ilg, watching his (Dharma) wheels going 'round and 'round. "The outer world don't give my blogs or books or resume awards; in fact, many people disdain ilg...not that they can outperform ilg, even these days, however, that doesn't seem to matter. it's go(o)d, a perfect Teaching of Aparigraha. as my Teachers taught me; "All Karma is God," and, as the Gita taught me long ago; "Be not attached to the fruits of thy labor." photo by Ananda; cranking red rock, cross style. kids; wear your helmet; i took mine off for the photo.
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There is a great book, written by my friend Bo Lozoff called, WE’RE ALL DOING TIME. My bro Bo is a fellow Karma Yogi and his “Prison-Ashram Project” is his version of my Wholistic Fitness Project. We were both instructed by our Teachers when we were young to spend our lives, “Serving beyond Self.“ While Bo attempts to bring Dharma to prisoners behind bars, feeble ilg - through speech, body, and mind - attempts to bring Dharma to those who realize that the necessity of personal fitness is actually necessity for our Soul. While Bo helps to Serve those with official prison sentences, ilg attempts to Serve those whose Attachments and Afflictions are less pronounced, cleverly hidden behind a masquerade of legalized, socially acceptable (if not sensationalized) masks. Yet, if we can grab our crotches hard enough and strong enough to really look at ourSelves, rigorously through years of Meditation i mean, we may See with fright that our various addictions to our Habits of thought and selfish, grasping actions are more lethal to our eventual Freedom than a jail cell.
“Two men stare out from behind iron bars.
One sees the mud.
The other, the stars.”
- unknown yogi
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As a sweat and sport based Dharma Teacher (masquerading as a personal fitness teacher), I watch all of us making our various wheels go ‘round and ‘round. Cyclists make our wheels go round and round, runners, too. Yogis and our Sun Salutes, bodybuilders and our barbells. Round and round we go. Meanwhile, if we are not careful - extremely so - our truest wheels of self; our Dharma Wheels can remain stuck in the ruts of our egoic grooves. Hec, let's be true here; the more addicted we become to our workouts or our sport, the less liberating our sweat becomes. Exercise as vice instead of Enlightenment Vehicle.
Knowing we are all Just Doing Time coincides with the very m(om)ent of our unique Spiritual Wake Up Call.
Ilg has never won an award for having the ‘best blog of…”
Fact is, OUTSIDE MAGAZINE readers voted my 1992 Cover Shot as the “Worst Ever” and next month OUTSIDE is going to republish the photo so that the newer Readers of OUTSIDE can poke their own fun at ilg in his mullet topped lycra yoga pose. Meanwhile, the beautiful story behind the cover shot; wherein i train their writer, Don Katz, for a winter triathlon embracing WF Principles and transform his entire being along the way - slides by unrequited.
A reason the Dharma Vehicle of WF remains so austere is that...
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