The Human Body Temple / by Maré Hieronimus

The wisdom of the human body is absolutely extraordinary. How can it not be? The human body is a miraculous expression of divine consciousness. The notion that we could somehow outsmart the brilliance of nature is absurd to me, for when we are fully suppprted in the life and healing processes - the human body is capable of the miracles of nature.

Any dedicated natural healer, doctor, therapist and teacher must know and understand this to be a foundational reality. In truth - all holistic, natural and therapeutic modalities are built upon this premise of supporting our miraculous systems to do the functioning that they were created to do. The incredible power of the human organism expresses itself through the life process, and just as prana possesses innate intelligence, so our human body, made up of subtle layers of the flow of prana, will always move towards integration and healing. Our bodies possess a profound cellular memory, both personal, as well as cosmic, and will use this deep well of cellular wisdom to continually move towards balance and harmony. This is our natural state, and unless we disrupt or destroy our natural state, our bodies will look to find this delicate equilibrium through all phases of life.

Our modern day culture and allopathic system relentlessly plant seeds of fear and horror in relationship to the miraculous qualities of the human form. When we hate our bodies, when we think of these forms as nothing more then machines to use and abuse and to do our bidding - when we continually injest, inject and submerge ourselves in various toxic substances and chemicals - this too has a profound effect upon the functioning of our systems. This self hatred and poisoning perverts the innate inborn cellular intelligence within our systems, taking us further and further away from our natural state of growth and healing.

In order to move back towards this natural state - we must take the courage to listen and feel more deeply, to nourish more fully, and to love more completely. We must find ways to be gentler, softer, and more honest with ourselves. By removing toxic substances from our lives, we give our bodies the opportunity to reconnect to the cellular wisdom that is our birthright. By releasing ourselves from the burden of shame and self-loathing that each of us is bathed in through our very existence within this culture, we give ourselves the opportunity to reconnect with our our divine nature. We come to experience the body as a poetic extension of consciousness, and a sacred instrument of the highest order. We begin to feel the life of the soul expressed through the experience of the temple of the human form.

In this way, we begin to slowly transform ourselves back into the natural healer’s that we are born to be. We move in accordance with the sacred order of the cosmos. We come into greater alignment with the life force itself, and we begin to honor the magnificence of the human form as an instrument of spirit. What a gift to be alive, in body, living, moving, dancing, singing, growing. What a gift to walk this world in this most incredible time on Earth. As we return ourselves to this sacred knowledge, and into nature’s divine embrace, we reignite our human legacy, and the inborn divinity which resides within each of us.