Am I in the Body or is the Body Within Me? - 12th October 2016

I can see this body which seems real. This 'I am' seems personal, but these two both I can see as a concept too. Is it right seeing, or is it just I'm making some concept about it?

Yeah, let's look deeply at this. Why does the body seem real? Because the sensations which seem to be body sensations, they can seem very intimate to us, isn't it? So when we check on what is here, we quickly find that there are these sensations experienced which presumably are body sensations, you see. Now, because of the intimacy of these sensations, that's why you feel like this body is something that exists. But we have also seen that just like all other appearances, these sensations are also appearing and disappearing. Sometimes it feels like I have no body at all; we're just floating in space because these sensations are not being felt to that extent, you see. So these sensations are also in the realm of appearances, you see.

Now, what we can do to check is whether I am enclosed within these sensations of the body, or whether these sensations also are experienced within me. Just as the sound of the fan, the sound of this voice, everything is experienced within the same being. The same way, these sensations also are experienced within the same being, is it not? Therefore, we find that it is not the body boundaries that define us, but the boundaries of this body—because in this play it is designed as if we can participate in this way, as if we are this body-mind. It can seem like, unless we look closely like this, it can seem like 'I am' itself is enclosed within these sensations. But as you're checking now, you must be finding that where these sensations of the body are appearing, there are also other sensations like sound, images, all of these appearing in the same space of being. Therefore, it is these sensations which are included in me, and not the other way around.