Think of a cave.
A limestone cave.
A cold climate.
Water seeps in from the ground above and covers the ceiling.
It freezes into ice.
Water keeps seeping in, and the layers and projections of ice start to descend.
They lengthen as icy water keeps flowing inside, and each stalactite grows, separated from the others.
Now, imagine the water in a stalactite coming alive. It wants to fully experience its original unity, its commonality, with the others. Resisting gravity, it returns to the ceiling and the flowing water beyond.
Next, imagine your mind, weighed down by its identification with your body. It seeks its original lightness, balance, understanding, and expansiveness. It wants to become subtler and relaxed, but has to strive against its own habits of painful effort, of experiencing and expressing itself grossly, through the body, and against others.
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