The lights are out, you are laying in bed, covers up to your chin; all snug for sleep. The day's performances are over. The audience has left the building, the lights are dim, the staff and crew are making preparations for cleaning and repairs. These are the mechanicals, they will work all night. The object of their work is the facility; the theater, an analogy for the body.
(Later, an addendum) Laying there, in bed, eyes closed, imagining the scene. The theater (the body) is emptying, the audience is leaving. Each in the audience carries with him/her an emotional response to the performance, the events of the day, and as the audience leaves the theater, they take with them the emotional responses until they are all gone, the theater is empty (the body fully relaxed) and the meeting is about to start.
The director, the persona in charge, walks down the middle aisle and up onto the stage. There is a single work lamp in middle of the floor. He beckons the cast, all the other personae in the being, to the first few rows and asks that they be on their best behavior.
He begins with a review of the day and how it went. Not an in-depth review but more calling to mind the events of the day, the performances. At times the cast chuckles at what happened, at other times there is silence because it didn't go as planned; then there's mild laughter as the miscues are recalled, those that were made but didn't disrupt the show.
Continuing now, he brings out the way the show is supposed to go on in the next and future performances. Those dozen, or so, facets that need attention in order for the show to be a success; to fulfill the aim of peace of mind through accomplishment. In expounding on these he goes into some detail for what has to happen tomorrow and the days after tomorrow, into the future. Each member of the cast hears and has an internal reaction; being professional he/she remains positive and constructive.
Once satisfied that he's covered the agenda, the Director dismisses the cast with the admonition to have some fun, get some rest, and be on top of your game for the next performance. Then he goes to his special place, his dressing room, and sighs in relief of another day of success and he goes to sleep.
And then we do it all again tomorrow night.
