You live by "following the body"? Eating when it's hungry, resting when it's tired, dressing when necessary, urinating, defecating, going to work to get money — all for what? For this body? Then what about the time when its end comes? What was it all for?
The current rash of so much porn has the effects we see, increased and open expression of greed and lust. The meditation techniques which can cure these diseases are all the different aspects of mindfulness concerned with the body — for they cut the body down to size, without harming it, while emphasizing the importance of the mind.
A woman, infatuated, came to a bhikkhu and stripped off her clothes. The bhikkhu, without batting an eyelid, said —
"Now take off your skin."
here is a photo that i stumbled upon
some folks naturally took offense at it.
but i saw it as a representation of the steadfastness of gautama's strength/gnosis (for the lack of way better words) of mind
the look on his face is not one of lust or indulgence
the statue's hands are still in his lap - not groping, or fondling, body parts
