It’s common wisdom that attempting a physical action from a stable platform is a good idea. Likewise starting from a firm point inline with current reality is a good idea. When taking aim with a pistol, it’s best to be firmly standing and aiming from your own center line to
that of the target. Hoisting your weapon off to the side before pulling the trigger only works in the movies.The same is true of reaching for a glass of water. We tend to reach straight forward, and not snake our hand out to the side first. (Assuming there is not intervening obstacle.)
It’s always best to come from a central location as a beginning referent point for our actions. We aim from the center. The same is true of emotional actions, and all kinds of “seeing”, from instinctual to intellectual to intuitive. It’s best to move from our center when navigating reality, internal and external.
This is part of why I am a big fan of the practice of atma vichara. By spending time exploring, and answering the question of what I truly am I can come from a more centralized location. I can come from my heart (in the spiritual sense.) By taking a moment, every now and then to look at the central feeling of being, that center becomes more and more accessible.
Douglas Harding had a great take on this.
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