Once upon a time, until today, I didn’t love the Physical Body Me.. I’m small, always a little underweight, always wishing I was more: bigger, stronger, more muscle, not such a skinny thing. I’ve always been like this. I’ve always wanted to be more. I exercise, lift weights (tiny ones I suppose), and come to my yoga mat almost daily. Overall, I take good care of my physical self. And I’m small. I admire the strength of my wife. I want to be that strong. Time may tell, but really I don’t think I will ever have her physical power. Today, though; actually this morning on a taxi shuttle from Blue Spirit Costa Rica to the Liberia airport, something shifted. I am small. I’ve always been. Probably always will be. And I’ve seen this as a flaw. Always. Today, though, I wondered, What if I can embrace this presence that I am? What if I can love what I am as a physical body? How does that feel? Can I see myself as beautiful in this slight container of flesh, bone, and yes, tiny muscles?

This physical container holds the light of something more. The Subtle Body Me. Within me, there is a light that lights the whole world. It radiates Truth, Boundless Will, Knowledge, and Action. It shines through in the vibration of my laughter, through the light in my eyes, and through the strength of my words. This light is the Subtle Body Me. Perhaps more real than the Physical Body Me. For sure more powerful than the Physical Body Me. These aspects of me know one another. Through yoga, I have come to know the body that is my energetic self, my subtle self. I have much more to learn, much more to know. Today I am grateful for what knowledge I do have of these aspects of my being.

There is another body of ‘me’. The Causal Body Me. This me is more of a mystery to my waking reality. This is the me that is the infinite reality that began when the cosmos decided that the tiny spark of me should exist at all. And so, then, ‘I’ began. More on The Causal Body Me another time. For now, I will learn to love the Physical Body Me and witness what this change in perspective manifests.