08-24-2021, 11:42 PM
The veil has caused us to become very much stuck in the head. In Buddhism they have practices like walking meditation which is a step in the right direction, away from only thinking in the head, but those are very difficult practices! Not difficult technically, difficult practices in practice and it takes lots of repetition to achieve results.
My own approach at the moment is to move my conscious awareness into the body instead of being trapped in the head. That's a very challenging practice where at first not much at all is felt in the body and the conscious attention easily slips back into being trapped in the head and in thinking.
It's even worse than that. When some feelings and sensations are awakened within the body it's usually suffering instead of peace. A lot of practice is needed it seems. Leo Gura who is not an expert in this area nevertheless has this excellent video about body awareness that I found useful, especially the explanation that both the body and the mind need to be relaxed at the same time.
My own approach at the moment is to move my conscious awareness into the body instead of being trapped in the head. That's a very challenging practice where at first not much at all is felt in the body and the conscious attention easily slips back into being trapped in the head and in thinking.
It's even worse than that. When some feelings and sensations are awakened within the body it's usually suffering instead of peace. A lot of practice is needed it seems. Leo Gura who is not an expert in this area nevertheless has this excellent video about body awareness that I found useful, especially the explanation that both the body and the mind need to be relaxed at the same time.