throughout my life, a Rainbow of Inner Wealth has always seemingly splashed upon my high mountain autumns…the Temple Cats curl into cozy fur balls. it requires great restraint to walk past them without wanting to just…just…well, you know…my Early Morning Kin-Hin Meditations and Rituals before the Garden Buddha take on new layers of concentration whilst […]
Courtesy of Teacher Ananda and her Online Teaching with a Noble Student… The following images are the most recent, full-resolution solar images in ultraviolet ranges from the Goodard Space Flight. Any of you who under-appreciated Grandfather Sun today probably: a) were in overcast conditions, b) have not spent enough time backpacking or winter mountaineering (whereupon […]
Dear Coach, As fall’s snows come now (5)I feel the steel of practice (7)Open to winter (5)STORM PEAK (the view from my temple home, at sunset)– warrior tobe *** COMING NOVEMBER 10th: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE “WF SANGHALOUNGE”ONLY FOR DL SUBSCRIBERS! This new Upgrade to the WF Tribal Cave includes a diverse linkage of […]
In Strength, Sweat, Suppleness, and SPOOKINESS!!!! Happy Halloween From Two Tree Manor; your lil’ Temple Up On The Haunted Hill! May all children everywhere enjoy a huge glycemic index spike from all the candy and run around in masks and enjoy the freedom of just being a kid! Hey parents; save SOME of that Trick […]
“Things will never be perfect. How could they be? We are still in samsara. Even when you have chosen your master and are following the teachings as sincerely as you can, you will meet difficulties and frustrations, contradictions and imperfections. Don’t succumb to obstacles and tiny difficulties. These are often only ego’s childish emotions. Don’t […]
“Moreover, one gains purity of sattva, cheerfulness of mind, one-pointedness, mastery over the senses,and fitness for Self Realization.”– Sri Swami SatchidanandaWhen we work with our bodies, our hearts grow naturally more pure. There is no shortcut around the body. Whenour hearts become more pure, we smile more often. We almost shock ourselves at seeing how […]
You know you are a Warrior attempting to be a DharmaLight when you read stuff like this from the Associated Press: “…a new study says Americans are burning nearly 1 billion more gallons of gasoline each year than they did in 1960 because of their expanding waistlines. Simply put, more weight in the car means […]
Jennifer Heightley, who appears in “THE WINTER ATHLETE” book, shown here deep into my infamous IWT/IWCT workout, circa mid-eighties. ***Dear Coach Ilg,I recently purchased your book THE WINTER ATHLETE and have begun following the training regimen prescribed in the Area-Telemark chapter. I have a question about the IWT/ICWT routine. After outlining the sequence of exercises, […]
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