The understanding I have of how everything is structured is almost a model in my mind. Not an explanation, but a visualization. The map inside, the territory yet to explore, the plane of every day operations, language and where most people are. The external territory of places and people that expand your inner map. You inner map that is your knowledge of the world, places you have been, thing you have seen, experiences you have had, turned into landscapes. Everything you know about the universe is actually just you. There is nothing outside of what your body is currently experiencing. Everything else you are aware of, is inside you. The vastness of the universe, the infinite possibilities of life, all fit inside your physical body. The map has areas in you even you haven’t explored. Dark forests and valleys, mountain tops, far away horizons. The more you know, understand, can…Read More "The Inner Map That Is Me"
My body, my skin, reaches out for you, for all of you, for every part of you.I want to envelop the soft flesh that holds your inner landscape,the map that is you.I can feel it through your skin.I can see everything your body has been. I want to hold and soothe and see all the pain and trauma, joy and freedom in your sinews. My inner map is open to you.There is enough space in here for all of you.Nothing here scares me. Use it as a way into you.Find where our maps overlap and walk into yours with the curious spirit of fearless adventure I have within me. I can see the map in you, in every muscle, in your skin, in what is seen as the body containing the soul within. Your body isn’t just a vessel. It has been shaped and holds barely beneath a thin surface…Read More "I Broke My Celibacy. This Is What I See."
