in- Habit the body

What is spirituality?? All of our parts, some visible, some invisible but sensed? what about those parts we recognise in nature, in others??

I find that in the depth and spaciousness in the body this question dissolves. No answer is needed as the question doesn't exist anymore. The minds function is to look at everything- explore. This exploration takes us to what we sense. In the body it returns to dissolution. Absorbed by the peace that is the body.

The point that remains is the body is a true refuge to our wandering mind, our sense of being lost finds home in the body. Of course, in the superficial way the body appears dense and static. On being in the body we find sensation and impulses of movement, agitation, pulsing. Still being here - very patiently if we stay here with these sensations , it becomes clear that all this is superficial. The real body- what is underneath is this steadiness, this flow. And this is peaceful no matter what we notice is happening in the surface. Like underwater it is dense, moving and peaceful. This is the spaciousness which is the mind- as thoughts, feeling in my own body. And my mind rests here.  In the deep, moving, silent, space .

The part of our mind we call the body

beginning with “the part of our minds we call the body,” we find easier access to stabilizing our awareness. As Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche points out, if we work with the body, we can avoid forcing the mind to be quiet. The mind will quiet naturally, because body and mind profoundly affect one another. Focused on the body, our mind is less likely to wander off into our own story lines.

The mind can rest in the body

Our entire being is one and yet we seem to be have often a friction within ourself between our thoughts and the way we feel within the body. I am in the  midst of a seemingly major upheaval , lots of confusion , grief, feeling sorry for myself, anger at myself...  the full works of misery.
However, as days go by this is turning out to be an opportunity to really be within myself, close to me. I see that in this very challenging situation, my mind is doing its job of trying to figure out the best ways to keep me safe. All energies are looking for solutions.
 And it's very very frustrating,  tiring. However, in the body there continues to be a certain rhythm,  a flow of okay ness.  Things upset yet things go on. I find that there is tremendous sadness , i cry for no apparent reason , yet I laugh, I can see beauty around me. I can also sense others suffering and empathy flows. My current despair makes me very vulnerable and also open, softening of ego.
Its easier to be myself.

When I notice all this , the mind rests jn the body. It seems to me that that's what the mind needs most-a place to rest. And it happens in the body. I am not meditating or doing asanas but in the true sense yoga-the union of my entire being- is happening. Life caring for itself through the body and as seen, sensed in the body. Its the untrue thought that I am alone, that all is lost,  these thoughts are creating misery. But the true emotions and feelings in the body always have an okay ness to them. Even sadness is rich and very comforting when sensed in the body.

I can trust the body to take care of my mind, so I listen to all my senses and let things pass through me as they are.