Aliveness in the Body...

Noticing what is happening in the body does not simply awaken you to the life all around you. It awakens you to the realization that you are life itself.

The aliveness in your body is there to wake you up out of the dream of a separate self. Feel the sensations throughout the body no matter what you are doing. Notice that there is always a sense of aliveness within. Aliveness cannot be found in time or manufactured. It is what is already happening within the body right now.

If anger or fear arises, notice it without judgment. If judgments about these emotions arise, simply notice them also. Notice that these thoughts and emotions are harmless when they are seen the moment they arise.

This is not a prescription to engage in a spiritual practice. This is an invitation to notice what is already being done. Are you ‘doing’ emotions? They are arising involuntarily and spontaneously, aren’t they? If you had a choice, would you choose fear or anger?

Are you ‘doing’ aliveness? The aliveness in your body, from your feet to your head, is just happening. You aren’t bringing it about. Simply notice the aliveness that is already happening. Notice that this aliveness is everywhere, not just in the body. In that noticing, life is waking up to itself as One Life.


~ From: Reflections of the One Life by Scott Kiloby www.kiloby.com/