awareness through movement

34 AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT
to change our position, we must make use of our senses, our
feeling, and our power of thought.
The active involvement of the entire nervous system in the
waking state is a part of every method of self-improvement, even
in those that claim to be concerned with only one of the four
components of the waking state.
2. It is easier to distinguish the quality of movement
We know more clearly and certainly about the organization of
the body against the pull of gravity than we do about the other
components. We know much more about movement than about
anger, love, envy, or even thought. It is relatively easier to learn
to recognize the quality of a movement than the quality of the
other factors.
3. We have a richer experience of movement
We all have more experience of movement, and more capacity
for it, than of feeling and thought. Many people do not differentiate
between overexcitability and sensitivity, and consider highly
developed sensitivity a weakness; they suppress any troubling feelings
and avoid situations that might arouse such feelings. In a
similar way thought is also restrained or broken off by many
people. Freedom of thought is considered defiance of the accepted
laws of behavior, not only in religion, but also in matters affecting
ethnic affiliation, economics, morality, sex, art, politics, and even
science.
4. The ability to move is important to self-value
A person's physical build and his ability to move are probably
more important to his self-image than anything else. We must
only watch a child who has found some imperfection in his mouth
or something else in his appearance that seems to make him
different from other children to convince ourselves that this discovery
will affect his behavior considerably. If, for instance, his