| If one thought about the definition
of "body", one would have to admit it is simply a foundation -
the substance of something. There's a "body of water" or a "body of
government" or a "body of land" or a "body of life". The
substance of it is spiritual.
I had an
experience of body recently that appeared out of nowhere. An invisible veil enveloped me,
accompanied by feelings of jitters, depression, nervousness, and thirst. Looming over me
all day and into the night, I sobbed for no apparent reason. Then, like the horseman who
rides off into the sunset, it was gone.
Signs follow. One often arrives at Truth traveling the avenue of mental
logic. The logical conclusion to the statement, "I can of mine own self do
nothing" left me with only God doing everything.
I started at the top of my head and continued downward realizing that my human thinking
and my human brain had no empowerment. As a human being,
I cannot grow my hair longer nor make my eyelids blink.
I cannot make my vocal cords bring forth sound.
I cannot cause my tongue to taste nor my throat to swallow.
I cannot cause my ears to hear.
I cannot cause my heart to beat nor my lungs to breath.
I cannot multiply by blood cells nor circulate my blood.
I cannot cause my stomach to digest food nor my bowels to move.
I cannot cause my back to stand upright nor cause my knees to bend.
I cannot cause my feet to walk nor my toenails to harden.
Neither can I create color in my eyes nor decide race, sex or nationality.
I had to conclude the body is God's and He is responsible for all
activity. Furthermore, another familiar statement surfaced forward, "The body is the temple
of the living God." Does not God maintain Itself perfectly? One is never left on his
or her own. One is never separated from the source of Life. It matters not what the
situation appears to be.
The body, in reality, is a manifestation of the spirit of God. It is God made manifest,
appearing individually and collectively and the life of all animal, vegetable, mineral.
Trees and plants have just as much a body as a person. It is a form of
substance and the form contains micro-substance.
I discovered I have no body of my own - only a sense of it. This appears to be a
radical statement, however, when looked at spiritually, I discovered it was not my body
that needed "fixing" but rather my sense of body that needed
correction. With this higher understanding came release and the seeming problem melted
away.
Many years ago, as a young child, I learned a song called, "Dry Bones" where the
head-bone was connected to the neck bone, the neck bone was connected to the shoulder bone
. . " and on down the body to the foot bone. What makes this connection? We, of our
own selves, cannot.
When one finds himself having difficulty in silencing the human thought, meditation can
begin with contemplation of some small significant Truth remembered and
brought forth. Mental logic brings conclusions that, in turn, bring understanding. Infinite
Truth springs forth like a fountainhead, continuing with one spiritual revelation after
another.
All is well.
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