Stories
harry on 6:46 pm February 16th, 2011 / 2 Comments »
Once, after telling a story to my son for a solid hour, I had an idea.
“Where are stories, Habibi?” I asked.
“They aren’t anywhere,” he replied. “They just are.”
I know. He’s really like that. My kid is Yoda.
I think stories are written on our bodies. Not just in scars and tattoos and aches and pains and (if you are me), creaky joints–those are the stories of our physical bodies. They mean something.They teach us things, sure.
There are other stories written on our bodies, though. Big stories. Big stories about big things. Written right there, and here’s the thing–we are constantly writing them, over and over again.
Here’s a big story:
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 1:2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and God’s spirit hovered over the face of the waters. 1:3 And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light. 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good…
Yes. I know. But it’s a big story. And it’s famous. Just be patient–it’s getting good.
So, the other week, Kim was telling us about the first two chakras. The first is all about basic survival. Safety. That kind of thing. It’s important. It’s what everything else is built upon. The second is all about desire, emotional, physical. It’s also important. It’s about our drives. So, here’s the thing. Kim was talking about this and she said “These two first chakras are sort of unformed.”
Right then all my years of Hebrew school kicked in and I thought of that story.
It’s as if those first two chakras are the basis for the rest of our creation. Our creating. The raw materials. If that’s the case, then maybe the third chakra, which holds our sense of self, is kind of like, not the light, but the value judgment we place on the light: “that it was good.” As soon as something happens to those raw materials, we put a value on it. Light is good. That’s our ego talking. That’s our third chakra.
And it’s written right there, on us.
Okay–next time I will write about music. I promise.
On February 16th, 2011 at 9:30 pm ( On Music, Or Us) boundlessyoga.com Said:
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On February 17th, 2011 at 1:32 pm kelly ann beavers Said:
i like how you say the stories are written on us. it’s as if we can then. be read. i also like the little name you call your son.