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"I felt, as I became a later and later bloomer, alienated not just from my own recalcitrant glabrous little body but in a way from the whole elemental exterior I'd come to see as my co-conspirator."
"And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don't, it's just real hard to get through the day, and I'll get really down, and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over."
"Every cell in your body is totally aware of how you think and feel about yourself."
"The universe has a body and soul and evolves through cosmic time. As microcosms of stardust, we do the same."
"Stop. Take 3 deep breaths and smile everywhere in your body, observing what's happening in your body. Proceed now with kindness and understanding."
"Impulses of intelligence constantly create the body in new forms every second."
"Most people aren't in touch with their body and tend to live in their thoughts."
"The accumulation of toxins in the body/mind system accelerates aging."
"Consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes the activity of the body."
"In the past few decades, there has been a revolution in how we perceive the body. What appears to be an object, a three-dimensional anatomical structure, is actually a process, a constant flow of energy and information."
"It is easier to wiggle the toes than reset the biological clock, but that is just a belief that is rooted in superstition. If we could understand that the human body is a network of information and energy, then we would see that the same principles apply everywhere in the body."
"Intentions are the triggers for transformation in the body. If you want to wiggle your toes, you do it through intention."
"I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke."
"You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets."
"98% of the atoms in your body were not there a year ago."
"I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects."
"Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have."
"I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body."
"I love music and listen to music all the time, but I didn't realize how much my body needed music. I needed it more than sex."
"The reason I don't retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It's about expanding, constantly pushing yourself."
