I discover a relationship to the foundation of my being here at the root of the soul, deep in the body, where my sensation forms a definite contact with the gravity of the planet. And I sense the way in which the inward breath is directly connected to that contact, so that I am breathing into the gravity of the planet and bringing an energy to it that binds us together in such a way that my whole being is something like a single blood cell bringing oxygen to the earth so that it can breathe life into itself. The whole of my being pulses, enveloped by this energy. Rooted here in the feet, rooted in the base of the spine, rooted in the hands. And there is nothing here but this breath, here at the root of being. Sensing in this way, participating, the body begins to realign itself so that the top of the spine and the back of the head are also more alive and aware. And I attend in exquisite detail to the gentle, energetic action of breathing out the last bit of air at the bottom of the breath So that the breathing fills the whole of the body and all of the energy in it. The relationship between the whole energy of the body and the nature of the planet in its own life becomes much more evident and I see the way in which I feed the earth just as it feeds me. The top of the head is more sensitized to the presence of a much finer energy, which has not entered me yet. And I see the way in which my whole being-sensation, distributed throughout every single molecule in my body, is a delicate and extremely sensitive membrane through which energies from outside can enter. And I am simply preparing here for what comes and for what can be received. The more still I am, the more exactly I inhabit this state of receptivity. Being more aware of this state through sensation prepares me today to receive my daily bread. To remember to forgive, To remember to breathe, To remember to serve.
