Difference between revisions of "The Water Element"
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| − | We started with the grossest element, and in the remainder of the practice we progress to those that are increasingly subtle. So now we call to mind the Water element within the body — that which is liquid. | + | We started with the grossest [[element]], and in the remainder of the practice we progress to those that are increasingly {{Wiki|subtle}}. So now we call to [[mind]] the [[Water element]] within the [[body]] — that which is liquid. |
| − | Starting with those manifestations that we can directly experience, we feel saliva in the mouth, mucus, the pulse of the blood, sweat, the feeling of moisture in the outbreath, the pressure of urine in the bladder. | + | Starting with those [[manifestations]] that we can directly [[experience]], we [[feel]] saliva in the {{Wiki|mouth}}, mucus, the pulse of the {{Wiki|blood}}, {{Wiki|sweat}}, the [[feeling]] of [[moisture]] in the [[outbreath]], the pressure of {{Wiki|urine}} in the bladder. |
| − | Then we move on to those things we can only experience more imaginatively: lymph, fat, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, and all the liquid that permeates and surrounds every cell in the body. | + | Then we move on to those things we can only [[experience]] more imaginatively: {{Wiki|lymph}}, fat, synovial fluid, {{Wiki|cerebrospinal fluid}}, and all the liquid that permeates and surrounds every cell in the [[body]]. |
| − | Then we contemplate the element outside of ourselves: calling to mind the oceans and rivers and streams, the water that permeates the soil, the rain and clouds, the water inside plants and animals. We see, hear, and feel these things as we recall our experience of them. | + | Then we [[contemplate]] the [[element]] outside of ourselves: calling to [[mind]] the oceans and [[rivers]] and streams, the [[water]] that permeates the soil, the [[rain]] and clouds, the [[water]] inside [[plants]] and [[animals]]. We see, hear, and [[feel]] these things as we recall our [[experience]] of them. |
| − | Then we recognize that all of the Water within the body, which we think of as “us,” and “ours,” as “ourselves,” is in reality simply borrowed for a while from the outside world, that it’s quite literally flowing through us, and that we don’t own it. There is only one Water element — there’s no “me” Water and there’s no “other” Water. And so we reflect: “This is not me. This is not mine. I am not this.” | + | Then we [[recognize]] that all of the [[Water]] within the [[body]], which we think of as “us,” and “ours,” as “ourselves,” is in [[reality]] simply borrowed for a while from the outside [[world]], that it’s quite literally flowing through us, and that we don’t [[own]] it. There is only one [[Water element]] — there’s no “me” [[Water]] and there’s no “other” [[Water]]. And so we reflect: “This is not me. This is not mine. I am not this.” |
Latest revision as of 19:37, 11 February 2020
We started with the grossest element, and in the remainder of the practice we progress to those that are increasingly subtle. So now we call to mind the Water element within the body — that which is liquid.
Starting with those manifestations that we can directly experience, we feel saliva in the mouth, mucus, the pulse of the blood, sweat, the feeling of moisture in the outbreath, the pressure of urine in the bladder.
Then we move on to those things we can only experience more imaginatively: lymph, fat, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, and all the liquid that permeates and surrounds every cell in the body.
Then we contemplate the element outside of ourselves: calling to mind the oceans and rivers and streams, the water that permeates the soil, the rain and clouds, the water inside plants and animals. We see, hear, and feel these things as we recall our experience of them.
Then we recognize that all of the Water within the body, which we think of as “us,” and “ours,” as “ourselves,” is in reality simply borrowed for a while from the outside world, that it’s quite literally flowing through us, and that we don’t own it. There is only one Water element — there’s no “me” Water and there’s no “other” Water. And so we reflect: “This is not me. This is not mine. I am not this.”
