December 10, 2005
TWO ONLINE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE SARTORI M(om)ENTS
Student #1: "You have been training me for the Now!"
dear coach ilg,
recently, much to my surprise, i came to an important insight. for many years, i thought that you were training me for triathlons then adventure races. now i think and feel (TAF) that i finally understand what you have been training me for these many years,
you have been training me for now.
people close to me have expressed amazement at how well (gracefully) i have been coping with the many dragons in my life (bankruptcy, divorce, estrangement from children). it does not feel to me like this is anything heroic, it is just a WF Warrior doing what needs to be done. thank you for preparing me for this time.
Online Student K (of Ilg Clan)
p.s. cycle summation will be done this week
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Student #2: "I was only making pancakes..."
Dear Coach,
my week has been filled with going still, going deep, and listening with compassion. It seems, in fact, to be something of a turning point. At this time of year I meet with my business partners to review the year, go over financials, decide on profit sharing, and the like. It can be a time of frustration as I am reminded that their view of how to treat our staff is very different than mine. For many years, as I said, it has been a source of frustration, but this year I have been able to listen to them with compassion for the pain that they carry and express every day. I also found myself listening without judging or attaching my emotional state to theirs. How different it feels! To have a glimmer of insight into what it really feels like to be present in the moment, listening with compassion and without judgment. The feeling afterward was that they will be OK and that they don�t need me to try to �help� them. I�m experiencing similar feelings with many of my relationships. Overall, it is a sense of Stillness.
This morning I made my son, Neil, pancakes, and for several moments in that experience, I was only making pancakes.
In the growing stillness I am able to hear my body more, and I feel that I�m in closer contact. In meditation, as well, I sense glimpses of a luminous self�perhaps it is an illusion, but I feel awareness of another dimension to my Self.
I truly look forward to this week of WF workouts.
Namaste,
WF Online Student M (of Clan Haku)
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