Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of
8 h* p$ q+ w: h7 U0 T" H: I3 z* dlearning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which
; A- X+ q- v! u/ X+ J2 uwe should accomplish in becoming effective healers.
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Ra: I am Ra. We shall begin with the first of the three teachings/learnings.& d% x& `3 g1 w) a0 W+ v
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We begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with5 i+ V! Q9 D) z
intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain
$ `2 E' |7 [- `2 N1 gsilence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be
+ j- b6 @8 {/ topened like a door. The key is silence.' c" D2 z4 r7 d0 r: w5 w% G
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Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto" x6 l @+ {! ^( S, h/ E: [
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,2 d8 G" Y8 Q0 d- c3 R" i j
bearing inner relationships.
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To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to
) o s' z) H9 V# c! U, uexamine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.
7 K) }' T8 C4 n$ @8 Z5 zWhere you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the
, B# S- L/ m1 Q/ o$ _ z* A# Gcorresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in
, q8 Q" ~5 O( u7 W- Eits turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all, `& {* @; K! g% w! a% x
identifying both those things of which you approve and those things of
2 W! v$ A$ v+ h, Hwhich you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every( K3 U* o) @' c' Z- g% C
positive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.
4 q: X) F0 b( V. r$ Y3 K, q! n$ WTherefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.3 B- H: f8 A8 K
3 o$ _# x) |" t. @; dThe second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your) V% w, M1 V1 x
consciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness' _" T W+ I* v$ {8 N' D
to pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause; } R# n$ A' }
blockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each$ t; k2 q& q- g! @+ ]4 n x, a
acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call
# n6 `0 ~- H4 [4 H4 C9 C7 ojudgment engenders.
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The third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze2 t- T4 C3 Z1 ^. l) {2 i* `- I
outward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
" E; g9 m# T# Q: I) ]- P, H gcompleteness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary.
0 @/ X J: g, a* U& FWhen you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental/ G3 Y7 m; B R* H
understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is5 |8 C2 \. A, t
necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be
* x8 e4 c" A/ ?: e& F3 w; Timpatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations" R! O7 e5 y, u3 w( g' }
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or8 U( W/ i* R- i# m) n/ O$ M2 H
what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as# ^1 g6 ~4 I( v" p5 D8 w
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The next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors5 Z L6 g1 J: O" t* D% r
the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines., D# |* l" i2 w' A4 k
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The fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical
" i, ^' }( G# v9 d3 Irelationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
2 i2 w: R2 g0 l$ w+ N+ v' Qthe infinite mind.
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+ J/ [4 _6 Y* c1 ?- K, K4 Z+ F3 ^The second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body
5 v% ~) R) v2 e5 o' K- A& ?complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using
9 L! x D9 S9 u4 Uthe mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the
3 R, G& t, f; w! S; P0 I" _emotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
. A' x: h/ [3 z! l' y4 ito both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
( q+ h( o4 x6 v( [chemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind
8 L9 n. _3 }: o5 Rbethinking the consciousness.
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$ P, o# \3 D# D# }The body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The
; j8 t% s1 J4 R; m, F$ Rbiological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite
( h" a2 F* {1 Q" S5 z( m) }bias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of; |( S. |+ p8 `' C( g6 }# K
acceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may3 M4 u2 S* m) u" M- F
then be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the
- i7 R3 ^- r8 R( z- bbodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.4 F' @& W: N# {( d/ x
5 k2 o0 Q0 n3 r# NThe simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
; {* L2 K9 P9 T, M$ u7 d. f2 T% K; uis female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,
" r0 ~$ I4 B4 `3 v1 l, P+ K6 q4 Din almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the
& f ?, a) \/ l4 w$ M1 Q& t. P$ cbody of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle) Q p7 [5 T# U/ k1 {8 ?/ z4 P
discernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes* [6 I2 G* f4 g
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