The adventure lies not in controlling or manipulating our experience but abandoning our need to do so. In trying to define who and what we are, where we are going and what we will be, we lose our essence. That essence is the unknowable mystery the very ground of all creation, pure consciousness. It is enough if we are able to surrender to the moment in which it arises and experience the ineffable grace of the divine. The dynamic forces that challenge us on an external level impact us internally. The inside and the outside are in constant exchange. This is because at the most basic level they are indistinguishable, inseparable.

Within us lies an invisible universe of complex, synchronistic, and interdependent relationships.

Our bodily systems are always engaged in maintaining a condition of balance and equilibrium, this process is called homeostasis. The body relies on a nearly incomprehensible intelligence, a self aware system that defies our most complex technology. Homeostasis applies to an open system, especially to living organisms. These organisms regulate their internal and interrelated mechanisms by virtue of multiple dynamic equilibrium adjustments. These calibrations are designed to maintain constancy, a stable environment. These adjustments or changes happen naturally and synchronistically as needed.

We endure as a species as a result of our natural ability to adapt holistically. Should any part of our system revolt or resist it creates a potential health crisis. We trust that these invisible systems will function, and maintain our bodies regardless of external or environmental changes. The point is that we rely on forces that are independent of our control. Every moment, by some miraculous correlation of events we are sustained. We rely upon that inherent awareness and intelligence to skillfully navigate the constant ebb and flow of our physiology, to efficiently regulate our bodies internal needs.

We innately trust in this mysterious and unseen consciousness, for it is our self awareness that characterizes our humanity.

To experience this part of our nature we need to be present. By being present we naturally respond to life in a highly skillful and creative way. We access the part of ourselves that is intuitive and spontaneous, that knows exactly what is needed in any given circumstance. The intelligence that arises when we are present is the very same intelligence that governs our physicality. When we align ourselves with this source there is a congruency that occurs between the inner and outer experience, it is called union.

You can realize this state by being present. Relax the body, soften the mind, and allow the breath to become natural. Bring your awareness to the moment. Be completely present. This is the practice. Practice my beloveds, practice.

love,

santidevi

Often times people come to me wanting to free themselves from what they term the “bondage” of their human bodies.  They feel as if it somehow encumbers them or limits their ability to experience their transcendental Self.  The inference is that the body inhibits their spiritual practice.  How could that be so? 

The body by design is an instrument of such perfection and complexity as to defy explanation.  Everyday science is humbled by the previously unknown capacities of our human anatomy.  We have a hundred trillion cells within our bodies that communicate instantaneously with each other through infinite correlation.  The field of divine intelligence, pure consciousness  lives within each of those cells.  Your body/mind is in continual correspondence with all that Is.  Every part of your body is a representation of the whole of existence, within you lie the very forces of creation!  Everything inside of you and outside of you is in communion and exists as One.  Within your human body lies the entire Universe, that’s how “limiting” it is!  

In truth, your physical form is the Divinely manifested means by which you experience transcendence, formlessness, the Absolute.  The perfect vehicle for Enlightenment.

Confusing your suffering or limitations with your body is a misperception.  For you see it is not the body that limits you from becoming who you are, from experiencing the non-dual state of Being.  It is a lack of consciousness, of an identification and attachment to concepts and ideologies that create and perpetuate the unreal and obscure the Truth.  

The body must be honored as the Sacred temple of the Divine.  People make pilgrimages all of the world to holy temples and redemptive sites to feel a connection to the Source, to God.  They search outside of themselves to have a mystical experience or spiritual revelation.  My friends the feast is within, the body is the Sacred Centre and it is only here that you may realize the essence of your immortal Self.  

Love your body, be grateful for your existence in this highly evolved vehicle of Divine consciousness. Embodiment is a gift of beauty and grace, a creation of the eternal One.   Honor it as an ishta-devata [psychic symbol of the Divine]  Know that it is the abode of eternal bliss and liberation.  Go within, be still and listen to your heart, it is the heart of the infinite.  

Love,

Santi Devi