Consciousness does not float above the body.

It moves through it.

Every thought has a physiological echo.
Every emotion carries a biological signature.
Every shift in state corresponds to nervous system activity.

When the nervous system is regulated, perception stabilizes.

When it is dysregulated, perception narrows.

Under threat, the body contracts.
Attention sharpens.
Identity tightens.

The world feels urgent.

Under safety, the body softens.
Attention widens.
Identity relaxes.

The world feels workable.

Nothing external may have changed.

The nervous system has.

This is not metaphor.

It is physiology.

The autonomic nervous system continuously scans for safety and threat. Its responses shape mood, interpretation, and behavior.

Before thought concludes, the body has already organized a stance.

Many experiences we attribute to “who I am” are expressions of nervous system state.

Modulation is embodied.

The field of awareness includes the body.

When the body settles, consciousness reorganizes.
When the body contracts, consciousness narrows.

This is not weakness.

It is design.

The next step is not transcendence of the body.

It is literacy within it.