ABILITIES · BODY

How fixed is the represented body?

Feel the body resting on its support. Explore how sensation, attention, and ideas of shape and position contribute to the experience of “my body,” while your physical body remains here.

Choose a brief exploration. Words or a sense of position can stand in for pictures. Skip any sense or form of imagery that is unavailable or uncomfortable; you may stop at any time.

Keep this brief, seated or lying safely. Stop at dizziness, panic, disorientation, an unsettling sense of unreality, or other concerning effects. Use the return steps. Do not push through; if effects persist or worry you, seek professional support. Unusual does not mean advanced.

Start with Self if you prefer simpler explorations of contact and attention.

Choose one experiment.

Keep it brief. Stay curious. Return when you choose.

Practices

Body map · Brief experiment

Compare felt position with visible position.

Prepare. Choose a safe ordinary moment with no task demanding your attention. Decide what you expect to notice.
Experiment. Seated, look away from your resting hands or close your eyes if comfortable. State one estimate: which hand is closer to a knee, or which way a palm faces. Use another accessible body part if needed.
Compare. Look or use a comfortable confirming touch to check the estimate. Record a match, mismatch, or uncertainty before trying another position. Keep the felt estimate distinct from the check.
Return. Look around and name familiar objects. Feel the chair or floor. Move your hands and feet. Stand or walk only when steady and appropriate, then resume ordinary activity.
Make It Yours. If this works for you, make it part of your practice. If it does not, let it go.

Size · Brief experiment

Compare felt and seen dimensions.

Prepare. Choose a safe ordinary moment with no task demanding your attention. Decide what you expect to notice.
Experiment. Attend to one resting hand. Notice its apparent size and how prominent its boundaries feel.
Compare. Look at the hand. Compare the felt impression with its visible dimensions; no change in physical size is implied.
Return. Look around and name familiar objects. Feel the chair or floor. Move your hands and feet. Stand or walk only when steady and appropriate, then resume ordinary activity.
Make It Yours. If this works for you, make it part of your practice. If it does not, let it go.

What kind of conclusion is this?

Observation

“I distinguished three sounds.” A report of what you noticed.

Inference

“I may be getting better at separating sounds.” An interpretation that needs comparison.

Hypothesis

“Repeated practice might improve accuracy.” A question for testing.

Speculation

“Perhaps the boundary I experienced as fixed is more flexible than I thought.” A possible interpretation to explore.

Describe an inward discovery as your experience. Notice what it invites you to explore next, without requiring the same result.

Notice what is already here.
Include a little more.
Listen for what changes.
And return when you choose.