Bio Logic

I am led to wonder about the function and condition of the biologic mechanism which houses my personality. Lao Tzu teaches that the mind and body are one, and any separation between them mere illusion. This has been one of the most difficult aspects of the Tao for me to fully embrace. I'd long viewed the situation more as a pleasantly superior mind unfortunate to be carried around in a mediocre at best body. Is it any wonder, then, that I prefer to attach my sense of self to one of these more than the other?

But I digress. Through consumption of intoxicants, the recuperative efforts which naturally follow, and messy, infrequent physical exertions, I am acutely aware of several of the ongoing processes of my own organism. A novel situation, and not entirely pleasant. I can certainly understand why most of us prefer to be distracted from it as much as possible. All of this reaffirms what I've known on some level for many years: That, although blessand with a thinningly high metabolism, I am simply not in that great of shape.