#Body and mind

[diana-andraste]

Deliri anatomici, Alberto Martini, n.d.

[galerymod]

We choose who we are. So simple. No, so hard!

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Having a superpower has nothing to do with the ability to fly or jump, or superhuman strength. The truest superpowers are the ones we all possess: willpower, integrity, and most importantly, courage.

Jason Reynolds

A superhuman is someone who recognises their own negative fallibilities that close them off from the omnipresent and, over the course of their life, grows beyond these fallibilities through these negative fallibilities, and then lives in harmony with themselves and the world. They come to the realisation that they can use the time they have to live as part of a greater and greater whole.

We will never be perfect in achieving this, but only the path to it allows us to grow, to look back calmly at our thousand other versions and to understand our fallibilities in order to forgive usself.

Because we are only human.

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[koboretachai]

Bones to dust (rant)

I am so tired of looking for jobs, working but not getting paid on time. Like whoever thought that it would be a great idea to slave away in concrete slabs all day and night, just for someone else who is very clearly exploiting you form all ends, first your labour and then your money. I am raging in anger whenever I’m reminded that I am also someone being raised by these multibillion dollar corporations to desire more than is already sufficient, to consume more than is necessary, brainwashed by this illusion of luxury. It’s nothing but immorality, putting a price tag on people’s labour. Why should a person be more valuable than the other? Why should a person tell another of their worth? Why should we continue to labour when they said that we were free?

I long to sweat in then sun, roll over swaying grasslands with the wind tearing through my clothes and tickling my body, float in the pristine waters as I let the waves carry away my woes and close my eyes in nature’s cradle.

[ohowboring]

Body and Soul.

Anon asked:

What might you say to someone who has felt just numb for over 10 years, from [redacted for privacy] and other traumas in life, but now has a new long term relationship with a child and just can't feel emotions properly anymore. I feel like my soul is trapped in a body that can't forget and move on. That my feelings have been so hurt that my life force has all but been depleted and never returned.

Two of the very many factors, yet also arguably the most fundamental, that make us human.

The body protects the soul, the soul nurtures the body. Many times there comes a point where both seem to have two different identities, but it is imperative to remember that they are one and the same. They act in balance, aiming for homeostasis in order to achieve one thing: survival.

The body is the temple, the safe house for the soul that is the treasure, the caretaker.

So what happens when the caretaker has taken a direct hit, a wound so devastating that it alters the direction of life?

After every injury, the safe house adapts. It does its best to become even safer. It builds walls of stone, locks the doors and windows, shuts the blinds- all to ensure safety. Sometimes, after so many instances of damage inflicted, the body adapts so well to tolerate the pain that it becomes numb entirely.

You’ve done well to care for your safe house, tending to it everyday as well as the others that are in your life. Despite everything, you’ve woken up each day and took care of your body, bathed yourself, fed yourself.

Your body is still protecting you, the child that was afraid and needed that protection, and it has done its best to lead you here. But the constant struggle to survive for years has led you to have a chronic condition of numbness and disassociation, that your body doesn’t realize that it no longer needs to be in survival mode.

You’ve done well, you’ve survived.

You’re safe now.

Allow yourself to see the small details in life, take your time to fully take in your surroundings. You have earned yourself that right. You were just a child when you forced to survive, I worry that you have not allowed yourself to enjoy the world in the way that you should have. So take on a child’s eyes and see, touch, taste, smell, hear, feel, as if you are experiencing life for the first time. Allow yourself to wonder, to be curious, to experience. Do not accept the world as it is, ask why it works in the way it does and come to your own conclusions- find the details that you were never able to notice because you had to look for necessities rather than leisures for so long.

And if you find yourself still struggling to do this, find reason to. Do it out of spite, in a way that those that hurt you no longer have place and meaning in your life. Do it out of love, in a way that the child within you is cherished and loved just as much as the child you are raising.

You’ve done well. You’ve survived. You’re safe. You have earned the right to enjoy the life you live.

- killjoy (@ohowboring)

[nocturnal-desolation]

My mind has been slowly poisoning my soul to the point where it doesn't feel like it belongs to me anymore, like it's not my own life. Despite being very disciplined, I lose focus more often lately and lack the motivation to do things. Most of the time, almost every day, I force myself to fulfill my responsibilities, force myself to do chores and "live" a little, as if you could call it that. Life itself has become a chore. And as always, I try not to show any of it, to keep up appearances, stay fit, what you gotta do to live a lie, I suppose… Why even do that? Well, it would take even more energy to listen to what others would say if they knew how I really felt. I want to be spared their "wise" words that lack any kind of meaningful understanding. "You just have to…" is how they usually start. As if they know, they know nothing. No, it's never "just" do something and everything will magically get better. Of course, some things help to get better in the moment - not long term in the mind. Others take time or feel good for a while, but don't last… Nothing has ever lasted for me, it seems to be a real tragedy that I got used to it, don't really think about it, because everything else keeps me thinking and occupied anyway.

It's odd, the dichotomy between body and mind. My body doesn't feel any different than it did when I was 18, certainly it helps to stay active, but it's much easier than with the mind or the soul. My soul feels so old, as if it has already lived several lifetimes, and in a way it has. Because it's running in circles a lot, burning through thoughts, feelings, emotions and therefore mental and emotional energy much faster than it does for most. I'm at a strange point in my life. I've come too far, far enough that it's not just spiraling down because I've learned to deal with some of this stuff better over time, but all my dreams, goals and aspirations are still out of reach, maybe unattainable forever, which makes it hard to find a meaning, a purpose, or to simply make sense of it all. It's both comforting and frightening that nothing really matters. Yet I wish it did, that I made a difference, that I mattered... and I don't.

I just don't.

[nellysview]

Reminder to check on your health!!!🩷🩷

•Are u hydrated?

•Have u eaten in the past 3 hours?

•Do u feel dizzy?

•Did you sleep well?

•Do u feel any kind of pain (physically/ mentally)?

Pls don’t ignore those things! Your body and your mind are both working for yourself everyday. It is imposant for them to recharge!They need energy for the day!

[federicasjourney]

I believe frequency and sounds can heal the body, mind and soul. So I found these for you guys and hope they can help you somehow. You can find these hz frequencies on YouTube, there are PLENTY of videos that are really long with no ads! You can play them on the background while doing other activities. No harm in trying ;)

[w3ath3r-0f-sw34t3rz]

lyric of the day ˚♫⋆｡˚

"i've been in the deep end since i realized there is a difference between body and mind i've been at my lowest for the longest time knowing my existence is not one of a kind"

body and mind girl in red

[bibibusinessman]

It’s cass cain and no one can convince me otherwise

[chiuroad]

2023台東自然醒慢活祭Taitung Spirit Festival / 活動主視覺

[standupandsaveyourself]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"Having lived in humility in body and mind, I forgot the disdain and arrogance of the great. Having made a monastery within my body, I forgot the monastery outside. Having embraced the spirit rather than the letter, I forgot how to play with words." ~ Milarepa

[h/t Ian Sanders]

[nocturnal-desolation]

They say, "Don't bite the hand that feeds you," but they're remarkably quiet when what the hand is feeding you isn't good for your body and mind. We are expected to swallow everything. To be grateful like good and happy slaves. You don't have to bite the hand, but you might want to check it and what it's holding from time to time.