What did you do for yourself today?

Your mind can deceive you and put all kinds of barriers between you and your nature; but your body does not lie. Your body tells you, if you attend to it, how your life is and if you are living from your soul or from the labyrinths of your negativity. . . . The human body is the most complex, refined, and harmonious totality.

The soul is not simply within the body, hidden somewhere within its recesses. The truth is rather the converse. Your body is in the soul. And the soul suffuses you completely.

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Our bodies speaks volumes

Oh sure

There are germs, and viruses

Yes

Cancer is a reality

So is arthritis, and so much more

But we are bodysoul

We are incarnation

Spirit enfleshed

Flesh inspirited

And so it is

It is irrefutable

That the state of our body

Often reflects (at least to some degree)

The state of our soul

But not just the state of our soul

Whether our soul is awake

For if we are not connected to the spiritual side of our being

We are incomplete

And it shows

I know

I “feel it in my bones”

That when I am stressed

Afraid

Angry

When I am closed down

Closed off

Out of touch with the Sacred

I suffer

Everything hurts

And what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work

(as the saying goes)

But it is true

That when I am integrated within myself

And in touch with all aspects of who I am

Soul and body

That my body finds a place of greater ease

And when I am in that place of negativity and darkness

My body experiences dis-ease

So let us pay attention

Let us attend to that complex creature

that we see in the mirror

It’s not that hard

A minute (or 20) here and there

A walk

A few deep breathes

A little mindfulness

So here is the question

What did you do for your soul/body

Today?