Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of7 X b% N& Z( W8 g$ T2 r8 \
learning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which
& W+ b0 k ?1 y! f0 s7 }we should accomplish in becoming effective healers.& c! x; [+ K! q! P% l0 T: y/ P
/ r# }( r: D8 l( mRa: I am Ra. We shall begin with the first of the three teachings/learnings.
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$ Y6 u3 N! j$ i6 @1 o7 {We begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with' F) s2 P) f/ Z1 G; j
intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain: w5 r" L" c3 t; X' o5 a
silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be
# [- e8 c o- h! nopened like a door. The key is silence.
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Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto6 N) U) w% M+ u8 U* _
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,8 N, G* n" l/ A$ i8 u- @9 E
bearing inner relationships.
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. @! h" I( y! \$ m: H7 m6 q0 [2 }To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to
2 w* [$ ~9 V9 ]( zexamine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.) N+ ~8 G& e. J; F% R6 @: E$ q
Where you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the1 s! g K5 r( L w
corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in- Z1 C3 s; [3 V9 p! P7 n' S% j" ]
its turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,
3 [$ Y/ z$ q. D) y/ q8 y9 w' `identifying both those things of which you approve and those things of
6 i, Q, V7 n- ?4 _which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every
! b+ U, a# \' u; P! I6 Ipositive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.
5 V9 n7 x9 ?. O1 I4 C. v$ pTherefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.
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The second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your1 b, o# U" J9 }
consciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness
' I+ S3 f2 J. p$ g7 wto pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause
8 X4 W2 x8 g* x$ u" J, }- Qblockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each( x/ H$ x* C8 Y# V) t
acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call- F& y9 `) E. A$ F+ f$ `
judgment engenders.
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4 H: o$ }& b* LThe third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze
2 _, |# T3 T' C p: h# Goutward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
) |; B$ y7 _- o1 ^completeness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary.
6 |& y# \9 K: }$ bWhen you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental6 M0 V' t+ T9 g6 Q
understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is
. M/ G* s" V( h' S# Bnecessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be
7 o, W F( W: A4 Gimpatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations/ N/ q2 J9 ]& }3 M0 N$ C0 S+ T
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or# i O9 ^3 o% h( R4 d; r v* w) }
what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as' t4 P9 k1 C/ M/ o8 x' l
subtle work.
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* ^7 M9 m6 w* f2 LThe next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors7 [/ l1 O' \( n( _
the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.
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" n: Y/ Q, K M* A6 h+ QThe fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical
6 y4 f$ d! |. D# m" d2 }9 crelationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
& h% A3 M, \" E9 k4 tthe infinite mind.8 z4 n0 G0 i; e6 o; v: }$ d' C
1 X0 [, _) ?, a4 ?! \The second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body
" |- `7 ]# z3 C6 M- X/ Ocomplexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using
7 H' m4 L& j2 _. W. ~: j- C Lthe mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the
. d% n5 V0 R7 y2 ^! m- qemotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
$ N) U6 o2 P+ h0 l" jto both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
7 W/ X# w; F/ u1 f3 ~chemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind
+ \8 j1 N9 ]" r7 L9 P! @: \3 ?bethinking the consciousness.
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The body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The
% h' M7 o2 m$ q h( kbiological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite; P: t0 x1 b D, U$ A+ z
bias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of
" C3 g- [5 `, l9 aacceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may1 V4 J9 D& {( N. S/ I% E
then be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the
7 t! G. A2 T1 pbodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.$ B+ a( A8 y; f3 y% U2 G
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The simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
+ P+ F, `- A* K) m5 }' `3 Wis female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,
* K6 ~/ J- F9 b% o/ sin almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the
8 G4 @: k: C) b" }6 Y2 q o \6 O* x/ Y9 H7 Kbody of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle
4 e5 M. d1 a5 K4 t$ v4 r% d; ydiscernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes' b8 V5 _) B1 C9 M, V0 |
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