ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
I honour this body - it is it is in order being inseparable from the divine order.
I respect and accept this body. It is a precious gift from Ishwara. It is a precious instrument with which I interact with the world and gain different types of experiences.
I acknowledge that I observe, experience, know this body.
I call it 'my' body even as I say 'my' pencil. So I am different from this body- I am a simple conscious being in whose awareness this body shines.
This body is not separate from me the conscious being. I enliven and illuminate it - indeed as the Cosmic Consciousness, I manifest it.
The body is an object of my awareness.
It is material in nature.
It has different attributes.
It is constantly changing ...and though it has life-force coursing through it now, one day it will die....in fact next moment it can die.
So this body is a temporary rented residence whose lease will end I don't know when.
I am independent of the body - a simple conscious being. The consciousness that I am is not a part, property or product of this body-mind complex. I am independent. The body is ever dependent. It is dependent on many local factors of cause and effect. It is dependent on me, the consciousness that manifests as the life-force that breathes life into it. It is illumined in my awareness.
I am the subject - the one who knows, experiences, observes the body - different from it. I am the seer, the body is the seen.
I, the conscious being am not material (or energy) in nature. I, consciousness, am not restricted by time or space.
I, the conscious being am free of all attributes
I, the conscious being do not change - ever.
I, the conscious being am the only permanent entity in life.
I use this body respectfully as an instrument given by Ishvara.
I am a trustee for this body - in it's lifetime, it is in my care. I am grateful for it. I give back to it food and water, shelter, clothes, medicine, clean environment, exercise (yoga asanas). I give back to it my keen awareness of it...through which it can relax.
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः
