[MD] Embodied beings

[Heather Perella]

      [David M.]
> I would suggest that being a part of this larger
> process of the cosmos we are open to change
> as much as any other part, what we refer to as
> awareness is inseparable from these changes that we
> undergo, some relating to external changes,some to 
> internal ones (internal to that part which we are).
> The amazing thing, is how we are able to 'know'
> (be changed by) such diverse things, from the
> smile of a stranger, to the light from an extinct
> star.

     As long as change is happening the awareness
changes, and thus, this change in awareness is a
change in our perception.  What our perception is, is
all we know.  Awareness is this knowing we undergo
amidst cosmos.  A rain drop falls, thus, it does.  My
awareness undergoes this change as drop falls and then
splatters.  


     [David M.]
> All these changes are,of course, experienced as 
> of value somewhere on a scale from dread to joy.

     Tension to relaxation are guides of change for
me.  When I meditate I go where relaxation is.  I may
experience dread, yet, some sadness helps ground me, I
feel better in this grounding.  Too much of dread or
joy is unhelpful, of course, so, I rely upon tension
and relaxation as guides.  To tense, then, I monitor
what I may or may not be doing correctly in
meditation.  This boils down to not being quiet
enough.  When I am quiet enough, then tension leaves,
I'm settling into this quietness that is not just me,
not just cosmos, it is present as both.  Of course,
though, I don't want to continually experience dread,
and joy is a happy experience.  I just don't want to
interfere with the experience during meditation, so,
this quiet is a good experience and maybe even a
better guide than relaxation, for, as I'm tense I
settle with quieting-that-is-an-effort-all-by-itself,
as I am relaxed, I settle with
quieting-that-is-an-effort-all-by-itself, too.  Yet,
when I am tense, I am alert that I am not doing
something correctly as I am quieting.


watch as the this quiets, the sun disappears, the
clouds cover the stars, darkness is this night,
SA

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