If we did a Which report on bodies, it might say a few things that would give us pause for reflection and make us wonder if we want to own one or just rent one when we need it. If we own it, we get everything which goes with it. Babies are both soft and sweet but also unable to do anything for themselves and although their smiles are wonderful, they also cry a lot which tells me that this isn't always a happy state to be in. Then take children, when you are one, it can be terrific fun but that might depend on where you were; to be born in a civilised and comfortable place with running water and plenty of food, friends and family is one thing but to be born in a war zone or be deprived of comfort and love is another. To have children of your own is both a wonder and a worry, take it from me, I have had enough children to know that it is a mixed bag! Then the adult world and the explosion of the world of possibilities is a bit two sided! great if it is going well, you are popular, clever and good looking and you have a job and a happy life but in my memory, being a young adult wasn't all a bowl of cherries. Then being a GROWN-UP! do you ever think you are? don't we always think there might be something more to come, that we aren't quite complete. Of course, there are some solid kindly happy grown ups but if the media is a guide, then there are rather a lot of reports of unhappy dysfunctional adults with eating disorders, addictions, sexual hang ups, family crises and family break ups. So, it is a complex situation and even if you are a hero and happy, if you think you are the owner of your body, giving it up will not be easy even if you are offered a better one next time. Meditating on the inconstancy of the bodily situation makes me think that renting a body is better, using it and just giving it back when you don't need it anymore. It is a wonderful amazing piece of kit but even if you have eaten every delicious thing, had a deliriously happy life, been an amazing success at what you do and everybody loves you, handing in the body regularly which is possible during meditation makes you less dependent on what it can provide. Not owning it is a life saver. It means it doesn't own you either!
If we did a Which report on bodies, it might say a few things that would give us pause for reflection and make us wonder if we want to own one or just rent one when we need it. If we own it, we get everything which goes with it. Babies are both soft and sweet but also unable to do anything for themselves and although their smiles are wonderful, they also cry a lot which tells me that this isn't always a happy state to be in. Then take children, when you are one, it can be terrific fun but that might depend on where you were; to be born in a civilised and comfortable place with running water and plenty of food, friends and family is one thing but to be born in a war zone or be deprived of comfort and love is another. To have children of your own is both a wonder and a worry, take it from me, I have had enough children to know that it is a mixed bag! Then the adult world and the explosion of the world of possibilities is a bit two sided! great if it is going well, you are popular, clever and good looking and you have a job and a happy life but in my memory, being a young adult wasn't all a bowl of cherries. Then being a GROWN-UP! do you ever think you are? don't we always think there might be something more to come, that we aren't quite complete. Of course, there are some solid kindly happy grown ups but if the media is a guide, then there are rather a lot of reports of unhappy dysfunctional adults with eating disorders, addictions, sexual hang ups, family crises and family break ups. So, it is a complex situation and even if you are a hero and happy, if you think you are the owner of your body, giving it up will not be easy even if you are offered a better one next time. Meditating on the inconstancy of the bodily situation makes me think that renting a body is better, using it and just giving it back when you don't need it anymore. It is a wonderful amazing piece of kit but even if you have eaten every delicious thing, had a deliriously happy life, been an amazing success at what you do and everybody loves you, handing in the body regularly which is possible during meditation makes you less dependent on what it can provide. Not owning it is a life saver. It means it doesn't own you either!
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