Part of growing wiser is unlearning the habit of dismissal. It’s learning to ask not just “What do I think about this?” but “What does my body register here?”
Unless I am mistaken, it was Lao Tsu who advised: All knowledge worth knowing is in the body. It certainly appears that way to me. A priori wisdom is not rocket science. It is just the knowledge before the thoughts come thru about what is going on within/without that the body apperceives. First knowing, as I put it. When my brain listens to my body, I can motivate myself to correct some denial or misconception. If not, I suffer. One cannot experience Maslow's levels of hierarchy unless the bottom platform is solid - that would be the corporeal body, the foundation of biotic matter.
Unless I am mistaken, it was Lao Tsu who advised: All knowledge worth knowing is in the body. It certainly appears that way to me. A priori wisdom is not rocket science. It is just the knowledge before the thoughts come thru about what is going on within/without that the body apperceives. First knowing, as I put it. When my brain listens to my body, I can motivate myself to correct some denial or misconception. If not, I suffer. One cannot experience Maslow's levels of hierarchy unless the bottom platform is solid - that would be the corporeal body, the foundation of biotic matter.
Thank you Thom. I've started doing body work and hopefully am living life more intuitively.