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Dance class was a tough one tonight. Reviewed an older dance with lots of syncopated hip-hop moves. Cognitively, it was tough to learn. Legs didn't want to move as fast as the music and didn't want to do the steps. I stuck it out just to see what would happen and it was an interesting experience.

Been a lot of focus recently on my body--what it's doing, not doing, behaving, feeling, and so forth. So in the midst of this focused attention, I pull up this quote today on the Rigpa site--one of their daily glimpses:

At present, our body is undoubtedly the center of our whole universe. We associate it, without thinking, with our self and our ego, and this thoughtless and false association continually reinforces our illusion of their inseparable, concrete existence. Because our body seems so convincingly to exist, our "I" seems to exist, and "you" seem to exist, and the entire illusory, dualistic world we never stop projecting around us looks ultimately solid and real.

When we die, this whole compound construction falls dramatically to pieces.
--from Glimpse After Glimpse for today's date (4/25)

So much for a focus on my body. Food in, food out, tremors, symptoms, what it can do or not do, age, and so on ad nauseam. Been eating carefully these past few days--going back to foods that seem to assimilate well. Dense (and not so dense) protein seemed to be causing problems.

Had oatmeal with banana, butter and sugar for breakfast. Lunch: cashew shrimp Chinese plate with soup, egg roll, and fortune cookie. Dinner: fruit and yogurt. Stomach and system doing better with these simpler foods.

But, I ramble tonight. A bit tired from dance class. Didn't get to yoga class again today. Felt tired in the afternoon and didn't want to do too much. Will try again next week (since I won't have an 8AM appointment like today).

Took a dose of triphala last night. Will do the same again tonight. It seems to calm the Stomach Channel.

Nearly through reading McCaffrey's two novels about Talents. Interesting stories, but not as richly crafted as her dragon series. Tomorrow is a library day--take some books back and pick up some others. Weepy sleepy time now though! Goo night all!