Don’t we know, only too well, that protection from pain doesn’t work, and that when we try to defend ourselves from suffering, we only suffer more and don’t learn what we can from the experience? As Rilke wrote, the protected heart that is “never exposed to loss, innocent and secure, cannot know tenderness; only the […]
BEST SEAT IN DA HOUSETaking a Squirrel incarnation could mean that we ‘hoarded’ and ‘gathered’ too many possessions in this or another lifetime. The compulsion to ‘attain and hoard from others,’ is one example of a kleshic tendency of which all Conscious Fitness Warriors, intend on Wholeness, must be watchful. i grabbed this shot yesterday […]
“On the withered tree,a flower blooms.”– DT Suzuki As we continue – at our own Level and Willingness – our Journey toward Wholeness, there is nothing that we won’t face. Among the dizzying depths of years of strength training, cardio training, yoga, meditation, mastery of food, and of course the constant in-our-face Lifestyle Principles which […]
The Compassionate Heart of the Awakening Hips by coach steve ilg4*09with bows to ShantiDeva do not republish without permission The energy within opening hips is the supreme nectar that overcomes the laziness of spiritual slumber. It is the inexhaustible treasure which eliminates poverty in the wholeness of fitness. It is the supreme medicine that quells one’s inner […]
Rest in natural great peaceThis exhausted mindBeaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought,Like the relentless fury of the pounding wavesIn the infinite ocean of samsara.Rest in natural great peace. NYOSHUL KHEN RINPOCHE
click on pics to enjoy a deeper chi hit.read between my direct lines to enjoy a deeper chi hit, as well.as ever. Don’t you just love it when people say, “Well, just ‘Be yourself’ and you’ll do just fine.” They mean well, i am sure. This great sounding counsel at first hearing seems to have […]
“He carried a bamboo stick but had no hat on his head. The sun’s rays beat down so harshly that the tiles along the walk burned one’s feet. He worked hard and was covered with sweat. I could not help but feel the work was too much of a strain for him. His back was […]
where i get the WF Teachings? ilg cannot stop the torrential Divine Downpour of WF. not for 30 years, at least. sometimes, i just need to run into the bottom of the Grand Canyon and go upside down to stem the Flow and experience a quaint sense of Kailavaya. photo by Craig Ilg. a couple […]
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