Feel the Life in Your Body

This has been a long week at work. My patience has been tried quite a bit.

Today, I glanced over at that stack of Eckhart Tolle cards that I got earlier this year. It had a long quote, but the message was one I got loud and clear: when you allow yourself to be still, you can feel the life inside your body.

I know. It sounds so…out there, so Earthy. Yeah, well, I can be a little Earthy some times. Apparently, not enough, though, because just the words were enough to instantly connect me to the Life Force inside of me. I allowed myself to feel it, to get drawn into it. It took me over. I felt the energy buzzing through my body almost instantly. I had not allowed myself to feel that connection…in a long time. Probably since last summer in Alaska. The presence of Life is so overwhelming there that it was simple to connect to it, both outside of me and inside of me.

Here…not so easy.  It takes a little more effort, a little more time to make that connection.  I guess I let that get away from me.  If you want to get a sense of what I am talking about, try it for yourself.  Start by closing your eyes.  Sit comfortably.  Let your body relax.  Let your hands fall into your lap.  Begin to focus on the feeling in your hands.  Not the feeling OF your hands, but the feeling IN your hands.  It’s like a subtle tingle, a constant feeling that grows the more you concentrate on it.  You should be able to feel it spread from individual fingers to your entire hand, like submerging your hands in warm water.

That’s is the feeling of life in your hands.  You can start there.

Feel the life in your body.