Thou livest in the limbs.

Thou livest in the beat of heart and lung.

Thou livest in the resting head.

I thought it might be interesting to post up the threads and connections that I have noticed - other people could do the same in new journal posts.

This is the thread that I first notice.  Limbs, which is the metabolic, then heart and lungs which is the rhythmic, then head which is the nervous system. This understanding of man is the basis of Anthroposophical medicine.

Livest, livest, livest.  These three lines are saturated with life, just as our bodies are.

There is a power and potential for movement in "Thou livest in the limbs".  This is short, to the point, action packed.  It is this activity that the meditation encourages us to realise.

There is rhythm in the "Thou livest in the beat of heart and lung".  I can feel the rhythm constrains the movement, here we have to find a balance to navigate this line.  It is a rhythmic centre that, like a gyroscope, the meditation guides us to.

Then the movement slows again "Thou livest in the resting head".  Resting - still - quiet.  The area of our body most saturated by the spirit is the physically quietest - and it is that quiet that the meditation encourages us to nurture.

I wonder about the word "beat" because it is quite a mechanical word - rhythm is more living.  However, perhaps rhythm is too variable?  Our heart and lungs beat on, without resting, till we die...

S.