The energy from the ground up, I look for that sometimes when I’m dancing. When I’m sitting, I sometimes look to feel like my whole body might clear (the ground) on inhalation, and like my body as a whole might cleave (at a point) on exhalation. I came up with this as a feeling-explanation of these two sayings:<\/p>\n
“Miraculous power and marvelous activity
\nDrawing water and chopping wood.”<\/p>\n
(Pangyun, a lay Zen practitioner, eight century C.E.)<\/p>\n
“Cleave a (piece of) wood, I am there;
\nlift up the stone and you will find Me there.”<\/p>\n
(The Gospel According to Thomas, pg 43 log. 77, \u00a91959 E. J. Brill)<\/p>\n
Just lately, I find myself embracing the recollection that the cranial-sacral rhythm is present with the location of consciousness. John Upledger wrote that he was able to palpate a location in the body where the cranial-sacral rhythm was moving well, and add the pressure of 5 grams (the weight of a nickel) to the movement at that place in order to open the movement at other places in the body- places that were not moving so well, maybe even places that were stuck. When I recall that the cranial-sacral rhythm is present with the location of consciousness, I accept that the free occurrence of consciousness can by virtue of its location act like John Upledger’s hands in adding movement to the cranial-sacral rhythm where the movement is good. I allow this to act to open places where I feel movement is needed, and the witness of activity and feeling born in this relationship reinforces my trust in the free occurrence of consciousness.<\/p>\n
Koichi Tohei the Aikidoist taught four recollections: 1) keep one point; 2) weight underside; 3) relax; 4) extend ki. I never liked what I took to be the exercise of will implied in these recollections, but I now see that some of the time (at least) my consciousness cleaves to one place, I am aware of an underside like clearing the ground, I am looking to relax like waking up or falling asleep, and I recognize that the movement of the cranial-sacral rhythm where consciousness takes place opens movement appropriate to what is felt.<\/p>\n
At least Tohei’s approach has brevity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The energy from the ground up, I look for that sometimes when I’m dancing. When I’m sitting, I sometimes look to feel like my whole body might clear (the ground) on inhalation, and like my body as a whole might cleave (at a point) on exhalation. I came up with this as a feeling-explanation of … <\/p>\n