Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of
5 X8 R3 P5 M6 O2 j2 W- v5 ~9 vlearning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which
0 w1 L; N# L' J- l, h* Lwe should accomplish in becoming effective healers.
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1 e& m. f+ `' v `Ra: I am Ra. We shall begin with the first of the three teachings/learnings.( v. m% o* H e; k" H3 I
, D1 F# [6 M' \: K8 a t+ eWe begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with. e2 m y$ n5 u4 M8 A$ \5 C
intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain
1 m4 d% J7 q6 `silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be
) m, X4 |. C# S$ h1 a _ \. `4 Kopened like a door. The key is silence.
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% v8 J4 w: t7 |/ r3 ^Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto, i! c; l U7 S1 X+ R8 @$ }4 _2 B5 ^
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,9 S! @& v. K9 |
bearing inner relationships.
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To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to
3 e# V# w; h0 g7 }% \examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.
- f p1 Q, F3 n- L4 M1 M% nWhere you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the* ^3 ]3 o0 X1 z2 K- M2 [+ N1 d* A& o
corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in
2 D* N8 N5 ]" o# `# V: @! Rits turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,
- I0 J$ w+ {& L0 C; x/ Xidentifying both those things of which you approve and those things of0 _' b, r7 m9 c
which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every
+ o( p; B% S' H: w* npositive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.
# l2 T) C3 }. kTherefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.3 B. }* y. N1 i/ v% S* X8 O
! v. M+ Y6 Q8 Q% y% ?0 LThe second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your
) x: {. E7 W, x0 qconsciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness+ q; m1 C( t+ d) n3 `
to pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause# x, @0 _1 P9 Y, F
blockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each2 c, ~6 L# r, x; A7 a" f' s
acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call H( D7 S" b/ |8 |( L3 }: k
judgment engenders.
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. v$ e( j/ N( n G6 v6 G2 D. ^The third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze5 T9 i+ z' l2 ?5 R Q5 ^1 Y
outward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
1 W% `2 ]( \! T( j6 Jcompleteness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary./ p4 b+ \6 q% O4 @8 W" K$ o
When you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental
. \$ p$ g8 n' g: xunderstandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is
1 ]$ w* r, J3 \necessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be
4 K. K) |) I. W" }( p2 Dimpatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations- Q. N+ G9 r' r7 j8 q2 f
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or3 |# _, i4 B" q" M$ }8 U+ u
what you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as
4 {! `. d6 D# V/ } a6 ]! Bsubtle work.
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The next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors
- N q0 r" ^ Y# [the second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.# ^/ Q e+ ?1 U, V `* {
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The fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical
( x/ I( Z6 K# l ]relationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
/ f' y r6 _" }9 V8 q) Uthe infinite mind.
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The second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body2 t8 _7 S( f/ E3 Z% |4 ?9 q; U
complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using4 {" ^% t2 ]4 y' y8 \
the mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the R/ O- C3 _$ Z, ^0 P
emotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary
: E. l6 M4 I) }to both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
6 G0 i/ n# O! Gchemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind
' h+ r- L+ v+ M2 D/ Ibethinking the consciousness.' A! N, _8 P* l: `! {) ^) {
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The body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The
2 ]" v: G5 @& @" Q5 _/ [9 q7 e6 zbiological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite
( k; U# O2 ?# H( Q C+ c# Nbias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of
$ @6 q$ [; a! H a2 z9 Aacceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may8 T% ^; e) m. a3 f7 i
then be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the E* ]! d3 C6 m/ R( j8 _9 s$ W
bodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.
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6 C6 ~; Z: E0 }9 {The simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
. h; d* G$ Q4 M; G% `0 c. Gis female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,
, y+ d# K. c! s5 w, r7 @( Ein almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the
5 l9 n+ L$ P4 o3 xbody of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle: ^4 \2 I7 J7 D# h$ M& u4 K
discernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes
8 b! [0 y( ^9 S/ Q4 e8 g# {, w9 G: }6 k, xinvolved. |