"Doubt is a weakness in wholistic understanding and a lack of spiritual education. However, Doubt is required for the maturation of faith and self reliance. It is when we face doubts and difficulties that we determine whether our faith is an intellectual and conceptual one, or whether it is warrior strong, enduring, and anchored from the heartspace.
If you have faith, sooner or later it will be put to the test, and wherever the challenge comes from—from within you or from outside—it is...as Sogyal Rinpoche says, 'simply part of the process of faith and doubt.'
As a Wholistic Fitness yogi we must all-Ways remember our maxim; There is no such thing as problems; only challenges...spiritual barbells waiting to be picked up so we may grow stronger and more whole."
- steve ilg
photo: me, after a Time Trial. Below: in my "Race of Truth" position, the most important asana of all asana's; the Time Trial position. both photos by the LA Times.
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If we listen to the words of the New Ager's and the rookies along the Spiritual Path, we keep hearing the same old thing;
"It's not the end that matters, it's the journey."
ilg sez,
It IS the end...it IS the Finish Line...it IS the PODIUM that matters MOST OF ALL!
Why? Because the Podium of the "Human Race" is God's Kingdom...it's the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha (Dewachen).
Sure, the process...the Journey is absolutely fantastic and awesome and YES, it IS the "going" that matters, yet it is the ARRIVING that matters most!...
DO NOT MISS THIS REALLY INCREDIBLY POTENT FINISH TO COACH's 4th Place Finish at the IRON HORSE BICYCLE CLASSIC with very little specific training...don't miss the heart-opening photos!!!
