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Let\u2019s bridge over from the esoteric hand-wavy stuff we\u2019ve been doing with the quincunx in the mind (here<\/a>, here <\/a>and here<\/a>) to the body. Sorry, not \u201cthe\u201d body but to our individual bodies. The \u2018meat-suit\u2019 we wander around in where our lives and emotions and accidents and sensations all happen. That mysterious and sometimes troublesome thing that each of us must deal with.<\/p>\n

\"Christ<\/a>So thankfully today you can\u2019t see the curry stain down the front of my new shirt or the shredded chocolate wrapper that I\u2019ve hidden in the bin (as though by doing that I will be able to deny eating it) because that gives me the space to create the illusion that I don\u2019t have any problems with my body and we can have this wonderfully pure and calm discussion about bodies without any emotional triggers.<\/p>\n

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA.<\/p>\n

Oh man, I couldn\u2019t even type that and keep a straight face.<\/p>\n

<wipes eyes, loosens belt> Ok, where were we? Oh Yeah, pure mind. Hehehehee. Back on track now.<\/p>\n

One of the fascinating and miraculous things about our home, the Earth<\/a>, is that it sustains water in three distinct physical states \u2013 solid (ice), liquid and gas (water vapour is clouds and humidity). In case you\u2019re used to taking that for granted, it is very awesome, and something that no other planet in our universe (or any other universe) is so far proven able to do. I don\u2019t want to harp on it, but that makes the Earth VERY SPECIAL. If you like, take a minute to be grateful for that. If we\u2019re going to use the Quincunx as a model for helping solve problems \u2013 how can we read it in the context of our real life?<\/p>\n

The first step is to see how our bodies can relate to the model. So in the earth circle, visualise your largest organ \u2013 your skin \u2013 that connects you directly with the sensations of being here on the Earth. For Air, see and feel your amazing lungs (also large \u2013 enough to cover a tennis court if all stretched out). For Fire, feel and see your blood, that iron-rich, salty liquid so precious to every cell in your whole body. In the center, well the center is the heart isn\u2019t it? Not just that pump that gives us our rhythm to live to but the other heart too, where we feel things so strongly, the curled ribbons of grey folds that make up our brain and our gut (they\u2019re the same tissues at the beginning and echo each other as we grow. I didn\u2019t even make that up, it is science\u00a0<\/a>) but we\u2019ve missed one. What would be Water in our bodies? Think about it.<\/p>\n

It is Water.<\/p>\n

No association at all \u2013 just a direct step \u2013 more than half of our bodies are water.<\/p>\n

We think of ourselves as solid, but in a lot of ways we\u2019re very fluid, jelly-like at best. Our skin and skeleton work hard to put boundaries around us and give us physical structure. Water helps us understand our bodies. We think of fire and earth as being almost enemies, but without a specific band of heat, humans can\u2019t survive. Without the minerals and elements of the earth, our bodies can\u2019t form properly. No traces of iodine or zinc? Stunted growth. No iron in your diet? Blood doesn\u2019t work very well. Our bodies, no matter what shape or colour, are utterly miraculous and exist as a dance between so many parts.<\/p>\n

A lot of reader questions last year were about dealing with physical difficulties and we\u2019ll start to look at those over the next few weeks. Each discussion will refer to these ways of reading the quincunx. None of us are \u2018perfect\u2019 and yet all of us are individually unique and miracles in our own right. Our challenge is to value the divine more and learn how to disregard curry stains down the front of a shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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