what is initiation of the body?

[Learner]

3.16 Questioner: Does the shape of the pyramid itself— is that a key function in the initiation process?

Ra: This is a large question. We feel that we shall begin and ask you to re-evaluate and ask further at a later session, this somewhat, shall we say, informative point.

To begin. There are two main functions of the pyramid in relation to the initiatory procedures. One has to do with the body. Before the body can be initiated, the mind must be initiated. This is the point at which most adepts of your present cycle find their mind/body/spirit complexes distorted from. When the character and personality that is the true identity of the mind has been discovered, the body then must be known in each and every way. Thus, the various functions of the body need understanding and control with detachment. The first use of the pyramid, then, is the going down into the pyramid for purposes of deprivation of sensory input so that the body may, in a sense, be dead and another life begin.

What is your understanding of the meaning of "initiation of the body"? I'd like to hear anyone who may have experienced it. Would the "enlightenment" (I can't think a better term) experience through meditation be considered a form of initiation of the body? Would the atunement in reiki practice be consider a form of initiation of the body? Or does it have to be some form of death-like experience? 

How could one recognize that the body has been through such an initiation process? What would be the changes one will notice after the initiation? Would such an initiation result in one gaining special abilities, such as clairaudience? I would like to hear the understanding and experiences with regard to this topic, the more specific the better.

Many thanks!