ZEN In Your Face

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ZEN: In Your Face

Quiz: What part of the body houses all five
senses, four of them exclusively? If you guessed
"the armpit," then you'd be wrong. The correct
answer is "the head." And because it houses the
brain as well, you could consider it the Command
Center of the body: working in harmony, we have
vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell clustered
closely together in a compact bio-unit. It's no
wonder, then, that when we stare into the mirror,
we identify our face (rather than our neck) as
"me."

All this makes it the most responsive part of the
body. It reflects our mental, emotional, and
physical states, making it a fairly accurate
indicator of our psychological condition. This
makes the face the perfect place on which to
meditate, second only to the navel.

For example, concentrate on your eyes. Often, we
hold strain there. Feel them for a moment. Then,
go a bit deeper. Each sense organ has a *root* or
deeper level. For vision, it's the spot at the
rear of the eyes. Shift your focus there and let
go of any strain.

Do the same with the nose. Breathe in. How does it
feel up there? Next, go to the deeper level and
discover how it feels inside your sinuses. Relax
them.

Repeat the exercise with that tasty muscle, the
tongue. Feel it. Then go deeper (to the back of
it) and feel the root. Relax it.

The same applies to the ears. First, do the
exterior part and then move to the inner ear. The
inner ear meditation is the most profound,
probably because it is lodged so deep within our
head.

Face muscles are revealing too: the jaw, mouth,
cheeks, eyebrows, and forehead. They all respond
to our emotions. If you focus on those places, you
can discover tension, anger, and sadness. Often,
these low-level emotions permeate our body and
mind at the unconscious level. If, though, we can
become aware of them and feel them, then they
fade. The trick is to remember to do this.
Unfortunately, when we are under the influence of
negative emotions, it's hard to think about
anything else. That's why developing the habit of
awareness is useful.

Here's a pattern to use. Meditate on each in this
order: [muscles] the jaw, mouth, cheeks, eyebrows,
and forehead; [senses, including roots] tongue,
nostrils, eyes, and ears. Focus on each point for
about ten seconds.

Ideally, we can tune into our facial condition
often. Like that, we create a more peaceful face,
mind, body, and emotions.

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Michael Lamas;
www.starbuilders.org
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