February 23, 2005
COACH ILG..."THE EGOTIST"
one of the many "not so fan" emails i get each day. this time, i felt like responding;
"I just started looking at your weblog recently. Being a yoga practitioner for many years, I've been struck by a somewhat egotist tone to some of your postings. It certainly seem to clash with the precepts of yoga as I've come to see them.
Amateur athletics might be�perceived to be quite different from yoga's philosophic teachings, but I don't really think so. (I assume you don't think so either)
I saw a posting on a cross country ski site today that sums up my attitude :
"The Golden of amateur athletics is the quality of the performance is inversely proportional to the quantity of its self promotion"
I'll still keep up� with your postings, as I think there is a strong connection with athletic pursuits and yoga.
I'll probably run into you sometime on Sandia Peak, which is where I spend many blissful hours yearround.
Namaste' R B"
Most Noble Fitness Warrior RB -
(it is customary in my 'temple' to at least include a polite salutation when emailing others.
as Gandhi said, "There is more to life, than merely accelerating its speed.")
i bow to your letter, thank you.
i learn from you.
even the desire for Awakening, for Enlightenment
requires egoic structure, does it not?
i in-courage you to keep looking through my humble yet powerful 'temple archives' and published books...
in nearly a quarter century of devoting my life to inspiring others through demonstration and action,
you may dis-cover a deeper layer to what you see as "egotist" in your quick perusal and judgment of myself.
i bow to your Devoted Practice,
coach ilg
founder/WholisticFitness.com
author/TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION
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