meditating from the inside out #1

back from the monastery seminar last weekend,
perhaps i was operating on a broader wavelength.
later i found myself in the vicinity of starbucks,
walking through the frenetic yet static spillover
of the roasted coffeebean air, a friend telling me
about capoiera, the brazilian martial art and dance.
the following day the explanation was still fresh...

"we focus from inside of ourselves.
our mind takes notice of our physical interior
where vibrations from that sparkling animation
of energy we call prana, are felt."

use this exercise designed to move faster:
think of any simple movement.
where does the movement come from?
it may come from somewhere in your hand or your leg.
think of doing it again one hundred times faster,
imaging the force originating from deeper
within your being. from that depth,
the momentum of force over distance
explodes into movement.
it is like tapping spirit from body and mind.

we can read or otherwise understand this interesting
trinity of (1) life, (2) form and (3) awareness.
we can also play with it using hatha yoga or meditation
or chi gung or other practice.
imagine relaxing completely, physically and mentally,
so that you fall asleep.
now, wake up!
now, relax, fall asleep.
wake up!
upon waking,
follow the cast of that inner spark
back to the plexus' within.
:-)oh~