Where does it hurt?

Contemplating the body, observing the body, it can be useful to ask yourself, where does it hurt? Where is there tightness or discomfort?

Observe that pain. Witness the tension.

Don't turn away from the experience. Open up to it. Breath into it.

Looking deeply into our experience free from reactivity, we engender presence and openness. This presence and openness is vulnerable, but it also carries authority. There is something true about our experience, a knowledge of our own condition and predicament.

The practice of looking deeply into our own human condition cultivates a rich inner life. It gives rise to an inner wealth and understanding that we can share with the world, carry out into the world. The practice opens us up to what it means to be human, and an appreciation for the very fact of being at all.