I am reading Meditation by Marcus Aurelius and finding difficulty in understanding this sentence:

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> When they (agitations of the flesh) make their way into your thoughts, through the sympathetic link between mind and body, don’t try to resist the sensation. The sensation is natural. But don’t let the mind start in with judgments, calling it good or bad.
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What does he mean by sympathetic link?