An Inclusive Approach to the Body - 14th June 2017

How are you doing there?

Yes, I just wanted to ask you a very practical level question. Sometimes when I am going inward, you know, the bodily attachment remains. It finally boils down to feeling as if the body is the end of it. But the ultimate, the important notion is one should be a witness of this body and mind, and the thinking, and the internal mechanism of the whole process. But somehow, it actually... tell me, how do I get rid of this nonsense already, totally, from the final stage? And being in the inward-looking stage without any trace of bodily attachment? I am finished, I have controlled, asking you. Thank you, thank you.

A good question. Therefore, we will take this a little bit even earlier. So let me read the whole book. When I separate the dance on this side, we will continue. And our approach is not to try and push it away, but to have an inclusive approach to it. Not to be in denial of it; have an inclusive approach to it. Actually, I have not met anyone who is completely free, completely free from body identity. And it is definitely not the gate. Also, sometimes hundred percent ideal. And the way you call it 'nonsense,' I saw that there is a sense of aversion about this. People mix with the body here, and my advice would be: master certifications, we do, having a being clean and yet ready and very good. Wherever that's how it is. And the sufficient local versions, are they appearing in two different spaces? Are they appearing or different?

But when I start contemplating and looking inward, and I am able to... I am able to be in a non-thought stage, yeah. And then finally when I come to the stage, I mean, and then when I go to the next step saying, 'Okay, I am able to be in a state without any thoughts and I am able to watch.' Then when I look at that, who is the... who is watching the watcher? All these, all these events. Sometimes I get stuck at the body level, meaning my body, you know? So that it is the final stage. Sometimes it's not always during... sometimes in a container, actual contemplation stage, I get that kind of thing. But the whole purpose of the inward-looking is getting defeated by that. I feel very frustrated actually many times in that way. I will try to get rid of this on me.

Understand your fixation. That's why I am suggesting that, okay, let's do this together and see at which stage both of us get stuck. The proof of pudding is in the eating. So let's see if we can do this together. And that which you call 'defeated,' that is the sensations of the body. Something defeated all the takers away from the inquiry. So for some time, don't try to push away the sensation of the body inside. Experience it fully. Whether it is your arms, your legs, your chest, your head, any part of the body—allow yourself to experience it. This is the extent of all the phenomenal experiences that you can have right now.