Where Our Inner World and Outer World Meet: An Interview with Bruce Fertman

A peaceful body is an unafraid body. It senses its source, its larger body, as a baby senses its mother or father cradling them in their arms. A peaceful body is a safe body. A peaceful body is a trustful body. It lets itself be touched by the world, and immediately and fully a peaceful body touches the world back. A peaceful body doesn’t retain itself, doesn’t withdraw, doesn’t run away. It doesn’t push against, doesn’t fight. It meets. It joins. It receives, even when giving. A peaceful body only receives. It is all it can do. It is not in the least selfish. It is simply open. A peaceful body senses how it is always in contact, always enjoined, always in touch – a breeze against its face, the warmth of the sun on its shoulders, the ground under its feet. A peaceful body is always in good company.