A body might be made of organic matter but that doesn't mean it's natural to live in one. We are eternal consciousness. Eternal. Unlimited. And now we are trapped in a body that doesn't even remember what it was before it came here. So here's my list. 1. Maintenance The body needs to be cleaned all the time. Groomed. Fed. Exercised. Clothed. Housed. It never stops. You never wash all your clothes or do all the shopping or wash all the dishes and then it's done. Everything needs constant ongoing maintenance. 2. It's Messy Bodies are gross. They shit. They piss. They get sick. They're emotionally tortured and constantly vomiting toxic dysfunction everywhere. Women bleed. Men's hair keeps growing out their face. We have hair where we don't need it. If you don't clean it, it gets smelly. Bodies are gross. 3. It's Heavy Literally heavy. It took me 40 years just to get used to holding my head up. That's the truth. And that's just the head....
There's this awesome quote from Krishnamurti. It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. And yesterday I realised—in spite of me knowing that society is very unhealthy and the world is very unhealthy—there has been an element of me that has been trying to fit into this world. Because I don't know if that's just in the DNA of a human being. Like we want to fit in. Somehow we want to succeed at being human. But then I realised: actually, I don't want to fit into this world. There's no part of me that wants to fit into this world. Why the fuck would anyone want to fit into a world that's so fucked up? The soul shock of coming into a body and living whatever life I've lived and having all the experiences that I've had has been a massive challenge. But probably a fraction of a challenge compared to what most people experience in this world. Most people don't even have their basic needs met in a healthy, comfortable, e...