The body is dark. Everything that happens within it is invisible. From the outside, it is visible—and as a human body—it is more multifaceted, unique, rich, and full of language than anything else. Inside, it is completely dark—the night within. But everything that is becomes perceptible only through and in the body. Without the body and its great darkness, there is nothing for me. For as long as I live, without it there is simply nothing. Ever since I came into the world, I have lived in and from the darkness. The body lives in a closeness to the world that is older than I am. I come from its warmth, and with me, comes everything that is.

In the midst of this dark warmth within me, it is bright. Sun—the day within. Consciousness. From out of the darkness, consciousness emerges, and within it, everything I perceive. I encounter myself in my consciousness as well. Everything that does not emerge in consciousness does not exist. Everything that emerges causes me to notice, feel, sense, dream, assume, experience, know, recognize, grasp, interpret, understand, desire, consider, wish, want, like, love, detest, fear, remember … causes me to become aware. Becoming aware through perception. Everything that becomes clear, everything that emerges in consciousness, emerges through intuition. It seems to be the gateway for everything that emerges. It is not a thing in itself; it causes something to appear; it is immediate. Immediacy in consciousness.

Intuition lives in a closeness to the world that is older than the body. By its very nature, it is like my ‘I’ and does not exist in separation from the body and consciousness but is coexistant with them. As long as I am aware and perceive, the body is the home of intuition, and intuition is my home within it. That is why it speaks this rich, unique, and multifaceted human language.

Translation Laura Liska
Drawing by Gilda Bartel