The mind can forget what the body, defined by each breath, subject to the heart beating, does not.

Susan Griffin
The mind can forget what the body, defined by each...
The mind can forget what the body, defined by each...
The mind can forget what the body, defined by each...
The mind can forget what the body, defined by each...
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When the brain is working properly, your mind can forget about the pain you are in. You can forget about the things that are bothering you. But, if your body is feeling pain, your mind will remember. It will remember what it feels like. It will remember that pain that you feel every single day.

Source: A Chorus Of Stones: The Private Life Of War

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