Our physical response is our initial response. It is transformed by acknowledgement. For example, remember in My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle taking lessons from Henry Higgins, the English professor? Finally, she “got it.” She sang, “The Rain In Spain” without error, to suit Professor Higgins and herself. Once she “got it,” her whole body relaxed. Prior to “getting it,” Eliza was anxious, angry, and fearful. Her body knew these feelings before Eliza’s mind knew them.
It is important to know what our body is saying to us. How it is reacting to us. We have to translate our physical response into the language of the rational mind. We have to “listen for” physical resonation to the word, or words, a physical shift that is experienced as, “Yes, that is absolutely right.” This is the mind “listening” to the body, body “speaking” to the mind, the mind “speaking” for the body. This entire process is one of recognition, acceptance, and resolution. The outcome of the process is felt physically. The body relaxes once it has been heard.
Mind hears and mind makes the decision. Maybe go, maybe stay. Maybe, yes, maybe, no. But, body has to be heard, to be taken into account. Body is communicating, mind must listen, must hear. Body always has something to communicate. Mind may think, “Yeah, I’ve heard that before,” or “I don’t want to think about that right now”, or “You think I’m stupid?” We’d be amazed if we realized how many times our mind argues with our body. If mind ignores what body is saying, there cannot be any resolution. If mind is to know, it has to know what body knows. It has to listen, even if it must endure hearing more of the same.
Body can take the mind to new levels, to new insight, awareness, enlightenment, and realization. Body is the path to wholeness—to peace. We cannot know without knowing what body knows. If you are going to listen to anyone about the deep matters, about the essential secrets of the spiritual realm, listen to your body, listen to yourself.
It is essential to listen to how the body responds. “Am I comfortable with my life right now?” And watching how your body responds. It is important that you listen to your body’s answer, not to your mind’s answer. Your mind always has all the answers, you know. Your mind is a know-it-all. Your mind can recite all discomforting factors about your life in such a way that you do not have to feel any of it with your body. It is crucial to get out of the head and listen to the body.
Mind’s role is to listen to the body, translate the body’s response into the language of the rational mind, check for resonation, and then, once it knows what the body knows respond by deciding what to do. Mind can decide to override the body, but it has to know what the body knows to do so. Knowing what the body knows is essential knowledge. A fulfilling life cannot evolve without it.
We ask, “Am I comfortable with my life right now?” and listen to body’s response.
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