Eve where i began to feel just how spiritually beautiful and Blessed it is be an Awakened New Daddy with two such Radiant Princesses of the Pran…

i thus give to you my Prayer inspired by my ever-maturing role as a New Daddy Yogic Warrior in Kali Yuga…

Dharma Blessings from within the Sweat and Spirit of the one and only WF Temple Beneath the Sacred Peak…

head bowed,

rev ilg

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May all your mornings
be filled with the spirit of Red Tailed Hawks escorting Grandfather Sun’s arrival…

May all your workouts, work-withins, and daily activities be filled with awe at just how fun, how vital it is to breathe and move with the Grace of Heaven’s own breath moving through our lungs, limbs, minds, and spirits; truly we are all of the same Cosmic Breath…May you NEVER let your Inner Light dim!

…May the Way arise naturally and unhindered,
radiant and fresh
without pre-conditions or judgments
or comparisons of any form…

…May all your caloric expenditures
be balanced with a grateful nourishment…
each bite taken as if it was your first ever…

…May all your days (and food events) be balanced with starlit evenings
warm and cozy,
quiet and conscious,
appreciated and loved
from an attitude of Gratitude for
even having the honor of living such Blessed Days…

…and May there always be a pot of hot Calli Night Tea
awaiting the end of your Warrior Days,
cleansing and supporting
your Natural Fitness and gradual Awakening through
the perfect challenges of our lives,
our era,
our biologic family,
our spiritual family,
and
the Play of Lila…

“For there is suffering, but none who suffers;
Doing exists although there is no doer;
Extinction is but no extinguished person;
Although there is a path, there is no goer.”
– Buddhaghosa; Visuddhimagga 513

From the “Can Do Clan” at 3-Chi Manor beneath the Sacred Peak…May your sweat and stillness today be inspired by the Great Spirit…

WakanTaka!!!

PHOTO CAPTIONS;
photo 1 = Dewachen Ilg,13-months old, pumpkin inspecting at Flagstaff’s downtown Halloween Gathering yesterday.
photo 2 = Sunrise at 3-Chi Manor, the WF Temple H(om)e, Kinlani, AZ. Oct. 31, 2008
photos 3&4 = Chi Swingin’ with Abba; photo by Amma.
photo 5 = Dewa points the Way by re-organizing playground pumpkins…“Who put these things here anyway? the feng-shui is all wrong!”
photos 6&7 = typical evening scene at 3-Chi Manor
photo 8 = the Can Do Clan, Hallow’s Eve downtown Kinlani (Flagstaff). photo by Jessica.