[Rchzygnc]

Think of the itch as a teacher.

What started as a funny fantasy has become deeper.
I sat down wondering "How can an itchy body be a teacher?"
This can be an experiment in challenging sensation. Pema Chodron (among others) writes about
craving being an "itch", so to have a physical manifestation with which to practice is profound. It proves that sensation is temporary. If, instead of scratching and disrupting my practice, I continue focusing on the moment/breath/mantra, the itch goes away. This proves that practice is more powerful than sensation and desire for satisfaction.
But it goes further than that. I don't know how to talk about this very well, but these are my thoughts- something being temporary has to have something for comparison. What is a short time that a sensation is asking for attention? Temporary is fluid idea, so does this talk about duality? Is this about dependent origination? It is a short time compared to a whole day or a lifetime of itch. Does that mean that our sense of time is dependent on two periods of time simultaneously, as in, now compared to then or tomorrow or this afternoon?
Thanks so much, cheers!