{"id":1318,"date":"2021-11-30T16:18:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:18:04","slug":"contours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/11\/30\/contours\/","title":{"rendered":"Contours"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Contours<\/strong><\/p>\n

You imagine
\nthat you are
\nyour body.<\/p>\n

As if
\nyou could be
\ncontained
\nin a cranial
\ncavity
\nthe size of a
\nsmall
\nmuskmelon.<\/p>\n

Then you
\ncompound
\nthe error
\nby comparing
\nthe topography
\nof your skin
\nto other
\nskins,<\/p>\n

as if
\nthat was
\nanything other
\nthan a
\nfootnote
\nin the volumes
\nthat would be
\nrequired to
\ncomprehend
\nthe eternity
\nthat you contain,<\/p>\n

as if
\nyou can be
\ncontained.<\/p>\n

Consider
\nadopting a
\nmeditation
\npractice
\nwherein your
\nintention is to
\nmove your
\nawareness
\noutside your
\nmuskmelon,
\nfor just a few
\nmoments,<\/p>\n

and allow
\nyour Self
\nto expand
\nalong the
\nendless
\ncontours of
\nyour Soul.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Omid Armin; Unsplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Contours You imagine that you are your body. As if you could be contained in a cranial cavity the size of a small muskmelon. Then you compound the error by comparing the topography of your skin to other skins, as if that was anything other than a footnote in the volumes that would be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t