Morning Dance
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 4:38AM When I awoke this morning, I felt myself called to put on music. Suddenly I found myself dancing around the kitchen. As I danced and moved, I realized that thought was the infection that stifled the dance within me.
Suddenly, everything rolled. Of course, I stopped dancing because now I was thinking. LoL But that is the metaphor, after all! When I thought back to when I spent most of my time dancing; taking classes, rehearsing, performing, jamming with friends, hitting clubs, it was all about being in the moment. When I stopped being in the moment the dance left me.
We’ve all felt this. Felt being totally present, the music just pulsing through one’s body until you are the music, letting the movement just flow through and out of oneself. And, we’ve all felt ourselves stifled by thought, unable to move, the music outside not in.
This is one key to tantra: being fully present. In this moment and acting without thought or, at least, without being stifled by thought. Can you keep your dance going?
Reader Comments (1)
Isn't dance thought? I wondered who first confused thought with words. Do you know the quote from Yeats, "O body swayed to music/ O brightening glance/ How can we know the dancer from the dance?" I have found myself in words in precisely the way you describe finding yourself in dance. . .