sage and sunrise over Hopi Land…photo by ilg. click to enlarge the Chi Hit 40 years, baby! Earth Day is now officially nearly as old as ilg! it’s been a long haul since back in the day when everybody used to make fun of me when i prescribed “Litter Patrols” as a mandatory part of […]
When ilg hears the word ‘winter solstice,’ i’ve trained myself to hear instead another WF Word Choice Guru;‘Win Our Souls (to) Us.” Soygal Rinpoche teaches: “To learn how to die is to learn how to live; to learn how to live is to learn how to act not only in this life but in the […]
“The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon.” ~Bill Strickland, The Quotable Cyclist “To the Wholistic Fitness® yogi? A bicycle is our lifeblood; it’s our car, it’s our health insurance, it’s our chi-developer, it’s our weapon against Gaia Abuse.Today? […]
Excuse me,however,isn’t that a Double-Vajra Dorje in the new set of the Jay Leno Show? (see wall set design over Leno’s left shoulder) and…uh…isn’t he standing on a Zia Symbol from NM? interesting how those who capitalize on gossip and enter-tainment are drawn to (ab)using the powerful Transmission energies of symbols representing inner-attainment from eon-old […]
As a Dharma Protector,some things just force me to pick up mygeneral public Dharma Protection Sword and start swinging… This “Letter To The Editor” did just that: “To The Editor:Budget Override? Oh, sure! Let’s see: Can’t pay teachers, but can spend millions on football fields and tracks, etc. Ever heard of responsible spending? I know, […]
Namaste dear Coach, Might you be willing to grant me some personal time one of these days? I would love some additional guidance with this monkey mind of mine. The connection of the mind, body, and spirit is a glorious thing—such moments as these I find often in the Practice Cave with you each Tuesday […]
photo of our gorgeous Grandmother, taken by student shawna schaub outside the WF Temple H(om)e. *** Most Precious GrandMother, ilg is so sorry…on behalf of my Turtle Island Tribe of the Two-Leggeds,ilg is sooooo sorry. as a boy with a wolf,you empowered my courage to fight the scariness of backcountry night. as a climberi would […]
it’s 5:18 am, this morning. four Wapiti prowl among pre-dawn light among the grasses of “Buddha Hill” behind the WF Temple H(om)e. My statue of Gautama Himself, momentarily trapped between the legs of a spring-born Elk child. i stall my steps out the door for my Early Morning Ritual walking meditation; content to leave my […]
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