As an avid reader, I love language. Love it! Novels, short stories, essays, biographies, non-fiction. I love it all. Not to mention the spoken word-- languages I’ve sung in, poetry, plays, a good conversation. There are so many ways to appreciate the power and beauty of language.
But language can also be incredibly limiting at times. Language can divide us, confuse us. It is a powerful tool to describe the human experience, but it isn’t the experience itself.
The words we use to describe ourselves can be misleading. Mind. Body. Thought. Feeling. What exactly are we talking about? And do the words we use (or the labels we give things) limit the experience of what we are attempting to describe?
Years of labeling “the mind” and “the body” have led us to believe that we are talking about separate systems. But can we really divide them? Is there such a thing as a thought occuring in the mind that does not also exist in the body?
We are indivisible, psycho-physical creatures. There is no separation between that which we call the mind and the body. Knowing and respecting this inherent wholeness helps us to move with more ease throughout our lives, because when we respect our wholeness, we stop allowing ourselves to be pulled apart.
When we practice constructive rest, we are coming into a restful state in order to uncover the natural direction and unity that exists within us. This week, we remind ourselves that there is nothing we need to “fix” during our lie down. It is enough to simply be.
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