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In discussing
the body and meditation, it is appropriate to talk about two
very important rhythms within one’s being. They are one’s breathing
and one’s heart beat.
Creation in all its forms manifests from the unformed essence of
creation, which would be called unmanifested, a place of “no-thing-ness,”
or undefined energy consciousness within the Releasing Your
Unlimited Creativity material, into a created form only to collapse
upon itself back into its essence. It is the essence of the
creation process. From a physical plane perspective, this is
another way of saying some thing is assimilated in gestation from
elements of nature to be born, live and die only to dissolve back
into the elements of nature. Both our heart beat and our breathing
are both a literal and symbolic expression of this creation process.
In many ways we recreate ourselves between each heart beat and each
breath for if either stops, we die.
As a human we are a being who stands between two worlds. In many
ways, these two rhythms are reflective of these two worlds. One
world is our unique infinite consciousness that we perceive as lying
internal to our being. It has traditionally been called the soul or
spirit. This infinite consciousness is actually better represented
by what is symbolized in the heart, not the mind for our body is our
consciousness manifested in physical form. It is how consciousness
chooses to focus its attention and awareness that causes the energy
to flow into a form reflective of that focus and animates the form
to be experienced as Creation. As such, the heart and the flow of
blood within the body is better reflective of how our creative life
energy is flowing into and sustaining our being. The heart
represents the flow of our creative life energy. The flow of our
creative life energy is the spirit that flows into our being and
animates and sustains our being to give life and that which gives a
passion for life and for living.
Our breathing represents the second world in which we live and is
representative of the physical Creation we have elected to
experience and the experiences we create while in physical Creation.
The connection to this world is literally and symbolically
represented in our breathing as we breath in and out. It represents
all that we take in and all that we put out. Our breathing connects
the internal world with the external world and connects the mind
[what we think the world is] to the body [that which is physically
manifested]. We tend to think the mind as our spirit and our
consciousness, and the body as our external world. However the
reverse is true. Mind defines itself by what it takes in and
what it puts out and gives itself an identity, the ego, based on
this exchange with its external world. As such mind and the ego is
appropriately represented by the breathing. Because of how mind
defines itself, it is literally and symbolically more appropriately
seen as representing the external world than our internal world. The
ego in turn is based on who the ego has come to think it is, based
on the world it experiences and how it thinks the world works.
From a
creativity perspective, our heart and the sensations we
experience in the body flows from the unseen Source of Creation, the
Source of our being, hidden within our body and hidden within
Creation Itself, through our creative spirit or individuated
consciousness into our body through the heart energizing the body
into action. The enculturated mind we know and is associated with
ego as opposed to the mind of our consciousness (a transcendent
mind) that can transcend the ego identity, inserts itself into this
flow path and directs the flow of energy that animates the body. The
enculturated mind has a great influence on how the energy sustains
the body but this encultureated mind does not influence the flow of
energy that arises from the Source that created the body no matter
what the mind thinks.
No matter what our enculturated mind thinks and does, we still have
only twenty four (24) hours of creative life energy flowing into us
each day. It does not matter what the enculturated mind thinks and
how mind has directed it. However, it is how the enculturated mind
directs that energy that is creating our experiences. The
enculturated mind is what creates the experience we have and the
perceptions of both the personal internal experiences and the
experiences of our external world we have. Hence it determines how
the energy of the universe manifests itself in the future by the
choices we make now. In this understanding, the mind is actually
more representative and a better representative of our external
world than our body.
In any case, as you calm the breathing you relax both the body and
calm the mind. When breathing is regulate, the mind is regulated. A
calm slow and steady breathing will keep the mind very calm.
However, you don’t have to sit and have a slow and steady breathing.
Sitting to calm the mind only helps remove any body sensations
that may arise that would distract the mind. But you do not need
to sit to calm the mind. You only need to keep a single point focus
on what you wish to create and both the mind will be calm and the
breathing relaxed.
It must be remembered that your
body is the vehicle you chose to create your physical experience
and this statement cannot be overemphasized. As long as you are
physical, you will need to take your body with you wherever you go.
If you desire to access your true nature and all its creative
powers, you need to be able to create a calm mind no matter what you
are doing in the body and all the sensations it may be giving you
because of what you are doing. This does not mean you numb, deny or
somehow become unaware of the sensations. Rather, it means you are
observant of each sensation and what information the sensations are
giving you. But you do not allow yourself to become distracted from
your single point focus.
Look at this process as sailing across the ocean. Although the
surface waves, winds and currents may be constantly tossing you
about and taking you off course, if you stay focused on the star
that you are using to navigate the ocean you will always know what
you are going and how you need to adjust your course in any single
moment for the star lies beyond the distractions. Eventually you
will get to your destination. You will find it doesn’t matter how
much the external world creates waves, winds and currents toss you
about and obstruct your journey. You only need to keep focused and
you will always know what to do next for the body wisdom will always
keep you informed.
This analogy of celestial navigation is also bring up the importance
of having an
internal compass or an internal navigation system. In the same
way clouds and a brightly lit sky can mask a navigation star,
external references can always be masked by “brighter” lights or
attractions [some external distraction more enticing] or veiled by
our own beliefs [fear, judgment, opinions, biases, etc.] or the
beliefs of others. If we develop an internal compass that arises
from what is symbolized by the heart and what arises from the Source
of Creation, we will never lose our direction in life no matter what
is happening externally or how enticing the external distractions.
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