December 22nd: Amma (Joy) chanting the Sacred Mantra to our daughter as the drug begins to put Dewachen into a Bardo Realm…a harrowing experience that no parent ever wants to see…photo by ilg (who was chanting as well)
Nor is it something you ever EVER find outside of yourself…be it through Lasers or Athletic Tape applied… It has always been yours, and helped give Birth to you, yet notwithstanding those precious m(OM)ents where you Connect Without Compromise, It still remains those aloof in-stances whereupon you have never actually seen It directly.
The yogi asked the Scientist, “Have you ever been in Love?”
“Yes, replied the Award-Winning Scientist…
“Then…
i felt the immense and sudden impact of a hundred thousand Conscious Parenting hours hit me in that one heart opening confession of my Chi-ld being so present with her feelings and her trust in me to provide for her…
“If you lose the spirit of repetition, your {zen} practice becomes difficult.” – D.T. Suzuki…
only difference with WF?
we don’t just Sit…we SWEAT…c’mon…
after two weeks of snowshoe training here at Ski Hesperus, my tracks – both old and new – appear to ilg as Tibetan Prayer Banners; for each one was made with the Sacred Mantra as background to my heaving cardio efforts…
ilg has been doing and teaching the same and/or similar core movements for over 3 decades and am falling ever deeper in love with core training. why? i don’t use music, or fancy machines or other gimicks…i use core training to rescue over and over again my soul…by using core training as a form of Pratyhara (yogic sense withdrawl)
a shot from when feeble ilg “had it all” from an Outer World perspective; 6 figures in the bank account, a harem of fitness honeys, celebrity fitness clients, my own yoga studio, and thankfully, still the Divine Light showed me the Way Higher and out from this trap…photo by (unnamed) after a full night of partying at the Bellagio, Las Vegas, circa 2004. Below, i answer a shout for help from a young gun in LA who found himself in my same spiritual trip and trap…you might be surprised at my answer….
after a morning of chopping wood, cranking Mantra, i had to lower the testosterone inherent to operating such things as chain saws, 8lb Colton Splitting Axes, sledges and a half-cord of wild wood to soften into being a bodyworker…so, into the Zendo i went and the subsequent transformation from Yang to Yin
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