Thursday, February 26, 2009
On Embodying
What I have been calling embodying, as well as most others here in the body mecca of Boulder, Colorado, is mostly a mental concept. Does the body really need to embody? No way! Because our busy mind continually experiences lack of space, and time, it wants to take over the world of the body and set up territories under its control. What the body actually needs is for the small mind to release its hold and let it freely exchange energy between the inner life of the cells and the outer life of community, planet, and cosmos. Then there is no need to embody, all is just a flow of being!
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Well, depends on your definition of "mind." We often use the word to mean "brain," whereas in some traditions, "mind" is the substance of consciousness, present in all living things, and flowing as [divine?] intelligence in the body....
ReplyDeleteAll well and good to just say "let go of the mind," but as a fellow Boulderite, I see a enough unconscious flailing-about of psychic energies under the guise of "just letting go."
I'm all for aware, mindful attunement of our consciousness within our bodies.
Which I'm sure is what you meant anyways - semantics...
Ok Dear, I get your point. I added the word "small" in front of mind to denote a difference from "BIG MIND". I never said or meant "let go of the mind". My point is entirely about the compulsion we have to "embody", which I'm seeing as another layer of the grasping, holding, or small mind. This state of mind likes to create more work for itself in order to keep its job! Also, lovey, I'm wondering if consciousness even needs mindful attunement within our bodies?
ReplyDeleteregarding your mindful attunement question: I can only speak from experience, but when I practice (meditation, yoga, etc...) with the intent to align my consciousness with my body, and my mind in the still center point, this attunement reverberates and shapes the rest of my life with peace, clarity and joy.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is beautiful! I like the way you say "align my consciousness with my body, and my mind is the still center point" That reverberates my experience as well, where the "body" is a cellular microcosm of the biocosmic universal field.
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