form, matter, substance

"The point of having a body is to carry yourself from joyful experience to joyful experience."

... from Chapter 19 of How to Keep House while Drowning by K C Davis

Keep helping your body feel less alarmed. I imagine my "inner iguana" lodged in the most ancient and fearful structures of the brainstem, and gently stroking its belly, soothing and settling it so it relaxes like a lizard on a warm rock. The same with my inner rat, or monkey, or caveman: continually softening and opening the body, breathing fully and letting go, sensing strength and resolve inside.

Inner Iguana — Rick Hanson, Chapter 38 ("Don't Be Alarmed") of Just One Thing

Epigram: sijelo en pona

pilin pona li kama tan sijelo

sijelo li pana e pilin pona

tan sijelo li pilin pona

"pilin pona li kama tan sijelo" = "Joy comes from bodies"

"sijelo li pana e pilin pona" = "Bodies make joy"

"tan sijelo li pilin pona" = "The purpose of bodies is joy"