Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of
8 Y9 N" w: M+ ?" z8 O) h6 D1 {+ vlearning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which
9 C$ {! [, ?' i+ qwe 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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We begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with
% J+ `6 L; y! U# Qintelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain
; ~6 y* o0 {- Z& @6 p. b5 Rsilence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be
. i1 h1 g' O: c! s9 M7 n& iopened like a door. The key is silence.% k' t5 n$ i0 o0 @5 D4 R
9 B3 A/ V* ?5 J" a% Z1 `/ L1 g8 tWithin the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto1 k A' U: D5 Q) P/ q( n. v, I
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,
F" c1 K: S/ |- pbearing inner relationships.5 h Q8 F7 d" k& N9 R, M! [4 n6 B3 X4 K
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To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to
. b7 {' W- R$ u7 o7 e, x- i& |examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.' j5 W& d! F( l6 e1 I
Where you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the
3 l$ m Y6 H' j* ~4 T; `corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in
2 } D# X' B/ W3 z2 w9 Jits turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,8 L7 P6 k7 ?0 }1 Z- i
identifying both those things of which you approve and those things of2 g }8 B; L+ f0 J
which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every" _% l5 l% Y& [8 X
positive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.
, o# Q1 M: \0 W* i/ g( KTherefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.6 b" }# m8 m2 S$ ^3 c) x
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The second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your4 h4 c9 L1 o" N) U0 \5 k
consciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness! `5 f5 G/ C, g# Q4 _* G1 s4 V
to pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause
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acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call
4 r7 N% C$ E& a: Zjudgment engenders.6 ?/ _1 R! ]& g9 f5 h! {6 ?$ @
2 m' g5 i% a) [/ A7 E2 N- r- wThe third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze
1 |. |$ c3 V* u) U3 j9 F( moutward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
# d1 A. u; G# o; v" X6 u4 vcompleteness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary.
9 k4 g5 h P ], p( Y6 n3 EWhen you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental( n* Q3 z0 K" Y2 h, |
understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is, q0 |' A9 L8 }" C6 V
necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be4 x" K |/ Z: t) b2 d
impatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations6 c B0 [. y; ?9 F1 }
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or- M( o2 B2 B' r
what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as
% t) ^- g# i( i0 ~4 A7 C3 Csubtle work.
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# N% u. l# P: r/ A: KThe next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors0 n, K2 v5 n' A( V+ t5 }
the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.
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, @) M% d6 C$ L XThe fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical, s B9 G3 S; `! W) V0 j# K
relationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
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. p+ N0 {" G$ Z$ d0 b. d" _* j7 oThe second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body: D$ X- F2 c s. h5 R/ _7 p: D* |; `
complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using
& T; ]4 `& ]! _- M9 {the mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the ?% S3 f- V- q9 o
emotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
/ Q8 E" K" w _. J7 R+ f, {to both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
/ h6 g5 i |# T6 E4 f9 A- echemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind/ |3 v9 k0 m' s) e* I
bethinking the consciousness.; l" M2 d9 I% @4 I1 k* b
( i( h* b; f; pThe body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The$ h$ |1 e9 y6 g! m& o
biological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite
3 S3 p: K9 E1 B6 @1 o& R" |* X' @+ \bias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of# `- v' h2 ~1 H0 _
acceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may
2 ~7 |9 v7 [. [8 J1 j7 Mthen be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the8 `! }% d, [/ ^" R
bodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.; ?3 j- v" ?$ j3 p9 q; S
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The simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male: c6 @( {% c @
is female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,
& B" ]7 z V0 P6 j$ kin almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the& |+ E Q/ o# V n) a
body of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle
/ I) N! h% j* }. y4 u% wdiscernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes: o% c4 p9 m: z6 U3 I0 Z* R+ c1 j
involved. |