Not two neither one

The body functions. It breathes. It digests. It moves it rests. It reacts. It grows old. It aches. It thrives. It does all of this without consulting anyone. Without instruction. Without permission. Without approval. There is no self in the body. There is no “you” who inhabits it, directs it, or needs it to behave in a particular way. Every heartbeat, every thought, every sensation is already occurring before the idea of ownership arises. Even the sense that “I am experiencing this” is a later layer a story placed upon what has already unfolded. as is this