Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of
0 X8 y. X+ E- l) e! A- zlearning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which/ N, c0 i$ |* J6 s: N7 s
we should accomplish in becoming effective healers.7 p6 U; |6 z& ~2 F" X5 w
8 B% ]+ k$ C) P! \1 F/ jRa: 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/ _. z) m1 I5 \2 @, i0 k
intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain; E1 b+ Q" e& d* o
silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be# ~- v3 Q# c% ?; I
opened like a door. The key is silence.: p$ j( d, c* J
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Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto
" i5 W0 V F& e( \# dgeography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,. U1 a6 T3 Y5 p0 z
bearing inner relationships.
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7 j) V$ f; g- q8 `/ y* ATo begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to! t; x( _, T. o' o8 N" O! l
examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.
! q7 N2 c) L3 X% z c1 ]6 L# vWhere you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the
5 F7 |7 T+ o8 K0 K- [corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in' i! @- a4 M ~" m+ a
its turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,
- H6 `. z1 c v% t3 h+ Qidentifying both those things of which you approve and those things of
+ s' e- E8 g: V7 X5 z* hwhich you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every
# \% o/ T3 v2 q& D Spositive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.5 @; q! t4 p; Q2 z7 ]# G3 W- p5 k) k0 \4 U( o
Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.( k/ a! e2 b$ E/ B4 d. B# B$ V, B
7 L, }4 l5 \9 }& \; @9 Q/ ZThe second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your
0 W) p! A) r7 E7 V7 sconsciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness
% g i: \8 q/ H0 I/ y4 F- ^* lto pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause
0 V) D- L* T% B8 bblockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each; G O1 i$ h/ T5 s& o. F: B$ d
acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call3 |: E; U5 ?& ~, Y- C
judgment engenders. P, N: e) E7 N
) m9 s) I( L( B* qThe third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze/ @2 }& ], _; B4 e# H$ h
outward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
2 T& _3 @ {7 e: z4 z1 e% qcompleteness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary." `& Z) i) k/ ~2 K$ N( B
When you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental( P: C1 V" B, }( w
understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is3 M9 V" h: [' j# y3 l& _6 v
necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be
* @1 d. p9 ^, ^$ {6 a$ Jimpatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations( k; I7 a$ n9 i7 E6 g0 ~# i# h
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or8 h3 w$ [% V3 g( o
what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as: T2 n$ [% P# [/ F# P" i" ^9 e$ D
subtle work.8 N) a6 V, ~4 w* f( ^( l8 y
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The next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors6 v- O1 C; \2 E
the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.
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, T ]2 q' T- o( q! J6 i# lThe fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical. w+ I- n. w' X6 }- C. S. p6 W
relationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
3 o R9 a2 C% R: Xthe infinite mind.7 }4 B( I" |% p2 M
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The second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body
6 R M1 v, h! j. t1 k: W; c2 _complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using% E: E% X8 d; ~0 V
the mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the9 n+ h5 h2 _+ H& \* m, r. g7 z
emotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
6 J2 S0 f' i+ X! |# e( S0 u0 Xto both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
/ k- O8 @6 N! G; k2 Q9 P! |chemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind
/ T3 U( _* o1 N4 f1 l! _0 Wbethinking the consciousness.* g$ U3 J) {4 q# U! R% W
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The body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The+ a& v, b( a$ }9 f% [( j, j
biological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite1 G/ |) Q9 G6 f# A$ D% M
bias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of( j. a5 r C- G- h/ ]
acceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may
8 E& _% a" Y& k$ e: Rthen be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the
: P% ~* B6 I) c" i1 \1 Zbodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.
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The simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
1 A4 x8 g% C) nis female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,+ K" O) K" H. z* o
in almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the# K; g, g/ e- [$ N$ Q
body of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle
8 s7 n: g$ m" f) \discernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes/ r; B/ t- F9 B7 |# q Q& `
involved. |