Note to readers,
it is Tradition within the Wholistic Fitness® Path to always recognize publicly the Noble Efforts of those who produce the altars upon whose terrain we spill our sweat…this is an actual excerpt i recently wrote to the Rio Grande Sun, a small newspaper covering the remote northern New Mexico area wherein many secret, sacred spaces vibrate…
As i drilled the descent through the Stadium for Lap Two, Clay had 20 seconds on me…by the end? Well, i ‘thought i had time,” to make up the snow-covered real estate on Lap 2 to bridge up to him and challenge him for a sprint finish yet that turned out to be fantasy against such a veteran champion like Clay.
Same thing in spiritual training; we THINK we have more years ahead of us to meditate, to begin to formulate and fortify the filaments of consciousness which propel us into our next incarnation ‘when we have more time,” yet? that is a fallacy. there is no more time coming…we could each die tomorrow and the volume and intensity of our Meditation Efforts accumulated into the one mOMent of our passing into The Next is precisely what sets the astral stage for our Bardo Race toward Enlightenment….
you ready?
set?
to Go?!??!
i had ‘That Feeling’ which athletes s(om)etimes get on Race Day…
it’s a feeling that…
well, even if we don’t gain the podium?
we’re gonna extract some deep down suffering from the cells of our competitors…
today, with a 4 week-old knee MCL injury that sends most scrambling to surgery …today? ilg Felt It and It was SPECTACULAR!
Backstory: my beloved Purgatory Ski Area, since being hijacked by out of towners that chose to capitalize on condo’s, Texans, and capital gains, has consistently turned its back on our requests to integrate Uphill Skiing/Snowshoeing. Nearly every other Colorado ski area has welcomed uphill athletes as long as we accept to buy lift tickets […]
This is your next coach steve ilg approved Dharma movie! Enjoy and allow your sadhana to become re-recentered and re-ignited after watching this incredible documentary. A genuine must-see from the one and only Werner Herzog. A genuine spiritual warrior flick.
“…we get out…we get out with our kids, our Loved Ones, our selves, most of all…and we Breathe..and we Listen..and we Merge…into the SnowDance…”
ilg feels cOMpassion for all those cyclists and runners and dryland triathletes which refuse the nordic snows and spend all winter on indoor trainers like so many rats in a lab…oooooh!
when was the last time you out-sprinted a teenager after running a heart rate of 166+ for 50 minutes at 9,000’…and WON!?!
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