Though it may be taken to be otherwise,
\nwhat we call, “body”
\nis a resonant field
\nimbued with feeling (sentience)
\nthe property of occupying space
\nthe capability of movement,
\nand with the ability to move among other resonant fields
\nliving beings.
\nIt is what we mean by, “soma”.<\/p>\n
Our minds are not entirely our own,
\nbut resonate with the field of all minds
\nmodulate that field of thought and feeling
\nthrough interaction with memory and original activity
\nand reflect it back into the field of all minds
\ntransformed.<\/p>\n
What we call, “body”
\nis really, “soma”,
\nsentient,
\nresonant in the field of all minds,
\nresponsive,
\ninitiatory,
\nremembering,
\nintelligent,
\nchanging,
\naccelerating the process of change
\noccurring in and as the Field of All Possibility.<\/p>\n
Physiology resonates and physically manifests
\nthe ways of mind.<\/p>\n
The ways of mind
\nare not “the” mind,
\nsince there is no fixed identity
\nno permanent identity
\nto earn the appelation, “the”
\n(though personal names imply such a permanent identity).<\/p>\n
There is only a persisting and yet changing process
\nconstantly inscribing upon memory
\nendless moments of time
\nconnected by memory
\nor disconnected in amnesia.<\/p>\n
The amnesia shows up,
\nsomatically,<\/p>\n
as awkwardness
\nboth in terms of clumsiness of movement
\nand in terms of dis-ease or disgrace,
\nas discontinuity of feeling during movement
\nas lack of sensibility during action,
\nof which we are unaware, oblivious,
\nsince a long-term lack of sensation goes unnoticed<\/p>\n
as lack of fluidity,
\na kind of stodginess in certain movements, such as walking
\nslowed walking or unsteady walking<\/p>\n
as dis-comfort in certain positions<\/p>\n
as somewhat crude control of movements,
\nso that they’re “all on” or “all off”,
\nbut not so well controlled in “the in-between”<\/p>\n
This is part of clumsiness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Elite athletes excel in “the in-between” between “all on” and “all off”,
\nand not just in “the extremes” of high performance
\nand so exhibit uncommon grace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe amnesia, the obliviousness
\nshows up as habits of behavior and memory
\nwhich we take to be ourselves
\nand which others recognize as ourselves<\/p>\nall lumped into one as our way of moving
\nand of going into and coming out of rest,<\/p>\nPsychology and the physiology are the same one
\nperceived from two different viewpoints.<\/p>\nPsychology is the experience of physiology
\nand
\nphysiology is the play of psychology as living matter.<\/p>\nExperiential memory holds them as one.
\nConceptual memory holds then as two.<\/p>\nWe, somas, are the musical instruments that play
\nthe Music of the Spheres,
\nthe “music” (and noise) of the centers of influence we all are
\nresonant fields apparently centered as “selves”
\nlocated by others
\nand experienced by ourselves
\nas centers of memory<\/p>\nmemory, embodied physiologically
\nmemory, resonant with the Field of All Minds
\nthe Field of All Possibilities
\never-changing
\never appearing to persist as a center-self
\na resonant field of mind
\ntransforming physiologically and psychologically
\nas changes of our level of rest or activity
\nas changes of our state of attention,
\nas changes of our muscular activity
\nof our neurology,
\nas hormonal changes
\nand changes of our blood pressure and breathing rate.<\/p>\nThought is the flickering of attention among memory patterns
\namong arousal states
\ninscribed upon memory
\nas things sensed
\nthings felt
\nand impulses to act or react
\nto feel or not to feel,
\nall inscribed upon memory
\nwith gaps of amnesia,
\nthings forgotten<\/p>\nlike a Hitchcock tale.<\/p>\n
Emotion is the tension set within which thoughts occur.<\/p>\n
Emotion gathers related, mutually triggering memories
\ntogether<\/p>\ninto a state of suspense<\/p>\n
that may persist or that may change
\nover short or very long periods of time.<\/p>\nThe physiology gets stabilized at a certain pattern of homeostasis
\nor “best approximation of ‘home'”
\nwhich, as we know
\nhas gaps and deviations<\/p>\nboth physiologically (as perceived from one perspective)
\nand psychologically (as apperceived from another).<\/p>\nThe kicker is that apperception (the perception of self-soma by self-soma)
\nhas amnesias and unawakened potentials
\nand so soma-self’s image
\nis subject to
\n“The ‘not-knowing” of all I never knew I didn’t know.” (oblivious ignorance)
\nand
\n“All the ‘knowing’ that I’ve forgotten that I know, that’s still running the show.” (amnesia and habit)
\n— in other words,
\nincomplete and inconclusive
\nbeset by seemingly hidden influences,
\nbut seeming, because of memory,
\nto be complete and conclusive,
\npresent as physiological states of readiness
\nto take actions remembered
\ntoward different things as they are happening, now.<\/p>\nAnd they call that maturity.<\/p>\n
But it’s incomplete.<\/p>\n
The perspective of “the other”, another person,
\nanother viewpoint toward oneself that one is capable of taking in,
\nmay reveal the hidden memories and blind spots
\nthat have been running the show from behind the scenes.<\/p>\nAnd the two somatic perspectives,
\nfrom outside
\nand
\nfrom within
\ngive a more complete view,
\nbut still,
\nalways,
\nincomplete and inconclusive
\nsubject to
\n“The ‘not-knowing” of all I never knew I didn’t know.” (oblivious ignorance)
\nand
\n“All the ‘knowing’ that I’ve forgotten that I know, that’s still running the show.” (amnesia and habit)
\n— whatever we may know in memory
\nand mistake for the present moment.<\/p>\n\nLawrence<\/em>\u00a0Gold is a certified clinical somatic educator who has been in practice since 1990. His clients are typically people in pain who have not gotten help from standard therapies. Contact\u00a0<\/em>Lawrence<\/em>\u00a0Gold,\u00a0here<\/a>. Read about his background,\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n