“The body is all that matters. The gain in relaxation from the purification of the body is the fruit of the Path.”
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actually i kinda think the body happens to be a site where a lot of stuff needs to happen for a lot of people but there oughta be a time and a place for going back to the mind. cleaning up ideas, concepts, stories, beliefs, myths
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yes.......... i agree
but i think the author of the quote believes “cleaning up those things” is all ultimately in service of the relaxation of the body :O
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that could be! also says that something like zero unnecessary bodily tension is what the “end” (insofar as there is one) looks like? or a sign anyway?
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this could be after months or years on mostly just body but i kinda think you can intersperse them, they’re just not that separate after all anyway. has a quote about this somewhere, about how practice should be compatible with becoming a world-class scientist
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“you can intersperse them, they’re just not that separate after all anyway” oh certainly!
i’m starting to view thought structures as “energy-holders”. feels like every thought carries a particular, repeatable energy pattern. but even that pattern is constantly being—
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