How we see ourselves from the inside is truly a
universe all to itself. It is the
foundation of how we relate to the universe around us. But, before you can develop a healthy
universe inside, you must first notice the flaws within it. Why would you fix something that you don’t
think is broken?
This would be impossible to do if you are deficient
of honesty and courage! You must be
willing to endure the pain of being with what you don’t want and the pain of
being away from what you do want long enough to see how you relate. There can be no drugs, hindrances or obsessions
in the way; we must be still and sober.
It wasn’t until I faced my deepest inner
insecurities that it dawned on me. The
biggest problem that I have ever had was spawned by a negative body image. I still travel with heavy luggage filled with
associations I made when I was still learning how to talk. Ironically, the antidote for an unhealthy
body image is a healthy negative body image.
Most people don’t like the strategy called “Contemplation
of the Body” it can inspire disgust.
i.e. blood, urine, feces, intestines, puss, phlegm, saliva etc… This is not to inspire an obsession for what
is disgusting about being human. It is
to remind us that we are all fundamentally the same from the inside out. It is to pry us from our attachment to what
is beautiful about the body before it fades due to illness or aging, to cure us
of our obsessions for what we have or don’t have, and to make us focus on what
is truly beautiful about being human: Integrity, Love and Compassion.
Here follows a few links I’ve found to be helpful about the
body:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/bodymind.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/bodymind.html
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