Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of2 U- ?1 e6 f6 W' v) S8 x
learning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which* e0 k: ^! h$ ~# X9 W( U: S
we 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.
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* y/ _, b4 ]* A- N4 a, M! CWe begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with
9 ~/ f2 V1 p4 k8 yintelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain) K& |' t2 l4 m0 p; }7 Q$ O
silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be4 L2 }* q2 _/ w# _" Y
opened like a door. The key is silence.
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& E5 u. l) \' w. N9 D% }' X+ f% EWithin the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto+ _0 L2 d1 B$ h7 @0 q2 K0 g
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,
* w! _* L8 _' W' J9 u6 }- U) wbearing inner relationships.$ g. Z' k+ K5 L% d+ h
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To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to1 d5 _0 G& n: Q5 F
examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.
6 p. I' i/ Q; i& NWhere you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the
+ [5 `+ J" R9 N3 e4 z: _' r" z. Scorresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in* [& H, h/ V+ @7 L8 w
its turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,+ n4 a: k" ]/ B* P5 P/ |
identifying both those things of which you approve and those things of8 O4 M' m$ N$ K
which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every
: J& W$ z; C! F0 j5 Z9 hpositive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.6 y* E$ u. a9 h1 A
Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.
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The second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your
: }& D. G7 X/ x: Aconsciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness' a( ?( _9 w. \- e9 a7 G$ Z4 p" |
to pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause4 U$ l ]$ n; R$ V! _, z3 D
blockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each' C, A) I& F K# H. W X
acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call
# K! E3 {$ m/ M# @" R/ X2 Yjudgment engenders.9 L8 B( C/ D& V q# b! m
4 w: B$ ~( s+ @The third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze
0 l: Y1 \$ R) routward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
, s; c! s5 J: m K; gcompleteness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary.1 A" r' i5 |; H5 h; M( h
When you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental4 Q j8 q3 ~7 R2 o
understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is# T% S: z* x) o) N3 x$ T* n, Q
necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be
# L2 I4 z* d, {2 limpatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations
% f- k8 f: L; ?6 m, d. Kof mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or/ k/ h- H; O5 Q
what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as7 V1 M. y# T( n/ ?
subtle work.. I& X4 x/ W6 a" a7 c& A [
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The next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors' _- K% e ?1 \7 l, Y
the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.: E) O$ Y7 y# t7 W
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The fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical0 ?$ y8 X) C( _8 N) \8 U
relationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
' g2 s7 {# k# n+ i0 u; gthe infinite mind.
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8 U( i: x4 b4 T/ B" u4 A) WThe second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body) q( V7 G' G& m/ \0 L( Q
complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using
1 N; {7 s! s4 z, C: wthe mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the m ]4 @. r& M9 c, r+ Z$ {3 X/ z& t
emotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
' M5 W, u, a' [. s7 q# `7 vto both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
$ b3 l# i0 w+ j7 lchemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind8 ]* n6 ]& |( }# d
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" o2 z7 _+ I8 ]: Z; Q3 DThe body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The
7 \% |# a! k4 D$ ], ]1 N6 @biological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite: `" x5 t- T! s
bias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of
" g7 P6 `9 F2 c2 J) @% sacceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may
+ |: n# j/ n' _& w8 h- Y1 R6 ithen be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the
# @0 B) p$ z4 Z3 C) k* n$ Ebodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.) z. k | \$ v; P" j: T
7 S" {" K7 L. w" p. ]2 s+ E* c( F uThe simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
; \! l4 z2 i( u1 J5 `& e* i/ ?is female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,
# N) Y a+ l8 z7 ~# u& l0 Lin almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the0 I% E9 K" d& j, ^: J0 v2 m4 D2 c+ ~
body of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle
4 N# c% R' D; C k$ z' R9 D+ ^1 Fdiscernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes C" N8 N) Y0 N) a; |
involved. |