If you want to find love, you must have a true
understanding of your body,
the dwelling place of love.
Your body has been your companion and
friend
through many different journeys of pain and
happiness.
It is always at your service and ready to go
wherever you take it.
If you seat it on an elephant or a horse, it’s
happy too.
If you feed it chilies, chutney and dry bread,
it’s happy too.
It’s happy with everything.
It is such a servant, such a slave, such a friend
that there is no one else in the world like it.
Your body is a fundamental necessity for
practice.
It is a temple for the diving conscious energy,
the creative aspect.
It is the ladder to the city of liberation.
Let your attitude toward your body be pure,
friendly, respectful, affectionate.
Once you know your inner being, you will
realize that your body is not illusory
but a beautiful temple filled with knowledge.
By loving it, you will make your own spring
of love flow.
~ Swami Muktananda