“So there are two points about how to view the body: There’s a listening — what I find in meditation, for example — a listening into the body to the point where it becomes unknowable. Because the body is an object of the mind to some degree. If I’m listening into the body-mind, I’m meditating, listening within this sense of self that includes the body and mind — that could be considered esoteric. You’ve heard the doctrine of “no mind”; well, that could just as easily be “no body.” A palpable peace.
The other way to look at the body is just as a meat vehicle, or a bag of bones or something like that. Shitting meat tube. (laughter) I mean, let’s be honest.”
– From a new talk posted on the James Wood Teachings website: Importance of Body
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