
Embodied Mind and Transcendent Consciousness

We human beings are embodied creatures defined by our birth in a particular physical body as indicating our real identity and the focus of our lives. Our minds are not only located in the body but ruled by an entire set of bodily needs, imperatives, appearances and actions and their daily functions. Our physical body is our personal image, starting with our face and form and the clothes we put around the body. We see ourselves as a bodily intelligence operating through the brain, senses and motor organs. This is the basis of our survival, development and happiness in life. Obviously caring for the body, both at physical and social levels, is an important task, the most immediate and demanding necessity that we have to deal with in our lives and with our minds on a moment by moment level. Protecting, preserving and promoting our bodily needs is the