quite frankly, i was surprised by all the Love Missives sailed this way from y’all when i announced that my Beloved Ananda was going to do a Triathlon in April…her first as a mommy and her first ever triathlon for that matter at age 44…
I can’t say that “i’ve always dreamed of skiing with a daughter on winter afternoons in my hometown..” However, ilg’s gotta admit; this works too. I’ve lived in Durango most of my life…yet, sometimes, in mOMents like this one? i gotta pinch myself to see if i’ve not already ascended to some Heavenly Realm of the Buddha…i swear, in Durango the rivers, creeks, trees, snow, and birds all seem to me to sing the Dharma in the most seductive of ways…
My mOM – the Grand Dame of WF – has recovered fast from her colon cancer surgery, is back at her home in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and is chopping at the bit to ‘get back to my swim class!’ She told me to tell ALL of you…
Warriorship is about being brave enough (read; fearless) to be gut honest with ourselves every step of the Way. When our own mOM is encountering a possible Bardo Entry, it’s a pretty interesting Mirror in which to watch our mind, our ego, and our emotional waves. The egoic default system in place seems unflappably fastened to our Being; “Oh, poor me…having to clean up this diarrhea again when i could be out riding my bike or skiing or doing asana…” How many seconds, minutes, hours, days, lifetimes does it take before our Higher Self rises above the ego and emotions to herald, “This IS your yoga! This IS your Practice…so PRACTICE!”
Even our biologic family may not necessarily be our deepest spiritual family, yet the Grocery Store clerk very well might…
Is karma really so hard to see in operation? Don’t we only have to look back at our own lives to see clearly the consequences of some of our actions? When we upset or hurt someone, didn’t it rebound on us? Were we not left with a bitter and dark memory, and the shadows of self-disgust?
Eventually, our society just might arrive at the re-Discovery that sports, sweating, and stillness may provide the most accessible Path toward Awakening and social transformation the Western world will ever see. – coach ilg. All the jobs we do, the practices we perform, the sports in which we sweat, are mere apprenticeship. the real Art, the true Yoga is our life.
“Everything I’ve needed to teach my child, I learned from Snowshoe Racing.” – coach steve ilg champion winter sports athlete author/The Winter Athlete NOW APPEARING AT:the USSA Website click on RUNNING ON WATER column My real podium; coach with his 2 year-old daughter, Dewachen, after finishing 7th Overall at Flagstaff’s “Snow or No” 10k…a USSSA […]
ilg devotes this DL and bows to the immutable grace and strength of my Beloved Partner, the ‘great saint’ with whom live and love; Joy “Ananda” Kilpatrick…May All Beings Benefit From My Miniscule Progress To Be More Like Thee… photo by WF Student Shawna Schwaub. “Are you in Love?” the Teacher asked the Scientist. “Yes,” […]
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