Speaking of ebbs and flows, I've taken my sweet time getting back to this discussion. I'm also really enjoying the increase in authentic participation this week. It feels like a real book club! :)

Your description here is beautifully poetic and almost mysterious! I can relate. But in reflecting on this over the past week, I'm wondering what is that literal space? It seems so natural that mind and body are separate, but what are they separated by?

What if what we think of as the mind is actually a sense of it's own? Any what if ideas, or thoughts, are simply objects similar to what we see or touch with the body, but of a different quality or spectrum?

What about extreme, embodied desire? Like when my dog salivates because he sees I have the treat bag? Or anticipatory sexual arousal which can have obvious and sometimes inconvenient physical symptoms ;) Not really much to add to your meditations here, but dropping questions which follow from following your musings.