Noble Sangha,
this Gong is being rung for my devoted student; Roberto Crespo of Pasadena, CA…
How much about Wholistic Parenting not only mirrors, yet amplifies our own spiritual journey?…It’s like swinging with your Lil Rinpoche…Alert your alertness, yet… at the same time be relaxed. So relaxed that not even a notion of relaxation remains. Pic: Relaxed Alertness is like holding onto the swing without realizing you are holding onto the swing; you’re just dropping into the swinging!
In our fifth 2011 Kiva Talk for WF Members, we got a taste (!) of the fifth (and most “un-coachable”) Noble Fitness Discipline of Wholistic Fitness: Nutrition!
…Nothing says August in a small mountain town (still/almost) than a sizzling sun beaming down upon a Daddy and his Daughter on a Ferris Wheel…”Look Daddy, that’s Chapman Ski Hill!”
if these do NOT inspire thee to train as hard as possible, as soft as what’s probable, and as grateful as ilg is for thee?
then you might wish to seek another Tribe…cuz, this is as Go(o)d as it gets in this one!
To work with changes now, in life: That is the real way to prepare for death. Life may be full of pain, suffering, and difficulty, but all of these are opportunities handed to us to help us move toward an emotional acceptance of death…
…The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during
“Downward Facing Tree” which is what the Sanskrit name means, requires maturity from roots, just like a tree. in this case however, your ‘roots’ are your hands instead of your feet. so, in the same way a rock climber must steadfastly train his or her finger strength for crucial contact strength of the connective tissues of the fingers, hands, wrists, and elbows…so too, the yogin must use…
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