To Bela and Linda on honoring the body

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Dear Bela and Linda,

Like Linda, I am very disabled, and have lost a tremendous lot of

"worldly" things

and independence, and suffered because of it. I don't know if I have

been angry with

my body per se, certainly the situation, and more at myself, because I

used to blame

myself for everything. Lately I have become more aware of how I started

with a very

healthy, functional body, and mean things out of my control happened to

it along the

way. I do think that my body is doing it's best to get well, and trying

to serve me. I certainly

take very good care of it.Many years ago Mother told me that it is

karma, and of course

one never knows how long a karma is going to last. I try to remember

that this life is

just a speck in eternity, and this suffering, and this life, is only

temporary.

To people with a healthy body, my advice is to appreciate it. When I was

healthy I used to

think that the saying "when you have your health you have everything"

was BS. Ha!

Turns out that it is so, so true. Sick or well, our body is a gift, a

friend, a teacher, and

should be honored as such.

 

Jai Ma!

prasadini

 

nierika wrote:

 

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> Bela wrote:

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> Our physical body is an amazing, beautiful machine with the ability to

> perform incredible feats, heal itself, and serve us well into our

> later years. When we honor our body, we honor that which created us.

> We honor the divine. Therefore, it's important to appreciate, nurture,

> and respect our bodies.

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> Dear Bela ~ thank you for posting this. My body has a number of chronic

> illnesses, and sometimes I get mad at it, and sometimes my heart is

> broken

> because of it (the main reason is that the Fibromyalgia has affected

> my voice to

> the point where I can no longer sing well or perform). The message to

> honor the

> body, no matter what shape it is in really hit home with me. I think I

> am

> doing this, but then I find myself being unkind to my body, pushing it

> too hard

> (which recently ended me up in the emergency room ~ I am fine), and

> saying

> mean things to it. So I am printing out what you posted to keep as a

> reminder

> to honor my body and treat it kindly, no matter what. Blessings ~ Linda

>

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> Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

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