'Body Awareness' Articles
In a way our bodies belong to us, and in a way they don’t. In a way, our bodies belong to the earth itself. Our bodies have a wisdom born of the earth “eco-system” or consciousness that we ourselves do not create, or learn, or dictate. All that we perceive stems from nature/God/the great spirit/life force. A wisdom transcending our own. The world itself cares only for your essence. It is one with your essence, and seeks to support your being at every turn.
“You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the body as an emotion, and of this you can become aware.” Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now : A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit.” Mevlana Rumi (1207 – 1273), Essential Rumi
Body Identification
There is a lot of debate in spiritual and metaphysical circles about whether identification with the body is appropriate, and strong arguments are made for both sides. Where do you stand, friends? Are we our bodies or are we not? Well, our bodies are here. Ignoring it won’t make it go away, and sometimes they cause misery. Who is “we”? Good question. I heard something about a book written on reincarnation, and the author maintains that we tend to look basically the same life after life. So that would indicate, if true, that we have some identification with it. “Return… Seek More
Body Awareness
The bodies awareness is not a source of evil. It’s the disconnect that is. Most people are actually very little present in their body, so food, sex, music, they are only half experienced, and people often seem very self absorbed. This is attributed to gratifying the body for some reason. Anyone have an idea why? To feel comfort? The body’s trying to tell us it’s hungry? Projection of needs onto others? But the body doesn’t make us self absorbed. It’s needs always drive us to be aware of the world, and we eat too much not because of what we… Seek More
Wiser Than The Planet?
Who here is wiser than the whole planet? People who train their body not to do something like cry really get twisted. If I try hard not to cry, I usually do it anyway. Maybe that is why some folks can’t take all that excitement. They would be uncomfortably afraid. Unfortunately we train our body to repress a lot to make it through many social encounters. Yes, this is true. Too much feeling, and this would make them have to feel their own minds, which become twisted things through “common sense” and “reason”. But yes, who here is wiser than… Seek More
Our Bodies
How are you today? Still Breathing. Breathing is good. I rather like it. Breathing and moving. So, we are all alive today? And kicking. Oh, do indeed kick if it’s necessary. I enjoy marital arts. In gratitude today, thank God. Excellent, remember to thank God is to be likewise grateful to yourself. We thank ourselves all too infrequently. Yes. In my experience you either have gratitude or you have none, not some for one and none for another. But the gratitude is usually for external things and not for oneself. True, and this is a mistaken orientation that causes huge… Seek More
Two Powers of Essence
Does anyone find that the world seems to care for their opinion? These emotions and sensations you have judged bad, they just keep happening don’t they? The world wants to influence your opinion with another? Hmm, only opinions want to influence your opinion. These opinions are called ego. The world itself cares only for your essence. It is one with your essence, and seeks to support your being at every turn. So is your essence what makes you unique? Yes. It’s your relationship to the unity, your special place, and it has two very important powers. Attention. Attention = incarnation. It’s… Seek More
