I've been reading this book by Thich That Hanh a Vietnamese monk who had a very colorful life.
I highly recommend it to everyone to read. It is so insightful, weird plainly with no jargon and it's so interesting. You learn a lot about yourself and the world. My last entry was a passage from this book actually. He is forward the different types of body's that we have. So for instance we have our physical body, he discusses this and how we sometimes take it for granted and forget how amazing it is etc. The Buddha body which is another phrase got someone who is awakened and who is working for awakening other beings. The dharma body or spiritual body which is derived from the Buddha body. By cultivating our awakened state. Then there's the community body, other people with a similar mindset and understanding. A place of sorry and refuge. The body outside a body, hour we influence the world eg where you are recorded or documented somewhere. Be it a film, recording or a piece of writing. You've extended yourself from a body to a non body. The sixth body is my favourite, the continuation body. This suggests that you leave an imprint and evidence of your existence everywhere and everyone you come in to contact with. We are continues in our children and continuations from our parents who are continuations from their parents and so on. The seventh body is the cosmic body. We are made of non human elements. We are made of the earth. The eighth body is the ultimate body. Beyond all perceptions forms and signs. When we get in touch with everything. I think this to mean when all these bodies are realised to their full potential and are intertwined. The author describes how everything is connected. The wave is not separate from the ocean and vice versa. He describes everything as "inter-being" all these bodies are connected at many levels. I find it all so fascinating! It seems like everything is separate and not connected at all. I am not you who if reading this. That is the mind and ego creating a story. It's amazing to realise that we are it. We are everything and everyone. You cannot be separated from your mother and father biologically, they cannot be separated from you. This goes back many many many generations. I'm probably not wording this as eloquently as Thich himself! But that doesn't matter really. Definitely look into this book if you are interested in learning about what all this around you really is and what is actually going on. if you're interested click the button below to order a copy from amazon. I'm not sponsored in anyway, I just think this should be read by everyone! Thank me later!
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AuthorI am a 25 year old nurse, who is trying to find herself. This blog will contain epiphanies I have, my yoga progress and other such things. Enjoy. :) Archives
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