Going beyond the body

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" If only you will remain resting in consciousness, seeing yourself as

distinct from the body, then even now you will become happy, peaceful

and free from bonds. " -- Ashtavakra Gita 1.4

 

I guess what it means to rest in consciousness is to look at the body

in the same way one looks at a cloud or a flower. We don't say " My

cloud " , that would be silly. We can say " My flower " if we have bought

it, but this identification with an object is only an ego construct.

We can, and we often do say, " My body " . This is natural because the

body is what feels like a separate entity really being a separate

self. But maybe it is possible to look at the body in the same way

one looks at a cloud. We can say, " I am aware of this body in the

same way I am aware of that cloud, while the cloud if far away, the

body is near, but in essence they are one. "

 

/AL