So mind conditioned are we,that we tend to ignore the body.
Really be in your body.
Ekhart Tolle, on a YouTube video, claims that the body gets upset when we don't take any notice or interest in it, and might even get ill because of this.
He also said that it is like we only live in the very top floor of our house and never go downstairs.
A good exercise to make you more aware of your body can be done while you are eating.
Really experience the sensation you feel when you put your food in your mouth. Relish the taste when you chew it. When you drink something, be fully aware of the taste you experience.
These exercises bring you back into the now, whereas you usually spend your time thinking about an imagined future , or on what happened in the past.
Such thinking gets you nowhere, and it is a trick of the ego, to make you believe that you are your ego.
But there is only now; that is all there ever has been.
Everything that happens takes place now.
Another exercise that should be done everyday is to find a room where you will not be disturbed.
Lie down on a bed or on the floor.
Firstly, breathe slowly and in a regular pattern, feeling all the stress leaving your body.
You can tell yourself that as you breathe out, stress and negative emotions are leaving your body.
Then tell yourself that you are inhaling the positive life force.
After you have done this, concentrate on your feet, then legs-slowly go right through your body.
When you reach the neck, face and head, you will be surprised how tense you are in these areas
Just slowly relax each bit.
Then,go back to the lower parts of your body; feel yourself dwelling on firstly, your feet,then your legs, middle, hands , arms ,chest and shoulders etc.
Do this for about five minutes or ten.
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