Developing our awareness to stay in effective communication with our body sensations as they arise and accepting them for what they are, which is- our body trying to protect us, whether it is true or not.

Here, I like the word “Whether” it is true or not. It is like our body receiving an “incorrect Weather forcast”. Maybe that forcast is “Storm Coming”. But now in a single breath or two we can look within, be with the body sensations as they arise within us and understand that there is no storm coming. It is simply not true. It is just our bodies trying to protect us based on old information.

As we hone our skills and choose to “feel” this constant communication that we are receiving from our bodies, we find that sometimes the storm is really just clouds passing by. We can allow ourselves to feel our body sensations so that the grief does not have to consume us and take precious time away from us because we got lost in unnecessary sorrow.

We start to develop resilience and the ability to discern whether or not what we are feeling is true. We can then step from the darkness into the light with more ease.

We perceive the external world through our physical body and our sense organs. This is what we see, hear, taste, smell, feel and the thoughts or conclusions we formulate.

This can create pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations in the body. We welcome the pleasant sensations but find the unpleasant sensations stressful and unsatisfying.

 As we grow in awareness, we discover that even those pleasant sensations can cause us stress and anxiety. We worry that the thing we so love may not last, and we can feel the loss prematurely.

 So, when we can recognize these feelings arising from within us and allow ourselves to be with those feelings, we can investigate their validity and then nurture our emotions wisely.

 Now, through self awareness we can begin to live more sacredly in our body. For what we bring forth from ourselves will save us , what we don’t will destroy us. The Gnostic Bible of Thomas

This geometry is present in seashells, pinecones, tree branches, even galaxies. The seemingly magical complexity follows a simple, mathematical truth: keep adding, keep expanding, and trust that each phase is part of a beautifully inevitable design.

This requires developing “True Intimacy”. True intimacy is not physical proximity to another person. True intimacy is about deep connection with yourself. Being aware of what we are feeling in our body and what our bodies are trying to communicate to us.

As we learn more about ourselves, we can begin to understand the historical history we have to our ancestors, and how the inherited neurological wiring we have keeps us forever connected to them.