The Pathway of Return

We first identify the self as a body. We're very young, you know, age one, one and half two. And then as our mind starts getting more complex and developed, we start increasingly identifying as a mental self that owns a body. This is actually a domain in the frontal cortex that correlates with mindfulness. It lets us re-inhabit the garden, the whole garden. Okay. So the pathway of return, the practice that helps us wake up out of a limited identity and reconnect with the senses, mindfulness of the body,. means that in this moment, right now, notice where your attention is, you might close your eyes for a moment.