Sunday 17 September 2017

Don’t hurt your body: the water in this jug is joined with the Ocean. RUMI



What does this quote mean? It is self evident, but also very deep. We hurt our bodies in many ways: by not eating and drinking healthy, wholesome things, by not exercising it, by not listening to its silent voice. We hurt our bodies most by thinking thoughts that are hurtful to us. Yes, the brain and the mind are also housed in our bodies. Most of the time we are deaf to our body's reasoning. How often do we even think about them? They comprise a very large part of what we think of as 'I.' They are our greatest gifts, for they allow our consciousness to experience the multi facets of existence. How often are we grateful for it? Have you thanked your body today for all the wonderful things it does, sees, hears, touches, tastes, feels?  We are not accustomed to thinking about them, or if we do, it is only to deck it out in clothes, jewelry, make-up. We do not think at all about that water which our bodies contain, the water that Rumi is reminding us of. There is an invisible conduit between our bodies and that Ocean from which we come and to which we return. The Guides never tire of remind us that we contain this Ocean. Yes.

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