This is the Focusing Gospel, preached by Gene Gendlin and Ann Weiser Cornell in their books “Focusing,” and “The Power of Focusing.” The Body Knows! And all of the “out of the body” experiences through the centuries, the spiritual experience of hearing voices, of being “Slain in the Spirit,” the encounrters with Numinous Reality, all of which were said to be proof of God is simply proof of the body knowing more than the mind knows, and the mind learning slowly over time to shut up, be quiet, settle down and LISTEN TO WHAT THE BODY IS SAYING!

Our body is always talking but we are rarely ever listening. We think we know, but THE BODY KNOWS! And we have to learn how to listen to our body. Which is precisely where Gendlin and Cornell come in. Knowing how to listen to our body and letting the body take the lead in how we live our life is the missing element in religion all these years. Religion tried to shut the body up and let the mind lead the way and the body revolted. When our mind acknowledges our body, things shift into position, fall into place, and listen to hear what the Body Knows.