05/11/2025
The bodymind is the temple. To make oneself the place of practice, sacred. The temple building and its religions and rituals is only to remind us to be humble. And provide a place to be with others, in community. When religion is a dogma it distracts us from our own sacred physicality, and without love even the purest intent becomes profane. Mindfulness and prayers, when disconnected from the heart, are empty words, mere concepts. A physical practice without mental grasp lacks the fullness of bodymind as one. I was amazed how the temples l visited in Bali had very little of the multitudes of figures as featured in many Indian temples. Even the Hinduism felt different in Bali, less emphasis, perhaps, on the Vedic aspects. Be that as it may. My brief trip to Bali reminded me, in so many ways, that my own bodymind is the most direct sacred ground available, to me.
