How little we tend to value the body and its experiences. Instead, I want higher energy to descend on me from above, to live in a state of prayer. But without a physical sensation of oneself, the energy from another level has no place to “land.” My thought, when it is turned toward the sensation of myself, creates the magnet. Feelings immediately appear, whatever they may be. Right now I’m tired, but I see that I need to “bear” being tired, to bear the experience of shifting states of energy, in order to stay the course, to stay open to this possibility of being present.
 
I am here. I am present. What does that mean? My head’s not wandering or turning in circles around a few thoughts. My body is very much here and I’m aware of it. My head knows it. My body feels attended. An opening begins as it is accepted, appreciated, given its due. With this sense of presence comes a new state: of lack of fear, of attentive watching, of not moving faster than I can follow myself in movement. I am nourished by this state. I am affirmed.
 
All three elements are necessary:
 
Me.
 
Here.
 
Now.
 
Me is the being. Here and now depend on the quality of my attention, and whether mind and body accept together to live the present moment without fear or avoidance.