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"To imagine that Zen is mysterious is the first grave mistake which many make about it."
- D.T. Suzuki
"ilg stops while fitness walking with Ananda to consider the far-better-than-perfume fragrance radiating from a rose in our neighborhood. Postural note; most 'grown ups' make the same fatal mistake in smelling flowers as they do with animals and small children; they don't...."
and:
for a beautiful display of someone who really knows how to appreciate the myriad gentle miracles of life; WF Teacher Joy's new Blog entry should be enjoyed by all:
The Joyful Breath
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plus the Crazy Wisdom Coach again cracks open boxed thinking during a DL Favorite:
BEGINNER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION:
why do you call your home, Two Tree Manor?
ANSWER:
see Today's DIRECT LINES!
QUESTION:
why are you always putting up naked and half-naked pictures of yourself while meditating or doing yoga on your blogs and emails?
ANSWER:
see Today's DIRECT LINES! (classic AND poignant Bardo Teaching here!)
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QUESTION:
why are you so pissed off about the use of iPods?
ANSWER:
what was so horrible about the use of "iSilence" before the add-vent of "iPods"?
see his whole commentary on Today's DIRECT LINES!
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QUESTION:
why do you so often speak of yourself in third person? it's weird.
ANSWER:
study this Ancient Mantra of Traditional Mountain Yogis to find your answer:
"Sabbe Dhamma Nalam Abinesavaya"
see his whole commentary on Today's DIRECT LINES!
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QUESTION:
why are you so tough on answering Beginning Students questions? you should be more nice to us!
ANSWER:
ilg loves your Highest Self.
providing easy answers in a Dharma Based Path is doing disService to your capacity in Self Cultivation. Nothing is easy about the spiritual journey until Awakened Consciousness starts to...
see the whole Answer on today's DIRECT LINES!
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QUESTION:
How can you tell if your Amino Acid supplementation is providing you a Positive Nitrogen Balance that you speak about so much?
ANSWER:
the yogi -well trained by his or her Teacher- has learned Ancient Shatkarma Practices that easily provide the answer without modern equipment, such as testing and tasting it in our...
See today's DIRECT LINES for the very interesting answer!
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ilg 'in training' for learning Diaper Dharma with Teddy...
QUESTION:
how excited are you about your Baby Girl?
ANSWER:
sometimes very excited!
at which point, ilg must develop equanimity; no telling what God has in store. ilg and Ananda are merely Conduits. my Baby Girl is not "mine" at all; she is God's Baby Girl. ilg and Ananda are merely CareTakers and Appreciators of the Miracle and Gift.
Besides, like anything ilg does, ilg must...
see photos like this of ilg 'training' for Baby "Om" to arrive soon! hilarious yet very helpful only at today's DIRECT LINES!!
