As my mind ponders how (or if) my body really points to my mind, it occurs to me that the act of breathing–with its voluntary (mind-directed) and involuntary (body-directed) triggers–might be a good place to look. I’ve often noticed, while doing TSK exercises, that the perplexing questions posed by an exercise can be stressful, until I relax and a kind of meditative calm not only relieves the stress but provides a wider perspective in which the questions resolve themselves.
Letting the breath become the focus of attention allows me to sink into the body more, and as the breath slows down, the watching mind begins to appreciate what it sees (it feels so much more pleasant to allow the breath to relax than to stand guard every moment). So looking at how body and mind point at one another leads to a relaxation of the anxious pointing that is perhaps itself what keeps them apart, and it becomes possible to sink a little more comfortably into embodied presence.
Michael
