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Daily Question, August 3

What arises in me when I take in the wonder of my living body?

  • Malag

    At the moment pain. The wonder I could have it right now; I wasn’t expecting it.

  • Shell

    gratitude, wonder and love

  • Javier Visionquest
    Breathing deeply into the Hara, I think of my own death. I can never consider my body deeply without thinking of its inevitable demise but I understand that it's merely a vehicle for learning; that mortality is the price each of us pays for a part in the creative and collaborative action of the universe awakening from the dream of separation and fear into the superconscious experience of simultaneous oneness and unity. Every possibility there ever was and could ever be happening at once: Eterni...

    Breathing deeply into the Hara, I think of my own death. I can never consider my body deeply without thinking of its inevitable demise but I understand that it’s merely a vehicle for learning; that mortality is the price each of us pays for a part in the creative and collaborative action of the universe awakening from the dream of separation and fear into the superconscious experience of simultaneous oneness and unity. Every possibility there ever was and could ever be happening at once: Eternity

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  • Hot Sauce
    Awe at the wonder of the complex structures in the body (the human brain and immune system are considered the two most complex systems in the universe) arises in me when I think about my body. It's also amazing how a patterned code from DNA can give proteins instructions for creating such a complex system. Also, the fact that our brains affect and are affected by our consciousness is very fascinating when we think of it. And the limbic system, which allows us to have the deepest kinds of spiritu...

    Awe at the wonder of the complex structures in the body (the human brain and immune system are considered the two most complex systems in the universe) arises in me when I think about my body. It’s also amazing how a patterned code from DNA can give proteins instructions for creating such a complex system. Also, the fact that our brains affect and are affected by our consciousness is very fascinating when we think of it. And the limbic system, which allows us to have the deepest kinds of spiritual, emotional, and relational experiences with other humans. It’s all an amazing miracle!

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  • Elaine

    Wonderment and gratitude. The day commenced with my daily Essentrics practice (highly recommend! essentricstv.com) continued with my weekly Iyengar yoga class on zoom, followed by a bike ride. I engage all these activities and more with deep gratitude for my blessed 72 year old body.

  • Don Jones

    Lots of realisations: it is the most sophisticated machine on the planet that is capable of incredible things. All I need to do is turn inward and download the users manual to understand what it is capable of.

  • Cathie

    What arises in me…The deep desire to take better care of this amazing gift of my body. And I become thankful for my senses through I experience the world. How amazing to taste a wonderful meal, smell a favorite flower, hear the sounds of the birds or a song, feel an intimate embrace or the wind on my face, view a mountain side full of fall colors. All of these wonderful experiences are free to me through my body!!! May I please look up more often, experience awe and thank You!

  • Linda

    AS I wrote in an earlier post, I have finally stopped judging my body and instead I am thanking and celebrating all it can still do!

  • Melissa

    I am amazed at how the human body actually works. Especially when I gave birth to my son. Absolutely when you think about it all is a miracle of design. I don’t like losing the best functions as I age but really look how long it can last!

  • pkr

    I am grateful & thankful for how hard my body works and how much it accomplishes each day. I must get better at giving it the rest it needs & honor it by sleeping more. I am truly blessed. ❤️🙏

  • Patricia

    Gratitude and amazement. But having dealt recently with my mother’s death and her feeling that her body betrayed her by becoming old and ill, I want to accept the (inevitable?) changes as they come and still be at peace with, accepting of and grateful for my physical self.

  • Zenith

    Humility. Absolute humility. Such a wondrous machine we have been given. It is as wondrous as the earth.

  • Papilio

    Gratitude for being alive. I just came back from a one-hour morning walk with a friend. It feels so amazing to be able to take a walk feeling the sun on my face. I feel that my body and brain appreciate this morning light.

  • Journey
    I have a condition where the right side of my body has muscle atrophy. My entire right side is thinner and weaker than my left side. The condition also created horrific scars along my entire right side. I have been conscious of this my whole life, wearing clothes to cover up the scars and to hide the different sizes of my limbs. My face was miraculously spared. Even with this imbalance in size and strength, my body works and allows me to live a full life. I ran a half marathon a few years ago, I...

    I have a condition where the right side of my body has muscle atrophy. My entire right side is thinner and weaker than my left side. The condition also created horrific scars along my entire right side. I have been conscious of this my whole life, wearing clothes to cover up the scars and to hide the different sizes of my limbs. My face was miraculously spared. Even with this imbalance in size and strength, my body works and allows me to live a full life. I ran a half marathon a few years ago, I was able to experience childbirth, my son is now 19. My husband adores me and spoils me. I am normal, even though I am not normal, this is the wonder of my living body. I believe my Creator looked into my mother’s womb and stitched me up and painted me and I am exactly as He/She intended. I don’t always eat nourishing foods and treat it well and today’s questions is a reminder to nourish my body and give to it as it has given to me.

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    • Pollyanna Gladwell

      Thank you for a wonderful image : being stitched up and painted in the womb. We are all works of art – making the invisible visible, but without its perfection.

  • Michele

    That I am incredibly lucky to have given birth to my 3 children. My first pregnancy was a miscarriage. It was an amazing feeling having a baby grow and develop inside you. I know not all women are able to get pregnant so I’m grateful I was. I also loved nursing and knowing my body produces food for them was a gift.

  • Trish

    I have so much gratitude for my body. It’s strong & healthy and it sends me all kinds of messages: “you didn’t drink enough water”, “you need rest”, “take a deep breath & relax your shoulders.”

    My heart is pumping, my legs are beautiful & never said ‘no’ & my brain comes up with creative, exciting ideas. So many gifts in this body!!

  • devy

    Amazement how the complexities of our human body harmoniously can work together so that it can function as one with the result of being alive.

  • sunnypatti
    Mostly gratitude. For I am so blessed to be able to wake up each day, get out of bed, and go about my day usually with ease... whether it be work, yoga, surfing, going for a walk, etc. Right now I am experiencing the wonder by feeling some tightness in certain muscle groups after an intense interval training workout yesterday. It feels good! And is telling me to do some yoga before work today :) The living body really is amazing. Experiencing the changes that come with age is so cool, even if...

    Mostly gratitude. For I am so blessed to be able to wake up each day, get out of bed, and go about my day usually with ease… whether it be work, yoga, surfing, going for a walk, etc. Right now I am experiencing the wonder by feeling some tightness in certain muscle groups after an intense interval training workout yesterday. It feels good! And is telling me to do some yoga before work today 🙂

    The living body really is amazing. Experiencing the changes that come with age is so cool, even if sometimes fear creeps in when thinking about it. My eyes aren’t what they used to be, but I can still see. I have a funky wrist, but a super cool surf story behind it. I can feel the weather change in my knees after years of them slipping out here and there while being active in my life. I don’t skateboard anymore because of that! Bodies don’t last forever, but I do my best to take care of mine so that I can have fun with it while I’m still in it!

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  • Carla

    When I really take in the wonderment of my body, I am amazed at how the Creator wove it all together. I now have three metallic implants: broken L wrist years ago & 2 artificial knees from past 2 years. I’m awaiting a new crown in my lower jaw. I could dwell in negativity & catastrophe thinking I’m wearing out-Instead I’m grateful for medical innovations! “More will be revealed” & I’m still kicking. Good morning New Day!!

  • Howie Geib
    Once in a great while, often as an afterthought, or even as a mindless exercise whilst ‘thinking’, I clean my glasses. The resulting dramatic increase in visual clarity never ceases to amaze! Followed quickly by the thought that ‘I should do this more often!’ When I exercise (and it is part of my daily life as most of you know) it produces a similar effect. It is grounding. It is a way of cleaning the antenna that receives and sends connection to the universe in which I am immersed. ...

    Once in a great while, often as an afterthought, or even as a mindless exercise whilst ‘thinking’, I clean my glasses. The resulting dramatic increase in visual clarity never ceases to amaze! Followed quickly by the thought that ‘I should do this more often!’

    When I exercise (and it is part of my daily life as most of you know) it produces a similar effect. It is grounding. It is a way of cleaning the antenna that receives and sends connection to the universe in which I am immersed. It is being human as a distinction and at the same time unifying with the rest: all of it.

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