Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of/ j8 n6 W/ K; K$ I. g
learning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which7 @+ x+ ?: g( ^ a4 B2 x
we should accomplish in becoming effective healers.8 e" D7 W& g* g0 z; Q2 D
7 i5 d: W( m1 w7 l$ wRa: I am Ra. We shall begin with the first of the three teachings/learnings.2 m7 d$ N' W% \
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We begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with& _/ [; P4 I# R6 Y8 {. x& i, |
intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain6 D: O1 e& t5 e# G! p; U" C1 Y
silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be' d, J2 m8 h: \8 }" a
opened like a door. The key is silence.
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Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto' n3 q6 ?& o3 g: s9 M: h
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,$ V3 d! W9 ~- a, L2 P# l
bearing inner relationships.2 N9 ^* l: j0 D" f% q
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To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to
9 P5 T1 ~# d6 G; Mexamine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.
6 ^4 d2 f7 t' Q$ CWhere you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the
: l1 b1 i# v5 ~" b( A: ~corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in
% y5 o" {6 {. g& @* m! Qits turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,
( v* m4 Q5 E" K$ V- n6 kidentifying both those things of which you approve and those things of
1 W7 J# A" R2 U' U8 H x; lwhich you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every$ C6 [& Z5 j! ^0 c& e- `7 k6 ]; D
positive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.: n) j& l2 M2 U
Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.
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. _/ W, n! K# _( w6 t* aThe second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your
: e- K( @7 H+ r7 [consciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness
, J% Z9 f* n' N* z f V, o" C0 G3 `to pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause5 r0 p8 P1 e( a# R7 h
blockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each, y f( N6 d! S+ }4 Z" |6 I
acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call6 l2 Y$ y$ O9 ^% n" u+ P1 [
judgment engenders.
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+ Y* X, T- r+ e- s# u; w5 XThe third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze# Q* Q1 {7 `" e$ a8 U4 h' x, e
outward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
8 x& g: s5 D/ Y$ z6 |6 E# wcompleteness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary.# e/ I! B# b$ J( ^: {: \# w
When you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental
4 \' ^5 I6 _! t& w6 `understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is2 H4 I2 W: H& X5 Q& ]6 b3 L5 x
necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be
a/ w. |9 N7 s ~- Jimpatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations y5 _% O+ z3 B# h/ d, v6 c! Y
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or
9 _# I. i ]! d: F+ Mwhat you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as
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4 N: }# F; Q$ P1 c+ x; s1 k4 CThe next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors. V1 W T* g7 l! l4 x# N5 a
the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.
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+ i* b* B9 U7 h# |! ]. a3 c! a" YThe fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical
! l+ t9 |4 a. u$ a) lrelationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
# C8 G' H) J& F% S3 k7 y& E9 Z1 Mthe infinite mind.
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+ ]7 E# v) j$ w& sThe second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body( `+ b, p, l# S I+ U- O8 N# N) n
complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using
, d5 H5 u5 i% D! Ithe mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the" B+ }" k& o# ^) {* y& f- W
emotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
/ G& K0 W/ _5 Z- S# o9 ^! uto both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a0 e4 a: G; O$ ^, k n5 u! _& R7 O, S
chemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind
4 L# K" `" _% y' Y3 t, Ubethinking the consciousness.+ m9 p3 m- {( \& H) d
# [# ]. d5 p8 A) `7 x6 U- Y# O+ cThe body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The7 @6 C Q: `) \+ E
biological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite
/ J, Z! l0 [$ u+ c6 H0 M# gbias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of
6 ^# y7 [- G/ nacceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may
% n7 s7 [. A! D+ N" F5 sthen be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the1 W& }# L& y4 j1 n T+ d
bodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.' q+ A- s9 _0 X
: ~2 D4 B, t0 r: vThe simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
0 y# [/ \ z6 ^$ i; v$ Xis female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,6 q& [1 n, V, O- M1 t0 |
in almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the
/ w2 ~, B, x! s4 {7 |5 ibody of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle
$ A4 D" u( A; [& `( Z6 i. S. |discernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes6 n! S4 l" r& e, r
involved. |