The understanding about the eternity of reality and consciousness does not remove the vasanas from the body mind.
The body is deeply conditioned from ancestral vasanas as well as vasanas accumulated during this lifetime.
Further inquiry and investigation is required.
We need to scan our feeling and our emotional states. The exploration of our somatic realm is a crucial part of the awakening.
Life situations may trigger inner feelings, negative emotions and old patterns of avoidance.
This requires sincerity, truthfulness and a deep inner dive.
Can we meet our inner somatic state with silent presence, awareness and interest?
Being completely not-knowing?
This is not about seeking to heal old wounds.
It is about tending tenderly and lovingly to whatever is arising inwardly, no matter how painful it may seem to be.
