File Location: My Words/Completion (What we know)\Achieving Awareness\Methodology\Express (Outward)/My Body
9/21/2009
My identity: I am not me, I am not my body, if my body would
change, I would still be me, I am not my body, I HAVE a body, but I am not this
body. If I was my body I would be able to know everything that goes on with it,
because it would be me, but I dont even know what my face looks like. Everybody else knows more about my face than
I do. I own this body, I use it, I must learn more about it, and for the
considering of outward expression, I must know what I show, and how I look to
everybody else, to all those other minds that think that I am my body, that I
am this face. And I should control what
I express, just like I keep myself in control with what I want people to think
I am, my image, my body is part of the expression I give, it is the first
impression.
Those Eyes: If it
is true that there are other similar minds as mine, then they are not people,
but inside them, when I look at someone, I cannot see their essence, I can only
see their face, but they are not their face, their face is a physical
manifestation that we use to identify a (seemingly) constant individual, one
that when it experiences, it keeps the nature of that experience as a
memory. The identity only tells us that. When I meet someone, I shall not look at
their face and say that it is them, I should realize that the being that I am
looking at dwells behind the “identity” behind the skin, under the skull,
within the brain, through the physical barrier.
The eyes, when soomeone looks at me in the eye, I feel as if they are
looking at ME, at the I am within my body, this is why it is said that the eye
is the window to the soul? But who knows where my soul actually lies...
because, when they look at me in the eyes, it is not that they are looking into
my soul, it only feels like it because
of the effect when they look into that organ which perceives, it creates an
effect, looking into that which looks, seeing into that which sees, its not
that you can see everything behind it, if you look youll see that the only
thing you can see is a receptor, not the soul... this may have been hard to
understand in ancient times, but now we have cameras as examples as looking
into eyes: when you look into the eye of the camera, you cannot see who is
watching or every person and time that someone is going to be watching you, the
same way, you cannot look into the soul.
“ But if you are not looking at a person’s soul when you
look at their eyes, how can you “look” and make contact with them? living in a world where eyes are not windows
to the soul but only receptor organs, it feels like there is no way to contact
the soul within the body. It feels like
we are all just separate and blind beings not able to sense each others
existence, even with all our other senses, there is no sense of security like
our sense of sight, so if our sight is just like any other sense, it makes me
feel like there is no way to reach the inside essence of a living body with the
maximum security that their soul actually exists.”
Exactly, looking into another persons eyes makes us believe
that thats what we need to have the security of the other person’s soul’s
existence. But once we realize that our
sense of sight is just like our other sense, that we cannot feel, smell, taste,
or hear the other person’s soul, we remember that we cannot even see if the
other’s soul really exists or not. And
we realize that the only way we are connected from soul to soul, is by faith.
Faith – in a world where Knowledge does not exist, faith is
the best replacement.
By admitting that we cannot see the person’s soul through
the eyes, we remember once again that there is no way to know that other people
actually exist or not; though you live as they do, keep an open mind, and do
not believe it as Truth.
So with this in mind, and that my body and my face are not
me but merely a vessel for my consciousness.
I am glad to have possesion of this body, I am grateful for the
opportunity to live in the physical world among all those other similarly
chosen (if they are real). And as I live
as if there are other similar minds beside my own, I understand that my body,
this vessel is a tool to express what goes on in my mind. And, apparently, according to recent
“discoveries” in science, my body is also a tool provided to me to be able to
be, to store memories and experiences and everything that I am (and in this
sense I am my body. But I already
pointed out that my identity does not depend on my experiences or memories,
which makes ME, just an essence
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So I am not my body.
But as a LIVING ESSENCE within this physical vessel I have been given
the opportunity to do with it as I will... and i will, believe me I will.
So I am not my body,
but when I look at my body it is what constitutes my identity, so I am
my body, but I am not my body, but rather I have it; when you point at my arm,
you are not pointing at me, you are not even pointing at part of me, but at an
extension that is connected to my essence.
I am not my body, I am an essence, and I carry this body and everything
that it stands for. I carry this
identity, but I shall not let this fact let me forget that I am not this
identity, I am not this body, I am an essence.
When I look at my tummy I am not looking at myself, I am
looking at my tummy; when i look at my face it feels like I am looking at
myself, but I must understand that I am not looking at myself but only my face,
when I look at my eyes I am not looking at myself, but the eyes that I use to
see, I cannot see myself, and I dont even think I can be found in the physical
realm, I dont even think that I would be able to see myself with these eyes,
since these eyes are only meant to see the physical; I wonder what I look like,
I wonder if I even look like.
So I look at my naked body, in the mirror after I take a
shower after I finish drying myself I think, “I think its time for me to dress
up now”, then I think,” what are you talking about I am already dressed up, I mean
look at me.” So I imagine my roomate
coming in and catching me nude, and he would be appalled, but now its like I
dont understand anymore what the big deal is, its like I am not ashamed to be
nude, it is my body, it dresses my essence, what more do I need? I dont get
it. I mean, what is the purpose of
garments anyways? (then I realize, “uh
oh, if this is what I think of nudity I wonder if I will ever see nude girls
the same way, I wonder if it will still turn me on or just disregard it as an
extention of their essence. If this
happens then it will be true that it is tthe inside that counts, but we must
admit that the outside reflects what is on the inside and even though I am not
interested in how beautiful the outside is, I am interested of what it reflects
of the person’s essence; but this is a totally different subject.”). Though I have found no reason to cover myself
up, I know that I must out of consideration towards the rest. So I teach myself: “this, is an underwear,
its called an underwear because you wear it under your clothes that you are
about to put on.” “But why should I put all this on?” “Just trust me”, “uhh, I
really dont think this is necessary, I really dont see why you are doing this.”
“just put it on, and we will talk about it later, but right now, you have to go
out to do your homework, and to go out you must put on some clothes... Now
these, are pants, you wear them over your underwear” “but I am already covered
up, why do we need more?” “we are going outside” “oh its to protect my legs,
cuz my skin is fragile, right?” “sure” “hey, dont I need something for my upper
body?” “this is a shirt.... now when we have time we’ll talk about how clothes
are not only for protecting your fragile skin but they are actually to cover up
ur body so that nobody sees it.” “but why would anybody be concerned about
that?” “I dont know, well talk about it later.”
So it is important to know what I am, what impressions I
give with which movements, and so I must be aware of what I do... so how will I
do this? I get creative and come up with ideas!
The following are only examples, you should really try and
come up with some on your own if you really want to follow this, it is also
important for thinking critically and creativity.
Mirror- practice different facial expressions,
Camera-record yourself and your movements, realize that the
person on the screen is the person that people will believe that you are.
USE IT!!: this is your body, this is your face, this is your
ability to raise awareness, to exist. USE IT!!!
Things I have done:
Now I dont do this to look good or to get attention or to
gain popularity, I could not care for such vulgarities while I realize my
imminent death, I just want people to
become more aware of life and appreciate it for what it is.
Clothes of all types and uses, each garment releases a
different energy, expressing a different emotion. My image, what I wear has an effect on the
outside world. I cant just ignore it, I must learn the art and use it. (Do not ignore anything). Spending alot of time in front of the mirror,
going over each garment, to see its advantages. Or at least check yourself before you start
off your day, to decide what expression you will be giving with such, but if you
havent gone over each one separately, do not choose. If you choose you will be inclined to go
with something thats familiar and never realize how the other garments could be
used. So when you buy clothes, dont get
what you like or else you will be conforming yourself to only one expression,
and that is not variety.